DEO and SIGN SYSTEM

Country:
Germany

Members:
Harald Hoffmann (voc, key)
Andreas Pasieka (git, voc)
Kurt Hein (b, voc)
Christoph Aengenheyster (dr)
Klaus Kranz (Kurt Hein was followed by Kranz only in Deo)

DEO - Deo (1982)

Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave (N.D.W), Punk, Synth-pop

Producer - Klaus Schulze

Tracklist :

01 Exakt Neutral (3:56)
02 Bequem (4:35)
03 Killerautomat (2:56)
04 Traum (2:38)
05 Deodorant (2:17)
06 Peepshow (3:46)
07 Ruhrgebiet (2:06)
08 Angesagt (2:01)
09 Let's Go West (3:15)
10 Andre Welten (3:23)
11 Vorbei (3:16)
12 Neonlicht (2:30)

Link to download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/41183410/deo_-_deo__1981_192_kbs.rar.html

SIGN SYSTEM - Burning Down (1985)

Genre:
Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, Italo Disco

Credits:
Daryl Van Raalte-bass/Michael Adam Admitz-PPG programming/Wolfgang Schlitzer-keyb./Ian Wilson-rhythm guitar, backing vocal/Michael Rolke-sax on track 08/Jürgen Pluta-bass on track 03/All Songs Arranged by Sign System

Producer - Ian Wilson

Tracklist :

01 Man On The Run
02 On Fire
03 Stay With Me
04 Game Of Love
05 You'll Never Change My Mind
06 Unknown Town
07 Burning Down
08 Nobody Knows The Answer
09 Sweet Love
10 Hard Work

Bonus :

from STAY WITH ME 12" (1984)

01 Stay With Me (6:16)
02 Stay With Me (4:20)

Links to download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/40607898/sign_system_192_kbs.rar.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/40600076/sign_system_-1985-_stay_with_me_192_kbs.rar.html

Biography:
Deo was a new wave band from Oberhausen (Ruhr area).Their album with the same title was released in summer of '81.12 wonderful,fresh,cool and punk-like songs with monotnous vocals,keyboards and strange sound effects.The band counts as an uncommon group from the German new wave period,their music is close to Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle and Fehlfarben.It is a wonderful mixture that makes you dance and dream.This made Deo the most sophisticated punkavantgarde band.Their funny texts and usage were impressive indeed.Their producer was the famous Klaus Schulze from Tangerine Dream and from Innovative Communication ,who is is one of the pioneers of electronic music. Check his label, Innovative Communication (http://www.ic-digit.de/)

They split up in 1983.One of their best song "Exakt Neutral"was remade by Stereo Total in 2001,after their woman singer found the album of Deo in a second hand shop ,Paris.All the members liked the Lp ,thus they decided to make their own pretty good version.

The members of Deo weren't profi musicians,all they had civil jobs.Harald Hoffmann was a photographer, Klaus Kranz was electrotechnician, Andreas Pasieka studied social pedagogy and Christoph Aengenheyster studied Latin and Greek.Deo has only one released album.

They reformed the band in 1984 under a new name,Sign Sytem.The member were the same,but everything else changed around them.Their new label was Bellaphon with a new producer Ian Wilson (produced also Vasco Rossi),the new musical style was Synth-pop, Disco,Italo with english texts only.Their biggest hit was the Secret Service-like "Stay with me" (1984), appeared also on "I love Italo Disco vol.33" .I think the other songs are good too.Nothing punk or new wave,but nice easy-listening songs with typical 80's sound.
They made only one album.

Whereabouts:

Harald Hoffmann has been working as a photographer for record-companies, musicians, actors, magazines and advertising agencies.

Andreas Pasieka has a firm,CREATON Musikproduktion and producing music,hearing books,light installations etc.

(CREATON Musikproduktion, Kirchweg 49, 47447 MoersTelefon: 02841/9989138, Fax: 02841/9989139, eMail: andreas.pasieka@t-online.de)

And as far as i know, Christoph Aengenheyster has been working as attorney in Oberhausen.

I dont have info about Kurt Hein and Klaus Kranz .

If you know more about them and the other members, let me know please!!

More info:

http://www.ichwillspass.de/ndw/bands/deo.htm

http://www.haraldhoffmann.com/ the page of Harald Hoffmann

http://foto-mittelrhein.de/ more photos from Harald