Melodie und Rhythmus is a German countercultural magazine founded in East Berlin in November 1957. The magazine initially focused on dance and easy listening music in the German Democratic Republic, and slowly expanded its content to pop and rock until its discontinuance in 1991. Relaunched in 2004, Melodie und Rhythmus adopted a similar approach but it has gradually shifted towards socio-political issues. From its launching to the 1990 German reunification, Melodie und Rhythmus remained one of the most popular magazines in East Germany with a circulation of 270,000 copies in 1989, only limited by the amount of paper. Its first issue expressed the intention of supporting music that reflected East Germany's socialist idiosyncrasy, in contrast to the "dance music from the capitalist West", including its "excesses à la rock and roll." Among the first artists featured in the magazine were the Schlager singers Jenny Petra and Helga Brauer. Melodie und Rhythmus existed in varying black-and-white formats, covering several music events and reflecting the lifestyle of the country. In 1974, it established a colored outfit and, in December of that year, the Puhdys were its first modern rock band featured; eventually, Melodie & Rhythmus would become the main publication to report the developing Ostrock movement. Since the 1980s, it started to include Western artists with photographs, greatly increasing its popularity. After the reunification, Melodie und Rhythmus was acquired by the Berlin-based company Henschel-Verlag which discontinued it in February 1991 due to the flood of Western German music magazines. More information...
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