El Deux + Martin Kraft – Nur Für Mädchen

EL DEUX was Gutze Gautschi (synths, guitar, vocals) and Steno Onetz (synths, bass), both already known from having been in FRISCHE FARBE / FRESH COLOR, here helped out by Martin Kraft (vocals). They were hailing from Switzerland being active in between 1982 and 1984 and definitely created some of the best NDW-electropop ever. In 1982, they released their first 7” single “Computer-Mädchen/Gletscher” (Gold Records 10 059), followed by the wonderful LP “Nur für Mädchen”, engl.: “Only for girls”, (Gold Records 11 173) plus further releases of “Gletscher”. As a 20th anniversary edition this CD version includes the full album plus adding “Video King” from the “Gletscher” 7” (Gold Record 106114-100) as a bonus track to the track list. All tracks use our beloved Korg KR-55 drum machine with additional synthetic percussion from the Simmons drums, lots of synths plus adding those NDW-typical nice guitars and real or synthetic bass. On top is Martin’s German vocals with a very light but so sympathetic Swiss dialect and the lyrics are so entertaining! Actually, all tracks are wonderful, with stand-out tracks “Spieglein, Spieglein” (Anna is so much in love with this track) and “Computermädchen”. Highly recommended for those being interested in the better side of NDW, or the lighter side of the Grauzone!