Did Fabien Mitterrand kill Klaus Harmony? 08/01/2009
It has been claimed, mostly by some, that Fabien Mitterrand did kill Klaus Harmony. Well, it could, of course, be so. But why would he do it? Obvously it is like a Mozart and Salieri thing (God forbid that I should need to say that Klaus is Mozart here!).  Tales of their rivalry - or Mitterrand's bitterness - are well document. First Klaus was in the midst of a breakthrough with the first digitally recorded pop album with Ladies Man in 1977. When Mitterrand found this out he sent a man to be an undercover runner in the studio and wipe jam on the recording heads of the tape machine which Jerrick Vander had invented. What a mess, I can tell you! So Klaus had to start again but on analogue tape. The sad thing is that two years on from this Ry Cooder had the same idea but did it the other way round. This was bad enough (as if it wasn't!) but then in 1980 he stole the master tape of Klaus's Eurovision entry, Sad Funk Lonely. It was a sure fire certainty to win but Klaus, being Klaus, would not fight the fight and let it go instead. Later Amando Ferrari recorded this song at his very emotional birthday concert in Milan and we have a beautiful recording of these on Oeuvre Zwei. And so it goes on. Klaus never paid back these feelings and could never understand why Fabien Mitterrand was as hostile as these. But one could never account for the creative psyche! He was almost certainly a bad man but we don't think he killed Klaus. For one thing, he wasn't clever enough for it! Also Klaus was much more clever and would have outsmarted him if they had been truly against each other (though not so that he was in the KGB like some are saying - crazy!) If FM was alive today he could elucidate it all but for that tragic business with the tractor in Norfolk County, UK (he was annoyed by the noise and hijacked it from the farmer before accidentally driving it into the path of a speeding Smart Car.) Terrible but... you know. We did go to his funeral and, of course, Streef la Belle was there and so was James Last. I counted 57 guns amongst all their bodyguards. They terrify me. Bad men for sure. Peace, Jan Sink Add Comment So Sorry Everyone 05/16/2009
Yes I am obviously to apologise for my strange talk of recent times. I have been smoking a little more cannabis than as is normal for me because of the stress of Pupu being gone. But she is back now and all is well! Back Again 05/07/2009
 Pupu has called and she is has agreed to come back with a proviso or few.  What I think of course is that Streef la Belle should do the idea of Godfrey Gilliam on a head to head TV interview where all things count. It would be Godfrey's opportunity for a livetime. Streef la Belle 04/29/2009
And I should have also pointed out (maybe I would not be saying this out loud on the ethernet if I did not have some cannabis) but Streef la Belle did have a sex change operation some years ago. I cannot remember which way he changed. I am a fool. I love you Pupu.  Die Sexorcist Tracks 04/01/2009
This is what is making me so cross. Streef la Belle has said (and I must say it is not what I believe) that Klaus gave him rights for music from Die Sexorcist.  So la Belle is claiming to have Klaus' signature on a napkin... Pupu corrects me. It is a beermat. On this beermat is a squiggle. It is most certainly not the signaure of Klaus. And the lawyers believe him. So now this horrid Funky Beat Mix thing is going to release Die Sexocist music before we do. Super Funky Porn Disco Party Mix 03/13/2009
It's not like at all what we wanted. Now this smooth guy from Straldo Em Hitz is saying he wants to do a Klaus party compilation and there is nothing we can do about this. |   About Jan Sink
Jan Sink was born in Utrecht, Netherlands in 1944 and, following a largely unsuccessful career as a roadie, became a recording engineer at the infamous Amsterdam recording
studio, The Velvet Glove. In 1969 he was hired by legendary erotik film composer Klaus Harmony to engineer sessions for 'Elektrische Lippen', the composer’s first collaboration with director, Friedrich Wohlfäht. Jan went on to engineer and mix and co-produce soundtracks for classics such as 'Die Sins des Apostles', 'The Ladies Man' and 'Die Sexorcist'. Following the composer’s death in 1984, Jan took the role of CEO of HarmonSink Corp founded with Klaus’ son, Helmut Harmony, to administer the Klaus Harmony publishing catalogue. In 2005 HarmonSink Corp acquired the rights to the complete recorded work of Klaus Harmony which is now being re-released in the form of the acclaimed multi-volume 'Oeuvre' series. Jan divides his time between Amsterdam and London and sometimes lives with his wife, Pupu. CategoriesAll ArchivesOctober 2010 |
