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Einstürzende Neubauten · 1984 · Vinyl-Lp · DE · RTD 23

This LP is a documentation of Einstürzende Neubauten 1980-1983. ℗ + © 1983 Mute Records. Licensed to Rough Trade Records GmbH. Track A4 is "Krieg In Den Städen" on center label. ______________________________________ Tanz Debil - A dance of mental illness - Greed as Tanz Debil - Metal drumkit / record player - Aug 81 Schmerzen Hören - Listen with pain - Hear with pain - Ears are wounds - Hollow metal object - Aug 81 Mikroben - Microbes - (they were invented to justify destiny) - Bass spring / metal / the sound of switching off studio effects and switching off the studio itself - Sept 81 Krieg In Den Städten - (originally Steh Auf Berlin) - Tools / metal plates /scratching metal / smashing glass - July 81 Zum Tier Machen - (changing to animal) - Performing an autopsy on tape reassembling it illogically using the subconscious - 10 Oct 82 live Copenhagen - Oct 82 Draußen Ist Feindlich - Outside is hostile - Amplified spring / glass - July 81 Stahlversion - Steel version - Released on first single - Recorded in a hollow overpass using the sound of the bridge itself and drumming on its steel sides - June 80 Schwarz - (black) love song - Black does not reflect: Want no explanations: No allegiances - no betrayal - Air conditioning duct - May 81 Negativ Nein - The act of double negativism is the most positive of all possibilities - Chanting / water / voice - so the rubber mike supports are the only instrument - July 81 Kalte Sterne - Black hole: Cold stars - In astrophysics, black holes explode into 2000 times their own size, then implode and no longer shine. - They suck in all material and light around. - The energy builds ("we are cold stars") - Apr 81 Spaltung - Split - Hammered - 10 Oct 82 live Copenhagen - Oct 82 U-Haft Muzak - Muzak for while on remand - Aug 81 Gestohlenes Band (ORF) - Tape stolen in orf - The main musical element is the fact it was stolen in Vienna 18 Feb 82 - Feb 82 Schwarz (Mutieirt) - Black (a mutation) - This documents the way a song changes every time it is performed live (a mutation) - 24 Jan 82 live Oisterwijk - Jan 82 "RTD 23" on spine and labels "STUMM 14" on the back of the sleeve