Message from Marian Gold

[Krapplund]

June 2, 2008

Dear friends from all over the world!

I'd like to thank you for your kind birthday greetings, for all the sweet and wonderful cards and e-mails and for the congratulations (and serenades! :-) I received during and after the gigs we recently did: that was very touching. - Me and the boys will pay back your love and affection for Alphaville with great new music and artistic enthusiasm.

I hope to see you all on our concerts in autumn, when we will introduce you to another chapter of Alphaville's musical evolution.

Be prepeared for great things to come!

Best wishes from glowing Berlin

Marian Gold

Source: www.alphaville.de

[Krapplund]

July 11, 2008

MESSAGE FROM MARIAN

Source: Official Alphaville Mailing List

Q: Do you have vacation, Marian?

A: ...yea, in the studio. Sebastian Komor is back from Edmonton and will stay in Berlin for some time. Martin Lister will arrive the following week. At present Seb and me are working on a song called "End Of Yesterday" which is planned as the opener of the album. If that's the best song I don't know, Vivi. There are about 25 demos in the final lap of the production waiting to be finished. We do not intend to put more than 14 (max.!!) on the album. To make a choice will be difficult 'coz they're all fantastic. Here's some (working)-titles of those tracks you haven't heard of so far:

Stroke Of Midnight, Eternally Yours, The Things I Didn't Do, The Things We Got To Do, The Lions Never Die, Blood Red Door, Kalte Asche, Call Me Down, The Voynich Chronicle and Blind Arrow, to name a few. The projected album's title currently is "Catching Rays On Giant". Don't ask me what it means. I know but will never tell :-)

We are pretty much on schedule with the production although we had a major computer crash on monday and lost a whole song (the logic file with lots of its audios), it was kind of devastating. But after we rerecorded the song with some major changes in the arrangement, it turned out to be even better than it was ever before and we're all flying in high spirits again.

Love from Lunapark

Airman Gold

Source: www.alphaville.de and Official Alphaville Mailing List

[Krapplund]

26.08.2008, 12:25 from Claudia @ Moonbase:

Hallo Leute,
vielen Dank für das Photo. Sieht aus als hättet ihr eine tolle Zeit und tolles Wetter gehabt. Hier in Berlin läuft alles nach Plan, soweit man das für eine künstlerische Produktion sagen kann. Wir liegen ein bißchen hinter der Zeit, Sebastian war übers Wochenende erkrankt, ist aber nichts Schlimmes. Heute werden wir mit einem neuen Song anfangen. Wird ein superspannendes Album werden.
Die allerbesten Grüße aus dem Lunapark
Euer Marian

Translated by Kaz:

Hi everyone,
many thanks for the photo. Looks like you had a great time and great weather. Here in Berlin, everything is going according to plan, as far as one can say that for an artistic production. We are running a little behind schedule, Sebastian was ill over the weekend but it's nothing bad. Today we will start with a new song. It's going to be a super exciting album.
All the best from Lunapark. Marian

[Krapplund]

September 13, 2008

Dear friends,

today sees the end of the second part of the production for the new Alphaville album. Sebastian, Mart and me went through most inspiring and exciting times and finished a lot of songs. We are all here in high spirits and enthusiastic about the direction and style of the music that has a much groovier and more romantic side than previous AV-albums.

There will be a third productional session in London in Martin's and Dave's studios, where we'll record vocals, guitars, additional orchestrations and other overdubs for a couple of tracks. Parts of the final mixes will take place in Berlin, London and Edmonton/Canada during October until mid- November. As you see, there will be lots of travelling.

In a few hours, the doors of Lunapark will be closing behind us and for the rest of the evening we will celebrate the successful end of our production here in Berlin.

We greet you all and can't wait to play you all the wonderful music.

Cheers!

Marian Gold, Martin Lister and Sebstian Komor

Source: www.alphaville.de

[Krapplund]

November 11, 2008, London

NEWS FROM GIANT

Today we started another production session for guitar-overdubs and vocals in Davy Goodes' studio. The album should be ready for mixing by mid November. However, the final mix will not be done until negotiations with record companies have been concluded.

Best wishes from London

Marian, Martin and Dave

Source: www.alphaville.de

[Krapplund]

February 27, 2009, Sylt, Germany

Jan:
I am wondering what Alphaville is doing and if they are doing well? Hey, Marian, we haven't heard all that much from you recently! I hope that's a good sign...you guys being really busy in the studio so we can enjoy a new album soon...? I am impatiently waiting for an update on how everything's proceeding.

Marian:
Yes, we're doin' well and all the pieces seem to come together finally but not too late :-) Actually, I think this is going to be a really great production. There were lots of things we've always wanted to do and most of those suggestions now live in the songs and add amazing colours to the music. When our last album "CrazyShow" was a vast collection of raw ideas, a kind of screenshot into a musician's mind, "Giant" will be a complete and totally accomplished production, a take-it-or-leave-it thing, so to speak. And, yes, the title of the the album is still the one you all know so well but, who knows...

I reckon there will be a few snippets of the music at our website soon. How much this will tell you of the new album I don't know but I hope it'll be enough to enliven your curiosity. Besides I expect that we manage to keep the bigger part of Giant in secret until its release although we all know this is a difficult task these days. In March I will spent some time again at Martin's studio in London with the emphasis on keyboard-arrangements, instrumental solos and backing vocals. There will be lots of bv's this time and generally "Giant" will be far more complex concerning vocals then the last couple of albums.

Jan:
Btw, there have been several other projects in the pipeline over the last years that we haven't heard of again. I am wondering what has happened to the Opera with Marian singing/playing the envoy...(has there been a performance? Is there a recording?)

Marian:
Yes, the title was "L'Invenzione Degli Angeli", if I remember it right. Klaus Schulze, who wrote all the the music for the opera, finished the mixes about three years ago. Sounded damn great to me. But there seems to be no interest from the side of the record company in releasing the stuff. Still I doubt the last word has been spoken on this project.

Jan:
How are things for the Alice in Wonderland musical?

Marian:
This is a kind of sad story because I invested a lot of enthusiasm into that project and it was already announced in the bill of fare of the Theatre Würzburg for 2006 (or '07?). Unfortunately it was cancelled in the very last moment due to budget restrictions. Since then Alice sleeps in some desk drawer at Lunapark waiting to be resurrected from the dark. There's a tiny chance she will be revived by a co-production of two theatres from two different cities in Germany but that's very vague. Money's short these days and theatres tend to invest in approved productions to keep the risk as small as possible.

Jan:
What has happened to/is happening with Sputnik Roadhouse...

Marian:
I had a talk with Klaus Schulze, the other half of SR, just the other day and all I can tell you is that something definitely IS happening :-). Will keep you updated.

Jan:
Are there any news on the Alphaville-book. I would be very happy to hear how all those planets in the AV-universe are doing!

Marian:
I wished I'd never spoken about "The Book". Well, here's what I did so far: collected a huge amount of interviews, unreleased photos, drawings, short stories, poems and diary snippets, hoping to create something like a written and illustrated version of "Dreamsapes". Then put everything in a big box with a sticker on it saying "An Orbit Full Of Questions" and forgot about the whole thing. Simply haven't found the time to date to work on this idea. - Frankly, I never considered it important enough to give it any priority on my time schedule.

And that's all for now from my side. Oh, I nearly forgot! There will definetely be an Anniversary-concert/party by the end of this year, presumably late November-mid December. We're working on that and will let you know in time the exact date.

Greetings from the island to you, dear Jan, to the rest of the list-pack and to everybody out there. We love you all very much.

Marian Gold

Source: www.alphaville.de

[Krapplund]

Tue Jun 9, 2009 8:02 am

Thank You

Dear folks,

I’d like to thank you for your kind birthday wishes. I received them all
with joy and gratitude and have had the most wonderful day. Though I am very
busy with concerts and the current album production I do not miss a word
written at the mailing list. I hope to give you soon more good news about
our activities.

Amitiés
Marian (just around your corner)

Source: The Mailinglist

[Krapplund]

Tue Dec 8, 2009 9:56 am

Dear friends of Alphaville,

I'd like to thank everybody who attended the show on the 4th of
December in Prague.
It was a wonderful and most moving experience for us to share the
25th Anniversary of the band together with you.
You made a great event even greater.

To those who couldn't make it to Prague I offer my compliments, too.
Your wishes and greetings which reached us over the last couple of
weeks were very touching and encouraging.
We will carry on the flag and will do our best to keep you all
entertained.

Yours faithfully
Marian Gold

Source: The Mailinglist

[Krapplund]

Fri Dec 25, 2009 2:32 am

Dear Friends,

I'd like to express my kindest Christmas Greetings!
May you all have a splendid time and let the year finish off with many magic
moments.
I am looking forward to 2010 and to meeting you again.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Marian Gold


Source: The Mailinglist

[Krapplund]

Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:08 pm

Hello everybody,

this is Marian Gold from Starship Alphaville. First of all and also on behalf of my wife Anna and of course of Ferdinand, I'd like to thank you for the kind congratulations we have received over the last couple of days. Some of your mails also contained questions and remarks which I would like to answer:

1.) Hey Outsider, nice to hear from you and yes indeed, we live in a quite busy house. - Since you have co-written ID4U2day, you might be interested to know that we have worked out a completely new version of the song together with our producer (hopefully) to be. I will write more about the subject production later on.

2.) Hey Marco, there's no specific reason for naming our son Ferdinand, it's just that we like the name very much.

3.) Hey Jana and Ludmila, I'm looking forward to your presents :-)

4.) Hey Olek, here's the easy solution to your problem: Ferdinand is the sixth child out of three sons and two daughters. Message understood ?:-)

5.) Hey Kestutis, I gladly confirm Martin's announcement that the planned release date of our upcoming album will be the end of September/early October 2010. - Things are going very well. And although our management is still negotiating with the management of our favoured producer for the final touches of production, I dare say that we have found the ideal manning for the job. As soon as the deal is fixed I will tell you his name. We also receive great support from Universal, our new record company and I can tell you that the guys are really pushing us hard to keep the deadline which means that a punctual release is quite likely to be (and very unlikely for Alphaville). - And we have great songs waiting for their final production. I actually am happy that we managed to keep most of them as a secret ensuring the album still will be a surprise in most of its parts. And as it looks like it will also be a surprise for us since the last weeks have proven how much certain songs can change during the last steps in production.

That's all for now. We will keep you updated.
Love and greetings from Berlin, London and Outer Space
Marian

Source: The Mailinglist

[Krapplund]

Original German

Wednesday 5th May 2010

Liebe Stella,

Sebastian hat einen sehr wichtigen Beitrag zum kommenden Album geleistet. In der aktuellen, vorletzten Produktionsphase liegt der Schwerpunkt allerdings wieder mehr auf der Band, da wir jetzt, vor dem Mischen der Tracks, alle Live-Overdubs aufnehmen werden, also alle live gespielten Instrumente (Synths/Martin, Gitarren/Dave und Drums/Jacob, sowie alle noch fehlenden Lead- und Backingvocals) . Und für zwei Stücke muß ich bzw Martin noch Texte schreiben.

Wir wissen auch noch nicht genau, welche Titel konkret auf dem Album sein werden, das wird sich letztendlich erst nach dem Abmischen entscheiden. Ich hab Sebastian übrigens gestern von Johannesburg aus angeskypt. Er steckt mitten in den Tourvorbereitungen mit seiner eigenen Band in Edmonton und wird in den nächsten Wochen in Kanada und den Staaten unterwegs sein. Ich hoffe, ihn zur Release des neuen Albums nach Europa rüberholen zu können, wenn seine Termine es zulassen.

Was den Produzenten angeht, den wir für die Schlußphase der Produktion engagieren wollen, so werde ich mehr dazu sagen können, sobald ich aus Südafrika zurück bin. Im Moment sind wir in Kapstadt und werden heute zusammen mit Spandau Ballett auftreten. Was die Liveshows in Deutschland betrifft, sind einige Termine für den Sommer in Vorbereitung, über die Euch Claudia unds Moonbaserl auf dem laufenden halten werden, sobald eine definitve Bestätigung von Seiten der Veranstalter vorliegt. Ne richtige Tournee mit neuem Programm wird es dann zur Release des Albums geben, also schätzungsweise im Herbst.

Das wärs fürs erste. Martin klopft an der Tür, ich muß jetzt los, noch ein paar Souvenirs für die Kinder kaufen und mir n paar Trainers für den Auftritt heut abend. Die geilen Cowboystiefel, die ich in Johannesburg auf der Bühne anhatte waren arschglatt wegen der nagelneuen Ledersohle und ein paar Mal hats mich fast hingesenst.

Leider ist das Wetter nicht sooo toll, weil hier grad der Herbst angebrochen ist und alles in dichten Nebel hüllt. Macht aber nix, ist trotzdem cool, die Jungs von Spandau zu treffen und Kapstadt zu rocken.

Viele Grüße von unterhalb des Äquators

Marian

English Translation

Sebastian has made a very important contribution to the forthcoming album. In the current, last but one production phase the focus is once more on the band, as we are now, before mixing the tracks, adding all live overdubs and all live instruments (synths / Martin, guitar / Dave and Drums / Jacob and all the remaining lead and backing vocals). And for two pieces Martin and I still have to write the texts.

We don't yet know exactly which songs will actually be on the album, that will ultimately be decided after the mixing. By the way, yesterday I Skyped with Sebastian from Johannesburg. He is in the midst of the tour arrangements with his own band in Edmonton and will be in Canada and the States on the road in the next few weeks. I hope to get him over for the release of the new album, if his schedule allows.

As producers, we want to commit to the final stage of production, so I'll be able to say more once I'm back from South Africa. At the moment we are in Cape Town and today we are going to meet up with Spandau Ballet. As for the live shows in Germany, there are some dates for the summer in preparation, about which Claudia will keep you up to date through Moonbase, as soon as these are defintely confirmed by the event organisers. There will be a real tour upon the release of the album, which is estimated to be in the autumn.

That's it for now. Martin is knocking on the door. I must go now, buy a few souvenirs for the kids and me some trainers for the gig tonight. The horny cowboy boots that I wore in Johannesburg on the stage were dead slippy because of the brand new leather soles and a couple of times I almost fell on my arse (translator's licence!).

Unfortunately the weather is not great, because here autumn has already arrived and all wrapped in thick fog. Don't worry, it is still cool to meet the boys from Spandau and to rock Cape Town.

Marian

Source: The German Mailinglist

[Krapplund]

June 03, 2010: Lunapark, Berlin

DEAR FRIENDS,

thank you, thank you, thank you so very much for all your lovely birthday wishes.
There were so many this year coming in through all possible channels, wow!
I am amazed and overwhelmed.

And I love you all!

Eternally Yours
Marian Gold

Source: Moonbase

[Krapplund]

Original German

Wednesday 3th Aug 2011

Strange Attractor

Wir werden keine dritte Single von GIANT auskoppeln. Es wird aber noch jede Menge Konzerte in diesem Jahr geben, wo man fast alle Stücke von unserem aktuellen Album live erleben kann. Im übrigen arbeiten wir bereits an der Produktion für ein neues Album, welches, man höre und staune, definitiv nächstes Jahr erscheinen wird. Wenn wir vor Juli 2012 damit rauskommen sollten, würden wir sogar den Rekord von AFTERNOONS unterbieten, das ist m. E. das nach FOREVER YOUNG bislang am schnellsten veröffentlichte Album, s. u.


1984 10 Forever Young
20 Monate
1986 06 Afternoons In Utopia
33 Monate
1989 03 The Breathtaking Blue
66 Monate
1994 09 Prostitute
36 Monate
1997 09 Salvation
66 Monate
2003 03 CrazyShow
92 Monate
2010 11 Catching Rays On Giant
20 Monate??
2012 07 Strange Attractor

Ob uns das gelingen wird, kann ich allerdings nicht mit Bestimmtheit sagen. Wahrscheinlicher ist ne Release im Herbst. Aber noch ist nicht aller Tage Abend. Wir haben schon jetzt jede Menge abgefahrene Musik für das nächste Werk und jeden Monat kommen neue, supergeile Nummern dazu. Mehr dazu später.


Beste Grüße aus Alphaville
Marian

English Translation

Strange Attractor

We will not release a third single from GIANT. However, there will still be plenty of concerts this year where you can experience almost all the songs from our current album live. Besides that, we are already working on the production of a new album which will, you will be amazed to hear, definitely be released next year. If it should be released before July 2012, we will with that break the record of AFTERNOONS, which is, I think, after FOREVER YOUNG by far the fastest-released album. See below:


1984 10 Forever Young
20 months
06 1986 Afternoons In Utopia
33 months
1989 03 The Breathtaking Blue
66 months
1994 09 Prostitute
36 months
1997 09 Salvation
66 months
2003 03 crazy show
92 months
2010 11 Catching Rays On Giant
20 months?
2012 07 Strange Attractor

Whether this will happen for us, I cannot say with certainty. The release is likely to be autumn. But it's not over until the fat lady sings. We already have a lot of cool music planned for the next album and every month we keep adding more super cool numbers to those. More on that later.


Best regards from Alphaville
Marian

Source: The German Mailinglist

[russharvey]

maybe now he will finally get to release an album with that title..... Strange Attractor