Name: Lament by Einstürzende Neubauten
Brand: Einstürzende Neubauten
SKU: 4050538013788
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (98 reviews)

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A document of a work designed to be performed live, and not an "official new Einstürzende Neubauten LP proper" according to the band itself, Lament is still a staggering work of soul-crushing genius, a work where a veteran idiosyncratic band takes on a broad topic and communicates myriad emotions while landing on the beneficial end of "art for art's sake." The topic is World War I and the idea that it never really ended, a concept reflected in the grinding gears and scraping metal of the opening "Kriegsmaschinerie," an arguably quintessential Einstürzende Neubauten number considering the band's avant and industrial roots. Still, as the mashed, familiar, and a cappella anthems of "Hymnen" display, there hasn't been anything quintessential about these artists since they dared to plunder the world of composition and classical music. The mashed-up "Hymnen" points out that the German hymn "Heil Dir im Siegerkranz" was spawned out of "God Save the Queen," but as the key cut "Der 1.Weltkrieg" lists the War's key cities and battles, it's obvious that it doesn't matter where you live or who you identify with, some other clan wants you gone, both in space and time. What brings us together tears us apart as well, as the title cut repeats "Macht, Krieg" ("Power, War"), sometimes with a period in the middle, but the punctuation slowly evolves into a comma. War may be inevitable, but that doesn't make it easy, as "Sag Mir Wo die Blumen Sin" faithfully covers Pete Seeger's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" in all its sweet sadness, while "On Patrol in No Man's Land" focuses on the Harlem Hellfighters and their truly selfless sacrifice. Neo-classical, industrial, laptop electronica, and German beer hall music all fit into the mix, and even if it takes a live production (one was held in Diksmuide, Belgium in November of 2014) to get the full Lament installation experience, this audio-only version is still evocative and deep. ~ David Jeffries

1. Kriegsmaschinerie

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Cello: Natalia Costiuc; Performer
Double Bass: Alexander Tarbert; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Composer: Blixa Bargeld
Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy
Jochen Arbeit
Alexander Hacke; Composer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Author: Blixa Bargeld; Production
Percussion: Alexander Hacke
Andrew Chudy
Rudolf Moser; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Jan Tillman Schade; Composer
Viola: Bianca Marin
Alexandra Marin; Performer
Violin: Leila Akhmetova
Jonathan Mesonero
Alexandra Paladi
Olga Pak; Performer
Vocals: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

2. Hymnen

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Cello: Jan Tillman Schade; Performer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Electronics: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Mellotron: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Percussion: Rudolf Moser; Performer
Viola: Alexandra Marin; Performer
Violin: Alexandra Paladi
Olga Pak; Performer
Vocals: Blixa Bargeld
Rudolf Moser
Alexander Hacke
Jochen Arbeit
Andrew Chudy; Performer
Arranger: Einstürzende Neubauten; Composer
Composer: Blixa Bargeld; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Jan Tillman Schade; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

3. The Willy: Nicky Telegrams

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Organ: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Percussion: Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy; Performer
Piano: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Vocals: Alexander Hacke
Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Composer: Rudolf Moser
Blixa Bargeld
Alexander Hacke
Jochen Arbeit
Andrew Chudy; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

4. In de Loopgraaf

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Harp: Andrew Chudy; Performer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Vocals: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Composer: Alexander Hacke
Andrew Chudy
Blixa Bargeld; Composer
Author: Paul Van Den Broeck; Production
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

5. Der 1. Weltkrieg (Percussion Version)

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Percussion: Rudolf Moser; Performer
Pipe: Andrew Chudy
Rudolf Moser
Jochen Arbeit
Alexander Hacke; Performer
Vocals: Erin Bargeld
Vlatka Alec
Virginie Le Fur
Michalina Glura
Mercedes Debeyne
Zeynep Banu Altan
Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Composer: Jochen Arbeit
Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy
Blixa Bargeld
Alexander Hacke; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

6. On Patrol in No Man's Land

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Arranger: Einstürzende Neubauten; Composer
Background Vocals: Rudolf Moser
Jochen Arbeit
Andrew Chudy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Bells: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Cello: Jan Tillman Schade; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Organ: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Percussion: Andrew Chudy
Rudolf Moser; Performer
Pipe: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Violin: Olga Pak
Alexandra Paladi; Performer
Vocals: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Composer: James Reese Europe; Composer
Viola: Alexandra Marin; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Jan Tillman Schade; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other
Spoken Voice Vocals: Blixa Bargeld; Other

7. Achterland

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Vocals: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Composer: Blixa Bargeld
Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy
Jochen Arbeit
Alexander Hacke; Composer
Author: Paul Van Den Broeck; Production
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

8. Lament: 1. Lament

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Percussion: Andrew Chudy
Rudolf Moser; Performer
Slide Guitar: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Vocals: Alexander Hacke
Andrew Chudy
Rudolf Moser
Blixa Bargeld
Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Composer: Jochen Arbeit
Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy
Blixa Bargeld
Alexander Hacke; Composer
Author: Blixa Bargeld; Production
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

9. Lament: 2. Abwärtsspirale

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Percussion: Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy; Performer
Slide Guitar: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Composer: Rudolf Moser; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

10. Lament: 3. Pater Pecavi

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Cello: Natalia Costiuc; Performer
Double Bass: Alexander Tarbert; Performer
Arranger: Rudolf Moser
Jochen Arbeit
Andrew Chudy
Blixa Bargeld; Composer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Percussion: Andrew Chudy
Rudolf Moser; Performer
Slide Guitar: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Violin: Alexandra Paladi
Olga Pak
Leila Akhmetova
Jonathan Mesonero; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Viola: Alexandra Marin
Bianca Marin; Performer
Vocals: Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy
Blixa Bargeld
Alexander Hacke
Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Jan Tillman Schade; Composer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Conductor: Jan Tillman Schade; Conductor
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

11. How Did I Die?

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Cello: Jan Tillman Schade; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Pipe: Andrew Chudy; Performer
Composer: Blixa Bargeld
Andrew Chudy
Alexander Hacke; Composer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Author: Blixa Bargeld; Production
Organ: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Percussion: Rudolf Moser; Performer
Piano: Tim Brockmann; Performer
Viola: Alexandra Marin; Performer
Violin: Matthew Peebles
Jan Tillman Schade
Alexandra Paladi; Performer
Vocals: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

12. Sag mir wo die Blumen sind

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Bells: Rudolf Moser; Performer
Cello: Jan Tillman Schade; Performer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Composer: Pete Seeger; Composer
Author: Rudolf Moser
Jochen Arbeit
Max Colpet
Andrew Chudy
Blixa Bargeld
Alexander Hacke; Production
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Viola: Alexandra Marin; Performer
Violin: Alexandra Paladi
Olga Pak; Performer
Vocals: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Jan Tillman Schade; Composer
Conductor: Jan Tillman Schade; Conductor
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

13. Der Beginn des Weltkrieges 1914 (unter Zuhilfenahme eines Tierstimmenimitators)

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Electric Guitar: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Percussion: Andrew Chudy
Rudolf Moser; Performer
Vocals: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Whistle: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Composer: Jochen Arbeit
Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy
Blixa Bargeld
Alexander Hacke; Composer
Author: Joseph Plaut; Production
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

14. All of No Man's Land is Ours

by Einstürzende Neubauten

Background Vocals: Alexander Hacke
Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy
Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Primary Artist: Einstürzende Neubauten; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Bass Guitar: Alexander Hacke; Performer
Melodica: Jochen Arbeit; Performer
Percussion: Rudolf Moser
Andrew Chudy; Performer
Piano: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Vocals: Blixa Bargeld; Performer
Composer: James Reese Europe; Composer
Author: Blixa Bargeld; Production
Mastering Engineer: Michael Schwabe; Production
Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording: Boris Wilsdorf; Production
Recording & Mixing: Boris Wilsdorf; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

14 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 12 minutes and 36 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 3000x3000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

5/14 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

Only 1/14 tracks has synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Alternative & Indie, Alternative, Classical, Prog-Rock, Art Rock, Adult Alternative, Industrial

Label

Mute, a BMG Company

Music Distribution Service

WMG Mora

Country

United Kingdom

Language

German (Germany)
English (United States)
Dutch

Popularity

Release Date

Nov 9, 2014

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

4050538013788

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Lament

1. Kriegsmaschinerie

2. Hymnen

3. The Willy: Nicky Telegrams

4. In de Loopgraaf

5. Der 1. Weltkrieg (Percussion Version)

6. On Patrol in No Man's Land

7. Achterland

8. Lament: 1. Lament

9. Lament: 2. Abwärtsspirale

10. Lament: 3. Pater Pecavi

11. How Did I Die?

12. Sag mir wo die Blumen sind

13. Der Beginn des Weltkrieges 1914 (unter Zuhilfenahme eines Tierstimmenimitators)

14. All of No Man's Land is Ours

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Lament

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1. Kriegsmaschinerie

2. Hymnen

3. The Willy: Nicky Telegrams

4. In de Loopgraaf

5. Der 1. Weltkrieg (Percussion Version)

6. On Patrol in No Man's Land

7. Achterland

8. Lament: 1. Lament

9. Lament: 2. Abwärtsspirale

10. Lament: 3. Pater Pecavi

11. How Did I Die?

12. Sag mir wo die Blumen sind

13. Der Beginn des Weltkrieges 1914 (unter Zuhilfenahme eines Tierstimmenimitators)

14. All of No Man's Land is Ours

Technical Specifications