Opium

by KMFDM

Opium cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: First Strike
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 43:49
  • Community rating: 3.1/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Sascha Konietzko, Raymond Watts, Ton Geist

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally distributed strictly on cassette format, 'Opium' marks the genesis of the pioneering German industrial act KMFDM. Operating heavily out of the Hamburg underground, Sascha Konietzko and En Esch utilized rudimentary electronics, distorted bass loops, and confrontational sampling to forge their abrasive, dance-oriented industrial rock sound.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, sampling, rhythmic, vulgar

Tracklist

  1. Fix Me Up (3:40)
  2. Splatter (3:51)
  3. The Smell (4:06)
  4. Helmut Mein Helmut (4:44)
  5. Warp'd (2:35)
  6. Penetration (4:10)
  7. Entschuldigung (3:43)
  8. Cuntboy (6:09)
  9. RAF OK (4:25)
  10. Mating Sounds Of Helicopters (6:26)

Credits

  • KMFDM - primary artist
  • Raymond Watts - written-by, composed by, performer, membranophone
  • Sascha Konietzko - written-by, composed by, performer, bass guitar synthesizer
  • Ton Geist - written-by, composed by, performer, guitar family

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