We posted some spoken word Blixa Bergeld a few days back, so we decided to get even creepier and post some Einstüerzende Neubauten. Perhaps this should come with an Abilify-like disclaimer...but I'm a Yoko Ono fan, so I don't need one. Enjoy?
From Intuitive Music:
Einstüerzende Neubauten was formed in Berlin in 1980 and was one of the most important electronic experimental groups that was formed solely to break the norms of musical composition.
The band, which name means “Collapsing New Buildings”, was founded by Blixa Bergald and N.U. Unruh in Berlin 1980 as part of a modern folk music movement. They were influenced by the Dadaist movement, experimental pioneers such as Can, and the industrial figures of Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle.
During the first few years of the band, they played completely on improvisation using sounds and noise from power tools. On April the 1st 1980, Einstüerzende Neubauten played their live debut at Berlin’s Moon Club, performing a set-up of the Dadaistic musical movement the Genialen Dilettanten, featuring Beate Bartel, Gudrun Gut, Blixa Bargeld (Christian Emmerich) and N. U. Unruh (Andrew Chudy). The two female members Bartel and Gut left the band later to form the female band Mania D.
Einstürzende Neubauten’s “Kollaps” debut album was released in 1981, after the joining of the percussionist Frank Martin Straub, alias FM Einheit, to the band. The album was a curious fusion of rough punk rock and industrial noises.
During their first German tour, Brittish Mark Chung joined the band and later also the sound technician Alexander von Borsig became a member to form the classic line-up that lasted for the next ten years.
In 1983, Einstürzende Neubauten recorded their second album “Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.” inspired on a book by Leo Navratil about Oswald Tschirtner’s art. Blixa Bergald eventually quit in 1983 to join Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but the group still occasionally has released albums during the last decade.
Technical Information:
Artist: Einstüerzende Neubauten
Album: Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.
Year: 1983
Audio Codec(s): APE/FLAC8
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: EAC APE + .cue/FLAC split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 729 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 245 MB/256 MB
Length: 0:47:00
Tracklisting:
01. Vanadium-I-Ching (4:55)
02. Hospitalistiche Kinder/Engel der Vernichtung (5:08)
03. Abfackeln! (3:30)
04. Neun Arme (2:36)
05. Herde (1:24)
06. Merle (Die Elektrik) (2:22)
07. Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. (3:22)
08. Finger und Zähne (0:09)
09. Falschgeld (2:42)
10. Styropor (2:23)
11. Armenia (5:29)
12. Die genaue Zeit (6:33)
13. Wasserturm (6:27)
Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. Megaupload Links:
APE (img + .cue)
FLAC (split tracks)