''Aufheben'' is the twelfth studio album by

The Brian Jonestown Massacre The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American musical project and band led and started by Anton Newcombe. It was formed in San Francisco in 1990. The group was the subject of the 2004 documentary film called '' Dig!'', and have gained media not ...

. It was released in May 2012 on band leader

Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe (born August 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and founder of the music group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Newcombe was the subject of the 2004 documentary film '' Dig!'', along ...

's A Records label.

Release

The album was available for free streaming prior to its release.

Recording

''Aufheben'' was recorded in Berlin at Anton Newcombe's studio and Ed East's studio "Studio East". It is their first album to feature founding guitarist

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since his departure from the band in 1999.

Content

The title of the album comes from a German word with several meanings, such as "to lift up", "to abolish" or "to preserve". In philosophy, it is used by Hegel to explain what happens when a thesis and antithesis interact. The cover art was taken from the

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of a representative depiction of humans and Earth's location in our solar system that had been engraved onto a gold-anodized aluminium plaque which was affixed to the exterior of the

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probe.

Track listing

#"Panic in Babylon" - 4:39 #"Viholliseni Maalla" - 4:37 #"Gaz Hilarant" - 2:41 #"Illuminomi " - 3:49 #"I Want to Hold Your Other Hand" - 4:29 #"Face Down on the Moon" - 5:08 #"The Clouds Are Lies" - 3:21 #"Stairway to the Best Party in the Universe" - 4:21 #"Seven Kinds of Wonderful " - 5:21 #"Waking Up to Hand Grenades" - 5:34 #"Blue Order / New Monday " - 7:09

Personnel

– guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, drums, electronics *

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- bass, backing vocals *

- guitar *Constantine Karlis - drums *

Joel Gion Joel Gion (; born ) is an American musician, best known as the tambourine player for the psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S. television show ''Gilmore Girls'', where he played the tambourine in th ...

- tambourine Additional Musicians: *Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson - guitar *Hakon Adalsteinsson - guitar *Eliza Karmasalo – vocals (track 2) *Friederike Bienert – flute *Thibault Pesenti - vocals (track 4) *Fab Leseure – keyboards, electronics

References

2010 albums The Brian Jonestown Massacre albums {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub