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Strategies Against Architecture
CD1-1	Tanz Derbil
CD1-2	Schmerzen Horen
CD1-3	Mikroben
CD1-4	Krieg In Den Stadten
CD1-5	Zum Tier Machen
CD1-6	Drauben 1st Feindlich
CD1-7	Stahlversion
CD1-8	Schwarz
CD1-9	Negativ Nein
CD1-10	Kalte Sterne
CD1-11	Spaltung
CD1-12	U-haft Muzak
CD1-13	Gestohlenes Band (Orf)
CD1-14	Schwarz (Mutiert)
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Strategies Against Architecture II
CD2-1	Abfackeln! Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Caffery*, Chung*
CD2-2	Partynummer (Live) Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD2-3	Z.N.S. Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD2-4	Die Elektrik (Merle) Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Caffery*, Chung*
CD2-5	Intermezzo/Yü-Gung (Live) Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD2-6	Seele Brennt Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD2-7	Blutvergiftung Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Caffery*, Chung*
CD2-8	Sand Written-By – Lee Hazlewood
CD2-9	Kangolicht Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Caffery*, Chung*
CD2-10	Armenia (Live) Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Caffery*, Chung*
CD2-11	Ein Stuhl In Der Hölle Lyrics By – Bargeld*Music By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-1	Vanadium I Ching Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Caffery*, Chung*
CD3-2	Leid Und Elend (Live) Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-3	DNS-Wasserturm Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Caffery*, Chung*
CD3-4	Armenia 2 (Live) Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-5	Fackeln! Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-6	Ich Bin's Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-7	Hirnlego Lyrics By – Bargeld*Music By – Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-8	Wardrobe Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Caffery*, Chung*
CD3-9	Bildbeschreibung Lyrics By – H. Müller*Music By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-10	Haus Der Lüge (Live) Lyrics By – Bargeld*Music By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-11	Jordache Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Strauss*, Chung*
CD3-12	Kein Bestandteil Sein (Alternative Ending) Written-By – Hacke*, Chudy*, Bargeld*, Frank Martin Strauß, Chung*
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½ Mensch
Video-1	Armenia
Video-2	Sehnsucht
Video-3	Letztes Biest
Video-4	Abfackeln!
Video-5	Halber Mensch
Video-6	Z.N.S.
Video-7	Die Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T.
Video-8	Der Tod Ist Ein Dandy
Video-9	Schaben

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Alfa Records, Inc

Credits

• 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 Brinckmann*
• Artwork By [Strategies Against Architecture Cd] – Matthias Schrader
• Design [Special Effects Designed By - Strategies Against Architecture Cd] – Aaron S. Koenig
• Film Director [½ Mensch] – Sohgo Ishii*
• Interviewer – Yasuhito Higuchi
• Interviewer [F.m. Einheit & Blixa Bargeld] – Tatsuko Takamura
• Lyrics By – Blixa Bargeld
• Mixed By – Alex Hacke* (tracks: CD2-10), E.N.* (tracks: CD3-11), Gareth Jones (tracks: CD2-3, CD2-6, CD2-8, CD3-6, CD3-12), John Caffery* (tracks: CD2-1, CD2-2, CD2-4, CD2-5, CD2-7, CD2-9, CD2-11 to CD3-5, CD3-7, CD3-8, CD3-10)
• Music By – Alex Hacke*, Blixa Bargeld, F.M. Einheit, Mark Chung*, N.U. Unruh*
• Other [Book Texts Translation] – Masanori Akashi
• Other [Book Texts] – Satoshi Morita, Yasuhito Higuchi, Tatsuko Takamura
• Photography [Backcover And Booklet Front Photography] – Fritz Brinckmann*
• Photography [Book] – Alexander Heß (P.110/111), Anton Corbijn (P.46/47/48/82/88/95/102), Ar/gee Gleim (P.12/13/112/113), Fritz Brinckmann (P.4/30/31/40/41/50/51/54/55/58/59/62/63/66/67/70/71/121), Haruko Minakami (P.33/37/38/39), Kenji Kubo (P.42/43/44/45), Nielsen (P.69), Peter Gruchot (P.16/17/20/21/74/116/117), Petra Gall (P.6/7/115/118), Sabine Schwabroh (P.8/10)
• Photography [Strategies Against Architecture Ii Booklet] – Sabine Scwabroh, Heinrich-Bu, Kerstin Behrendt, Petra Gall, Gin Sato, Peter Gruchot
• Producer – Einstürzende Neubauten
• Technician [Compilationwork - Live Recordings], Mixed By [Mixing - Live Recordings], Technician [Processing - Live Recordings], Edited By [Reediting], Mastered By – John Caffery*

Notes

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 and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988024 113639

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MF 001, 791 248, BM 510, CD STUMM 14, RTD 197.1210	Einstürzende Neubauten	Strategies Against Architecture ‎(VHS, PAL + CD, Album, Comp + 2xCD, Album, Comp + B)	Mute Film, Mute Film, BMG Video, Mute, Rough Trade Records GmbH, Reihe EGO	MF 001, 791 248, BM 510, CD STUMM 14, RTD 197.1210	UK	1992

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