Au Revoir to All That

"It's 2 a.m. and I'm wide awake, counting the days and hours until my plane leaves for Paris—3 days and 16 hours, to be exact. But ready or not, it's bonne journee for me. Croissant anyone?"

Northern Lite, an electro-rock group, carved out a respectable niche for themselves on the German music scene, not only via their record releases and remixes, but also via their own label, 1st Decade Records. Andreas Kubat and Sebastian Bohn – a vocalist and DJ, respectively – formed Northern Lite in 1997 in Erfurt, Thuringia, while guitarist Larry Lowe later joined in 2001, bringing an element of rock music to the group's style of electronica. Lowe eventually left the group in 2004, going on to form the solo act Fujimo, and was replaced by guitarist Sascha Littek. Northern Lite made their recording debut in 2001 on 1st Decade Records, their own Erfurt-based label; that year they issued several releases: Trusting Blind, Ways Ain't Working, Treat Me Better, and Trusting Blind Remixes – in that order, each on 12" vinyl – in addition to a full-length album, Small Chamber Works.