Heartland

boudicca wrote:I thought you liked "experimental", Zed

Definitely do But these are Germans, they do this sort of thing too seriously

Big Si wrote:

Obviousman wrote:Think their latest was splendid too

I did try and buy a ceedee by them earlier with mainly King and Klang (I think it involved hitting on a air plane engine - which is cool in concept but not superb to listen too) and was put off listening to EN for quite some time after. That was until I found out about most albums described above

And to think you're off to see Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music and you've not heard the album

No interest in the album at all, but the gig was ace

Errr.. depends what your tolerance is of metal and silly things..

Strategies Against Architecture II & III will give a good overview of the later period of their work, which is slightly less clangy... Halber Mensch is probably their opus with regards to screeching metal and the video of the album is a classic if only for the rendition of Det Tod Ist Ein Dandy replete with Mufti battering the proverbial schiesse out of a sizable block of metal out of rhythm..

nah, Tabula Rasa, Grunsteuck, Ende Eneu and Haus Der Luge are where to start.. (Haus Der Luge is a bit weak I think, but the title track is one of the best pieces of song writing ever.. period..)

If you fancy a challenge though get this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unglaublicher_Laerm


and get the Adrian Sherwood remix of Yu-Gang.. dub industrial classic..

or then you could just try SPK

ok, so after reading all that i'm a little bit scared

i've managed to, ahem, source copies of Halber Mensch, Haus Der Lüge, Tabula Rasa & Ende Neu, and shall give them a whirl at some point today...

listen out for the screams

thanks for the pointers everyone

are you going to try them all in the same day? you are going to have a headache in the morning

@ James. Good call! some early SPK wouldn't hurt.

"all in the same day"

hell no! maybe a random couple of tracks from each today, then we'll see how it goes...

so we can expect your opinion in this decade ?

Bartek wrote:so we can expect your opinion in this decade ?

I predict somewhere within the next 5 minutes

you're right but it depends what song(s) he's gonna listen.

i'm 3 tracks into 'halber mensch' and liking it so far

not easy listening by any means, but it's surprisingly tuneful, and i'm loving the big fat beats

Quiff Boy wrote:not easy listening by any means,

We need to invent a new genre. "Difficult Listening".

Whatever else, don't read HP Lovecraft while you're listening to them. Did that once and was ill for a week after.

well that album was pretty cool

just starting 'tabula rasa' now... i already have the track 'blume' and 'die interimsliebenden' on compilation cds somewhere, so i have a vague idea of what that will sounds like... it sounds not unlike pankow's 'treue hunde' album, from what i remember

markfiend wrote:

Quiff Boy wrote:not easy listening by any means,

We need to invent a new genre. "Difficult Listening".

I saw an article on Portishead years ago in Mojo or something (yes I used to buy that ) which was titled "Uneasy Listening"

boudicca wrote:

markfiend wrote:

Quiff Boy wrote:not easy listening by any means,

We need to invent a new genre. "Difficult Listening".

I saw an article on Portishead years ago in Mojo or something (yes I used to buy that ) which was titled "Uneasy Listening"

The 3rd album and parts of the 2nd aye, but definitely not the debut

Who's gonna start the thread then?

Don't know if this is of any interest:
http://www.fromthearchives.com/en/chronology1.html

sam1 wrote:Don't know if this is of any interest:
http://www.fromthearchives.com/en/chronology1.html

So that's what they played the night I saw them

http://www.fromthearchives.com/en/chronology2.html wrote:07-Sep-97
UK London,Astoria

Setlist: Ende neu/ Haus der Lüge/ Installation no.1/ Die Explosion im Festspielhaus/ Zebulon/ Die Interimsliebenden/ NNNAAAMMM/ Ich bin's/ Headcleaner/ The Garden/ Wüste/ Der Schacht von Babel/ Rampe:I Wish This Would Be Your Color/ Letztes Biest (am Himmel).

I have the Neubauten symbol engraved in my wedding ring, what's that for a fan?

Personally I like the early work best, and dislike the last two albums.

Halber Mensch is one of my favorites as well, but Ende Neu is probably a better place to start.....and there's also the live album at the AB from I think 2001, which is very good and gives a good idea about the different works of the band

Big Si wrote:

Obviousman wrote:Think their latest was splendid too

I did try and buy a ceedee by them earlier with mainly King and Klang (I think it involved hitting on a air plane engine - which is cool in concept but not superb to listen too) and was put off listening to EN for quite some time after. That was until I found out about most albums described above

And to think you're off to see Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music and you've not heard the album

ouch, the metal machine trio is bollocks anyway, and I AM fan of the album

James Blast wrote:or then you could just try SPK

some of it is very bad 80's pop though....
AUto Da Fe is what you need!

You wouldn't have to bludgeon me Boudicca, I genuinely admire them too!
To be fair I haven't really been listening to later Neubauten albums much, early "difficult listening" is my cup of tea, but that's just me.

I would take the songs Seele Brennt and Feurio if I had just two songs to persuade Quiff of the Neubauten. And if he had the nerve to listen to a whole mix tape, I would probably choose from the first albums:

Kollaps

• Tanz Debil
  Kollaps
  Sehnsucht

Zeichnungen des Patienten OT

• Abfackeln!
  Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.
  Armenia

Halber Mensch
the whole album, but especially the sad pieces:

• Seele Brennt
  Sehnsucht (zitternd)

Fünf auf der...

• Kein Bestandteil sein

Haus der Lüge
their masterpiece in my eyes, in particular

• Feurio
  Ein Stuhl in der Hölle
  Fiat Lux/Maifestspiele
  Schwindel
  Der Kuss

i'm liking what i've heard os far, but there definitely a few tracks that i'd remove from any playlists

i have Tanz Debil on a compilation somewhere. it's very cool

i think i've got/heard Seele Brennt & Feurio on the 4 albums i've tracked down, but havent listened to them on their own - only as par of an album.

will go back and have a listen of those 2 on their own

ta for all the advice

Heehee, which ones do you want to remove?

Something I've always wanted to know - how do they sound when you don't understand the lyrics? Completely beknackt?!

the combination of voice & accent makes it rather, ummm, sinister, but cool in an abstract, germanian goff kinda way

like how kraftwerk lyrics didnt sound as good when they did them in english and you realised they were a bit twee

"a bit" twee?

Neubauten lyrics are great though. A bit arrogant at times, but oh well, there are deadlier sins