This is kind of a long way from what we usually post. But we are big Justus Köhncke fans so we couldn’t resist this and since it’s Christmas time this could be a great gift for someone in your family.

“Wolfgang Müller, founding member of the pioneering German art and music group Die Tödliche Doris (1981-1987), enlisted a long list of friends to recreate the calls of eleven extinct bird species. Their combined, exquisitely detailed efforts are now published on 7″ and cd, both with a 40 page book, by Swedish label Fang Bomb.

Besides Wolfgang Müller, the featured recreationist artists on this release are Justus Köhncke, Annette Humpe (Ich+Ich, Ideal, Neonbabies), Françoise Cactus & Brezel Göring (aka Stereo Total), Nicholas Bussmann (Kapital Band 1), Khan, Namosh, Frieder Butzmann, Max Müller, Hartmut Andryczuk, Frederik Schikowski and Icelandic actress Kristbjörg Kjeld.”

Justus Köhncke – Pterodroma Hasitata Caribbaea (direct link)

This song popped up on various video sites last summer from Marits concert at the Highline Ballroom in New York. The song is inspired by Andrew Hollerans classic book “Dancer from the dance”, a book about gay men in New York City in the 1970s. We got the original track and a remix by Justus Köhncke.

“Out on the Piers” is the first track from Marit Bergman’s new project to release one song per month on her website www.maritbergman.net. “Out on the Piers” will be released there on March 28th (original + acoustic version). If you subscribe, then you can get a whole year worth of songs for 85 SEK. If you like her music as much as we do you should head on over there and support her.

Marit is on tour in the UK and Sweden right now so check out her MySpace page for dates.

Marit Bergman – Out on the Piers (direct link)

Marit Bergman – Out on the Piers (Justus Köhncke remix) (direct link)