artwork [cover: executed by] iLoop bass, percussion Alexander Hacke composed by [compositions by] Einstürzende Neubauten design concept [cover: conceived by] Blixa Bargeld electric guitar, percussion Jochen Arbeit electronics, sampler Ash Wednesday engineer [monitor] Alfred Krug engineer [recording] Rocco Weise engineer [sound] Boris Wilsdorf keyboards [clavichord], vocals Blixa Bargeld percussion Andrew Chudy percussion Rudi Moser photography by [photos: palast] Josh Gardner photography by [phtoos: live] Markus Vortkamp technician [backline] Alexander Fabian technician [sound] Werner Eisele Record Company MVD Entertainment Group Phonographic Copyright (p) Einstürzende Neubauten Phonographic Copyright (p) neubauten.org Copyright (c) Einstürzende Neubauten Copyright (c) neubauten.org Published By Freibank Publishing Recorded At Palast Der Republik Manufactured By MTO/CA Released in a clear-tray jewel case; includes a 2-page insert. Track durations do not appear on the release.
Recorded live on November 4th, 2004.
[Insert] The concert performance on this CD was recorded at the Palast der Republik in Berlin, the former Parliament building and symbol of the no longer extant DDR (East Germany). The Palast der Republik has since been torn down in order to make space for the re-erection of the the City Palace.
The Neubauten found the steel skeleton of the ruins of the Palast a congenial location for their architectural-musical fantasies and field studies. Accompanied by a 100 member choir, recruited from the supporters of the www.neubauten.org Internet project, they played in and with the building in their inimitable, almost literally building-collapsing fashion.
[Disc label] MVDaudio a division of MVD Entertainment Group
[Back sleeve] Published by Freibank Publishing, www.freibank.com.
This CD contains 74 minutes of live concert performance, including several previously unreleased songs.