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Album Info

Release Date: 1988

Labels: Mute, Intercord Ton GmbH

This LP is a documentation of Einstürzende Neubauten 1980-1983.

℗ 1983 & © 1988 Mute Records LTD 429 Harrow RD london W10 4RE.
Marketed by Intercord Ton GMBH, Licensee, Made in Germany
IRS 940.214
CD IRS 971.314

Different track length in comparison to other version in Track A2, A5, A7, B1, B2, B3, B4, B6,

"IRS 940.214" on spine, back of the sleeve and labels
"(STUMM 14)" on labels
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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