''Total Eclipse of the Sun'' is a 1999 EP released by the German experimental/industrial band

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 ...

. It was their first release recorded with their new line-up featuring Jochen Arbeit and

Rudi Moser Rudi, born Albert Rudolph (January 24, 1928 – February 21, 1973), also known as Swami Rudrananda, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Rudi was a spiritual teacher and an antiquities entrepreneur in New York City.Swami Rudrananda udi ''Spiri ...

(formerly of Die Haut) and without FM Einheit (who had left during the sessions for their 1996 album ''

Ende Neu ''Ende Neu'' is the seventh full-length studio album released by Einstürzende Neubauten 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 ...

''); this has continued to be their line-up since.

Track listing

# "Total Eclipse of the Sun" - 3:52 # "Sonnenbarke" (single version) - 8:14 # "Helium" - 3:10 # "Total Eclipse of the Sun" (alternate vocal version) - 3:52

Notes

The first track, "Total Eclipse of the Sun", replaces "Anrufe in Abwesenheit" in International (Non-German) copies of their 2000 album '' Silence Is Sexy''. The third track, "Helium is gravity", later appeared in their '' Strategies Against Architecture III'' collection. Written and composed by Jochen Arbeit;

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 ...

; Alexander Hacke;

;

N.U. Unruh 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 ...

Recorded at Conny's Studio, Köln-Wolperath April 1998 and at Schwedenstrasse studio, Berlin in 1999 by Boris Wilsdorf
Mixed at Hansa studios, Berlin by Boris Wilsdorf in 1999

External links

Official site
"Total Eclipse of the Sun" on www.neubauten.org
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