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Lali Puna

Lali Puna is a German, Munich-based electropop band originally from Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany. Valerie Trebeljahr, the lead writer and singer, comes from Busan, Korea. The name of the band, meaning Valerie from Busan, references this, as Lali is a diminutive form of Valerie, and Puna is a childish spelling of Busan (which is often transliterated Pusan). She also lived ten years in Portugal before moving to Germany, and that's reflected in some of her songs, featuring lyrics in Portuguese.

Valerie played in an all-female band called L.B.Page, until 1998, when she released a 7" called Safe Side under the moniker Lali Puna. She was later joined by Markus Acher, already lead singer and guitarist of The Notwist and Tied & Tickled Trio (with whom she was also romantically involved and also formed a side-project called John Yoko), Christoph Brandner, who played drums with Acher in the Tied & Tickled Trio, and keyboardist Florian Zimmer.

In 2002 Florian Zimmer left for Hamburg to work on Iso68, being eventually replaced in 2003 with Christian Heiß on the Left Handed EP.

In 2017, before the release of the Two Windows album, Markus Acher left the band.

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Peel first played Lali Puna in January 2000, when the band had released their debut album. He played tracks from the album and further material over the years and included their album, Scary World Theory, as one of his recommended albums for October 2001 (Peel's Record Box) and November 2001 (Peel's Record Box). The band's single, Blue Skied An' Clear, was nominated as one of his recommended singles for August 2002 (Peel's Record Box) and their Micronomic EP, was nominated as one of his recommended singles for July 2004 (Peel's Record Box).

The group recorded a session for Peel's show in September 2004 and Peel mentioned on his 14 October 2004 show (his last BBC Radio 1 show before he died in Peru) that their session will be broadcast 5 days time. The session ended up being broadcast on 2nd November 2004 after the death of Peel.

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LALI PUNA John Peel 30th September 2004

1. Recorded: 2004-09-30. First Broadcast: 02 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank)

  • 603 / Small Things / Past Machine / Nin Com Pop

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2000
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2001
2002
2003
  • 23 October 2003: Common Ground (shared 7" with ISAN - Common Ground / Little Boy Sitting Up In Bed Looking At The Moon) Unhip
  • 06 November 2003 (Radio Eins): Common Ground (shared 7" with ISAN - Common Ground / Little Boy Sitting Up In Bed Looking At The Moon) Unhip
2004

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