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Bettina Köster (born 15 June 1959 in Herford) is a German musician, saxophonist, composer, singer, songwriter and producer. Köster and Gudrun Gut started the Indie band Malaria!. Malaria! gained international recognition with their song "Kaltes Klares Wasser", they performed at the New Yorker Studio 54 and Mudd Club. Malaria! toured with Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Birthday Party among others. As a lyricist Köster influenced succeeding girl bands, such as Chicks On Speed, who released a cover version of Malaria!'s 1981 Hit "Kaltes Klares Wasser". Köster lived in New York from 1983 to 2001, where she worked as a...

Bettina Wegner (November 4, 1947 in West Berlin) is a German song-writer and poet. Her parents moved to East Berlin, hence Bettina grew up in the DDR where she became a librarian and studied acting. Her political activism opposing the DDR government got her arrested in '68. After her jail-time she studied singing. After performing some critically songs she had to choose between jail or to never return to the DDR. In 1983 she moved to West-Berlin where she worked as a songwriter. Her most famous song is "Kinder", which she wrote in 1979. .

Chris Koster Sex, Love & Morality Chris Koster is a rare talent – in an era of formulaic, uni-dimensional, cookie-cutter sameness, he stands out as an artist the likes of which is rarely witnessed or experienced. A multiple-threat on keyboard, guitar and vocals, Koster continues in the tradition of Prince and Trent Reznor – self-contained, self-produced visionaries who know exactly where they are going and how to get there. Sex, Love & Morality, the long awaited follow up to 2005’s debut album Secrets of the Lonely, showcases his progression as a truly gifted artist. A prolific songwriter, Koster wrote over...