Weird record

Irrelevant covers of campy pop hits are nothing new. Just ask anyone from Killdozer to Weird Al Yankovic. But irrelevant covers of campy pop hits performed by a 10-man, Teutonic noseflute orchestra? That's entertainment! Armed with a splendid moniker that puns the name of a famous Bavarian brass band while combining the German compound words for "grindcore" and "grinds choir", Das Original Oberkreuzberger Nasenflötenorchester: Der Grindchor is not just a mouthful, it's a heretofore unsurpassed pinnacle of lowbrow audio innovation. This gleefully annoying cast of snoutflautists, among them Hanns Martin Slayer, Snotty y Green and Dieter Kölsch, literally blows its brains out, wheezing and whistling through parodistically retitled but melodically faithful renditions of Eloise, Je t'aime, Bohemian Rhapsody and Over the Rainbow. The whimsical mania of the ensemble's septum-severing Kuschelrotz (Human Wreckords) will enchant children of all ages; the 10-inch EP's sleeve art, which elucidates the links between ornithology and sexual perversion, will not.

Jordan N. Mamone, CMJ New Music, August 2000

März 2006 Frankfurter Rundschau lesen

April 2004 3sat DENKmal lesen

Januar 2003 taz Berlin lesen

August 2000 CMJ New Music lesen