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Headcleaner: Text Fur Einsturzende Neubauten:
by Blixa Bargeld, contains EN lyrics, a great interview and accompanying "net of tracks," a conceptual visualization of EN songs and ideas through time. Best of all, a glow-in-the-dark cover. |
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Strategies Against Architecture (Strategein Gegen Architekturen) Volume I, II, II
These are required listening. Volume I is a perfect record, compiled with help from Jim "Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel" Thirlwell, it includes the early singles and unreleased cassettes from 1980-83 along with most of the B-sides from Kollaps. Volume II is a 2-disk hit-after-hit set that includes all the basics Futter Mein Ego, Seele Brent, Sand, Ich bin's, and Haus der Luge. Fans will like Volume III for it’s live and obscure tracks and B-sides but stick with I and II for the purest experience. If you haven’t heard much EN, these collections will give you the best feel for their work from the early bombast of drill and sheet-metal to the more recent studio edits. |
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Kollaps (1988) Most tracks were originally released as Zic Zack a 1981 LP. 14 tracks, includes title track, Hören mit Schmerzen, Vorm Krieg and Negativ Nein (live at Tempodrom, Berlin, 1987, previously unreleased).
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Yu-Gung E.P. (1984/93 reissue) Recorded at Hansa Berlin, includes Lee Hazelwood’s Sand.
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2X4 (1984/94 reissue) ROIR's historic 1984 live casette-only classic, now remastered for CD. Seminal european concert performances from the early years (1980-83). Includes Womb and Armenisch Bitter.
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Haus der Luge (1989) Their sixth album, our favorite. More musical than previous efforts. You must own this.
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Fuenf Auf Der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala (1987) Translated: Five on the Open-Ended Richter Scale. Indeed, this disk is musically ground breaking and complex. Contains Ich Bin and cover of Tim Rose's Morning Dew.
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Silence is Sexy (2000)
Two-disk “quieter side” of EN. Features Pelikonal a duet between a vocal and a drill.
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Ende Nue (1996) A mature combination of machine sounds and the sparest of musical elements. Put on Was Ist Ist to recall the old days and flip to Installation No. 1 for throbbing, grissly beats.
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Halber Mensch (1985) Half experimental storm and half broken melody. For proof, give Das Schaben a listen.
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Tabula Rasa (1993) More varied than most EN records. Most startling track is the ethereal Blume, a sexually charged lullaby by Bad Seed Anita Lane. Closes with 15-minute Headcleaner, a symphonic cacophony like no other.
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9-15-2000 Brussels(2002) Two-CD set featuring 22 tracks live in Belgium. Crystal clear recording.
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Drawings of Patient O.T. (1983) Smash your head against this punk rock. Conceptually rooted in the work of artist/psychiatric patient Oswald Tschirtner, this record is driven by EN's similar compulsion to improvise in their own work.
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FaustMusic (1996) Experimental sound and incidental music set to Werner Schwab's Faust Recommended.
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Halber Mensch (1993)
Full color video filmed in Japan, directed by Sogo Ishii. Songs include: Halber Mensch, Sehnsucht (zitternd), Der Tod ist ein Dandy, Letztes Biest (am Himmel), Z.N.S. [Central Nervous System], Armenia, Abfackelin, Die Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. and Schaben. Videos are as weird as you might expect, maybe wierder.
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Liebeslieder (1994)
A review of EN’s pivitol role in the birth of German industrial music, from the early days to their videos Interim and Blume. Interviews and 16 video and concert highlights.
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