''Shrink'' is the fourth

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by German

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band

The Notwist The Notwist are a German indie rock band. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations, despite maintaining a relatively stable line-up. While their early records moved through heavy metal into dark indie rock, their re ...

. It was released on 15 May 1998 by the label Community. The album found the band moving further away from their punk rock origins and pursuing a sound more rooted in

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. The Notwist * The Notwist – vocals, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, trombone, trumpet,

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

, electronics, samples ** Markus Acher ** Micha Acher **

Martin Gretschmann Console (also known as Acid Pauli) is an electronic music project founded by Martin Gretschmann, the former lead programmer for the German band The Notwist. The band incorporates elements of electronic music. The band consists of Miriam Osterriede ...

** Martin Messerschmid Additional musicians * Bibul – percussion * Johannes Enders –

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

* Andreas Gerth –

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RY30 drum machine,

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Tobias Kuhn Tobias Kuhn is a German songwriter, producer and film composer living in Berlin. Career In 1992, Kuhn co-founded German indie band Miles with his high school friends and signed to V2 Records shortly after. After releasing four albums, he started ...

– backing vocals on "Day 7" * Wolfgang Petters – guitar on "Day 7" * Christian Schantz – double bass * Stefan Schreiber –

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...

* Stefan Staudt – vibraphone * Axel von Hoyningen-Hüne – cello Production * Galore –

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* O.L.A.F. Opal – mixing,

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* Mario Thaler – mixing, recording Design * Thorsten Buhe – photography * Andreas Gerth – cover artwork, cover design * Planwerk – cover design

Charts

References

External links

* 1998 albums The Notwist albums Virgin Records albums Zero Hour Records albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub