''Plastik'' (German for ''Plastic'' (das Plastik) or ''Sculpture'' (die Plastik)) is the sixth studio album by German
Industrial metal
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band
Oomph!
Oomph! is a German Rock music, rock band from Wolfsburg, formed in 1989. The band pioneered the movement. Their work contains lyrics in both English and German, with a shift towards German exclusively on recent albums (''GlaubeLiebeTod'', '' ...
. It was released on 11 October 1999 through the German record label
Virgin Schallplatten
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.
This album features less aggressive playing style and cleaner vocals, in compare to the band's previous albums. The album is also characterized by more pronounced
synthesizer
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riff
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s, overall softer vocals and progressed drumming and guitar playing, as well as uncommon
time signature
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s. This melody-over-aggression approach would be the style the band would adopt for their signature sound, making this album a turning point in the band's sound.
Track listing
#
Das weisse Licht (The White Light) - 4:01
# Kennst du mich?
(Do You Know Me?) - 4:44
# Scorn - 4:01
# Keine Luft mehr
(No Air Left) - 3:59
# Hunger - 4:11
# Nothing Is Real - 4:00
# Mein Traum
(My Dream) - 4:34
# Always - 3:46
# Goldenes Herz
(Golden Heart) - 4:30
# I Come Alive - 4:23
# Fieber (featuring
Nina Hagen
Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is ...
)
(Fever) - 4:13
# My Own Private Prison - 4:13
# Das weisse Licht
(Refraction) - 1:56
Music videos
* Fieber
* Das weisse Licht
Personnel
Oomph!
*
Dero Goi
Stephan Musiol (born 16 April 1970), known professionally as Dero Goi, is a German musician, best known as the former lead vocalist, drummer and founding member of Neue Deutsche Härte band Oomph! from 1989 to 2021.
Early life
Dero Goi was bo ...
– lead vocals, drums, lyrics
* Andreas Crap – lead guitar, sampler
* Robert Flux – rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards
Additional personnel
* Jor Jenka – Management
* Next Level – Management
* Ted Jensen – Mastering
* Jan Vogtschmidt – Photography
* OOMPH! – Producer, Mixing Engineer
* Bad Words – Public Relations
* Robert Flux – Recording, Mixing
References
Oomph! albums
1999 albums
Virgin Records albums
1990s German-language albums
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