Die Letzte Uebung Finds Worthy Memorial

Everybody has obscure tunes in his head, from long forgotten bands, pieces of a melody from a song from your childhood and first impressions of what punk as an art form could be. In Switzerland, the honor of combining unique imagery, graphics, type and powerful music first goes to Die Letzte Uebung, a six piece band that made their shows surreal art happenings not unlike the Residents, but wilder. DLU did not shy away from playing fierce funk rhythms or include free jazz saxophone and roughest early synth shocks into their punky mix. Foremost, they were a band, and with that comes the territory of fighting, followed by premature break ups. DLU played four legendary concerts and never entered a studio. One old cassette tape of rehearsal room recordings has recently been restored by bass player Fredy Stieger. Entercontainer, a new virtual label of highest quality and good services presents the long lost tape in full length mp3s and is strong testimony of the raw power the band came across with, even under poor conditions. With the exception of Bleichenbacher, who was on synth, all remaining members of DLU still dabble in music. But to reunite the six on stage has so far proven impossible...