Dagmar Krause (born 4 June 1950) is a German singer, best known for her work with

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including

Slapp Happy Slapp Happy was a German/English avant-garde pop, avant-pop group, formed in Germany in 1972. Their lineup consisted of Anthony Moore (keyboards), Peter Blegvad (guitar) and Dagmar Krause (vocals). The band members moved to England in 1974 wh ...

Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...

, and

Art Bears Art Bears were an England, English avant-rock Musical ensemble, group formed during the disassembly of Henry Cow in 1978 by three of its members, Chris Cutler (percussion, texts), Fred Frith (guitar, bass guitar, violin, keyboards) and Dagmar Kr ...

. She is also noted for her coverage of songs by

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...

and

Hanns Eisler Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was an Austrian composer (his father was Austrian, and Eisler fought in a Hungarian regiment in World War I). He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artisti ...

. Her unusual singing style makes her voice instantly recognisable and has defined the sound of many of the bands with whom she has worked.

Biography

Bands and projects

Dagmar Krause was born in

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on 4 June 1950. She began her professional career at the age of 14 as a singer in Hamburg clubs on the

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. In 1968 she was invited to join the , a contemporary

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she once half-jokingly described as a German version of

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. She contributed vocals to their 1968 album ''Der Kürbis, das Transportproblem und die Traumtänzer'' (''The Pumpkin, the Problem of Transport and the Dream-dancers''), a spin-off from a German TV show. The City Preachers broke up in 1969, but their lead singer

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and Krause reunited in 1970 to record ''I.D. Company'', the name of a studio project where each vocalist sung lead on and determined the direction of one side of the LP (Krause's side indicated her future direction with its

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slant). Hamburg had a thriving avant-garde scene that attracted numerous European musicians interested in pursuing aesthetic freedom and

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. It was here that Krause met, and later married, British experimental composer

Anthony Moore Anthony Moore (also known as Anthony More) (born 13 August 1948) is a British experimental music composer, performer and producer. He was a founding member of the band Slapp Happy, worked with Henry Cow and has made a number of solo albums, incl ...

. In 1972, Moore, Krause and Moore's visiting American friend, singer-songwriter

Peter Blegvad Peter Blegvad (born August 14, 1951) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, writer, and cartoonist. He was a founding member of German/English avant-pop band Slapp Happy, which later merged briefly with Henry Cow, and has released many sol ...

formed

, a self-described "naive rock" group which mixed simple pop structures with obfuscatory lyrics drawing equally from

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and

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traditions. Slapp Happy was the beginning of Krause's international musical career. They recorded two albums in Germany for

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with

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as their backing band, ''

Sort Of ''Sort Of'' is the debut studio album by the avant-rock band Slapp Happy. It was recorded in Wümme, Bremen, Germany in May and June 1972 with Faust as their backing band, and released on LP by Polydor Records in 1972. In 1980 Recommended Re ...

'' (1972) and what subsequently became known as '' Acnalbasac Noom'' (not released at the time). Then they moved to London where they recorded a new arrangement of ''Acnalbasac Noom'' for

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, released as ''

'', also known as ''Casablanca Moon'' (1974). The original ''Acnalbasac Noom'' only saw the light of day in 1980 when it was released by

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. In 1974, Slapp Happy merged with

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label-mates

, a politically oriented

group, and they made two albums, ''

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'' (1974) and ''

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'' (1975). But differences in approach caused Moore and Blegvad to withdraw Slapp Happy from the merger. Krause, however, elected to remain with Henry Cow, which led to the end of Slapp Happy. Krause's singing added a new dimension to Henry Cow's repertoire and their tricky

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s enhanced her vocal powers. Henry Cow toured Europe for two years, during which time they released a live album ''

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'' (1976) which included Krause singing duos with

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. But in May 1976 she was forced to withdraw from Henry Cow's hectic tour schedule due to ill health and returned to Hamburg. In October 1977, still unable to tour she left Henry Cow, but agreed to sing on their next studio album ''

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''. ''Hopes and Fears'' began in 1978 as a Henry Cow album but differences of opinion in the group about its content resulted in it being credited to

, a new band consisting of Krause,

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and

Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...

. Art Bears went on to make two more albums of songs, '' Winter Songs'' (1979) and ''

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'' (1981). In 1979, she collaborated with

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on the album ''Babble'', released on the

label. The work courted controversy when Coyne suggested, in the theatre presentation of the piece, that the destructive relationship between the two lovers could have been based on

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. Two performances at the

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in London were cancelled at short notice by

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following negative press reports in '' The Sun'' and ''

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''. The show was eventually staged, for four nights, at Oval House in

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. Reviewing the show for the ''

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'',

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wrote: In 1983, Krause joined a new band

News from Babel News from Babel were an English avant-rock group founded in 1983 by Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins and Dagmar Krause. They made two studio albums with several guest musicians (including Robert Wyatt) and disbanded in 1986. His ...

, featuring core members Krause,

Lindsay Cooper Lindsay Cooper (3 March 1951 – 18 September 2013) was an English bassoon and oboe player and composer. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the ...

and

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. They recorded two albums '' Work Resumed on the Tower'' (1984) and '' Letters Home'' (1985). After News from Babel, Krause was involved in a number of projects and collaborations. She performed on the

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/ Paul Richards

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, "The Kiss" with

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on the

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album '' The Kiss and Other Movements'' (1985). She also featured on ''Music for Other Occasions'' (1986) with Lindsay Cooper, ''Domestic Stories'' (1992) with Chris Cutler and

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, '' Each in Our Own Thoughts'' (1994) with

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, and ''A Scientific Dream and a French Kiss'' (1998) with Marie Goyette. In 1984, Krause sang backing vocals on "Here & There" by

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. The song appeared on the b-side of their single, "Skin Deep". It was subsequently added to the 2001 remastered edition of the parent album, ''

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''. In 1991, Krause, Moore and Blegvad reunited to work on a "Camera" (Italian for "Room") a specially written television opera, made by the UK production company After Image and commissioned by

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Television. It was based on an original idea by Krause, with words by Blegvad and music by Moore. Krause played the lead character "Melusina" and the opera was broadcast two years later on Channel 4. Slapp Happy reformed briefly in 1997 to record '' Ça Va'' and they toured Japan in 2000. In 2010, Krause joined Comicoperando, a tribute to the music of

whose line-up has included

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, Alex Maguire,

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and Cristiano Calcagnile. Krause, Moore and Blegvad reformed Slapp Happy again in November 2016 to perform with Faust at the Week-End festival in

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, Germany. The two groups also played together on 10–11 February 2017 at

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in London. On 24 February 2017 Slapp Happy, without Faust, performed at Mt. Rainer Hall,

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in Tokyo.

Solo work

Krause's fascination with

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-era

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and her love for the work of playwright

and his musical collaborators

and

produced some of her most satisfying work. In 1978 she starred in a London art-theatre production of the Brecht and Weill play ''

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'', and in 1985 she sang Brecht and Weill's "Surabaya Johnny" on the

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-produced '' Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill''. John Dougan wrote at

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that Krause's "elegant alto was perfectly suited to the emotionally and politically charged music of Brecht and Weill". In 1986, Krause made two solo albums: '' Supply and Demand: Songs by Brecht/Weill and Eisler'' and '' Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler''. These albums were also sung in German and released as ''Angebot und Nachfrage'' and ''Panzerschlacht: Die Lieder von Hanns Eisler''. Lyrically they continued the trend of earlier songs of social conscience Krause had performed, for example on

's " Living in the Heart of the Beast". ''Supply and Demand'' and ''Tank Battles'' are seen by many as Krause's best work, while the latter is considered to be one of the finest interpretations of Eisler's work. She performed selections from these albums live at various venues, most notably the

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, which was documented on ''Voiceprint Radio Sessions'' (1993).

Singing style

As a vocalist, Krause has been described by some as an acquired taste. Her singing style is highly original and idiosyncratic. Her "husky,

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-laden

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" voice can range from a sweet melodious croon to the love-it-or-hate-it

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style typified on albums like

's ''

''. Part of the intrigue of Krause's singing are her German-inflected vocals, "... but whether she sings in German or English (which she often does on the same record), she retains her impeccable phrasing and ability to inject the most oft-heard lyric with almost palpable emotion." In a review of ''

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'' (2009), critic John Kelman at ''

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'', wrote that "the kinds of intervallic leaps and harmonic sophistication required of a singer n Henry Cowmake Krause an undervalued and underrated singer in this history of modern music."

Discography

This is a selection of albums Krause has performed on, showing the year they were recorded.

Bands and projects

;With The City Preachers *''Der Kürbis, das Transportproblem und die Traumtänzer'' (1968, LP,

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) *''Back to the City'' (1971, LP,

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) ;With I.D. Company *''I.D. Company'' (1970, LP, Hörzu,

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) ;With Slapp Happy *''

'' (1972, LP,

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) *'' Acnalbasac Noom'' (1973, LP,

) *''

'' (also known as ''Casablanca Moon'') (1974, LP,

) *'' Ça Va'' (1997, CD,

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) *'' Live in Japan'' (2000, CD, FMN Records) ;With Slapp Happy/Henry Cow *''

'' (1974, LP, Virgin Records) *''

'' (1975, LP, Virgin Records) ;With Henry Cow * ''

'' (1976, 2xLP,

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, UK) * '' The Virgin Years – Souvenir Box'' (1991, 3xCD,

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, US) * '' Henry Cow Box'' (2006, 7xCD,

, UK) * '' Stockholm & Göteborg'' (2008, CD, Recommended Records, UK) * ''

'' (2009, 9xCD+DVD, Recommended Records, UK) * '' The Henry Cow Box Redux: The Complete Henry Cow'' (2019, 17xCD+DVD, Recommended Records, UK) ;With Art Bears *''

'' (1978, LP, Recommended Records) *'' Winter Songs'' (1979, LP, Recommended Records) *''

'' (1981, LP, Recommended Records) *''

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'' (2004, 6xCD, Recommended Records, UK) ;With

*''Babble'' (1979, LP, Virgin Records) ;With Commuters *''Commuters'' (1983, EP, Amphibious Records) ;With

*'' Work Resumed on the Tower'' (1984, LP, Recommended Records) *'' Letters Home'' (1985, LP, Recommended Records) ;With

*'' The Kiss and Other Movements'' (1985, LP,

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) ;With

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*'' Re Records Quarterly Vol.1 No.2'' (1985, LP, Recommended Records) ;With

*''Music for Other Occasions'' (1986, LP,

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) ;With

and

*''Camera'' (1991, CD,

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) ;With

and

*''Domestic Stories'' (1992, CD, Recommended Records) ;With

*'' Each in Our Own Thoughts'' (1994, CD, Woof Records) ;With Marie Goyette *''A Scientific Dream and a French Kiss'' (1998, CD, Resurgence) ;With The Orckestra *"Unreleased Orckestra Extract" (3" CD single, 2006, Recommended Records, UK)

Solo

*'' Supply and Demand: Songs by Brecht/Weill and Eisler'' (1986, LP,

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) **''Angebot und Nachfrage'' (1986, LP,

) – The above in the original German *'' Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler'' (1988, LP,

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) **''Panzerschlacht: Die Lieder von Hanns Eisler'' (1988, LP, Island Records) – The above in the original German *''Voiceprint Radio Sessions'' (1993, CD,

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Other contributions

The Grid The Grid is an English electronic dance group, consisting of David Ball (formerly of Soft Cell) and Richard Norris, with guest contributions from other musicians. They are best known for the hits "Swamp Thing", "Texas Cowboys", "Crystal Cle ...

: '' 456'' (1992, LP, Virgin Records) – Krause sings on one track

References

* Cutler, Chris, ed. (2009). ''The Road: Volumes 1–5'' (book from ''

'').

Footnotes

External links

Dagmar Krause: Last.FM Group

''Calyx: The Canterbury Website''. * ().
Dagmar Krause: Discography
''Satoshi Nishihara homepage''.

''Air Structures''. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krause, Dagmar 1950 births Avant-garde singers Living people Musicians from Hamburg German women singers German expatriates in England Henry Cow members Slapp Happy members Art Bears members News from Babel members The Orckestra members