Beauty & the Beast
by Cassiber
- Type: Album
- Released: 1984
- Label: Recommended
- Country: Germany
- Length: 43:43
- Community rating: 3.82/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: tape, Heiner Goebbels, Chris Cutler, Alfred Harth
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The second album from the European avant-garde supergroup was famously recorded in real-time with virtually no pre-composition or overdubs. Chris Cutler's intricate drumming and Heiner Goebbels' chaotic sampling provide a tense, unpredictable backdrop for Christoph Anders' desperate vocal improvisations. It is a striking, politically charged masterclass in spontaneous musical deconstruction.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, political, sampling, complex, experimental, avant-garde, dissonant, theatrical, vocal
Tracklist
- Six Rays (4:04)
- Robert (4:52)
- Last Call (3:01)
- Ach Heile Mich (6:26)
- Haruspices (1:56)
- Under New Management (5:23)
- Vengeance Is Dancing (2:14)
- In Einer Minute (4:56)
- Und Ich Werde Nicht Mehr Sehen (2:53)
- Prendre La Lune Avec Les Dents (4:29)
- At Last I Am Free (3:29)
Credits
- Alfred Harth - bass clarinet, trombone, trumpet [pocket], jew's harp, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, vocals
- EMT - cover
- Chris Cutler - drums, electronic drums, noises, other [objects], lyrics by
- Heiner Goebbels - grand piano, synthesizer, bass, electric guitar, tape, vocals
- Djamil Mehtieff - lacquer cut by [runout etching et]
- RW - plated by
- Christoph Anders - synthesizer [korg], organ, electric guitar, tape [prepared], sequencer, percussion [metal sheets], vocals
- Ernst St枚tzner - voice [telephone call from berlin]