New Wave in Germany: Elaste 1980–1986

A new coffee-table book tells the story of the award-winning culture magazine

In the mid-1980s, three young DJs, photographers and designers were running a music and culture magazine out of their shared Munich apartment. After work they’d go out to the clubs to spin records.

They’d go for a meal with Andy Warhol one day, and have whiskey with Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys the next. They’d meet people like John Lydon and Pedro …