Perpetuum Mobile

by Einst眉rzende Neubauten

Perpetuum Mobile cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 February 2004
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:06:53
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Ralf Zickerick, Boris Wilsdorf, Erin Zhu, Lars Juling, Rudi Moser, Rebekka Richter, Blixa Bargeld, Andrew Chudy, Alexander Hacke, Jan Tilman Schade, Jochen Arbeit, Natascha Zickerick, Stefano Macor, Claudia Gubisch

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The legendary German industrial act continues to refine their avant-garde methodology, significantly dialing back their early chaotic aggression in favor of intricate, minimalist soundscapes. Built around the conceptual theme of eternal motion, the band utilizes massive custom-built air compressors and plastic pipe instruments to generate a rhythmic, highly resonant mechanical atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, atmospheric, rhythmic, industrial, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Ich gehe jetzt (3:32)
  2. Perpetuum Mobile (13:42)
  3. Ein leichtes leises S盲useln (4:32)
  4. Selbstportrait mit Kater (6:12)
  5. Boreas (4:00)
  6. Ein seltener Vogel (9:15)
  7. Ozean und Brandung (3:44)
  8. Paradiesseits (4:08)
  9. Youme & Meyou (4:40)
  10. Der Weg ins Freie (4:05)
  11. Dead Friends (Around the Corner) (5:15)
  12. Grundst眉ck (3:43)

Credits

  • Jan Tilman Schade - cello, arranged by [strings & brass], cello, arranged by [strings], cello
  • Alexander Hacke - composed by, bass guitar, bass guitar [electric], edited by, bass guitar [electric], backing vocals, brass [electronic], electronics, bass guitar [electric], guitar [electronic guitar treatments], bass guitar [electric], backing vocals [harmony], bass guitar [electric], voice [falsetto], percussion [metal], bass guitar [electric], percussion, edited by
  • Andrew Chudy - composed by, performer [air compressor], percussion [plastic tubes], performer [air compressor], wind [air cake, turntable-powered wind-instrument], performer [olive alarm, olive-canister stairway performance], percussion [dried linden leaves], performer [survival blanket], performer [gas burner], performer [amplified metal spring], percussion [iron plate], backing vocals, performer [large amplified metal spring], percussion [metal sheet], performer [palm oil-canisters], backing vocals, guitar [air compressor guitar], backing vocals [harmony], percussion [metal], voice [falsetto]
  • Blixa Bargeld - composed by, lyrics by, vocals, organ [hammond], clavichord, vocals, electric piano [fender rhodes], organ [hammond], performer [radio], vocals, electric piano [fender rhodes], percussion [dried linden leaves], loops, keyboards [electronic keyboard treatments], score [original], vocals, performer [installation: electric fans, amplified steel wire, paper], electric piano [fender rhodes], loops [vocal], vocals, loops [vocal], performer [air compressor], percussion [plastic tubes, sheet metal], performer [air compressor], percussion [plastic tubes], vocals, whistling, steel guitar [pedal], vocals, electric piano [fender rhodes], organ [hammond], grand piano, guitar [electric slide], cymbal, vocals, grand piano, clavichord, tin whistle, vocals, electric piano [fender rhodes], percussion [metal], performer [swinging microphones], percussion [metal], vocals
  • Jochen Arbeit - composed by, performer [air compressor], percussion [plastic tubes], electric guitar, e-bow, electric guitar, backing vocals, electric guitar, backing vocals [harmony], percussion [metal], accordion
  • Rudi Moser - composed by, performer [air compressor], percussion [plastic tubes], percussion [plastic & meal], percussion [metal], performer [car tire], electronic drums [electronic percussion treatments], bass drum, percussion [metal], electronic drums [electronic percussion treatments], bells [pythagorean tube], backing vocals, percussion [plastic], performer [amplified metal spring], bells [pythagorean tube], backing vocals, performer [polystyrene flakes], percussion [metal], electronic drums [electronic percussion treatments], performer [air compressor], percussion [plastic tubes], bass drum, electronic drums [electronic percussion treatments], percussion [plastic], vibraphone, strings [bowed metal], percussion [metal], percussion [hi-hat], bass drum, performer [car tire], vibraphone, electronic drums [electronic percussion treatments], backing vocals [harmony], percussion [metal], bass drum, percussion [big drum], percussion [metal], percussion [big drum], vibraphone [bowed]
  • Stefano Macor - viola
  • Claudia Gubisch - violin

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