Pankow

The Profile

Pankow are an Italian electro‑industrial/EBM group formed in Florence in 1982, associated with Contempo Records. Key contributors include vocalist Alex Spalck and producer/musician Paolo Favati; the project was founded by Maurizio Fasolo. Their catalog spans abrasive EBM, experimental electronics, and notorious covers such as Warm Leatherette.

Italian electro‑industrial pioneers from Florence active since 1982; internationally recognized for early EBM landmarks like Freiheit Fuer Die Sklaven and Gisela, later works including Wodka, Erdbeeren Und Andere Katastrophen, and anthology The Art Of Gentle Revolution; linked with Contempo Records and noted for intense live shows.

Two glowing reviews chart Pankow’s razor-edged electro‑industrial from the late-80s EBM blitz to the stark 1997 opus. The box set The Art Of Gentle Revolution revisits their formative run, while Wodka, Erdbeeren Und Andere Katastrophen earns intense praise for its abrasive, nonconformist vision. Italian, not German: Florence-bred, Contempo-linked, still fiercely singular.