Track Listing
1. Tanz Debil
2. Schmerzen Horen
3. Mikroben
4. Krieg In Den Stadten
5. Zum Tier Machen (live in Copenhagen 10 Oct 1982)
6. Draussen Ist Feindlich
7. Stahlversion
8. Schwarz
9. Negativ Nein
10. Kalte Sterne
11. Spaltung (live in Copenhagen 10 Oct 1982)
12. U Haft Muzik
13. Gestohlenes Band (Orf)
14. Schwarz (Mutieirt) (live in Oisterwijk 24 Jan 1982)
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Distributor: | EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
STRATEGIES AGAINST ARCHITECTURE is a compilation of the group's work from 1980 to 1983, and includes tracks from their first 7" singles, their LP KOLLAPS, rare vinyl EPs, and previously unreleased live tracks.Compilation producers: Einsturzende Neubauten, Jim Thirlwell.STRATEGIES AGAINST ARCHITECTURE is a compilation of early tracks by Einsturzende Neubauten. The disc includes material from the band's first EP (SCHWARZ) and LP (KOLLAPS) along with a few b-sides and live versions. On these tracks, Neubauten uses an orchestra of everything from traditional rock instruments to power tools and smashing glass. The record opens with an extended peal of feedback that sets the tone of the entire record. If Lou Reed had taken his METAL MACHINE MUSIC beyond the stage of free-form noise sculpture and added jackhammers and an assortment of chants, wails, and screams (in German) he might have come close to STRATEGIES. As it stands, Neubauten's early work is about as extreme as music can get before it becomes nothing more than noise. All of STRATEGIES' songs are classics of industrial music. The eerie, slow "Stahlversion" features percussion in the form of drumming on the struts of a hollow bridge. "Negative Nein" is rhythmically constructed from the electronically altered sound of bubbling water and Blixa Bargeld's unearthly vocals and screams. "Kalte Sterene" is probably the closest that EN have ever gotten to traditional rock, though the vocals are so heavily echoed and multi-tracked that they overpower the simple beat patterns.
Editorial Reviews
...The easiest place to access ur-Neubauten...a compilation which includes 'Stahlversion', some live material and studio tracks from their 2nd single 'Kalte Sterne' and debut album proper KOLLAPS...
The Wire (04/01/2000)
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