On the occasion of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the release of the first EP “Ortodossia”, i CCCP-Fedeli at the line they have announced a single unmissable date in Berlin.
On February 25th at the Astra Kulturhaus in Berlin, CCCP-Fedeli alla linea, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Massimo Zamboni, Annarella Giudici and Danilo Fatur, will perform in concert with CCCP in DDDR, conceived and produced in collaboration with Musiche Metropolitane by Luca Zannotti and with BIS (Berlin Italian Shows), a unique live show that combines pro-Soviet Punk and Emilian melodic music in the beating heart of the dismantled Republic of East Germany.
Astra Kulturhaus in RAW Gelände in Friedrichshain, an outpost of a railway and imperial Berlin, the last margin left rudimentary and alive before the definitive assault of cranes and glassed skyscrapers.
Venues, art exhibitions, occupations, the sense of a siege. It is there that we will bring our pro-Soviet Punk and Emilian melodic music, into the heart of the Deutsche Demokratische DISMANTLED Republik, the Dismantled Republic of East Germany: CCCP in DDDR, precisely.
No better place than that capital of collapses and resurrections to give back what has been given to us: a handful of songs that change lives.
Born in the basements of occupied houses, in the darkness of the paved streets, in the writings on the walls, on the folds of faces: Live in Pankow; Punk Islam; Shoot Yurij; Heal me. In good company of as many equals.
we sang: Kebab Träume in der Mauer Stadt
I haven’t eaten kebabs for decades and I don’t dream
or I don’t remember, mine is an exhausting sleep.
The Wall dismantled, behind the Curtain, the post-war period
the city around it is a northern city like the others
we sang: Wir sind die TĂĽrken von Morgen
cheap labor stuff but
buried AtatĂĽrk is the Sublime Gate
the skyline of Istanbul, not our stuff.
In my Berlin the Reichstag is an old building
out of the way at the bottom of the park and on the front lawn
at sunset a herd of deer grazes.
Behind it is the Wall and a turret to look beyond
sic transit Gloria Mundi – pass me that joint
THE EXHIBITION
The great exhibition at the Cloisters of San Pietro in Reggio Emilia continues until 11 February 2024.CONGRATULATIONS! CCCP – Faithful to the line. 1984 – 2024”, produced and organized by the Palazzo Magnani Foundation and the Municipality of Reggio Emilia. A true collective archive that opens up to its public to tell, through images, songs, texts, clothes, sets and experiences, who CCCP were and the phenomenon they continue to be thanks to the relevance of the concepts expressed in music.
The exhibition is linked to the book-catalogue of the same name published by Interno4 edizioni, 465 color pages, available at the Chiostri di San Pietro bookshop and in bookshops.
It is available on CD, double vinyl or special numbered and limited edition deluxe box “FELICITAZIONI!” (USM/Universal Music), which includes two 180g vinyls, a CD, a 20-page booklet with the original sketches of the exhibition and live photos, 5 collectible pins, 5 postcards with unpublished images and prints of 5 portraits of the great photographer Guido Harari taken at Palazzo Masdoni, historic headquarters of the PCI in Reggio Emilia. The 18 historical songs by CCCP – Fedeli alla linea are linked to the exhibition itinerary. It is possible to purchase the deluxe box at the exhibition shop at the Cloisters of San Pietro and online on the Universal Music store: https://bio.to/FELICITAZIONI. Also available on CD and vinyl are the new reissues of the 2 EPs and 4 studio albums by CCCP – Fedeli alla linea, including “1964 – 1985 Affinity – Divergenze Fra Il Compagno Togliatti E Noi – Del Consegna Della Maggiore Età ”, “ Epic Ethnic Ethics Pathos”, “Socialism and Barbarism” and “Orthodoxy II”.
AT CINEMA
From Friday 24 November, “Kissing Gorbachev” will be in cinemas, the documentary directed by Andrea Paco Mariani, Luigi D’Alife, distributed by OpenDDB which, through the use of archive material and the direct testimonies of CCCP members, retraces a journey over 3,500 kilometers long, from Melpignano (Salento) to St. Petersburg. The film narrates the tour that was able to unite two worlds, crossing the iron curtain that separated the West from the USSR, to the sound of rock and punk.
INFO & TICKETS
Pre-sales will be available from Monday 27 November at 10.00 am at the following link: www.eventim.de/event/cccp-in-dddr-astra-kulturhaus-17949240/ .
