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© 2003 moonmusic – m: christoph mause | t: christoph mause

When Heri from Soundfactory first listended to this song he really didn’t like it because he thought that it sounded too much like the old Pink Turns Blue. We thought that this was really the reason why we’d recorded the song.

© 2003 moonmusic – m: christoph mause | t: christoph mause

A remix version of one end. Back in these days Sasca and Christoph always produced several mixes of each song and because they both really liked a lot of dance and electronic stuff they always experimented with drum computers, sequencers etc.

© 2003 moonmusic – m: christoph mause | t: christoph mause

When we selected songs from old tapes and demos for the “Unexplained!” album in 2003 we recorded this one in two or three hours.

© 2003 moonmusic – m: christoph mause | t: christoph mause

“One Love” was very much inspired by U2’s”Numb”. Christoph recorded it first with an old Roland drum machine and a small Casio keyboard. This version was recorded for our third (unreleased) album.

© 2003 moonmusic – m: christoph mause, sasca simnovec | t: groppe

We started working on the recordings for our third album shortly before our tour with German band Myrna Loy in 1994. Groppe was still singer of the band and the first version of 1994 was recorded with Groppe in Studio 54. He left the band some weeks before the tour started and we had to find a new singer or cancel the tour. Markus Giltjes, who produced Explain! recommended Udo Woitowizc who came from the same town as Markus. We invited Udo to Studio 54 and during the rehearsal we recorded this version of 1994 which we all really loved and the band had a new singer.

© 2003 moonmusic – m: christoph mause, sasca simnovec | t: groppe

“Dave” was something like a hit in the dark and gothic scene back than. This one is the first recording of “Dave” and it’s a little more down to the point as the released version. At the end of the song there’s this woman – I really can’t remember her name.

© 2003 moonmusic – m: christoph mause, sasca simnovec | t: groppe

Nobody really knows if this one is called “The faith” or “The face”. Even inside the band there was some confusion about the title. Nevermind – this one was recorded on Planet Bo.

© 2003 moonmusic – m: sasca simnovec | t: groppe

When we were working in the Studio 54 they had this wonderful old Steinway piano and it was stored in tiled room which was used as a reverb room in the former days. We really loved the slightly out-of-tune sound and the hard reverb of the room. Nice recording – even a little bit strange.

© 2003 moonmusic – m: groppe, dr. gicker | t: groppe

This one goes back to 1990 and is the first Moon recording. The basic tracks were recorded in Christoph’s flat in a squat in Bochum using some old tape recorders. This recording was produced in Studio 54.