five hundred thousand in the berlin cold. one strike front, one line held.

„streikfront“ is a dark electro battle cry and a tribute to the working class of berlin, january 1919. the lyrics trace the week from the general strike to the freikorps assault to the canal, where rosa luxemburg was left after brutal interrogations and her murder. it is a memorial for those who held the line when order declared itself victorious with weapons.
the creative impulse for this song came from january 7th, 1919, the morning 500,000 workers marched into the berlin cold, calling for a general strike with no coordinated plan and everything to lose. „streikfront“ channels that raw collective weight into a modern ebm dark electro march, connecting the historical urgency of the january uprising with the iron discipline of the dancefloor.
at its core, this track is about labor, class, and the long memory of those who paid for standing up. about what happens when the state calls the army against its workers. it’s for everyone who knows ’standing firm‘ is not sentiment, it’s a position. hold the line. march in masses. remember the canal.
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