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[inthecaseofdarkness]

#196: V/A - “ist da wer?”

disclaimer: i played bass in PROGRAMM C, so it’s a little hard for me to simply review the subsequent 7”s, which is why i’m going to write a little bit about my memories around those records instead.

Dietmar, the guitarist from Konstrukt, was also behind the Hammerwerk label. With the two 7” compilations 'Und keiner weint uns nach' (with Fall Time., Käthe Core, Manface, Konstrukt) and 'Ist da wer?' (with Konstrukt, Kobayashi, Kawasaki, Programm C, Prohaska), he has succeeded in perfectly documenting a part of the hardcore scene.

While Konstrukt and Kawasaki (the electro project of T., the sound engineer of Konstrukt) were two veterans of the Viennese scene, Kobayashi (St. Pölten), Prohaska (Baden) and Programm C (Götzendorf/Himberg/Vienna) were among the “young and wild” of the scene.

The release show (you’ll find a scan of the poster here) for the compilation on October 30, 1998 at the EKH in Vienna is still one of the best shows I can remember. There was a limited yellow and a black vinyl version of the record. 

As for the songs themselves: from grindcore and emoviolence to powerviolence and industrial (Kawasaki remix by Konstrukt), everything was there. Above all, the songs by Kobayashi, Prohaska and Programm C are certainly among the still carefree highlights of the bands. You can listen to the compilation on YouTube.

The three Programm C songs came from the recording session for the split 7” with Kobayashi (more details here).