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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl
The sound of Berlin in the 1980's encpsulated in one huge surge of electricity sculpted into noise. Berlin pre wall was populated with the refuseniks of West Germany who drank their way through erstwhile national service defending the West against the East by being there. The soundtrack to this amphetamine booze fuelled era is marked by the blasts of this record.
Hardcore torn up from the decaying city and swirled around a cement mixer as the kango drill plays baritone to the angle grinders soprano with backing by dripping water. German voices bark lyrics recalling the flight of west german youth from the post traumatic stresses of West Germany into the relative safety of West Berlin.
It is the sound of emotional breakdown and it is done big and it is done clever. The energy eventually dissipated and lack all good speed comedowns the raw power transmogrified into a chasm of depression.
After listening to the later albums this was clearly their punk period piece. All over West Berlin the full frontal assault of charged electicity seared into the mohawked skull of the listener. Neubauten happened to do this with a certain amount of style, verve and passion drawing from George Grosz, Otto Dix, early SPK, Throbbing Gristle and John Lydon intertwined with their own psyches to produce something still disturbing.
Where did all that angst and energy go?
Hardcore torn up from the decaying city and swirled around a cement mixer as the kango drill plays baritone to the angle grinders soprano with backing by dripping water. German voices bark lyrics recalling the flight of west german youth from the post traumatic stresses of West Germany into the relative safety of West Berlin.
It is the sound of emotional breakdown and it is done big and it is done clever. The energy eventually dissipated and lack all good speed comedowns the raw power transmogrified into a chasm of depression.
After listening to the later albums this was clearly their punk period piece. All over West Berlin the full frontal assault of charged electicity seared into the mohawked skull of the listener. Neubauten happened to do this with a certain amount of style, verve and passion drawing from George Grosz, Otto Dix, early SPK, Throbbing Gristle and John Lydon intertwined with their own psyches to produce something still disturbing.
Where did all that angst and energy go?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm surprised to find that I'm the first to review EN's debut album, as it's a classic example of early industrial music. That's industrial music in the same way that Throbbing Gristle is - full of harsh noises and tortured vocals. Opening track "Tanz Debil" remains a favourite for me, and sums up the whole album. The percussion consists of various hammers and pipes being beaten against other metallic objects, with the only recognisably conventional instrument being a distorted bass guitar. The vocals are almost shouted, and (for me at least) sound all the more appropriate for being sung in German, a language that lends itself well to extreme music. Despite the odd instrumentation, or perhaps because of it, there is variety in what may otherwise be quite a limited musical form. EN never really produced anything quite as aggressive as this again (although several albums of earlier material surfaced later), as they developed into something much more sophisticated, so be warned if you're more familiar with their recent output. Personally, I'd expect that if you're open minded enough to appreciate any other EN material, then you'd still love this album.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I purchased this album as it was recommended in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book.
Well, apart from the appeal of it being completely wild and noisy, it doesn't get played more than once a year.
I do not regret buying it and certainly won't part with it but simply don't enjoying hearing it that often.
Try to ENJOY it if you can.
Well, apart from the appeal of it being completely wild and noisy, it doesn't get played more than once a year.
I do not regret buying it and certainly won't part with it but simply don't enjoying hearing it that often.
Try to ENJOY it if you can.
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