Gudrun Gut, 2020Mania D: Gudrun Gut (in the middle) with Karin Luner and Bettina Köster, 1979
She grew up in the Lüneburger Heide and moved to West Berlin in 1975, where she studied visual arts at the Hochschule der Künste from 1978 to 1984.[2] She was an early member of Einstürzende Neubauten and a founding member of music groups Mania D, Malaria!, Matador and spoken word project with Myra Davies, Miasma, evolving into a prolific solo career.[3] She is the head of the labels Monika Enterprise and Moabit Musik. She co-presented the Oceanclub weekly radio program in Berlin with Thomas Fehlmann. Her debut solo album, I Put a Record On was released on 5 February 2007.[4] Music critics saluted the openness and approachability of the music on the record.[5][6]
According to The Wire magazine's April 2008 issue, which featured Gudrun Gut on the cover, "this 'dilettante' has genially hosted Berlin's new music scene for 30 years".[7]
In 2023 GUT will produce an autobiographical 3-episode miniseries for the platform rbb (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).[8]
Selected discography
1980: White Christmas 7″ (with Tabea Blumenschein, Frieder Butzmann and Bettina Köster)
Bliss, Philip Clark,Bruce Russell,Mike Barnes,Philip Sherburne,Derek Walmsley,Howard Mandel,Dave Stelfox,Abi. "The Wire 290". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved 1 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
