Tag Archives: Claudia Brücken

Claudia Brücken + Zeus B. Held Team Up…Finally, To Map “4 Ways To The Blitz”

Posted on January 14, 2026 by postpunkmonk

I was attending a fitness class with my wife last Saturday when the email arrived from Bandcamp and the Claudia Brücken xPropaganda account; stopping me in my tracks. A new single with Zeus B. Held and Claudia had just dropped … Continue reading →

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Claudia Brücken’s “Night Mirror” Reflects On The Concerns Of The Wee Small Hours

Posted on July 16, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Claudia Brücken: Night Mirror DLX – UK 2xCD [2025] Disc 1: Album Disc 2: The Nighttime Mixes Claudia Brücken immediately lent the music a sense of hushed drama with her recitation of the lyric “my life started today” as her … Continue reading →

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Claudia Brücken Returns To Solo Work With “Night Mirror” this Summer

Posted on April 15, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Has it really been eleven years since the last Claudia Brücken solo album? Where has the time gone? I still do not have copies of two of her last three albums, and the last one [xPropaganda] I still only have … Continue reading →

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Record Review: xPropaganda’s “The Heart Is Strange” Charms The Savage Breast UK BR [pt 2]

Posted on September 8, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The pre-release single from the album was the other pure pop number here. The delightfully defiant “Don’t [You Mess With Me].” Right there as the lead song on side two, if you’re of an LP persuasion. … Continue reading →

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Record Review: xPropaganda’s “The Heart Is Strange” Charms The Savage Breast UK BR [pt 1]

Posted on September 7, 2022 by postpunkmonk

It’s been tricky listening to this album even though I’ve had the Blu-Ray disc for over three months! Many of those weeks saw all of the music and things to play it on out of our home and in storage. … Continue reading →

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Elektriche Frauen Freitag: Classic And New Releases From xPropaganda, Electribe 101, and Gina X Performance Erupting At Once

Posted on February 18, 2022 by postpunkmonk

February 18th of 2022 is turning out to be a significant day for fans of German electronic music as sung by divas who are so adept at the juggling of ice and fire in their delivery. Let’s start with the … Continue reading →

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“Record” Review: Propaganda – Duel Y2K Mix DL

Posted on November 12, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Twenty years ago the early web was buzzing with the news that the real Propaganda were back together and recording a new album. We could put the false Propaganda who had made the dull, lifeless “1234” album in 1990 on … Continue reading →

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