Malaria! was a German

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experimental

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band from

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, formed in 1981 by Gudrun Gut and Bettina Köster following the dissolution of Mania D with Karin Luner, Eva Gossling later

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and Beate Bartel (of Liaisons Dangereuses). Other members included Manon P. Duursma, Christine Hahn (founding member of

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bands Daily Life,

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, and CKM with

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), and Susanne Kuhnke (also a member of Die Haut). They are most often associated with

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and

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. Malaria!'s most popular record was ''New York Passage'' (produced by Eric Dufaure for Cachalot Records), which was top 10 in both U.S. and European

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charts and led to a tour with The Birthday Party,

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, and

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. There are videos for the songs "Geld/Money", "Your Turn to Run", and "You, You" (directed by

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) along with a live video for "Thrash Me" featured in a German documentary called ''Super 80''. In 2001, an EP of Malaria! covers entitled ''Versus'' was released and included a popular cover of "Kaltes Klares Wasser" by

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Discography

* 1981: ''Malaria'' (12") * 1981: ''How Do You Like My New Dog?'' (7") * 1982: ''Emotion'' (LP) * 1982: ''New York Passage'' (12") * 1982: ''White Water'' (12") * 1983: ''Revisited'' – Live (cassette) * 1984: ''Beat the Distance'' (12") * 1991: ''Compiled'' (CD) * 1991: ''Kaltes Klares Wasser'' (CDM) * 1992: ''Elation'' (CDM) * 1993: ''Cheerio'' (CD) * 2001: ''Compiled 1981–1984'' (CD)

References

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"Malaria!"
from ''The great indie discography''
"Germany"
from ''

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"Malaria!"
from ''Forty years videoart.de, Part 1'' * * {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1981 German all-female bands Neue Deutsche Welle groups All-female electronic bands