Burnin' the Ice

by Die Haut & Nick Cave

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1983
  • Label: Illuminated
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 29:47
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the messy dissolution of The Birthday Party, Nick Cave briefly decamped to West Berlin, collaborating intimately with the instrumental noise-rock outfit Die Haut. 'Burnin' the Ice' captures four incredibly intense, chaotic vocal tracks from Cave alongside heavy, dissonant guitar instrumentals. The menacing, deeply atmospheric recording perfectly documents the brooding, destructive energy of the West Berlin underground scene prior to the formation of the Bad Seeds.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, noisy, rhythmic, bluesy, guitars, abrasive, lo-fi, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Stow-A-Way (7:21)
  2. Tokyo Express (2:57)
  3. Truck Love (3:54)
  4. The Victory (3:46)
  5. Pleasure Is the Boss (3:54)
  6. Dumb Europe (6:33)
  7. This Flame Will Never Die (1:17)

Credits

  • Die Haut - primary artist
  • Nick Cave - primary artist, lyrics by, vocals
  • Christoph Dreher - bass, bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Thomas Wydler - drums
  • Martin Peter - guitar
  • Remo Park - guitar
  • Susanne Kuhnke - bass, synthesizer

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