It is to my great regret that I never got to see them before the Lament shows! I know so many people who have had such great experiences at their ~event weekends~ and the like. I wish I had gone to the Garage thing.
The thing is, I actually like Perpetuum Mobile as an album, more than Alles Wieder Offen. It has more of what I like in music - that Perpetuum was really their 'let's do Krautrock' album, musically. But the clue to their attitude was really in the name - Alles Wieder Offen was where they *felt* more open as a band again, where they felt more connected, more engaged, more happy to be ~doing Neubauten~ again? (And The Jewels, the supporters-only album that was the weirder, even more freeform and 'experimental' companion to AWO, is one of my favourite things they have ever done.) They sounded like they were more "back to life" because they were feeling more back to life.
And I know the parallel in the album names is not deliberate (they actually wanted to avoid it) but Alles in Allem is also very much a "back to life" and an opening-up record. I cannot believe how open and how personal Blixa was willing to get on the record. (And Blixa being Blixa, of course people, including myself, were looking for 8 layers of meaning, when on some songs - no, really, it was exactly what they were saying it was.)
― Branwell with an N, Friday, 7 August 2020 10:08 (three years ago) link
Anyway, boom tish, it's just gone live:
https://neubauten.bandcamp.com/releases
― Branwell with an N, Friday, 7 August 2020 10:47 (three years ago) link
I must get Alles in Allem. I haven't been very good at following Neubauten more recently; it's time to jump in again.
― Duke, Friday, 7 August 2020 10:48 (three years ago) link
I mentioned upthread that I was going to review Alles In Allem, but I never posted the link. Here it is. Now off to Bandcamp I go...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 7 August 2020 12:01 (three years ago) link
25th anniversary concert in Gijon, Spain on April 13, 2005.creditsreleased April 13, 2005
bless them for doing this, seriously, but lol this is not how it works
(I'm biased cuz I need release dates to log radio play)
― sleeve, Friday, 7 August 2020 13:56 (three years ago) link
How should they be doing it, then?
(This is a serious question, please be gentle with them - they are a bunch of middle-aged Germans who are a bit perplexed by Bandcamp.)
All of their shows got released as CDRs, memory sticks, etc. about 10 minutes after the end of the set, so that they could be sold at the merch table. So that's what they mean by "released" - it was literally available for commercial sale at the merch stand, and on their web store as soon as the show was over.
― Branwell with an N, Friday, 7 August 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
haha I just mean the "release date" should be the day it was uploaded/"released"
if you could actually let someone know, that would be awesome. totally not a big deal, I was just amused, but I really do use the release dates to log "new" plays for licensing $. I want them to get their fractions of pennies!
and again, it's really cool that they are doing this, I will keep my eye on it. would love a lossless copy of The Jewels, for example.
― sleeve, Friday, 7 August 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
(uploaded to Bandcamp, I mean, although yeah if they were available aftershow then it does muddy those waters a bit but afaict Bandcamp treats reissues as having the release date of the reissue not the original)
― sleeve, Friday, 7 August 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the clarification! It's useful information, and I'll pass it on.
― Branwell with an N, Friday, 7 August 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
Gonna give the new one a proper listen over the weekend, might dig out The Jewels too.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 7 August 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQoBph_FTFI
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 10 April 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNR1nGolZVA
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 17 April 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEyaGBSDpiA
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
Halber Mensch time. yes this is my industrial week because there are limits to how much metal I can consume a year even for me.
this is my very first listen.
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
Ohhhh nice, that's a great record.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:10 (one year ago) link
the intro track I coulda listened to for a half hour, if my mother wouldn't have run in screaming
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
my EN favourite.
so many greats; the title track, der tod ist ein dandy, seele brennt, yu gung, sehnsucht....
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
amazing!
yeah this fucking ruuules. anything percussive and mechanical works for me and this has that in droves.
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
How much of their other music have you heard N?
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
somewhere between 0 and none
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
Oh nice, what a journey!
This may be worth your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=posxMfqdgIM
And if you can track down the Liebeslieder documentary also, it's some story.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VsIW3M5p1o
― MaresNest, Sunday, 19 February 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
hell fucking ya
― sarahell, Sunday, 19 February 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
please sir, can we have some more...
― stirmonster, Sunday, 19 February 2023 22:11 (one year ago) link
<3 N.U. Unruh
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Sunday, 19 February 2023 22:47 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxDriPLyBqo
New single!
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 23 March 2024 09:20 (six days ago) link