''Ende Neu'' is the seventh full-length studio album released by
Einstürzende Neubauten
(, 'Collapsing New Buildings') is a German experimental music group, formed in West Berlin in 1980. The group is currently composed of founding members Blixa Bargeld (lead vocals; guitar; keyboard) and N.U. Unruh (custom-made instruments; perc ...
in 1996. The title means "ending new"; it is a wordplay (reflected in the cover artwork) involving the band's name: Einstürz''ende Neu''bauten. This was the band's last studio album featuring member
F.M. Einheit
Frank-Martin Strauß, better known as F.M. Einheit and also known as Mufti, (born 18 December 1958, in Dortmund) is an industrial and electronic musician and actor from Germany.
While primarily known for his percussion work with the influential ...
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Track listing
# “Was Ist Ist” ("What Is Is") – 3:29
# “Stella Maris” ("
Star of the Sea") (featuring
Meret Becker
Meret Becker (; born 15 January 1969) is a German actress and singer.
Life and career
Meret Becker was born in Bremen, the daughter of the actors Monika Hansen and Rolf Becker but she was raised in Berlin by her mother with her stepfather Ot ...
) – 5:18
# “Die Explosion im Festspielhaus” ("
The Explosion in the Festival Hall") – 4:30
# “Installation No. 1” – 4:29
# “NNNAAAMMM” – 10:59
# “Ende Neu” ("Ending New") – 4:57
# “The Garden” – 5:24
# “Der Schacht von Babel” ("
The Pit of Babel") – 2:46
# “
Bili Rubin” – 3:00
Notes
"Bili Rubin" appears on the 1998 (CD) and 1996 (LP) re-releases.
The entire album was re-released as a remastered version that includes enhanced material.
Personnel
Adapted from the Liner Notes of the Album
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Blixa Bargeld
Blixa Bargeld (born Christian Emmerich, 12 January 1959) is a German musician who has been the lead singer of the band Einstürzende Neubauten since its formation in 1980. Bargeld was also a founding member of the Australian rock band Nick Cave a ...
– vocals (all tracks), fill words (track 1), electric guitar (track 2), electric slide guitar (track 2), pencil and paper (track 3), Hammond organ (track 3), bass feedback (track 4), installation (track 4), amplifier (track 4), hand claps (track 5), air compressor (track 6), flute installation (track 5), choir vocals (track 5), Fender Rhodes (track 7), vibraphone (track 7), foot stomps (track8), whistles (track 8)
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Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke (also known as Alexander von Borsig, Alex Hacke, Hacke, born 11 October 1965) is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, musician, record producer, writer and filmmaker from Germany. He is primarily known as a longtime member of the ...
– bowed electric guitar (track 1), electric bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7), electric guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6), fill words (track 1), hand claps (track 5), choir vocals (track 5), amplified wire (track 6), wood (track 6), metal canisters (track 6)
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Andrew Chudy
N. U. Unruh (born Andrew Chudy on June 9, 1957, in New York City, U.S.) is a German musician, experimental percussionist, and instruments inventor, probably best known for his work with German music group Einstürzende Neubauten.
Biography
In 198 ...
– amplified bass spring (track 1), fill words (track 1), bass drum (tracks 2, 4), metal plate (tracks 2, 3, 4), chain (track 3), percussion (track 3), plastic canisters (track 4), electric drill (track 4), tone generator (track 4), installation (track 4), flute installation (track 5), hand claps (track 5), large resonating spring (track 5), amplified bass wire (track 6), plastic tube (track 6), plastic bin (track 7) foot stomps (track 8), amplified wire (track 8), motor leather belts (track 8), phytagprean tube bells (track 8), microphone percussion (track 8)
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F.M. Einheit
Frank-Martin Strauß, better known as F.M. Einheit and also known as Mufti, (born 18 December 1958, in Dortmund) is an industrial and electronic musician and actor from Germany.
While primarily known for his percussion work with the influential ...
– bass drum (track 1), metal plate (track 1), brushes (track 3), tank (track 4), metal percussion (track 4), plastic canisters (track 6)
*Meret Becker – vocals (tracks 2, 3)
*Jennifer Levy – vocals (track 3)
*Roland Wolf – Hammond organ (3), electric bass guitar (8)
*Klaus Meck – fill words (1)
*Boris Wilsdorf – fill words (1)
*Jochen Arbeit, Laurie Tomn, Ralf Strunz, Adrian Bilderberger, Axel Anonymus, Chrislo Haas, Maria Zastrow – choir vocals (1)
*Raoul Walton – electric bass guitar (5)
*Jean-Paul Zanutel – cello (tracks: 2, 6, 7)
*Carole Duteille (tracks: 2, 6, 7), Françoise Derissen (tracks: 2, 6, 7), Georges Siblik (tracks: 2, 6, 7), Ingrid Aelvoet (tracks: 2, 6, 7), Jean-Pierre Catoul (tracks: 2, 6, 7), Renaud Lhoest (tracks: 2, 6, 7) – violin
*Benoit Gilot (tracks: 2, 6, 7), Eric Gerstmans (tracks: 2, 6, 7), Samuel Aelvoet (tracks: 2, 6, 7) – viola
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Bertrand Burgalat
Bertrand Burgalat
Born: July 1963
French musician, composer and producer.
Background
Bertrand Burgalat was born in the Corsican town of Bastia in 1963. His father, a high-ranking civil servant, was the sub-prefect of the island at the ti ...
– string arrangements (tracks: 2, 6, 7)
References
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Einstürzende Neubauten albums
1996 albums
Mute Records albums