Einstürzende Neubauten ?– Silence Is Sexy

Label: Rough Trade ?– gh 002, Potomak ?– gh 002 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
Country: Germany Released: 2000 Genre: Electronic Style: Industrial, Experimental

Tracklist

A1 Sabrina Arranged By [Strings] – Tim IsfortBass Drum, Drums – AC*Cello – Florian DöhlerChoir – The Audience Of The Mexico City Concerts Of EN, Oct. 1999Electric Guitar [E-bow Guitar], Vibraphone, Backing Vocals – AH*Organ [Hammond] – BB*Viola – Christoph Rabbels, Magnus DöhlerViolin – Alexandra Kratsch, Ruth-Maria Kosow, Sebastian Reimann 4:39 A2 Silence Is Sexy Drums [Big Drum] – RM*Guitar [Tinitus] – JA*Percussion [Plastic] – AC*Performer [Cigarette] – BB* 7:00 A3 In Circles Drums [Snare], Percussion [Metal Sheet], Bells [Pythagorean Tube Bells] – RM*Maracas, Performer [Jet Turbine] – AC*Percussion – AH*Performer [Microphone Performance] – BB* 2:30 A4 Newtons Gravitätlichkeit Percussion [Hi-hat, Wood Percussion], Organ [Hammond] – AC*Piano [Clavichord], Vibraphone – BB* 2:02 A5 Zampano Percussion [Amplified Large Spring], Performer [Plastic Wind Instruments] – RM*Performer [Amplified Pneumatic Piston And Electric Signal Horn Installations, Engraving Stick], Percussion [Amplified Metal Percussion, Bass Spring] – AC*Synthesizer [Korg Ms 20], Performer [Amplified Pneumatic Piston] – AH*Tape [Tape Speed Manipulation], Performer [Amplified Pneumatic Piston] – BB* 5:33 A6 Heaven Is Of Honey Cymbal – AC*Performer [Small T-beams] – BB*Tape [Tape Echo], Synthesizer [Korg Ms 10] – AH*Vibraphone – JA* 3:49 B1 Beauty Performer [Polystyrene], Voice [Recitation] – RM*Performer [Presence] – AC*Vibraphone, Performer [Jamman], Voice [Recitation] – BB*Voice [Recitation], Performer [Silk] – AH*Written-By – Wilsdorf* 2:01 B2 Die Befindlichkeit Des Landes Backing Vocals – Julia RegehrElectric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Organ [Hammond], Performer [Tv-set], Effects [Electronic Treatments] – BB* 5:43 B3 Sonnenbarke Organ [Hammond], Performer [Bass Pedals], Percussion [Bass Spring] – AC*Percussion [Blue Bin] – AH*Performer [Jet Turbine] – RM* 7:49 B4 Musentango Arranged By [Strings], Cello – Jan Schade*Backing Vocals – Ingo Krauss, JA*, Marc WeisPerformer [Brushes, Birkenstocks], Backing Vocals – AH*Performer [Spanish Drills], Backing Vocals – AC*Performer [Vase], Drums [Big Drum], Backing Vocals – RM*Viola – Manuel KleinViolin – Cecilia Braun, Natalia Domagala 2:16 B5 Alles Performer [Free Falling Objects] – AC*, JA*Performer [Vibrator, Free Falling Objects] – AH* 4:42 C1 Redukt Arranged By [Strings], Cello – Jan Schade*Percussion [Metal Bar] – AC*Viola – Manuel KleinViolin – Cecilia Braun, Natalia Domagala 10:11 C2 Dingsaller Choir – AH*, JA*, O. Kult, Peter FunkeLoops [Vocal Loops] – BB*Percussion [Blue Bin], Choir – AC*Performer [Chains, Car Tire], Percussion [Electronic Percussion Treatments], Choir – RM* 5:47 C3 Anrufe In Abwesenheit Arranged By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Arbeit*, Moser*Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Performer [Cellular Phone] – BB*Percussion [Amplified Springs] – AC*Voice [Speaking] – AH*Voice [Telephone] – Christian Meyer, Elsa Wormeck, Fetisch, Frank Künster, Jan Schade*, Johannes Beck, John Norris, Kain Karawahn, Lars Rudolph, Peer Martiny, Peppi, Petra Wende, See Sea, Stefan Plank, Thomas Wydler, Tristan Thönnissen, Ulrike Haage, Violetta CyrolWritten-By – Trad.* 4:15 D Pelikanol Performer [Installation Of Metal Stripes And Electric Drill Motors] – AC*Performer [Jamman, Glass] – Boris Wilsdorf 18:30

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zomba Records
• Copyright (c) – Zomba Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Rough Trade
• Copyright (c) – Rough Trade
• Manufactured By – Normal
• Licensed From – Zomba Records
• Recorded At – Schwedenstrasse
• Recorded At – Trixx Studios
• Recorded At – Conny's Studio
• Mixed At – Schwedenstrasse
• Mixed At – Trixx Studios
• Mixed At – Conny's Studio
• Mastered At – Skyline Tonfabrik
• Mastered At – Pauler Acoustics

Credits

• Bass Drum – RM* (tracks: A2 to A6, B2, B3, B5 to C3)
• Bass Guitar [Electric] – AH* (tracks: A1 to C3)
• Design [Cover Design] – Blixa Bargeld
• Design [Cover] – Béla Stetzer, Gerwin Schmidt
• Electric Guitar – JA* (tracks: A3 to A5, B2, B3, B5 to C3)
• Electric Guitar [Slide] – BB* (tracks: A1, B2, B4)
• Lyrics By – Blixa Bargeld
• Mastered By – H.P.*, Michael Schwabe
• Mixed By, Recorded By – Boris Wilsdorf
• Percussion [Metal] – AC* (tracks: A4, B2, B5, C3), RM* (tracks: A2, A4 to A6, B2 to C1, C3)
• Percussion [Plastic] – RM* (tracks: A4, A5, B3, B5, C3)
• Photography By – Anno Dittmer, Thomas Rabsch
• Producer – Boris Wilsdorf, Einstürzende Neubauten
• Recorded By [Assistant Conny's Studio], Mixed By [Assistant Conny's Studio] – Marc Weis
• Recorded By [Assistant Trixx], Mixed By [Assistant Trixx] – Peter Funke
• Vocals – BB* (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to D)
• Written-By – Hacke* (tracks: A1 to C2, D), Chudy* (tracks: A1 to C2, D), Bargeld* (tracks: A1 to C2, D), Arbeit* (tracks: A3, B2, B3, B5, C1), Moser* (tracks: A3, A5, B2, B3, B5, C1)

Notes

Comes in a gatefold-sleeve with printed inner sleeves.

Limited to 3000.

Recorded and mixed at Schwedenstrasse, Hansa and Trixx Studios, Berlin and at Conny's Studio, Wolperath, Germany between April 1998 and January 2000. Mastered at Skyline, Düsseldorf.

? + © 2000 Zomba Records / Rough Trade.
Manufactured by Normal Records under licence from Zomba Records.
Made in Germany.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 011760 824016
• Label Code: LC 07149
• Matrix / Runout (Runouts A Side): GH-002 A DMM H.P.
• Matrix / Runout (Runouts B Side): GH-002 B DMM H.P.
• Matrix / Runout (Runouts C Side): GH-002 C DMM H.P.
• Matrix / Runout (Runouts D Side): GH-002 D DMM H.P.