After releasing their first album "Telektroponk!" back in 2006, the German duo Die Perlen are back with SZENENWECHSEL. Published by Fire!Zone, a new Black Rain sub-label, SZENENWECHSEL contains sixteen new songs in balance from punk, electro and minimal wave with the add of tons or irony. Just look at the cover where Katja Hah and Ferdinand Ess are dressed like they have been catch by a time warp bringing them to a '20s party. Musically most of the tracks, that are sung in German, English and French (really nice "Jeudi noir", an electro song driven by an upfront bass guitar and a distorted drum machine and enriched by simple analog synth lines), are upbeat electro punk tunes with some exception like the minimal "Empty v" (which sounds like a electro punk version of Suicide looped style) or the following "Beweg dich" (which sound more electro than else), the mid-tempo "Mein stern" (it starts with a minimal approach of female vocals/picked guitar arpeggios just to end with a sort of melancholic atmosphere and guitar riffs/drums) or the semi techno approach of "Wir horen mit". The whole album sounds fresh and joyous and it is impossible to ignore the energy the duo is able to produce with songs based on few instruments but that immediately catch your ear.