Peel the Complete BBC Peel Sessions

Description

German goth pioneers Xmal Deutschland – revered among British audiences in the early Eighties for their ominous and transfixing presentation of danceable darkwave, sung mostly in the German language – performed live for beloved DJ John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 program four times over the span of 1982 to 1985. Emerging from Hamburg’s art-punk underground and often associated with the Neue Deutsche Welle scene, the band quickly found a devoted UK following when they signed to 4AD and extensively toured alongside label mates Cocteau Twins, Clan of Xymox, and Dead Can Dance. Now, their complete Peel Sessions recordings are collected in one place. The 16-song anthology, newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios (2026), includes fan favourites ‘Incubus Succubus’, ‘Mondlicht’, ‘Geheimnis’, and ‘Qual’.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Incubus Succubus – Xmal Deutschland
2. Geheimnis – Xmal Deutschland
3. Zinker (Aka Stummes Kind) – Xmal Deutschland
4. Qual – Xmal Deutschland
5. Sehnsucht – Xmal Deutschland
6. In Motion – Xmal Deutschland
7. Reigen – Xmal Deutschland
8. Vito – Xmal Deutschland
9. Mondlicht – Xmal Deutschland
10. Tag Fr Tag – Xmal Deutschland
11. Augenblick – Xmal Deutschland
12. Nachtschatten – Xmal Deutschland
13. Polarlicht – Xmal Deutschland
14. Der Wind – Xmal Deutschland
15. Jahr Um Jahr – Xmal Deutschland
16. Autumn – Xmal Deutschland