art direction [box set], design [box set] Masashi Momozo Oyama
art direction [in cooperation with - strategies against architecture cd] Blixa Bargeld
art direction [strategies against architecture cd] Fritz Jan Thaddaeus Brinckmann
design [special effects designed by - strategies against architecture cd] Aaron S. Koenig
film director [½ mensch] Sogo Ishii
interviewer Yasuhito Higuchi
interviewer [f.m. einheit & blixa bargeld] Tatsuko Takamura
lyrics by Blixa Bargeld
tracks cd2-10 mixed by Alexander Hacke
tracks cd3-11 mixed by Einstürzende Neubauten
tracks cd2-3, cd2-6, cd2-8, cd3-6, cd3-12 mixed by Gareth Jones
tracks cd2-1, cd2-2, cd2-4, cd2-5, cd2-7, cd2-9, cd2-11 to cd3-5, cd3-7, cd3-8, cd3-10 mixed by Jon Caffery
music by Alexander Hacke
music by Blixa Bargeld
music by F.M. Einheit
music by Marc Chung
music by N. U. Unruh
photography by [backcover and booklet front photography] Fritz Jan Thaddaeus Brinckmann
photography by [book - p.110/111] Alexander Heß
photography by [book - p.12/13/112/113] Ar/Gee Gleim
photography by [book - p.16/17/20/21/74/116/117] Peter Gruchot
photography by [book - p.33/37/38/39] Haruko Minakami
photography by [book - p.4/30/31/40/41/50/51/54/55/58/59/62/63/66/67/70/71/121] Fritz Jan Thaddaeus Brinckmann
photography by [book - p.42/43/44/45] Kenji Kubo
photography by [book - p.46/47/48/82/88/95/102] Anton Corbijn
photography by [book - p.6/7/115/118] Petra Gall
photography by [book - p.69] Nielsen
photography by [book - p.8/10] Sabine Schwabroh
photography by [strategies against architecture ii booklet] B. Heinrich-Bu
photography by [strategies against architecture ii booklet] Gin Satoh
photography by [strategies against architecture ii booklet] Kerstin Behrendt
photography by [strategies against architecture ii booklet] Peter Gruchot
photography by [strategies against architecture ii booklet] Petra Gall
photography by [strategies against architecture ii booklet] Sabine Schwabroh
producer Einstürzende Neubauten
technician [compilationwork - live recordings], mixed by [mixing - live recordings], technician [processing - live recordings], edited by [reediting], mastered by Jon Caffery
text by [book texts translation] Masanori Akashi
text by [book texts] Satoshi Morita
text by [book texts] Tatsuko Takamura
text by [book texts] Yasuhito Higuchi
Manufactured By Alfa Records, Inc
Phonographic Copyright (p) Reihe EGO
Phonographic Copyright (p) Some Bizzare
Published By Freibank
Published By Granite Music Corp.
Mixed At Tritonus Tonstudio
Edited At Tritonus Tonstudio
Mastered At Tritonus Tonstudio
Designed At HERZo
Box set containing:
3xCD (Strategies Against Architecture & Strategies Against Architecture II) in double jewel case with 128 page book, featuring interviews, essays, discography notes plus photos + designs originally published in Klaus Maeck's book Listen With Pain. In German/Japanese.
CD contains colour insert and fold-out booklet with extensive liner notes & photos. In English.
Video by Japanese film director Sohgo Ishii. NTSC VHS.


CD notes -

Strategies Against Architecture:

Track CD1-1 - metal/drumkit/record player. Aug 81.
Track CD1-2 - hollow metal object. Aug 81.
Track CD1-3 - bass spring/metal/the sound of switching off studio effects and switching off the studio itself. Sept 81.
Track CD1-4 - originally Steh Auf Berlin. Tools/metal plates/scratching metal/smashing glass. July 81.
Track CD1-5 - performing an autopsy on tape; reassembling it illogically using the subconcious. 10 Oct 82. Live Copenhagen Oct 82.
Track CD1-6 - amplified spring/glass. July 81.
Track CD1-7 - Steel Version. Released on first single. Recorded in a hollow overpass using the sound of the bridge itself and drumming on its steel sides. June 80.
Track CD1-8 - air conditioned duct. May 81.
Track CD1-9 - chanting/water/voice; so the rubber mike supports are the only instrument. July 81.
Track CD1-10 - Apr 81.
Track CD1-11 - 10 Oct 82. Live Copenhagen Oct 82.
Track CD1-12 - Aug 81.
Tracks CD1-13 - tape stolen in Orf. The main musical element is the fact that it was stolen in Vienna 18 Feb 82. Feb 82.
Track CD1-14 - this documents the way a song changes every time it is performed live (a mutation). 24 Jan 82. Live Oisterwijk. Jan 82.

Strategies Against Architecture II:

Compilationwork, mixing and processing of the live recordings, reediting and mastering done at Tritonus, Berlin.
All songs published by FREIBANK, Hamburg, except track CD2-8 by Granit Music Corporation.
Art direction at HERZo, Hamburg 1991.
℗ 1991 EGO, Berlin / SOME BIZARRE, London
© FREIBANK except Sand
© Art & Type by HERZo, Hamburg.
Strategies Against Architecture II booklet: copyright by E.N. Überich / nada 1991.

Box Set Concept: Alfa Records, Inc.
Manufactured by Alfa Records, Inc.
Printed in Japan.

Barcode: 4 988024 113639 (Text)
Barcode: 4988024113639 (Scanned)