Architecture

architecture

Track Listings

1. Monochrome

2. Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys

3. In the Aftermath

4. Futurist Limited

5. Incubate

6. Embodied

7. Depression Glass

8. U Tell 'Em U

9. Futurist Unlimited

10. Laurels

11. Catalyst

12. Solace

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Architecture

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surprising
Arty-texture in Alice Springs?
Annoying
Fun & talented
Amazing

In Case We Die
Architecture in Helsinki
Manufacturer: Bar/None Records
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ASIN: B0007LPM78
Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

Nevereverdid
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Tiny Paintings
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The Cemetary
Frenchy, I'm Faking
Need To Shout
Rendezvous: Potrero Hill
What's In Store?

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This free-ranging octet from Australia has brought forth their second album and it's a veritable funhouse adventure. Experimental, but gently so, their diverse instrumentation and varied approaches to vocal presentations (theatrical character voices, choirs, rock band exuberance) make for a listening experience akin to someone's perfectly cerebral mix tape. The opening song alone sets the stage for all that follows, constructed like an overture, one theme and setting gives way to another. Much like the parable of three blind men trying to describe an elephant, if three different listeners heard three different songs from this wonderful album, there still would be no complete description possible. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews:

surprising.......2007-03-03

i saw aih open for cyhsy last year in san francisco. at first, i thought they were a horrible flashback to the 80's with random outfits. but soon after, i found them to be upbeat and fun. they had such energy on stage as they do in this album. i can listen to the songs over and over. my favorites are nevereverdid, it's 5!, maybe you can owe me, do the whirlwind, in case we die, and the cemetary (which is really cute). their show was quite entertaining. after every other song, the band members switched over positions onstage along with corresponding instruments. it was friday the 13th, so they played off on it by opening up a black umbrella, breaking a mirror (i can't remember what else), all whilst reading a scary tale and playing some spooky background music. plus, you can't help but dance along with them while they are playing.

i got both this cd and their previous one, this one is much better. and actually, they were TONS better live than cyhcy.

Arty-texture in Alice Springs?.......2006-11-08

Crikey!!!! What is this chunder? Wait a minute....art students from "Down Under" get together and make fun little songs while watching reruns of "The Wiggles", decide they can market these tunes to an adoring fan base! Yeah, this stuff could be the soundtrack to "Forrest Gump" alright. "Run, Forrest, run! Run as fast as you can from this crap!!!" And these guys are touring, too? Are they touring with Barney & Friends?

There is not one thing of value to this other than that the CD itself makes a handy coaster for your Foster's...

Annoying.......2006-11-01

This is probably one of the most annoyingly worst albums I've ever heard in my life.
What is this?
If you like this, than like it.
But I just can't see what situation I'd ever be in that could call for something as annoying as this.
In the woods? Nope
In my car? Nope
On the ocean? Nope
I really just can't figure this kind of music out. and I listen to wacked out music...but...I don't know man.
It may be a New England thing or something.
Yo. I found this really cute album. Oh....ohhhh....yeeah.
Worst ever.

Fun & talented.......2006-10-11

Another great offering from the Aussie kids. Once you hear it a few more times you realize that the music is more complex than it sounds. Great fun!

Amazing.......2006-05-29

Architecture is now officially one of my top five favorite bands. I think I have heard a lot of bands, too. Their music, on the surface, sounds childlike, but listen closer and you can here an incredibly complex compilation of instruments which congeal into a "simple" sound. In other words, this is one tight band. I just saw them live in SF, and I can safely say it was the best concert I have ever been to. They have so much fun with their music that it oozes from every note of their album. "In Case We Die" is much more ambitious then "Fingers Crossed", but they pull off an excellent collection of songs which are universally catchy and endlessly entertaining to listen to. The biggest complaint that one will read about the album is that there is an enormous amount of creative and beautiful ideas in each song which are expressed once and never show up again, except when you listen to the song all the way through once more. This makes for a high degree of replayability for the album, because it almost seems like you're hearing it for the first time everytime.

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Fantastic CD
Surprisingly solid
One, two, twee
Light and airy..
Precious and precocious

Fingers Crossed
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ASIN: B0001JXPDE
Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

One Heavy February
Souvenirs
Imaginary Ordinary
Scissor Paper Rock
To And Fro
Spring 2008
The Owls Go
Fumble
Kindling
It's Almost A Trap
Like A Call
Where You've Been Hiding
City Calm Down
Vanishing

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic CD.......2007-01-03

If you like wacky indie rock groups, then this is the CD for you. I would advise seeing AiH in concert too which will enhance your CD listening experience in the future.

Surprisingly solid.......2005-07-28

I love the first Architecture in Helsinki album. Fingers Crossed is like a breath of fresh air. It is light: Meditative without being overly ponderous. Makes excellent use of negative space. The CD is always over too soon for me & I have listened to it 7 times since I received it in the mail yesterday. This nice little group of Australians have made my week. The tone palate for the album is very well blended, perfectly in fact. With many of the home done type releases which have come recently, these eclectic instrumental combinations are hit & miss, particularly in communal bands with a large number of members where the hi-fi, low-fi argument is more likely to come to a head. Not so here, every note sparkles & shimmers. The production glows & blushes like a sunrises. It's a subtly done & wonderful thing. Similarly, male & female voices seem to blend together neutrally in an inspiring way.

One, two, twee.......2005-05-15

Architecture in Helsinki struck gold in their very first release.The Aussie octet sound remarkably polished here, with their mix of twee pop and nonsensical writing -- imagine a three-way between Fiery Furnaces, Arcade Fire and Belle & Sebastian. The result might sound something like the deceptively cute "Fingers Crossed."

The intro "One Heavy February" errs on the side of twee, with catchy synths and lots of handclaps. Then it switches into the twinkly guitar pop of "Souvenirs," which sounds sweetly innocent at first. But listen more carefully to what Kellie Sutherland sings. "I've got souvenirs/but yesterday can't mean too much/have we missed an opportunity?" she sings sadly. "For what once was gold/ and once was rich/now is poor."

That sound of poignant innocence permeates the entire album, over music so exuberant, warped and playful that it's enchanting. The general sound is that of guitar pop laid over thickly with keyboard, horns, and more handclaps. They also veer into childlike whimsy in songs like "Spring 2008," and a clarinet at the start of "Imaginary Ordinary."

But the songs slowly lose their more innocent vibe, sounding more and more melody. Even the catchy upbeat "Fumble" and childlike "Where You Been Hiding" sound melancholy. It's a bit like growing up -- life may still be beautiful, but you gradually lose your innocence and unbridled joy. By the end, we have Sutherland and Cameron Bird wistfully asking "where you been hiding?"

Writer/musician/vocalist Cameron Bird reportedly said that "Fingers Crossed" was the sound of a band figuring out what they wants to do. That explains why they have the musical naivete of a band just doing what they want to do, without imitation or preconceptions. So no matter how poignant, it's amazing music.

With eight band members, Architecture in Helsinki gets to really include a lot of instrumentation -- sparkling keyboard, guitar, drum and bass. But they also include instruments like clarinet, trumpet, trombone and tuba, which add a circusy note. Just try to find other pop music that has that kind of robust brass.

And songwriter Bird makes truly amazing lyrics. At first glance, they don't seem to make much sense ("Found a flaw in the ending of a book that I've read twice/I set her straight, it's not based on your life"). But after awhile, the gleefully strange lyrics do start to make sense, as Bird and Sutherland interweave their high, delicate voices and sing about how "I wrote you a letter in capital letters/saying all that I care for, all that I care for is..."

Architecture in Helsinki are one of the most promising pop bands in years, and "Fingers Crossed" is definitely worth having, for anyone who likes the idea of an Arcade Fire/Belle & Sebastian cross.

Light and airy.........2005-05-09

I'm reviewing this album as it comes to it's third loop at 3:50 in the morning. It was given to me by a friend several hours ago.

Most of all, i'd have to say that in my opinion, the majority's comparison to belle and sebastian seems a little extreme. i can see some threads of similarity, possibly in some of the production with horns, and the softness of the voices. some harmonic elements recall isobel's style, but otherwise, i wouldn't compare the two. if any comparison had to be made, i'd call them a softer, lighter, more structured Animal Collective.

if you enjoy cleverly put together, quirky, airy music that makes you dance around in your headphones, you'll enjoy this.

Precious and precocious.......2005-01-10

It's like listening to a bunch of really gifted children making music...and that's a good thing. Sometimes the guy's voice reminds me of an innocent version of Billy Corgan circa Gish, but don't let that deter you. This is no smashing pumpkins...and that's a good thing. It's absolutely adorable and the perfect Sunday afternoon in the apartment music.

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Excellent (but in PAL)

Architecture & Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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ASIN: B000N4S90G
Release Date: 2007-05-07

Tracks:

New Stone Age
She's Leaving
Souvenir
Sealand
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
Architecture and Morality
Georgia
Beginning and the End
Extended Souvenir [*]
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Sacred Heart [*]
Romance of the Telescope [*]
Navigation [*]
Of All the Things We've Made [*]
Gravity Never Failed [*]

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Souvenir [Promo Video]
Joan of Arc [Top of the Pops Version] [Live]
Maid of New Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc) [Promo Video]
Almost [Live]
Mystereality [Live]
Joan of Arc [Live]
Motion and Heart [Live]
Maid of New Orleans [Live]
Statues [Live]
Souvenir [Live]
New Stone Age [Live]
Enola Gay [Live]
Bunker Soldiers [Live]
Electricity [Live]
She's Leaving [Live]
Julia's Song [Live]
Stanlow [Live]

Album Description

CD/DVD (PAL/Region 0) 'Collectors Edition' 2-disc set comprising a 16-track digitally remastered CD album which spawned the massive hits 'Souvenir', 'Joan Of Arc' & 'Maid Of Orleans' and has been widely recognized as one of the most influential records in the history of electronic music plus BONUS DVD including 2 music videos, live performance on Top Of The Pops in 1981 and their footage from their performance at London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1981. EMI. 2007.

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Duo's Landmark Third Album Comes in Light of their 21st Century Reunion Tour. It Sold Over Three Million Copies in It's Heyday and Spawned the Three Massive UK Top Ten Hits: "Souvenir", "Joan of Arc" and "Maid of Orleans". Incidentally, all Three Singles Combined Sold Eight Million Copies Between Them. "Architecture and Morality" is Widely Recognized as One of the Most Influential Records in the History of Electronic Music. For this Edition, the Original Album Tracks Are Buffered with Eight Bonuses Drawn from Singles and Rarities. The Accompanying Bonus Dvd features Promotional Videos as Well as Clips of the Band's Performance at London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1981.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent (but in PAL).......2007-05-22

I have waited a long time for the video portion of this release to be reissued. Since it is a British import, here in the States it won't play in a standard NTSC DVD player. However, it will play on my Mac (probably PC too). It is region free, but in PAL format, so be aware of this when buying. Besides the format issue, I am thrilled it is again available. (I was outbid for the original 'OMD Live at Drury Lane' on Japanese Laserdisc a few years back [it sold for $150+]) If you really like OMD, you probably need this.

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My heart, it races

Heart It Races
Architecture in Helsinki
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Heart It Races
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Heart It Races
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Album Description

AIH's first release since 2005's much loved "In Case We Die", paves the way for a much bigger and brighter picture on their new album, "Places Like This", forthcoming in August. This new EP features the single "Heart It Races" plus cover versions by Hey Willpower and Dr. Dog, mixes by YACHT and DJ Rupture, and a collaboration with Trinidadian vocalist Mr. Lee G.

Customer Reviews:

My heart, it races.......2007-06-12

Apparently Architecture in Helsinki are shooting for a new sound in their forthcoming album, "Places like This" -- less twee, more colourful indiepop. "Heart It Races" shows off this new sound along with a bunch of remixes, which succeed in sounding like the Flaming Lips being locked in with a calypso band.

It opens with some hollow, zippy drums and male voices intoning, "Boom... boom.... boombadumpadump... boom..." Then it blooms out into a jumbled little pop tune, flavoured with calypso rhythms and some bouncy indiepop shimmies. It's not too impressive lyrically ("And we slow to acknowledge the knots in the laces/heart it races!"), but fortunately it's too fun and colourful for you to notice that the lyrics are nonsensical.

And then it gets remixed four times, usually making it even more interesting. There's Dr. Dog's languid, beach-party remix that basically just mellows it all out, while DJ Rupture doubles the accented Jamaican flavour. Yacht reworks it into a peppy, sprightly little electrocalypso tune that's more for dancing. But Hey Willpower turns out the only dud on the EP -- a sort of slick MTVish version with lots of moaning and canned beats.

"Heart it Races" sounds pretty different from Architecture in Helsinki's past work -- it's more grown-up and less kooky, as much as I adore their kookiness. It takes a little while for their new sound to sink in, and their warmth and sparkling energy really kick in.

The original song is a lovely cacophony of hand drums, kettle drums, little electronic shimmies, clattering sticks and some shimmering keyboard. The remixes do some lovely stuff with it too -- guitars, handclaps, sampling, and delicious swaths of blippy synth woven in like bright threads, especially in the Yacht remix. The only disappointment musically is the Hey Willpower one, which is full of simple beats and the repetitive little electric guitar riffs.

"Heart It Races" is a promising preview of Architecture in Helsinki's forthcoming third album, just so long as they keep Hey Willpower far away from it. A solid song and a solid EP, with one dud.

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Places Like This
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ASIN: B000SM7QYI
Release Date: 2007-08-21

Tracks:

Red Turned White
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Feather In A Baseball Cap
Underwater
Like It Or Not
Debbie
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Nothing's Wrong
Same Old Innocence

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This six-piece outfit of musical chameleons has developed a reputation for sensational live shows and a large, loyal fan base. They hit the ground running with their third record - ten songs of instantly lovable pop brilliance, fizzing with electrical currents, channeling calypso rhythms and tropical flavors with lashings of percussion a-go-go. Pop effervescence hasn't sounded this fresh in ages.

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The OMD Peak
Opinion and Taste
A must have
Monumental
Gave me a whole new perspective on music

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ASIN: B00008NF6J
Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

The New Stone Age
She's Leaving
Souvenir
Sealand
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The Beginning And The End
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Of All The Things We've Made
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Like their British synth-pop peers Tears for Fears, OMD tempered their dance-floor-friendly electro-pop with often somber philosophical or historical themes, their singles moving quickly away from the animated pop of "Electricity" to the slightly less bouncy, if increasingly brooding "Enola Gay." For this 1981 album, considered by many as their best, mainstays Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey worked hard to add depth and biotic ambiance to their heretofore largely minimalist electronic music. The results are an often surprising, sometimes challenging collection of unlikely disco-intended songs and soundscapes, highlighted by two of the period's most sullen dance hits, "Souvenir" and "Joan of Arc." This is music to dance to while pondering the meaninglessness of one's existence. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

The OMD Peak.......2006-11-03

It's a slow decline after this album, but this is definitely there creative peak. Rich and evocative, emotional and soulful - all the things that it was believed a "synth" group could not do. One of the best albums of it's time and genre.

Opinion and Taste.......2006-01-23

OMD is great because they do title albums with creativity like, Architecture & Morality. They also write songs that run from pure pop to experimental noise. Before reviewing this album I did read the earlier reviews and found as usual I agreed with some comments and disagreed with others. I do love "The New Stone Age" song. However I do think OMD fans have to still get Dazzle Ships. Even if you skip the songs put on A & M as bonus tracks you miss out on the best song they have ever done, "Genetic Engineering"(not only catchy, but a great philosophy lesson), "Radio Waves", and "Telegraph"(I have no idea why they would write about a telegraph, but this is the catchiest song they have written and I actually sympathize with their anger towards the machine even though I never saw one). Three amazing songs. Plus some of the other experimental numbers are ones I enjoy. I guess thinking about it I prefer Dazzle Ships to A & M. Then again I have forgotten some other ace songs off A & M. "Souvenir" is killer. "Joan Of Arc" is everything a song should be and "She's Leaving", "Georgia" and "Maid Of Orleans" are also decent. I have to wonder how "Sealand" has become a favorite as it is the most boring song they have ever written. I also don't care for the title track, but I have a bias against instrumentals. "The Beginning And The End" is neither here nor there. I guess in the end a pretty solid CD with some great songs, but definitely not their best.

A must have.......2005-12-03

Possibly the best album ever released by OMD, and now remastered, it contains several great bonus tracks. If you buy this album, you need not even waste time or money on Dazzle Ships, because the two best songs from DS are on this album--Romance of the Telescope and Of All the Things We've Made. Reading in the liner notes of the CD is the story of how OMD wanted to forge foreward with their sound on this album, to avoid becoming stagnant or sounding predictable. This album is anything but predictable. The New Stone Age is arguably the best song OMD has ever done, unbelievable and so unlike anything they ever made before. Although I love OMD's two previous efforts just as much as this, I think this was the last truly unparallelled and amazing album OMD ever did, besides Sugar Tax. If you are looking for an album that epitomizes the OMD sound, this is it, and you get the bonus of a few excellent extra tracks, all remastered and sounding better than ever. This is a good place to start for anyone looking to get into OMD. Totally excellent, and to this day, no synth rock band has ever made a masterpiece that comes close to this.

Monumental.......2005-10-07

I have just listened to the entire album for the first time, and all I can say (or write, for that matter) is...wow. This is the most emotionally moving series of musical pieces I have ever heard in my life. The strange dichotomy present in New Wave music, passionate lyrics combined with "cold" synthesized compositions, is unified and made whole on this alubm. OMD brings a heavily emotional, almost religious shade to every one of these tracks. The synths are far from cold here--no, they are organic, warm, and lovely. I will need to listen carefully to each of the songs once more, but I can safely state that the impact of this CD will forever ring clear in my mind.

Gave me a whole new perspective on music.......2005-01-21

I saw them on their tour with the Thompson Twins (they were great live, blew the headliner away) in 1985, and after having bought Crush and Pacific Age, and then going to Germany to serve a tour with the Army, I stumbled upon Architecture and Morality on tape. The album was a real revelation; I never could listen to pop music again, having heard real creativity through synths. Here they were willing to experiment with their sound, as demonstrated on New Stone Age, while still make music that was jaw-droppingly beautiful. Their melodies were their strength, lines that stick in your head for days afterwards. I bought the cd version of the album in '89, and it's been in frequent rotation ever since, and since I've been in radio, the album has been in my frequent rotation. I have not heard the new remastering, with the added songs, but I'm looking forward to it.

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We Died They Remixed
Architecture in Helsinki
Manufacturer: Inertia
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ASIN: B000JLPO6A
Release Date: 2006-11-06

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It'5! [Poutine Dream Mix by 33HZ]
Wishbone [Franc Tetaz Remix]
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Frenchy I'm Faking DAT Politics Remix
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Need to Shout [Mocky Remix]
Maybe You Can Owe Me [Wait and See Remix by Qua]
What's in Store? [Up All Night Remix by Mountains in the Sky]
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Album Description

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI cap of an amazingly successful year with their remix album 'We Died They Remixed.' This special price CD features remixes of the entirety of the band's successful album In Case We Die. This is one great listen, start to finish.. upbeat, fun and mischievious. A true summer party favourite waiting to happen. Remixes come courtesy of Hot Chip, Mountains In The Sky, New Buffalo, Safety Scissors, Dat Politics, Mocky, Isan and many more.

Strategies Against Architecture, Volume 1 (Strategein Gegen Architekturen)

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Industrial Mayhem At Its Purest
strategies against depression
Amazing
THIS IS INDUSTRIAL
focus

Strategies Against Architecture, Volume 1 (Strategein Gegen Architekturen)
Einstürzende Neubauten
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
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Strategies Against Architecture III
Kollaps
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Haus der Lüge
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ASIN: B000003Z6D
Release Date: 1995-01-17

Tracks:

Tanz Debil
Schmerzen Horen
Mikroben
Kreig In Den Stadten
Zum Tier Machen
Draussen Ist Feindlich
Stahlversion
Schwarz (Live, Previously Unreleased)
Negative Nein
Kalte Sterne
Spaltung (Live, Perviously Unreleased)
U-Haft Muzak
Gestohlenes Band (orf)
Schwarz (Mutieirt)

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Strategies Against Architecture, Volume 1 (Strategein Gegen Architekturen) encapsulates German industrial progenitors Einsturzende Neubauten at their rawest and most primordial. This recording--compiled by the band and Jim "Foetus" Thirlwell--includes early singles and previously unreleased cassettes from 1980-83, along with most of the B-sides of the band's first LP, Kollaps. Primal and provocative in its austerity, Strategies... remains hyper-progressive and unmatched almost 15 years after its initial release. Junkyard angst for the apocalypse, Neubauten strips down into broken instruments, buckets, and sheet metal for drums. --Esther Yoon

Customer Reviews:

Industrial Mayhem At Its Purest.......2005-01-12

You have to listen to this compilation album with a grain of salt: it is one of the most intense and uncompromisingly brutal albums you'll ever hear in your life! No, it's not a grindcore or a black metal band, it's EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN's most extreme example of TRUE industrial music. The band memebers make "music" out of banging on metal plates, using pneumatic drills, making explotions, and using every possible tool to create pure mayhem. Just imagine this: the "bass drum's" skin is a sheet of metal!!! "Tanz Debil" opens this barrage of noise and the album never lets up. "Kalte Sterne" might sound like a very primitive THE CURE and it is by FAR the album's most "musical" song. No wonder some extreme metal bands took NEUBAUTEN to heart. Although this has NOTHING to do with Metal (maybe punk, in the sense that this IS musical ANARCHY!), the attitude and brutality are very much alike. "Stratigien gegen architechturen" is basically the "Kollaps" album with some few extra tracks, but it's a good thing that, if you like this, also get "Kollaps". For open minded folks only and for people into really weird stuff! Steh auf!

strategies against depression.......2004-12-17

`back in 88 this stuff sounded so horrible, german kids nihilisticaly banging on dying machinery, but now in my 50s all I hear is their youthful exuberance. Buy this for anyone having problems with depression, it will help them.

Amazing.......2004-04-24

Not for narrow-minded crap-peddling mainstream-obsessed type of people. Pity that two of those already reviewed this....

THIS IS INDUSTRIAL.......2004-04-16

Duh...That's why they call it "Industrial"
Harsh,hypnotic, highly percussive, stark, brutal,primitive, repetitive, impossible to resist and undestand ( unless you speak German )experimental, ambient "noise" for the modern age. I listened to this tonight all the way through, and realised how varied it really is. The first few tracks are much more basic, the metallic clang you would expect, but no less because of it. Some of them are quite groovy ( although I almost hate to use that word, it makes you think of disco, and this certainly is not disco - although I'm not slagging dance music ). Drumming on the insides of traffic tunnels, found sounds, distorted vocals.... you get the idea. Then track 9 goes all bubble-gooey, with water and stuff in the background, with truly disturbing, scary chanting and screaming. Then the next song is more "band" sounding, the standard guitar-bass-drums-keyboards, but no less exhilerating. The whole thing is one giant sonic mess, a "stew" , if you will, and that's precisely why it rates five stars. It is at times the heaviest "heavy metal", the most trippy "psychedelic". A true classic.

focus.......2003-03-04

This music is just beautiful. It's very minimal -- too minimal even for the grit that characterized so much of their later music. Most of the songs make use of metal objects for the sounds, but there's also some softer, more watery music. At one point on this cd, they were literally making their music under a bridge, & a train went over. You can hear the train. In 20th century classical music, 2 antithetical compositional ideas were minimalism (which had some feeling of complete control) & aleatory,or just randomness. This cd's minimalism with the train that just happened to go by so they left it seems to me like it could be understood as a synthesis of those 2 views.

It's formative music for them, basic & pure, before their creativity demanded that they add more.

Abolish Bad Architecture
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Hard to imagine . . .

After listening to this some more . . .

Abolish Bad Architecture
Reid Anderson
Manufacturer: Fs New Talent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

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Hard to imagine . . ........2004-03-24

. . . this competent but unexceptional quartet spawning two of jazz's most distinguished new units, The Bad Plus and Fly, but this disc features two-thirds of the members of each: Ethan Iverson (piano) and Reid Anderson (bass) (Bad Plus); Mark Turner (tenor sax) and Jeff Ballard (drums) (Fly).

And there are adumbrations of future moves by both groups: a certain edgy, eclectic irreverence in Iverson's piano playing and glimpses of a developing unique double-bass voice from Anderson that come fully to the fore on the Bad Plus's Vistas and Give; huge tonal weight and presence from Mark Turner's tenor sax and the jittery, polyrhythmic exoticism of Jeff Ballard's drums that characterize Fly. But a careful listen shows what a major contribution both Tchad Blake and David King brought to The Bad Plus, vaulting that band out of the typical conception of a jazz piano trio and into entirely new punk-pop-jazz-metal territory.

The transformation of Turner and Ballard (with the addition of bassist Drew Gress, an essential component) into Fly, though probably not as sheerly dramatic, is nonetheless just as complete. They morph not in the direction of an out sonic assault, but toward edgy, rhythmically complex world jazz, a musical journey every bit as remarkable, if not so startling.

If you want to hear where these four players were five years ago and get an idea of how they got to where they are today, as well as encounter some quite interesting and slightly out quartet jazz, you can't go wrong with Abolish Bad Architecture. 4 and 1/2 stars.

After listening to this some more . . ........2004-03-22

. . . I've decided to raise my rating from 4 and 1/2 stars to a full 5 stars. These guys are all such wonderful players, and they're all at the top of their game; so what if they split up into two even better groups? It's just really intriguing to hear them beginning to work out stuff that later came to full fruition on The Bad Plus and Fly. Eminently worth hearing.

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How I was converted
The concept seems plausible, but the end result is less than desirable
Outstanding Compilation of EN's Middle Years......
A must for the true Industrial connoisseur!
Introducing the REAL driller killers

Strategies Against Architecture II
Einstürzende Neubauten
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
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Binding: Audio CD

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Ende Neu
Kollaps

ASIN: B000008FC1
Release Date: 1991-05-21

Tracks:

Scorching Off!
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C.N.S.
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Sell Out
Kein Bestandteil Sein (Alternative Ending)

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How I was converted.......2006-10-01

It was around May 1990. I was a nerdy, quiet, respectable 17 year old and I'd heard of Neubauten, their Haus der Luege stuff was being played on the local community radio station but I didn't pay too much attention. Then they played my town. I actually went because one of my best friends was the vocalist in the support act (Toxic Airborne Event). Little did I know what a night it would be. Neubauten came on and did their thing. An hour later my life was changed forever, totally changed. The next day I went and bought this album. It was more or less the only thing playing on my CD player for a long time. I lost friends who couldn't cope with me playing Armenia all the time. I almost dropped out of school because suddenly nothing much else except Neubauten seemed to matter anymore. I took up drinking beer and smoking marijuana. I dyed my hair black and started wearing black eyeliner. I begged my parents for black leather pants. I even wrote a fan letter to Blixa Bargeld telling him he was God.
Then I went to Uni. and majored in German just so I could sing along with Blixa. Anyway, you get the picture. If you don't know Neubauten, you need to try this. Who knows? It might just turn your life upside down too.

The concept seems plausible, but the end result is less than desirable.......2006-08-06

This is a German group who seem to be just the opposite of "Kraftwerk". Kraftwerk did music concepts with electronics. Blips, snaps, pops, clicks, bleeps, etc. I really loved Kraftwerk for their uniqueness.

However, Einstürzende Neubauten, are more into what is not electric. Metal, sticks, grinding rusty things together, concrete, jackhammers, sledgehammers, and various other implements of destruction. They are trying to make sounds and rhythms out of solid uncomplicated raw materials. If they can get a rhythm going, that's great. But, what is their greatest selling point, isn't implimented enough. Plus, their vocalist screaming angrily in German doesn't help sell itself to non-Germans.

I truly enjoyed only about 9% of this whole double CD. Most songs were just not that interesting to an American listener like myself. Although that wonderful 9% would have been great if there were so much more.

I can't believe that they did Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood's song "Sand". What compelled them to do that?

Anyway, there is a DVD called "Liebeslieder" which is a documentary on Einstürzende Neubauten. Most all of the dialogue is in German. There is some performance footage, and some interviews (with English sub-titles). I was hoping that this DVD would help shed some more interesting visual entertainment about this "de-construction noise making" band, but again, there just wasn't enough to justify their claim to fame.

And what's more, these guys are actually uglier than The Rolling Stones. I didn't think that that could be possible. But, their ugliness does support their angst. If I looked like them, I'd be angry too.

Outstanding Compilation of EN's Middle Years.............2005-07-29

A superb compilation of the bands middle years. I didn't discover EN until they released Strategies III so at first I didn't care too much for this record due to it's a lot more raw than their later work... however, once I gave it a few listens it didn't take long to realize just how brilliant this band's entire career has been. Strat II has been in regular rotation in my cd player now for about three months.... If your a fan of experimental music this one is a can't miss.

A must for the true Industrial connoisseur!.......2005-02-22

If you enjoy First-Wave Industrial acts, such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle, you will certainly want to add this masterpiece to your collection. EN is perhaps the quintessential Industrial act in a widely misunderstood and underrated genre of exotic music. Industrial music is said to come from the Dadaist movement, which was about anti-art sentiments, and, for example, produced poetry by the random picking of words from a dictionary. Many Americans today believe that acts such as Nine Inch Nails are Industrial, when in fact, NIN is not Industrial. NIN is "Industrial Rock", which is basically Rock with a hard, electronic edge. Not all fans of NIN will appreciate EN-- and vice-versa. In fact, their respective sounds are worlds apart. For people already into EN, this particular title is an excellent compilation of various pieces from a particular span of the band's career. It is well worth what little money it costs.
-Anne Hartley, HEIDE (USA Industrial act)

Introducing the REAL driller killers.......2004-04-05

This is a two CD set of Neubauten's more harsher moments. Occasionally beautiful, occasionally irritating and of course occasionally that little bit scary. I just saw them live yesterday and whatever about them " mellowing out " ( which on evidence of their latest albums you would think so ) - live they're still one hell of a noisy band. Still this is recommended to all industrial connoiseurs ( whereever they are ) and that's about it really. Although one last thing - was two CDs really necessary? It easily could have got by on one but I'm not going to complain on that one

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