21. August 2023 | digital EP 'automaten (-6y edit)'

As part of the Earth Day 2023 campaign (from 20 April to 6 May 2023), the song automaten (-6y edit) was available on bandcamp for a limited time. This was a deconstructed, contemporary version of the song (12″) first released in 1985.
Due to the positive feedback (ao mev2 feat mittageisen : automaten (-6y edit)) we decided to release the (short) version together with a new created extended version (6’21”) as digital EP on bandcamp.
In addition, we have created a video that can be viewed on vimeo.

20. April 2023 | EarthPercent x Earth Day 2023

We are pleased to support the 'Earth Day 2023' campaign of EarthPercent with the exclusive release of automaten (-6y edit). The track is a deconstructed, contemporary version of the song first released in 1985 (12″).
automaten (-6y edit) will be available for a limited time (20 April until 6 May 2023) on the bandcamp webpages of EarthPercent and mev2 as a single and as part of a compilation.

8. October 2022 | demo-tape 1981 remastered

40 years back into the musical future, when bands like Joy Division, PIL, SatB, WIRE, etc. released their unique music (PostPunk/NewWave).
At the same time, mittageisen were formed and recorded their first songs at the end of 1981. We have restored three previously unreleased songs from the original MC and publish them as demo-tape 1981 remastered in digital version for download/streaming.

8. June 2022 | mev2

mev2 What began in 1994 with various remix projects (mittageisen v2, toini) is continued under the name mev2. The resulting 'sounds' are published as MP3 downloads or streaming on mev2.bandcamp.
In addition, the label activities focus on 'visions' (currently WIRE – PEOPLE IN A FILM) as well as the support of various socio-cultural projects.

12. November 2021 | mittageisen 1981

At the end of 1981, mittageisen made their first demo recordings with an 8-track tape machine, which were released in 1982 in a very small edition as a music cassette. While three (wir, persistance de la mémoire, einer von vielen) of the six songs were released in a new version on the LP in 1983, the rest of the songs remained unreleased. We have now decided to restore the original recordings and then decide which of the songs will be released in a remastered version during 2022.

8. February 2021 | Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché

A new documentary (IMDb) honoring punk icon Poly Styrene has been released. A daughter’s journey to reveal the untold story of the first woman of colour to front the successful band X-Ray Spex.
Poly Styrene introduced the world to a new sound of rebellion, using her unconventional voice to sing about identity, consumerism, postmodernism, and everything she saw unfolding in late 1970s Britain.
We are pleased to be one of several Executive Producers who helped make the film possible. Offical trailer: Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché.

24. July 2020 | German Synth-Wave Underground 1981-1984

CD/LP/MP3 booklet: “Swiss Combo mittageisen were amongst the best known purveyors of postpunk/newwave in the alpine state back in the early 1980s. Thanks in no small measure to the automaten 12 inch, which earned a reissue in 2016. Their eponymous album, released in 1983, was captivating from start to finish and is much sought after today. unverstaendnis is a curiosity in its own right. The playback having been recorded backwards.”

4. April 2020 | Band-Websites with individual picture galleries/slideshows

The webpages of the bands GRAUZONE, mittageisen, The Vyllies were supplemented with individual picture galleries/slideshows, including photos & documents from their active time.

11. November 2019 | Movie Platzspitzbaby

The mittageisen song automaten (from 10m42s) is, among other 1980s songs, part of the film soundtrack Platzspitzbaby (IMDb). A movie about the drug scene (Platzspitz) in Zurich in the 1990s. Cinema release in Switzerland is/was mid-January 2020 [Trailer].

8. August 2019 | WIRE – PEOPLE IN A FILM

people in a filmmital-U (Bruno W) supports as co-producer (Senior Executive Producer) the production of the film WIRE – PEOPLE IN A FILM, by Malcom Boyle (Director & Producer) and Graham Duff (Writer). A Documentation about the definitiv post-punk band WIRE. The film is expected to be completed by spring 2023 (due to filming delays caused by COVID restrictions).

9. September 2016 | A-SYNTH FEST

Bruno W (mittageisen / mital-U) is on Saturday, 1. October 2016 guest at the annual A-SYNTH FEST in St. Gallen (CH). You can find a review on the ARTNOIR-Website.

7. July 2016 | a tribute to mittageisen

The skate enthusiasts from THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW have published a worth seeing skate video [vimeo|YouTube] with excerpts from various mittageisen songs. They have also created a T-shirt, which is or was available through their online shop.

3. June 2016 | Video automaten remastered

Not only for those who couldn’t be present on the re-release party, because it was (on the basis of the way or years) too far away… The for the first time shown remastered video (IMDb) is now available online. Following the re-release of the 12″ automaten we’ve just published the remastered video of automaten (radio edit 2015) on vimeo and YouTube.

3. March 2016 | Re-release 12″ automaten on Record Store Day 2016

The re-release of the meanwhile extremely rare and expensive traded 12″ automaten will be available in a limited and numbered edition of 500 copies on April 16th at Record Store Day 2016 contributing record stores. Afterwards, the 12″ will be available at well assorted record stores.

12. December 2015 | Video YEARNING FOR TURNING Vol.3

Our friends from KORUA Shapes have published in their series YEARNING FOR TURNING another worth seeing video, this time with the MITTAGEISEN-song ARAGON LIBERTARIO.

11. November 2015 | Video YEARNING FOR TURNING Vol.2

The snowboard enthusiasts KORUA Shapes have published in their series YEARNING FOR TURNING a worth seeing video with the GRAUZONE-song EISBAER.

7. July 2015 | Project re-release 12″ automaten

We’ve just started with the project to re-release a limited, numbered first edition of 500 copies of the 12″ automaten by mittageisen. The record will be pressed on high quality 180g vinyl, packed in the reproduced original cover plus (new) printed inner sleeve.

14. November 2014 | CH Hall of Fame 80s

EISBAER (GRAUZONE) and automaten (mittageisen) are two of the listed Top 20 songs of the 'CH Hall of Fame 80s' for the exhibition Oh Yeah! – Pop music in Switzerland, which takes place from 14 November 2014 to 19 July 2015 at the Museum für Kommunikation, Bern. The exhibition shows the whole cosmos of pop music in Switzerland, from its cautious beginnings in the late 1950s to the present, where music is played on all communication channels.

11. November 2013 | Reviews + Interview in OBSKÜRE

After several reviews on the new double CD THE VYLLIES 1983-1988 REMASTERED the French magazine OBSKÜRE published an interview with the label owner & producer of the 2CD Bruno W.

7. July 2013 | Video WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW

We’ve just published the music video [YouTube|vimeo] for the song WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW from the 2CD THE VYLLIES 1983-1988 REMASTERED.
This is the remastered version of the only official music video by THE VYLLIES, produced in 1985 and directed by Urs Egger (IMDb).

6. June 2013 | 2CD The Vyllies 1983-1988 remastered

The new double CD THE VYLLIES 1983-1988 REMASTERED will be released in July 2013. THE VYLLIES are three independent women from the French speaking part of Switzerland, who attracted a great deal of public attention in the 1980s with their unique sound and dramatic stage performances. The new double CD includes all published songs of THE VYLLIES in original length including the songs of the 1984 in Athens released 1st EP. The two CDs are available in a 3 fold-out digipak sleeve, incl. a carefully made 24-page booklet with exclusive band-photos and information about each song. Detailed information about the group and their music can be found on the band-website.
The 2CD will be available at well assorted record stores.

28. April 2013 | Bands from Central Switzerland

In an interview of the newspaper 'Zentralschweiz am Sonntag' (April 28, 2013) with François Mürner, longtime moderator and editor-in-chief of Sounds! a program on the Swiss radio DRS2 and later DRS3, he said to the central Swiss music scene “I loved in the 1980s great bands from Central Switzerland, I played all DRS3. So the Sedel punks CRAZY. Or mittageisen and their strong lyrics.” Both productions by mital-U and still to be heard on CD.

2. February 2013 | Project The Vyllies remastered

We’re proud to announce a new duoble CD THE VYLLIES REMASTERED. The 2CD set will contain about 28 digitally remastered songs, incl. WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW, PURPLE GORILLA, AHIA, THE SKY IS FULL OF STITCHES, DESIRE (REPETITION DESPERATION), NOW WE FALL, of THE VYLLIES. The 2CD will be available in a 3 fold-out digipak-sleeve, incl. a booklet with exclusive band-fotos and informations about each song. The release of the 2CD is planned for mid 2013!

1. January 2012 | Video EISBAER

We’ve just released a new music video [YouTube|vimeo] for the song EISBAER from the 2CD GRAUZONE 1980-1982 REMASTERED.
The video (IMDb) shows that the attempt to escape the dreariness of his existence a polar bear is doomed to failure – his escape is a circular movement that must be without redemption. The refuge to supposedly paradisiacal conditions (untouched Arctic, the city as a place of culture and communication) are shown as illusory utopias.
“There is no life in the wrong!” Adorno
video EISBAER @IMDb

11. November 2010 | 2CD GRAUZONE 1980-1982 REMASTERED

We’re pleased to announce the release of the new double-CD GRAUZONE 1980-1982 REMASTERED on 1th December 2010. GRAUZONE belonged between 1980 and 1982 to the pioneers of the German new wave (NDW). With their hit EISBAER (Polar Bear) they met the attitude to life of that time and reached the Austrian and German charts. The double-CD contains 21 digital remastered songs, incl. 6 so far on CD as 3 previously unpublished GRAUZONE-tracks. Besides, contrary to past CD publications, all songs are in original full length! The two CDs are available in a 3 fold-out digipak-sleeve, incl. a comprehensive 24-page booklet with exclusive band-fotos and informations about each song. Detailed information about the group and their music can be found on the band-website. The 2CD will be available at well assorted record stores.

5. May 2010 | 200 successful and beautiful Swiss songs

Swiss Radio DRS3 has compiled for this year 2010 the stories behind '200 successful and beautiful Swiss songs'. Every week, they presented five songs about a specific topic. Questions about the individual songs are answered by the artists of the 200 most influential Swiss songs in the series 'DRS3 Swiss pop history! 200 songs – 200 stories'. In the week from May 10th to 15th, as one of 5 songs on the theme '80s', the story of the song automaten by mittageisen was presented.

2. February 2010 | Project GRAUZONE REMASTERED

We’re happy to announce a new double CD GRAUZONE REMASTERED. The 2CD set will contain all, about 20 digitally remastered previously released tracks (Eisbär, Film 2, Träume mit mir, Ich und Du, Wütendes Glas, Moskau, Ein Tanz mit dem Tod, Ich lieb Sie, …), as well as unreleased tracks from GRAUZONE. The release is planned for the 4th quarter 2010.

18. January 2009 | Bruno W on GAFFA Radio 3FACH

“Bruno W, mastermind of the legendary Swiss DarkWave band mittageisen and producer of the first Swiss Punk LP (CRAZY), is guest for 2 hours in the show GAFFA of Radio 3FACH with music and reminiscences from the 1980’s.”

22. December 2008 | The 20 best Swiss ‘Kick Ass Songs’

As part of its 10th anniversary, Radio 3FACH looked for 'The 100 best Swiss Kick Ass songs' [list list on the Internet Archive], which should not be missed in any record collection.
The mittageisen song automaten was played among the 20 best titles in the final show on 22th December 2008.

12. December 2008 | 2CD mittageisen 1981-1986 remastered

Release of the new double-CD mittageisen 1981-1986 remastered with 19 digital remastered songs, 6 of them previously unreleased!
mittageisen was “one of the earliest Darkwave/Electro Goth bands” (Wikipedia). Their songs are available on two CDs in a fold-out digipak sleeve including a 24-page booklet.

First reviews and a 90 minutes mittageisen-special on the electronic underground radio-show Linearnetrik at Radio-Decoder.de.

6. June 2008 | mital-U TV

ars-electronica_95 For the ars electronica 95 in Linz, Markus S, Peter T, Bruno W realised a computer-animated video 'automaten', which still can be watched on the YouTube channel mital-U TV.

In addition, mital-U TV makes various swiss-wave videos available on YouTube and selected HD videos on Vimeo!

1. January 2007 | Project ‘mittageisen remastered’

2CD mittageisen 1981-1986 remastered Start of the project ‘mittageisen remastered’. The 2CD set will contain about 20 digitally remastered already published as unpublished songs of mittageisen in a fold-out digipak sleeve plus a comprehensive booklet. Planned release-date is in the 4th quarter 2008.

4. April 2002 | CD toini – electronic biscuits

Release of the new CD toini – electronic biscuits! The electronic EP contains six new songs, remixed by Marco Repetto and Bruno W, which open up new soundscapes!

4. May 2001 | CD Swiss Kult-Hits Vol.2

Release-date of our new (co-)production Swiss Kult-Hits Vol.2 : 80s Wave. A compilation with 16 songs from artists like Yello, Kleenex, Grauzone, Liliput, Stephan Eicher, The Vyllies, Blue China and other artists.

3. March 1999 | CD Swiss Kult-Hits Vol.1

Swiss KultHits Vol.1Official release of a new compilation CD called Swiss Kult-Hits Vol.1 : 1970-1996. A compilation with 16 songs from artists like Touch El Arab, Young Gods, Grauzone, Stephan Eicher, … and mittageisen with their song automaten!

12. December 1998 | CD mittageisen v2 – geld arbeit (re-mixed)

We’re happy to announce for January 1999 a new EP: mittageisen v2 – geld arbeit (re-mixed)! This is the second CD of mittageisen v2 with new remixed and editied versions of the songs 'geld' and 'arbeit', incl. 3 new 'currencies' remixed by Marco Repetto and Bruno W!
This is the result of a collaboration of two 'old' colleagues (ex-mittageisen / ex-Grauzone, fanzine SONDERNUMMER) from the early 1980es!