Twittering Machines

Einstürzende Neubauten
Haus der Lüge

The most accessible ’80s Neubauten with a warm, fuzzy cover that just says – relax & enjoy. From 1989 and 5 LPs into their career, Blixa Bargeld & Co. (N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Marc Chung and Alex Hacke) explore song-form (some suggest the song influence came from Blixa’s playing with The Bad Seeds which began in ’83) mixed with their typical gnashing and bashing of metal and other objects found and formed as well as some field recordings from the ‘Revolutionary 1st of May’ in Kreuzberg, Berlin.

“Shatter the harmony and you shatter the social structure” reads the first line from the liner notes by Biba Kopf (aka Chris Bohn). House of Lies begins with Blixa reciting a screed that repeats the line “Don’t You Think:” interspersed with massed noise. “Death disco”, “industrial dance” whatever you want to call it, I call it powerful and at times quietly beautiful.

and another great gatefold complete with lyrics in German & English and inner sleeve filled with the ramblings of Biba Kopf.