Promo single 1971
Southern psychedelic blues rock band from Lumberton, North Carolina, USA, early 1970s.

Members: Carol Fitzgerald, Forris Fulford, Ricky Vannoy, Ronald Seiger, Willie French Lowery

A very special song ...

"Schwarze Bewegung" consisted of Thomas Kohl (vocals/percussion), Jürgen Grah (synthesizers/percussion), and Markus Kammann (guitars/bass). The group's self-titled release from 1982 is pure NDW and showcases each members' genius. Jürgen and Markus also played trombone and trumpet, respectively.

Eventually, vocalist Katrin Ann Kunze was added to the lineup and the sound and band name changed. A producer recruited the newly-named "Collage" to record two commercial tracks, which the band hated. One track, "Hallo E.T.", was released on a recent maxi-single and it has Thomas and Katrin singing in a duet. Thomas left the band shortly after but he remained friends with the trio. Collage went for a more electrofunk approach, thanks to Markus' influence, with Katrin's poetic vocals (she had a master's degree in literature). Jürgen provided the majority of unique instrumentation, together with Markus. At the end, "Collage" had changed to "Cold End" and the synthpop sound had transitioned even further.

Thomas continued with the projects "Trick 17" and "Dunkelwelt", which deserves its own story told and I will do it in the future. I have so much more to say about his talent!!

In memory of Thomas, Katrin, and Markus...

Groove

Lovely song from great album