Saalschutz is a Swiss

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band from Zurich. The band classifies its style as "techno punk".

Band history

After a

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single with Knarf Rellöm, released on Rewika Records in 2003, the first album followed in 2004, released on

ZickZack ZickZack Schallplatten is a German record label based in Hamburg. Founded by former "Sounds" magazine journalist Alfred Hilsberg in 1980, it mainly distinguished itself by releasing acts from the underground side of Neue Deutsche Welle, a term co ...

records. Saalschutz combines electronic dance music with mostly German, sometimes English and seldom French or Swiss German lyrics which often have

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istic characteristics. It combines the styles of

Synthpop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...

Electropunk Electronic rock is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres. It originates from the late 1960s, when rock bands began incorporating electronic instrume ...

and

Electroclash Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave) is a genre of music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) ...

– as well as

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Garage Rock Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...

, Tribal House and

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– creating a style similar to that of Knarf Rellöm, Räuberhöhle and (in parts)

Egotronic Egotronic is a German electropunk band from Berlin formed in 2000. It is well known for its Antideutsch political views. Band history After a couple of projects released through self-publishing, Egotronic joined the Hamburg record label Aud ...

. In 2006, the second regular album was released on ZickZack and

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. (meaning "Saalschutz makes it possible") After touring extensively, the band released their third album in November 2010. While, compared to bands like Egotronic or Frittenbude, not being explicitly political in their lyrics, Saalschutz supports political initiatives such as I Can't Relax in Deutschland or Rage Against Abschiebung.''Rage Against Abschiebung'' Former Contributors Page
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Discography

Singles: *2010 "" *2010 "" Albums: *2004 *2006 *2010 *2013 Splits: * 2003: Knarf Rellöm & DJ Patex / Saalschutz: ''Little Big City'' / ''Technopunk'' * 2005: Saalschutz / The Dance Inc.: ''Never Mind The Remix'' * 2005:

/ Saalschutz: ''Luxus'' * 2006: Saalschutz / Räuberhöhle: ''Saalschutz loves Räuberhöhle''

References

External links

Official WebsiteThe band's blogMySpace page
{{Authority control Swiss electronic music groups