:: Bismarck Idaho

Many times in Germany. But never in the south of Germany. Munich remains a place I would like to visit. That’s where we are heading today on the blog. It is possible that the band Bismarck Idaho best known fact is that Momus produced four out of 5 tracks of the band’s one and only release, the “Beckenbauer EP” CD from 1994. The EP was released by the label Blickpunkt Pop (BP 001) ran by Marc Liebscher, also Munich based. This label is well known for having releasing the band Sportfreunde Stiller (who has the song “Ich, Roque” to my own amusement). The EP included the songs “Pop Song”, “Beckenbauer’s Last Temptation (Kaizer Edit)”, “Iceflowers”, “The House that Jack Demolished” and “Beckenbauer’s Last Temptation (Distorted)”. As mentioned the first four tracks were produced by the great Nick Currie, Momus. Momus mentions that he was invited to Munich early in 1994. He says that he didn’t care about sports but he thought the idea behind the song “Beckenbauer’s Last Temptation” was very…