Lali Puna

Lali Puna is a German, Munich-based electropop band originally from Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany. Valerie Trebeljahr, the lead writer and singer, comes from Busan, Korea. The name of the band, meaning Valerie from Busan, references this, as Lali is a diminutive form of Valerie, and Puna is a childish spelling of Busan (which is often transliterated Pusan). She also lived ten years in Portugal before moving to Germany, and that's reflected in some of her songs, featuring lyrics in Portuguese.
Valerie played in an all-female band called L.B.Page, until 1998, when she released a 7" called Safe Side under the moniker Lali Puna. She was later joined by Markus Acher, already lead singer and guitarist of The Notwist and Tied & Tickled Trio (with whom she was also romantically involved and also formed a side-project called John Yoko), Christoph Brandner, who played drums with Acher in the Tied & Tickled Trio, and keyboardist Florian Zimmer.
In 2002 Florian Zimmer left for Hamburg to work on Iso68, being eventually replaced in 2003 with Christian Heiß on the Left Handed EP.
In 2017, before the release of the Two Windows album, Markus Acher left the band.
==Links to Peel==
Peel first played Lali Puna in January 2000, when the band had released their debut album. He played tracks from the album and further material over the years and included their album, Scary World Theory, as one of his recommended albums for October 2001 (Peel's Record Box) and November 2001 (Peel's Record Box). The band's single, Blue Skied An' Clear, was nominated as one of his recommended singles for August 2002 (Peel's Record Box) and their Micronomic EP, was nominated as one of his recommended singles for July 2004 (Peel's Record Box). 
The group recorded a session for Peel's show in September 2004 and Peel mentioned on his 14 October 2004 show (his last BBC Radio 1 show before he died in Peru) that their session will be broadcast 5 days time. The session ended up being broadcast on 2nd November 2004 after the death of Peel.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 2004-09-30. First Broadcast: 02 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank)
*603 / Small Things / Past Machine / Nin Com Pop
==Other Shows Played==
;2000
*04 January 2000: 'System On (LP-Tridecoder)' (Morr Music/Hausmusik/Darla) 
*05 January 2000: 'Rapariga Da Banheira (Compilation CD-Little Darla Has A Treat For You (Vol. 13))' (Darla)
*09 January 2000 (BFBS): 'Fast Forward (CD-Tridecoder)' (Morr Music)
*12 January 2000: 'Antena Trash (CD-Tridecoder)' (Darla)
*13 January 2000 (Radio Eins): 'Rapariga Da Banheira (Compilation CD-Little Darla Has A Treat For You (Vol. 13))' (Darla)
*16 January 2000 (BFBS): 'Toca-Discos (CD-Tridecoder)' (Morr Music)
*20 January 2000 (Radio Eins): 'Fast Forward (CD-Tridecoder)' (Morr Music)
*23 January 2000 (BFBS): 'Toca-Discos (CD-Tridecoder)' (Morr Music)
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*16 August 2001: Middle Curse (LP - Scary World Theory) Morr Music
*22 August 2001: Bi-Pet (LP - Scary World Theory) Morr Music (JP: "There's nothing that says you've got to start the programme with a lot of noise you know.")
*02 September 2001 (BBC World Service): Contratempo (album - Scary World Theory) Morr Music
*06 September 2001: Nin-Com-Pop (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix) (7") A Number Of Small Things
*27 September 2001: Nin-Com-Pop (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix) (7") A Number Of Small Things
*27 September 2001 (Radio Eins): Nin-Com-Pop (album - Scary World Theory) Morr Music 
*02 October 2001: Come On Home (LP - Scary World Theory) Morr Music
*11 October 2001 (Radio Eins): Come On Home (album - Scary World Theory) Morr Music
*14 October 2001 (BBC World Service): Come On Home (album - Scary World Theory) Morr Music
*18 October 2001 (Radio Eins): Come On Home (LP – Scary World Theory) Morr Music
*25 October 2001 (Radio Eins): Don't Think (album - Scary World Theory) Morr Music
*07 November 2001: 50 Faces Of (LP – Scary World Order) Morr Music
*November 2001 (FSK): Bi-Pet (CD - Scary World Theory) Morr Music
;2002
*08 August 2002: '40 Days (LP - Blue Skied An' Clear)' (Morr Music)
*08 August 2002 (Radio Mafia): '40 Days (LP - Blue Skied An' Clear)' (Morr Music)
*21 November 2002 (Radio Eins): Common Ground (shared 7" with ISAN - Common Ground / Little Boy Sitting Up In Bed Looking At The Moon) Unhip
;2003
*23 October 2003: Common Ground (shared 7" with ISAN - Common Ground / Little Boy Sitting Up In Bed Looking At The Moon) Unhip
*06 November 2003 (Radio Eins): Common Ground (shared 7" with ISAN - Common Ground / Little Boy Sitting Up In Bed Looking At The Moon) Unhip
;2004
*01 July 2004: 'Micronomic (EP - Micronomic)' (Morr Music)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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