Tarwater is a German music duo from Berlin, Germany, comprising Bernd Jestram and Ronald Lippok. Tarwater have recorded several albums of mostly instrumental music usually tagged as post-rock. Jestram and Lippok met in an East German punk rock band, and began recording together even while Lippok recorded with To Rococo Rot and Jestram worked in his Bleibeil studio. The first Tarwater album debuted with 1996's 11/6 12/10, released around the same time first album came about. Tarwater's second album, Silur, followed in 1998. The critical praise attendant on the latter earned Tarwater American distribution, with Animals Suns & Atoms appearing in 2000 and Dwellers on the Threshold in 2004. In 2005, the album The Needle Was Traveling appeared. It was their first album for the Morr label.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Tarwater's material in the late 90's and the group did two sessions for his show between 1998 and 2003. The duo's materials were also one of Peel's favourite records for April 2000 (Peel's Record Box), May 2000 (Peel's Record Box), August 2002 (Peel's Record Box) and October 2002 (Peel's Record Box).
Sessions[]
TARWATER John Peel 26th March 2003
First session is available on Radio Sessions CDr, 2005 (tour only limited edition)
1. Recorded: 1998-12-01. First Broadcast: 06 January 1999
- Miracle Electric / The Watersample / A Mute E / Spectra
2. Recorded live at Maida Vale: 2003-03-26. First Broadcast: 26 March 2003
- There's A World / 20 Rupies To Paradise Road / Miracle Of Love / Be Late / Imperator Victus
Live[]
Live from Parr Street Studios at Sound City Liverpool. First Broadcast: 27 October 1999
- Visit
- The Pomps Of The Subsoil
- Ford
- unknown
- unknown
Other Shows Played[]
- 29 September 1998: Visit (LP – Silur) Kitty-Yo
- 06 October 1998: Seafrance Cézanne (LP - Silur) Kitty-Yo
- 1999
- 05 January 1999: The Pomps Of The Subsoil (LP - Silur) Kitty-Yo
- 2000
- 20 January 2000 (Radio Eins): Teenage Kicks
- 11 April 2000: 'The Trees (CD-Animals, Suns & Atoms)' (Kitty-Yo)
- 12 April 2000: 'Early Risers (CD-Animals, Suns & Atoms)' (Kitty-Yo)
- 13 April 2000 (Radio Eins): 'Early Risers (CD-Animals, Suns & Atoms)' (Kitty-Yo)
- 16 April 2000 (BFBS): 'All Of The Ants Left Paris (LP-Animals, Suns & Atoms)' (Kitty-Yo)
- 27 April 2000 (Radio Eins): 'The Trees (CD-Animals, Suns & Atoms)' (Kitty-Yo)
- 03 May 2000: 'Early Risers (LP-Animals, Suns & Atoms)' (Kitty-Yo)
- 03 May 2000 (Radio Eins): 'At Low Frequency (LP-Animals, Suns & Atoms)' (Kitty-Yo)
- 16 May 2000: Early Rises (LP - Animals, Suns & Atoms) Kitty-Yo
- 2002
- 28 August 2002: 70 Rupies To Paradise Road (LP - Dwellers On The Threshold) Kitty-Yo
- 29 August 2002: Diver (LP - Dwellers On The Threshold) Kitty-Yo
- 08 October 2002: 'Be Late (LP-Dwellers on the Threshold)' (Kitty-Yo)
- 15 October 2002: 70 Rupies To Paradise Road (LP - Dwellers On The Threshold) Kitty-Yo
- 17 October 2002 (Radio Eins): Be Late (album - Dweller On The Treshold) Kitty-Yo
- 2003
- 25 March 2003: Treptow Teenage Demon (Album, Comp: Kitty-Yo Int. 2002.02) Kitty-Yo
- 03 April 2003 (Radio Eins): Treptow Teenage Demon (Album, Comp: Kitty-Yo Int. 2002.02) Kitty-Yo