Weimar Gesang- 12” Discography
Though a few demo cassettes and live material are circling around in rather incomplete and poor quality, here’s the official recorded output of Italian darkwave/minimal synth band Weimar Gesang, which amounts to three 12” releases. There are also a handful of compilation appearances alongside the live/demo cassettes, but I’ve been unsuccessful in tracking them down as of yet.
Not a lot of information about the band to be found otherwise. The band consisted of four members: Donato Santarcangeli, Fabio Magistrali, Giuseppe Tonolini, and Paolo Mauri, a few of which went on to play in various other Italian bands over the years. If anyone has some concrete info about these fantastically gloomy fellows, feel free to contribute below.
That all said, here’s the information for there three 12” releases. Recommended heavily for fans of the Cure/New Order/Victrola. So many favorite songs here, including “Chantal’s Secret,” “Light-Tight Place,” and “Worn Out Prayer.”
Weimar Gesang- Even Stone Pales 12” (1984)
1. Held Inside
2. Annual Ring
3. Chantal’s Secret
4. Held Inside Again
Weimar Gesang- The Colours Of Ice (1985)
1. Deceit
2. Like In A Mirror
3. Melt Your Sight
4. One Promise Less
5. Torn Envelope
Weimar Gesang- No Given Path 12” (1986)
1. Du Bist
2. The Secret Us
3. Light – Tight Place
4. When The Moon Splits The Gloom
5. Worn Out Prayer
6. Mother Of Nothing
*download it here* (RE-RIPPED 7.23.13)
EDIT: A comrade over at the Krupnik blog has featured the Afterglow compilation, which features three further Weimar Gesang traxx, none of which appear on these 12 inches! Click here to nab it.
Otherwise, as previously mentioned, I do have a really shoddy live recording from 1985 kicking around. I can’t really recommend it, but if anyone’s dying to hear it, shout below and I’ll upload it separately.
July 1, 2009 at 1:48 am
It seems that there was more to Italy in the 80s than Cheetahchrome Motherfucker. Who knew?
Thanks for the share, Frankie.
–Daniel
July 1, 2009 at 3:40 am
…and here's another one from Weimar Gesang (192 kbps):
http://rapidshare.com/files/250536485/Weimar_Gesang_-_Our_Silent_Growth.rar
Info:
http://www.discogs.com/Weimar-Gesang-Our-Silent-Growth/release/1505393
July 1, 2009 at 8:14 am
Thabnks for sharing. I see they have a fan-myspace http://www.myspace.com/weimargesang and also released a CD in 2003 which is a compilation of Colours of ice and No Given Path http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/weimar_gesang.htm .
July 1, 2009 at 1:07 pm
anon- thanks for the contribution! i have parts of that tape floating around, but not the whole thing. i'll add it above, if you don't mind?
July 2, 2009 at 11:59 am
Oh thank you! I'm italian and I was looking forward to see Weimar Gesang on your page!
July 2, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Hi frankie,
obviously feel free to add "Our Silent Growth" above…
Here's also the tracks from their split with Plastic Trash,
but it's a very muddy-sounding transfer tape that i've got here unfortunately… :-/
http://rapidshare.com/files/251062533/Weimar_Gesang_-_VM_Due.rar
Info:
http://www.discogs.com/Plastic-Trash-Weimar-Gesang-VM-Due/release/1514289
July 3, 2009 at 2:44 am
I'm always looking forward to your new posts..you introduce me to obscure bands (at least for me)..keep up the good work..as always, an amazing post!
July 3, 2009 at 8:48 am
Some notes about Weimar Gesang:
1. The ep's list is correct
2. The "our silent growth" cassette was released before the first ep, the right list of songs is:
A1 – Frail Moments
A2 – Torn Souls
A3 – The Play
B1 – Show Me
B2 – Motionless Dance
B3 – Frail Moments (Second View)
3. On soulseek there is a widely available "our silent growth" that it is not correct, it is actually a mislabed vm2 split tape that was attached to the number 2 of my fanzine "Vm".
It was released between the first and he second ep, and the right list of songs for vm2 split tape is:
B1- Our Silent Growth
B2 – Remaining Years
B3 – The Dragging
B4 – Light-Tight Place
4. The songs from Afterglow compilation are all from "our silent growth" or "vm2 split tape" but in a very bad quality.
5. I've never seen a copy of the compilation-cd mentioned in http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/weimar_gesang.htm, I think it was actually a "projected" release…
July 3, 2009 at 9:05 am
WG was:
Paolo Mauri – bass, keyboards and vocals
Fabio Magistrali – drums and keyboards
Beppe Tonolini – guitar until "The colours of Ice"
Donato Santarcangeli – guitar on "No given path"
Cesare Malfatti – guitar after "No given path"
Enrica Toninelli – keyboards on "Our silent growth"
July 3, 2009 at 3:55 pm
allelimo, thank you tremendously for all the additional information between these two posts! muchly appreciated for filling in the gaps!
July 3, 2009 at 9:27 pm
you're both great guys! thanks!
December 27, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Thanks! This is great.
May 18, 2013 at 11:28 am
Thank you for all the material! I am from Milan, Italy. I am 30 yrs old and I discovered Weimar Gesang only in the last month. They sound great! Do you have any other groups similar to them? New Wave Will Never Die!
Regards,
Brian
May 18, 2013 at 10:48 pm
Brian-
I recommend Victrola for more Italian dark wave. There’s a lot of Weimar Gesang material here that others have donated too, so check the posts after this one!
July 23, 2013 at 2:35 pm
Excellent stuff – many thanks for this!
May 7, 2015 at 6:19 am
OH! i Love You! Best! TY so much for dropping these gems! XOXO , +ESP the Der Bau K7 and Bethany Curve demo!