Xmal Deutschland - Gift (The 4AD Years) 3LP Deluxe Edition Boxset (Red Vinyl)
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Commemorating their ‘4AD years’ (1983-1984) forty years on,the mysteriously enchanting group returns now with a brand-new release entitledGift: The 4AD Years. The extraordinary impact Xmal Deutschland hadupon British audiences in the early Eighties is difficult to convey forty yearson. A spell was cast by the staccato rhythms, unmediated channels andmysterious (to us) language of their music, and by the vision and strength ofthe women involved. Their breakthrough support slot with Cocteau Twins and firsttwo albums with 4AD dazzled and dug deep, speaking in tones and temperaturesunlike any band before or since. “And at some point, it seemed to people wejust...disappeared”, muses singer Anja Huwe. “So this mythof Xmal Deutschland just got bigger and bigger over the years…” Gift, which will fascinate newcomers just as it feeds the faithful, is brimmingwith presence. And if the word “gift” in German slyly relates to a kind ofpoison, nobody said this music was all sweetness and light. Even if its radianceresonates, four decades later. Xmal Deutschland’s 4AD years were a bold andbewitching boomerang. The magic’s back.  The limited-edition 3xLP boxsetcontains 2025 Abbey Road remasters of their two albums released with the label(the feverish Fetsich and titanic Tocsin), as well as tracks off other relatedreleases and EPs including Incubus Succubus II and Qual, creating a packagepulsating with power and poise. Gift’s striking cover artwork — featuringphotography by Peter Schulte — was designed by Timothy O’Donnell, based onoriginal art by 23 Envelope. It accompanies original sleeve photography byNigel Grierson. Rounding out the package is an additional photo bookletcontaining images by Kevin Cummins, Paul Slattery, Sheila Rock, and more, aswell as text by Chris Roberts.  

3LP Tracklisting Fetisch 

A1. Qual 

A2.Geheimnis 

A3. Young Man 

A4. In Der Nacht 

A5. Orient 

B1. Hand In Hand 

B2.Kaempfen 

B3. Danthem

 B4. Boomerang 

B5. Stummes Kind Tocsin 

C1. Mondlicht 

C2.Eiland 

C3. Reigen 

C4. Tag für Tag 

D1. Augen-blick 

D2. Begrab Mein Herz 

D3.Nachtschatten 

D4. Xmas in Australia 

D5. Derwisch Incubus Succubus II 

E1.Incubus Succubus II 

E2. Vito Qual 

F1. Qual - 12” Remix 

F2. Zeit 

F3. Sehnsucht



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