Einstürzende Neubauten - Perpetuum Mobile

Label:

Mute Records Ltd., Mute Records Ltd.

Catalog#:

CDStumm221, 0724359411903

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

UK & Europe

Released:

09 Feb 2004

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Industrial, Experimental

Tracklist

1	Ich Gehe Jetzt	3:31	X
	Bass Guitar - AH* Handclaps - EN* Performer [Air Compressor], Percussion [Plastic Tubes] - AC* , JA* Performer [Air Compressor], Percussion [Plastic Tubes], Percussion [Plastic & Metal] - RM* Vocals, Organ [Hammond], Clavichord - BB*
2	Perpetuum Mobile	13:41	X
	Bass Guitar [Electric], Edited By - AH* Electric Guitar, E-bow - JA* Percussion [Metal], Performer [Car Tire], Electronic Drums [Electronic Percussion Treatments] - RM* Performer [Air Compressor], Wind [Air Cake, Turntable-powered Wind-instrument], Performer [Olive Alarm, Olive-canister Stairway Performance] - AC* Vocals, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Organ [Hammond], Performer [Radio] - BB*
3	Ein Leichtes Leises Säuseln	4:31
	Bass Guitar [Electric] - AH* Percussion [Dried Linden Leaves], Performer [Survival Blanket], Performer [Gas Burner] - AC* Vocals, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Percussion [Dried Linden Leaves], Loops, Keyboards [Electronic Keyboard Treatments] - BB*
4	Selbsportrait Mit Kater	6:12
	Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Cello - Jan Tilman Schade Bass Drum, Percussion [Metal], Electronic Drums [Electronic Percussion Treatments], Bells [Pythagorean Tube], Backing Vocals - RM* Bass Guitar [Electric], Backing Vocals, Brass [Electronic] - AH* Euphonium, Trombone - Lars Juling , Ralf Zickerick Performer [Amplified Metal Spring], Percussion [Iron Plate], Backing Vocals - AC* Score [Original] - Blixa Bargeld Tuba - Natascha Zickerick Viola - Stefano Macor Violin - Claudia Gubisch , Rebekka Richter Vocals - BB*
5	Boreas	3:59	X
	Electronics - AH* Percussion [Plastic Tubes] - RM* Vocals, Performer [Installation: Electric Fans, Amplified Steel Wire, Paper], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Loops [Vocal] - BB*
6	Ein Seltener Vogel	9:14	X
	Bass Guitar [Electric], Backing Vocals - AH* Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals - JA* Euphonium, Trombone - Ralf Zickerick Percussion [Plastic], Performer [Amplified Metal Spring], Bells [Pythagorean Tube], Backing Vocals - RM* Performer [Large Amplified Metal Spring], Percussion [Metal Sheet], Performer [Palm Oil-canisters], Backing Vocals - AC* Tuba - Natascha Zickerick Vocals, Loops [Vocal], Performer [Air Compressor], Percussion [Plastic Tubes, Sheet Metal] - BB*
7	Ozean Und Brandung	3:44	X
	Performer [Air Compressor], Percussion [Plastic Tubes] - BB* Performer [Polystyrene Flakes], Percussion [Metal], Electronic Drums [Electronic Percussion Treatments] - RM*
8	Paradiesseits	4:07	X
	Bass Guitar [Electric], Guitar [Electronic Guitar Treatments] - AH* Performer [Air Compressor], Percussion [Plastic Tubes] - JA* Performer [Air Compressor], Percussion [Plastic Tubes], Bass Drum, Electronic Drums [Electronic Percussion Treatments] - RM* Vocals, Whistling, Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BB*
9	Youme & Meyou	4:39	X
	Arranged By [Strings], Cello - Jan Tilman Schade Bass Guitar [Electric] - AH* Percussion [Plastic], Vibraphone - RM* Score [Original] - Blixa Bargeld Viola - Stefano Macor Violin - Claudia Gubisch , Rebekka Richter Vocals, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Organ [Hammond], Grand Piano, Guitar [Electric Slide], Cymbal - BB*
10	Der Weg Ins Freie	4:04	X
	Bass Guitar [Electric], Backing Vocals [Harmony] - AH* Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals [Harmony] - JA* Guitar [Air Compressor Guitar], Backing Vocals [Harmony] - AC* Strings [Bowed Metal], Percussion [Metal], Percussion [Hi-hat], Bass Drum, Performer [Car Tire], Vibraphone, Electronic Drums [Electronic Percussion Treatments], Backing Vocals [Harmony] - RM* Vocals, Grand Piano, Clavichord, Tin Whistle - BB*
11	Dead Friends (Around The Corner)	5:14	X
	Bass Guitar [Electric], Voice [Falsetto] - AH* Electric Guitar - JA* Percussion [Metal], Bass Drum, Percussion [Big Drum] - RM* Percussion [Metal], Voice [Falsetto] - AC* Vocals, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Percussion [Metal], Performer [Swinging Microphones] - BB*
12	Grundstück	3:41	X
	Arranged By [Strings], Cello - Jan Tilman Schade Percussion [Metal] - AC* Percussion [Metal], Accordion - JA* Percussion [Metal], Bass Guitar [Electric], Percussion, Edited By - AH* Percussion [Metal], Percussion [Big Drum], Vibraphone [Bowed] - RM* Percussion [Metal], Vocals - BB* Viola - Stefano Macor Violin - Claudia Gubisch , Rebekka Richter

Credits

Artwork By [Artdirected By, Assisted By] - Andrea Fröhner
Artwork By [Artdirected By] - Johannes Beck , Oliver Gretscher
Artwork By [Cover Design, In Cooperation With] - Blixa Bargeld
Artwork By [Cover Design] - minus
Composed By - Hacke* (tracks: 2 to 6, 9 to 12) , Chudy* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12) , Bargeld* , Arbeit* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12) , Moser* (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 12)
Executive Producer - Erin Zhu
Lyrics By - Blixa Bargeld
Mastered By - Michael Schwabe
Other [Translations With Some Help From] - Erin Zhu
Other [Translations] - Gunnar Szymaniak
Photography [Front, Back & Booklet Cover] - Anno Dittmer
Photography [Group] - Thomas Rabsch
Producer - Boris Wilsdorf , Einstürzende Neubauten
Recorded By [Assisted By], Mixed By [Assisted By] - Rocco Weise
Recorded By, Mixed By - Boris Wilsdorf

Notes

Recorded & mixed at The Bunker, Saal 4 & Tritonus Studios Berlin between August 2002 and June 2003.
Mastered at Monoposto, Düsseldorf.

Comes in a 8-panel digipak with booklet sticked into it.

℗ 2004 Mute Records Limited
© 2004 Mute Records Limited
Distributed by Vital
Made in the EU
Printed in the EU
LC 5834
bel/BIEM
Barcode: 0 724359 411903

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Review by Crijevo Sep 24, 2007

Although every ENB album brings along some loose sense of perfection, 'Perpetuum Mobile' makes it also an example of beating around the bush - don't know about other ENB fans, personally I always preffered Blixa when not trying hard to sound like Nick Cave. For such reasons, this album is sadly 'one in a row' - conceptually, it gives the illusion of ENB maturing enough to provide suitable 'song' material alongside their standard theatrics but in the end it is full of loopholes. Irritating whisperring and dull spoken-word-type vocals go for the word 'boring' - which is truly ungreatful to say about the group's work, but that's one word that comes to my mind at the moment, and as hard as I try, cannot shake it off.

Further listening recommended in case you feel like missing the point.