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Einstürzende Neubauten Tabula Rasa
1993 Vinyl
Industrial
Experimental

Mute, Our Choice, Potomak
art direction, artwork [collages], photography by Fritz Jan Thaddaeus Brinckmann
artwork [art assistance] Philip von Winterfeldt
artwork [image treatment] Peter Beyer
artwork [in cooperation with] Blixa Bargeld
direct metal mastering by Günter Pauler
edited by [harddisk] Lutz Fahrenkrog-Petersen
liner notes [translations by] Matthew Partridge
lyrics by Blixa Bargeld
music by Alexander Hacke
music by Blixa Bargeld
music by F.M. Einheit
music by Marc Chung
music by N. U. Unruh
painting Ambrosius Bosschaert The Younger
photography by [instruments photographed by] Anno Dittmer
producer Einstürzende Neubauten
producer Jon Caffery
recorded by [conny's studio assistant], mixed by [conny's studio assistant] Ingo Krauss
recorded by [hansa assistant], mixed by [hansa assistant] Boris Wilsdorf
recorded by [tritonus assistant], mixed by [tritonus assistant] Marco Birner
tracks b3a to b3d recorded by [vocals] Boris Wilsdorf
recorded by, mixed by Jon Caffery
Licensed From Mute Records Ltd.
Licensed From Rough Trade Records
Licensed From Our Choice
Published By Freibank
Recorded At Conny’s Studio
Recorded At Tritonus Tonstudio
Recorded At Hansa Mischraum
Recorded At Spliff Studio
Mixed At Conny’s Studio
Mixed At Tritonus Tonstudio
Mixed At Hansa Mischraum
Mixed At Spliff Studio
Designed At Herz°
Copyright (c) Herz Art
Mastered At Pauler Acoustics
The cover painting is “Still Life With Fruit And Grasshopper” (Oil on canvas) 1631. The release incorrectly notes that it is from 1635.

Side A listed as ’This Side’. Side B listed as ’Picture Side’.
Secondary cat# on jacket: RTD 195.1500.1 30
Secondary cat# on label: RTD 195.1500.1

This album comes in a gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve, including lyrics in German and English.

Published by Freibank 1993. Printed in NL.

Recorded and mixed between 1990 and 1992 at Conny’s Studio, Wolperath; Tritonius, Hansa and Split Studios, Berlin.

Exclusively licensed by Mute Records except Germany, Austria, Switzerland by Rough Trade Records / Our Choice.

Art direction, collages and photography at Herz, Hamburg, 1992. Art © 1993.

The sleeve notes that the French version of A3 was translated and sung by Diana Orloff, and the Japanese version by Etsuko Sakamaki-Haas. The version on this record is the English version.

Tracks A3 and B2 were originally conceived and composed for La La La Human Steps.
B3 in its first version was used for Das Auge des Taifun by Erich Wonder / Einstürzende Neubauten in Vienna, 1992.
Special instruments were constructed and built by N.U.Unruh.
Barcode: 4 005902 150019 (Text)
Barcode: 4005902150019 (String)
Label Code: LC 7149
Matrix / Runout: RTD 195.1500.1 A DMM GP (Side A runout (hand etched))
Matrix / Runout: RTD 195.1500.1 B DMM GP (Side B runout (hand etched))
Price Code: 30


TRACKS


ThisSide
A1Die Interimsliebenden7:37
A2Zebulon3:42
A3Blume Anita Lane Vocals [Sung], Lyrics By [English Version], Translated By4:31
A412305(te) Nacht Roland Wolf Organ4:09
PictureSide
B1Sie6:08
B2Wüste Jan Tilman Schade Arranged By [Strings], Cello [Violincello], Blixa Bargeld Score [Original], Reinhard Allenberg Viola, Mathis Fischer Violin, Anita Lane Vocals [Additional Vocal]4:03
Headcleaner
B3aI. Zentrifuge / Stabs / Rotlichtachse Propaganda / Aufmarsch5:47
B3bII. Einhorn2:18
B3cIII. Marschlied / Das Gleissen / Schlacht4:18
B3dIV. Iyrischer Rückzug2:41

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