CHILDREN

CHILDREN is a noise rock band based in Berlin. Founded by vocalist and lyricist Tim Nagel, the project has taken different shapes in the shadows of the underground since 2015 - parallel with Nagel co-running the independent distro and label Teratology Sound & Vision (SLUTET, MAGGOT HEART, CUNTROACHES). Originally formed as a free-form solo exploration, a core duo was established with the addition of guitarist Ivan Krasnov and the skeleton of what was to become the “Counterfeit Fire” EP was recorded with Roy Chen (SONNE ADAM) on drums at Big Snuff Studio in 2019. Additional recordings and re-workings were made on the brink of obsession, with the four tracks taking final shape in 2021. 

This mode of operation is clearly mirrored in the material; rock music constantly bordering on the edge of falling apart, striving for a climax with no conclusion. The band is influenced by a wide range of artists, all of them intense in their own ways – be it the noise rock stalwarts of the 1990’s and their ancestors like THE STOOGES; the key figures of the daring edge of jazz like late Coltrane; minimalism and experimental music; and the plain insanity of extreme metal bands like NUCLEAR DEATH. CHILDREN are lurking in the corners of their very own sonic labyrinth and are inviting you to join them – in laughter.