Langstrumpf Records
Encyclopedia
Langstrumpf Records was a german record label
founded in Bielefeld
in 1992. Some releases were played by the british radio presenter John Peel
.
The label was well known because radio presenter John Peel played some of the releases on his show on BFBS Radio.
The T-Shirt Mein Freund ist Sauerländer (My Friend is coming from Sauerland
), a promotion for a sampler under the same name, became well known in Germany. John Peel wore the shirt on the cover of a book about his life. All in all it was put as a a symbol for a new local and regional patriotism
in germany. An amateur football team in Nigeria
used it as a football shirt.
Langstrumpf Records is named after the fictional character
Pippi Longstocking
, which is called Pippi Langstrumpf in Germany.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
founded in Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
in 1992. Some releases were played by the british radio presenter John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
.
History
The label was founded in 1992 for the release of the second CD of the band Sturmschäden, in which one of the label´s founders was singing. In the following 15 years Langstrumpf became the home of lots of other bands and artists. The music cannot be limited to a specific genre. Nearly all bands were young german rock and punk bands, except the french Forguette Mi Note, the former group of french singer Julie B. Bonnie.The label was well known because radio presenter John Peel played some of the releases on his show on BFBS Radio.
The T-Shirt Mein Freund ist Sauerländer (My Friend is coming from Sauerland
Sauerland
The Sauerland is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited...
), a promotion for a sampler under the same name, became well known in Germany. John Peel wore the shirt on the cover of a book about his life. All in all it was put as a a symbol for a new local and regional patriotism
Patriotism
Patriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...
in germany. An amateur football team in Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
used it as a football shirt.
Langstrumpf Records is named after the fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series...
, which is called Pippi Langstrumpf in Germany.
Releases (Selection)
- 1992: Sturmschäden - Vergessenes Land
- 1992: Swoons - Klaus is dead
- 1993: Swoons - bABBAlgum (Single with AbbaAbbaABBA is the name of a former Swedish pop music group.Abba may also refer to:* ABBA , a self-titled album by the Swedish pop music group ABBA* "Abba ", a song by Christian pop and rock artist, Rebecca St...
-Coversongs) - 1993: 2 in 1-CD with Oh my Ears und Cinnamon Buzz
- 1994: Swoons - Sonic Baby
- 1994: Verstörte Kids - Maoh Forte
- 1994: Diverse - Mein Freund ist Sauerländer
- 1994: Forguette Mi Note - Cruciforme
- 1994: Great Tuna - Mattanza
- 1995: Speed NiggsSpeed NiggsSpeed Niggs was a german indie rock band founded in Detmold in Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1989.- History :Their first album Boston Beigel Yeah! was released short after their foundation. It was put as record of the month in the german music magazine Spex, which had a lot of influece in those days...
- Boston Beigel Yeah! (CD Rerelease of the first album of 1989) - 1996: Camping - Gas & Freizeitshop
- 1996: Verstörte Kids - Frischmilch
- 1996: Subterfuge - Marc
- 1996: Diverse - Die Alm ruft! (Dedicated to the Football Club Arminia BielefeldArminia BielefeldDSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...
) - 1997: Thirty Dirty Birdz - Schizophobia
- 2000: Dörte - Top 13
- 2001: Subterfuge - I do Birds
- 2006: Diverse - Mein Freund ist Sauerländer
- 2007: Boris Gott - Bukowski- Land