Xmal Deutschland - The Complete BBC Peel Sessions Format:CD The Odd Couple stands up

The Odd Couple stands up proudly alongside its predecessor

Sun Ra had them singin’ some beautiful stuff

Constant motion

Psychological ‘letting go of the balloon’ distance as perspective

others were merely outlines

Xmal Deutschland - The Complete BBC Peel Sessions Format:CD The Odd Couple stands upGerman goth pioneers Xmal Deutschland revered among British audiences in the early Eighties for their ominous and transfixing presentation of danceable darkwave, sung mostly in the German language performed live for beloved DJ John Peels BBC Radio 1 program four times over the span of 1982 to 1985. Emerging from Hamburg's art punk underground and often associated with the Neue Deutsche Welle scene, the band quickly found a devoted UK following when