Einstürzende Neubauten

Tracklist: amongst others Sehnsucht/ Gut (mit dem Kopf durch die Wand)/ Hören mit Schmerzen & Skorbut.

Recording info: 20 minutes, filmed by Albrecht Metzger inside a pillar of the Stadtautobahn bridge,south-western part of Berlin in April 1981.

Notes: Not to be confused with the "Stahlmusik" audio tape recorded @ the same place, but on 01-Jun-80. Line-up: Blixa Bargeld & N.U.Unruh.

• Rip Off (GE,Sep-81) VHS-PAL

Tracklist: Stimme frisst Feuer/ Vanadium-I-Ching/ Zum Tier Machen/ Sehnsucht/ Der Herscher und der Sieger/ Armenia/ Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T./ Abfackeln!/ Interview with Alex,Andrew and Blixa/ Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T./ ?/ Vanadium-I-Ching/ Sehnsucht/ Armenia.

Recording info: first part recorded live @ Perkins Palace,Pasadena on 03-Mar-84; interview recorded @ Mojave Desert 04-Mar-84; second part recorded live @ On Broadway,San Francisco on 06-Mar-84.

Notes: Excerpts from 2 concerts interspersed with short clips from local friends. 24 mins video produced by D.Mosier & directed by S.X. Summerville.
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Marc Chung & Alex Hacke.

Photo: Screen capture.

• RE/Search-Dossier (US,1984) VHS-NTSC

Tracklist: 1.Armenia(*)/ 2.Sehnsucht/ 3.Letztes Biest(am Himmel)/ 4.Abfackeln!/ 5.Zerstörte Zelle/ 6.Halber Mensch/ 7.Z.N.S./ 8.Yü-Gung(Fütter mein Ego)/ 9.Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T./ 10.Der Tod ist ein Dandy/ 11.Das Schaben.

Recording info: Tracks 1-2,4-5&10 recorded/filmed live (without audience) @ the Nakamatsu Ironworks ruins,Tokyo on 28-May-85; tracks 8-9 recorded/filmed live @ Kohrahuen Hall,Tokyo on 21/22-May-85; tracks 3,6,7&11 filmed @ the Nakamatsu Ironworks ruins,Tokyo between 27/31-May-85 (sound from studio albums).

Notes: Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Marc Chung & Alex Hacke. The film premiered in Tokyo on 25-Nov-85. "Zerstörte Zelle" not on Doublevision release. (*)Also available on the "Strategies Against Architecture II" compilation album.

• Wave -H098-1005 (JP,1986) VHS-NTSC (mono)
• Wave -B098-1005 (JP,1986) BETA-NTSC (mono)
• Wave/Pioneer -SM058-0124 (JP,1986) Laser Disc-NTSC (mono)
• Doublevision -DV13 (UK,Apr-87) VHS-PAL (mono-50mins)
• BMG/Mute Films -BM510/791248 (UK,1992) VHS-PAL (stereo-58mins)
• Mute Films -MF014 (UK,1992) VHS-PAL (stereo-58mins)
• Atavistic Video -ATV31 (US,19-Jul-93) VHS-NTSC (stereo-58mins)
• Music Video Distr. -MVD61231.3 (US,31-Oct-93) VHS-NTSC(st-58mins)

Tracklist: 1.Armenia(*)/ 2.Sehnsucht/ 3.Letztes Biest(am Himmel)/ 4.Abfackeln!/ 5.Zerstörte Zelle/ 6.Halber Mensch/ 7.Z.N.S./ 8.Yü-Gung(Fütter mein Ego)/ 9.Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T./ 10.Der Tod ist ein Dandy/ 11.Das Schaben.

Recording info: Tracks 1-2,4-5&10 recorded/filmed live (without audience) @ the Nakamatsu Ironworks ruins,Tokyo on 28-May-85; tracks 8-9 recorded/filmed live @ Kohrahuen Hall,Tokyo on 21/22-May-85; tracks 3,6,7&11 filmed @ the Nakamatsu Ironworks ruins,Tokyo between 27/31-May-85 (sound from studio albums).

Notes: Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Marc Chung & Alex Hacke. The film premiered in Tokyo on 25-Nov-85. (58mins).(*)Also available on the "Strategies Against Architecture II" compilation album.

• Neubauten.org -Newbauten-1 (GE,Mar-05) DVD-PAL
  (Silver angel cover. Authorized release)
  25th Anniversary tour edition. Digipack.
• Cherry Red -CRDVD80 (UK,Mar-05) DVD-PAL
  (Golden angel cover. Unauthorized release)
• Music Video Distributors -CRDVD80 (US,10-May-05) DVD-NTSC
  (Golden angel cover. Unauthorized release)

Tracklist: DVD:1.Armenia(*)/ 2.Sehnsucht/ 3.Letztes Biest(am Himmel)/ 4.Abfackeln!/ 5.Zerstörte Zelle/ 6.Halber Mensch/ 7.Z.N.S./ 8.Yü-Gung(Fütter mein Ego)/ 9.Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T./ 10.Der Tod ist ein Dandy/ 11.Das Schaben.
CD: 1.Armenia(*)/ 2.Sehnsucht/ 3.Abfackeln!/ 4.Zerstörte Zelle/ 5.Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T./ 6.Der Tod ist ein Dandy.

Recording info: DVD Tracks 1-2,4-5&10 recorded/filmed live (without audience) @ the Nakamatsu Ironworks ruins,Tokyo on 28-May-85; tracks 8-9 recorded/filmed live @ Kohrahuen Hall,Tokyo on 21/22-May-85; tracks 3,6,7&11 filmed live @ the Nakamatsu Ironworks ruins,Tokyo between 27/31-May-85 (sound from studio albums).
CD contains the live tracks remastered by Boris Wilsdorf in 2005.

Notes: Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Marc Chung & Alex Hacke. The film premiered in Tokyo on 25-Nov-85. (*)Also available on the "Strategies Against Architecture II" compilation album.

Includes extra CD containing the live tracks of the film.

Best and most complete version of this film. DVD: 58mins / CD: 29mins.

• Neubauten.org -YA1085-2 (GE,18-Jul-05) DVD-PAL/CD
  (Silver angel cover. Authorized release)
  2 disc special edition. Digipack.

Tracklist: Headcleaner.

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Ringstrasse, Wien on 16-May-92.

Notes: Performance conceived by Erich Wonder & Heiner Müller for the 300th anniversary of the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. The band is located on a glass palace/stage on wheels (accompanied by the slavish trotting of huskies) which is slowly moving on the nightly ring road of Vienna. The film premiered at the Berlinale, Berlin February 1993. Broadcast by Austrian ORF TV on 10-May-93. 66mins.
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Mark Chung & Alex Hacke.

• Wega Film (1992) VHS-PAL/SECAM

Tracklist: 1.Prolog/ 2.Die Interimsliebenden/ 3.Stimme frisst Feuer/ 4.Wir können nicht spielen/ 5.Sehnsucht/ 6.Einsame Wölfin/ 7.News item/ 8.Krieg in den Städten (a.k.a. Steh auf Berlin)/ 9.Armenia/ 10.Hör mit Schmerzen/ 11.Der Tod ist ein Dandy/ 12.Neubauten exhibition/ 13.Ich bin's/ 14.Durstiges Tier/ 15.Hiroshima (Alexander von Borsig)/ 16.Tapes (Alexander von Borsig)/ 17.Decoder (FM, Andrew & Blixa)/ 18.Wolken Heim (FM Einheit)/ 19.Der Tod ist ein Dandy/ 20.Headcleaner/ 21.Harmagedon/ 22.Backstage/ 23.Ein Stuhl in der Hölle/ 24.Sand (Blixa Bargeld)/ 25.Sehnsucht/ 26.Hospitalistiche Kinder-Engel der Vernichtung/ 27.Vanadium-I-Ching/ 28.Letztes Biest (am Himmel)/ 29.Reading (Blixa Bargeld)/ 30.DNS-Wasserturm/ 31.Halber Mensch/ 32.New Music Seminar/ 33.Wüste/ 34.Interview Alex,Blixa & Andrew/ 35.Sand/ 36.Seele brennt/ 37.Salamandrina/ 38.Ubique Media Daemon/ 39.Blume

Recording info: 1. promo 1990 & recorded @ the New Jazz festival, Schlosspark, Moers on 02-Jun-90; 2&39. complete promo clip directed by John Hillcoat early 1993; 3&16. recorded @ Atonal festival in the SO36,Berlin 27-Nov-82; 4. recorded in Berlin in May-80; 5&8. recorded during the 'Berliner Krankheit' tour of Germany in Oct-81; 6. recorded @ S.O.36, Berlin on 14-Nov-81; 7. recorded for ZDF TV Aspekte Oct/Nov-81; 9. recorded @ the New Jazz festival,Schlosspark,Moers on 02-Jun-90 and @ the Noise Now! festival-WDR Rocknacht in the Phillipshalle,Düsseldorf 11-Apr-93; 10. recorded inside a pillar of the Stadtautobahn bridge,south-western part of Berlin in April 1981; 11. recorded for Designer TV,Berlin 1985; 12. recorded @ the 10 years EN exhibition in the Art Space Gallery,San Francisco 1?-Nov-90; 13. promo trailer from the Goethe Institut for EN's appearance @ the World Expo,Vancouver on 24-May-86; 14. recorded @ the Meervaart,Amsterdam on 06-Jun-82; 15. recorded during the 'Berliner Krankheit' tour of Germany in Oct-81 and @ the Tempodrom,Grosse Untergangsshow-Festival der Genialer Dilletanten,Berlin on 04-Sep-81; 17. excerpt from the film "Decoder" filmed by Muscha & Klaus Maeck in Hamburg in Dec-82; 18.recorded @ Steinschlagmauern, Bayern 1990/91; 19. recorded @ the New Jazz festival, Schlosspark, Moers on 02-Jun-90 & for Designer TV,Berlin 1985 & @ the Nakamatsu Ironworks ruins,Tokyo on 28-May-85; 20,23,30,33&37. recorded @ the Noise Now! festival-WDR Rocknacht in the Phillipshalle, Düsseldorf 11-Apr-93; 21. recorded @ the Storan Teater,Göteborg in 1987; 22. recorded @ the VEB Elektro-Kohle, Wilhelm Piek Saal,East Berlin on 21-Dec-89; 24. recorded in a London cab in 1985; 25. recorded @ the New Jazz festival,Schlosspark,Moers on 02-Jun-90 & the Atonal festival in the SO36,Berlin 27-Nov-82; 26. recorded @ the Bavaria filmstudios for ARD TV, Formel Eins in May-84 and broadcast on 14-May-84; 27. recorded @ Tempelhof-Dreieck, an unused part of the Stadtautobahn, Berlin in Jan/Feb-83; 28. recorded @ the Goldener Saal,Zeppelintribüne, Nürnberg on 22/23-Feb-86; 29. recorded @ a reading in München in Oct-89; 31. recorded in Japan 2?-May-85; 32. recorded @ the New Music Seminar, Ritz, New York City on 17-Jul-91; 34. recorded @ the Mojave desert on 04-Mar-83; 35. recorded @ the Metropol,Berlin on 20-Jan-85; 36. recorded @ the New Jazz festival, Schlosspark, Moers on 02-Jun-90; 38. recorded during the "Malediction" album sessions in 1991-92.

Notes: 100 mins compilation 1980-1993 mainly consisting of live concert footage. Track 10 from the "Stahlmusik" video (1981); track 15 from the "Die Grosse Untergangsshow" video (1981) by Wieland Speck; tracks 5,7,8&15 from "Die Berliner Krankheit" video (1981) by Klaus Maeck & Norbert Meissner; tracks 3,16&25 from "Ein Abend im SO36" (1982) a TV documentary by Albrecht Metzger; track 27 from the (30min) SF film "Spider's Goodbye" by Albrecht Metzger; track 17 from the "Decoder" film (1983) by Muscha & Klaus Maeck; tracks 19&31 from the "Halber Mensch" videofilm (1985) by Sogho Ishii; track 18 from the "(FM Einheit:)Stein" video (1992) by Walter Lenertz. A 50 mins excerpt of this video was shown on WDR TV on 22-Apr-93, titled "Nur noch Liebeslieder".

• Studio K7 -021 (GE,Sep-93) VHS-PAL
• Alfa -ALVB-24 (JP,1993) VHS-NTSC
• Alfa -ALLB-24 (JP,1993) LD-NTSC
• Music Video Distributors -MVD2730.3 (US,26-Apr-95) VHS-NTSC
• Studio K7 -K7021DVD/RTD 387.0021.8[43](GE,25-Oct-05) DVD-PAL(side A)/DVD-NTSC(side B)
• Navarre Corporation (US,25-Oct-05) DVD-PAL(side A)/DVD-NTSC(side B)

Tracklist: Ende Neu(+)/ Haus der Lüge(+)/ Zebulon/ NNNAAAMMM(+)/ Die Interimsliebenden/ Sabrina/ Beauty(+)/ Die Befindlichkeit des Landes(+)/ Sonnenbarke/ Headcleaner/ Stella Maris (with Meret Becker)(+)/ Pelikanol/ Redukt/ Armenia(+)/ Alles/ Yü-Gung (fütter mein Ego)(+)/ Salamandrina/ Installation Nr.1/ Rampe/ Ich bin's/ Der Tod ist ein Dandy/ Silence is Sexy(+)/ The Garden(*)/ Der Schacht von Babel(*)/ Was ist ist(*)/ Letztes Biest (am Himmel)(*).

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Columbiahalle, Berlin on 01-Apr-00.

Notes: Almost complete 20th anniversary concert (150mins). (*)not on the VHS tape, (+)also broadcast by ARTE TV on 25-Jun-00. Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, Alex Hacke, Rudi Moser, Jochen Arbeit & Ash Wednesday.

• Europe Online Networks (LUX,2000) VHS-PAL. Ltd edition.
• Neubauten.org (US,2005) VHS-NTSC. Ltd edition. Only a few.

Info: A film about the rebuilding of Berlin after the Wall came down. The band does not appear in this film, but the whole soundtrack is theirs.

• Absolut Medien GmbH -3-89848-718-0 (GE,20-May-2002) DVD-NTSC
• K-film.com/dvdinternational.com (FR,2002) DVD-NTSC/PAL

Tracklist: Nagorny Karabach/ Ein leichtes leises Säuseln/ Was ist ist (with the supporters choir)/ Rampe (PdR construction used as percussion, with supporters choir)/ Hex - Grundstück/ Grundstück:Fiver(Wann/Blixa singing/Choir/ November)/ Rampe (with supporters drumming on 50 tables).
(Total time: 66mins).

Also including as extras (some hidden) the following titles: title 3: Berlin Bunker studio: webcast session 26-Jul-04 (5:27); title 5: Berlin Bunker studio: webcast session -playing with the marbles (4:31) ; title 7: Berlin Bunker studio: webcast session (5:06); title 9: Berlin Bunker studio: webcast session 27-Jul-04 (2:57); title 11: Berlin Bunker studio: webcast session (1:13); title 13: Berlin Bunker studio: webcast session -making vocal loops (3:31); title 17: Berlin Bunker studio: webcast session 06-Mar-05 (2:29); title 19: Berlin Palast der Republik -Rudy in action 03-Nov-04 (0:15); title 21: Setting up the installation table with styrofoam peanuts (1:05); title 23: EN symbol formed with styrofoam peanuts (0:32); title 25: Berlin Bunker studio: transcribed conversation about "Wo sind meine Schuhe" 06-Mar-05 (4:06); title 27: Trailer for DVD (1:16); title 29: Berlin Bunker studio: webcast session (0:38); title 31: Berlin Palast der Republik 03-Nov-04, photos by Stefan Köhler and Ian Williamson.

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Palast der Republik,Berlin on 03-Nov-04. Video production by Danielle De Picciotto. Sound by Rocco Weise.

Notes: Performance of "Grundstück" only for supporters of neubauten.org. Not included are 2 tracks from the concert ("Venuskolonie" and "Rampe"). This is a part of the "Grundstück" CD+DVD package (see Discography), only available to paying members (a.k.a. supporters) of Phase II (period Sep-03/Sep-05) of Neubauten.org, who were able to follow the recording process live via regular (30+) webcasts. Presented in a digipak, with a booklet containing the lyrics (GE/UK).
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, Alex Hacke, Jochen Arbeit, Rudi Moser & Ash Wednesday.

• Neubauten.org -Neubauten-2 (GE 2x-Sep-05) Ltd. edition of 2,400+

Info: "Seele brennt": contains the "Listen with pain/Hör mit Schmerzen" 57mins documentary (1980-2000) by Christian Beetz, mainly consisting of live concert footage. Same footage, but shorter and fewer clips, as the "Liebeslieder" video plus footage from the 20th anniversary concert on 01-Apr-00 and new (much better) interviews with the bandmembers (past and present) and former tour managers Jessamy Calkin and Jäki Hildisch.

As bonus: a 37mins 'behind the scenes' documentary filmed in April 1998 at Köln-Wolperath,Conny's (Planck, ex -Can) Studio at the "Silence is Sexy" album/"Total Eclipse Of The Sun" EP recording sessions with tracks: "Redukt", "Sonnenbarke", "Helium" and "Total Eclipse Of The Sun".

"Nihil oder Alle Zeit der Welt": a 58mins b/w film (from 1987) by Uli M. Schüppel, in which Blixa Bargeld stars, and for which Alex Hacke wrote the music and performed it with Neubauten members F.M. Einheit and Marc Chung.

Note: "Seele brennt" is the same film as the "Listen With Pain" DVD.

• Neue Visionen (GE,04-Nov-2005) DVD-PAL

Info: Danielle de Picciotto, an American artist living in Berlin since the fall of the wall, has known Einstürzende Neubauten personally for almost twenty years. After becoming member of their new project Neubauten.org in 2003 she was asked to document the ensuing "Perpetuum Mobile" tour in 2004 by Blixa Bargeld, singer of the band, to provide material for future concert documentaries. Besides filming every show she interviewed the band and countless 'supporters' worldwide about the Neubauten.org project. The 67mins film contains mainly these interviews. Includes as bonus features: Die Intonatore (an excerpt from the "Traumfestival" film), The making of (Danielle de Picciotto interviewed by Alex Hacke), Profi Master on Stage (a short film) and 2 slideshows.

• Monitorpop -mpedvd20 (GE,17-Mar-03) DVD-NTSC.

Info: Contains the "Listen with pain/Hör mit Schmerzen" 57mins documentary (1980-2000) by Christian Beetz, mainly consisting of live concert footage. Same footage, but shorter and fewer clips, as the "Liebeslieder" video plus footage from the 20th anniversary concert on 01-Apr-00 and new (much better) interviews with the bandmembers (past and present) and former tour managers Jessamy Calkin and Jäki Hildisch.

As bonus: a 37mins 'behind the scenes' documentary filmed in April 1998 at Köln-Wolperath,Conny's (Planck, ex -Can) Studio at the "Silence is Sexy" album/"Total Eclipse Of The Sun" EP recording sessions with tracks: "Redukt", "Sonnenbarke", "Helium" and "Total Eclipse Of The Sun".

Note: Same film as on the "Seele brennt" DVD.

• Cherry Red -CRDVD139 (UK,30-Oct-2006) DVD-PAL
• Music Video Distributors -CRDVD139 (US,31-Oct-2006) DVD-NTSC

Tracklist: Haus der Lüge/ Armenia - Rampe:Weilweilweil/ Youme & Meyou/ Perpetuum Mobile/ Dead Friends (Around the Corner)/ Grundstück Parts I-V (GS:1, GS:2, Unseasonable Weather, GS:3, Vox Populi)/ Was ist ist/ Ein leichtes leises Säuseln/ Sabrina/ Alles.

Bonus tracks: Die Befindlichkeit des Landes/ Redukt.

Bonus features: Full length band commentary in German and English/ Two separate audio tracks: CD quality stereo; 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround/ Trailer

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Palast der Republik,Berlin on 04-Nov-04. Video production by Danielle De Picciotto, some camera work by Uli Schueppel [director of a.o. "The Road To God Knows Where"]. Recording engineer Rocco Weise.

Note: Total time: 82 mins. Not to be confused with the "Grundstück" DVD recorded at the same place, but on 03-Nov-04. Not included on the DVD are the following songs from this concert: "Ich gehe jetzt", "Rampe:November", "Der Schacht von Babel" and "Selbstportrait mit Kater".
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, Alex Hacke, Jochen Arbeit, Rudi Moser & Ash Wednesday, and a choir of 100 supporters.

• Indigo -DVD81022-8 (GE,03-Nov-2006) DVD-PAL/NTSC
• Music Video Distributors -DR-4564 (US,13-Mar-2007) DVD-NTSC

Tracklist: Jewel #13. Am I Only Jesus?/ Jewel #14. Bleib/ Jewel #15. I Kissed Glenn Gould/ some extras (like Jewel #16. Weltempfänger, description of the Dave navigation system, supporters photos).

Recording info: Recorded @ the Bunker studio,Berlin in June/July 2007. Conceived and directed by Blixa Bargeld. Video pre-production by Danielle De Picciotto. Sound by Boris Wilsdorf with Marco Paschke.

Notes: 44mins. With English subtitles. Shows the band's working process in the studio for an album ("Jewels") recorded in parallel with the "Alles Wieder Offen" album. Very entertaining. Available for supporters of neubauten.org only.
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, Alex Hacke, Jochen Arbeit and Rudi Moser.

• Neubauten.org/Potomak -LC 07149 (GE 19-Oct-07) Ltd. edition. PAL/NTSC

Tracklist: Sprung aus den Wolken/ Kulturelle Einfluss/ Die Tödliche Doris/ Alexander von Borsig/ Einstürzende Neubauten: Fleisch 'Blut-Haut' Knochen/ Spaltung (a.k.a. Armenisch Bitter) - Zum Tier machen/ Sehnsucht/ Stimme frisst Feuer/ Durstiges Tier.

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Atonal festival, S.O.36, Berlin on 27-Nov-82.

Notes: A (60mins) TV documentary for WDR TV, Rockpalast, made by Albrecht Metzger. Only shown on TV, but worth tracking down.
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Marc Chung & Alex Hacke (from behind the mixing desk) and Raymond 'Nainz' Watts [Pig] on some percussion.

Recording info: Neubauten recorded @ Tempelhof-Dreieck, an unused part of the Stadtautobahn,Berlin in Jan/Feb-83.

Notes: A 30 mins SF film which included the above performance. How that tied in with the rest of the film is a mystery. Never released on VHS/DVD. Excerpt available on the "Liebeslieder" VHS video.
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Marc Chung.

Info: 55mins special with interviews filmed @ the 10 years EN expo,Kunstlerhaus Bethanien,Berlin on 31-Mar-90 and live @ the Neue Welt, Berlin on 01-10-90.

Notes: Special guest @ the 10th anniversary concert was Nick Cave. Not released on video, but worth tracking down.

Tracklist: Prolog/ Feurio!/ Der Tod ist ein Dandy/ Sehnsucht/ Armenia/ Yü-Gung (fütter mein Ego)/ Zerstörte Zelle/ Trinklied/ Ich bin's/ Ein Stuhl in der Hölle/ Der Kuss/ Haus der Lüge-Epilog/ Kein Bestandteil sein/ Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T./ Sand/ Letztes Biest (am Himmel)/Interview with Blixa Bargeld.

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Philipshalle, Düsseldorf on 24-Nov-90.

Notes: Complete concert broadcast by WDR TV, Rockpalast Rocknacht on 25-Nov-90. Not released on video, but worth tracking down. All but last 4 tracks also available on "The Dead Is A Dandy" bootleg CD, which was sourced from the radio broadcast.
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit, Marc Chung & Alex Hacke.

Photo: Screen capture.

Tracklist: (Good) interview with Blixa Bargeld/ live tracks from the Columbiahalle,Berlin concert on 01-Apr-00/ Sabrina promo clip/ Stella Maris promo clip/ Seele brennt from "Halber Mensch" / Die Interimsliebenden promo clip.

Notes: A 50 mins TV special broadcast by VIVA TV on 20-May-00. Not released on video, but worth tracking down.

Photo: Screen capture.

Info: 57 mins documentary (1980-2000) mainly consisting of live concert footage. Same footage, but shorter and fewer clips, as the "Liebeslieder" video plus footage from the 20th anniversary concert on 01-Apr-00 and new (much better) interviews with the bandmembers (past and present) and former tour managers Jessamy Calkin and Jäki Hildisch. Also available (with extras) on the "Seele brennt/Nihil" DVD and "Listen With Pain" DVD.

Notes: First shown on ZDF/ARTE TV on 25-Jun-00, later (between Sep-00 and Jun-02) also screened at clubs and festivals. In 2005 released as "Seele Brennt" DVD and in 2006 as "Listen With Pain" DVD.

Photo: Screen capture.

Tracklist: Selbsportrait mit Kater/ Ich gehe Jetzt/ Der weg ins Freie/ Seltener Vogel/ Grundstück/ 5am concert

Info: 30 minutes long film featuring Neubauten during the recording/mixing of the "Perpetuum Mobile" album @ the Tritonus studio, Berlin between Mar/Apr-03. Includes interviews with Blixa, Alex, Andrew, Rudi, Boris Wilsdorf, the Webmaster of Neubauten.org, and snippets of the above songs. It also features N.U. Unruh visiting his big red guitar, the autobahn underpass and his workshop.

Notes: Originally filmed for TV broadcast, but dumped by the station. Then pressed on DVD-R and sent to various TV-stations for consideration. Worth tracking down.

Tracklist: Kriegsschauplatz Tempodrom/ Nekropolis-Die Unbekannten / Wir und das Menschliche e.V.(Frieder Butzmann)/ Leben und Arbeiten/ Die Tödliche Doris/ Gudrun Gut & Blixa Bargeld/ Vroammm!/ Drei Mädels & Das Meer (Ulla, Beatrice, Gudrun Gut & Alex Hacke or Alex Kögler)/ Sprung aus den Wolken (Kiddy Citny)/ Sentimentale Jugend (Christiane F. & Alex von Borsig)/ Einstürzende Neubauten: Kollaps.

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Grosse Untergangsshow,Festival der Genialer Dilletanten, Tempodrom,Berlin on 04-Sep-81. Filmed by Jo Schablowsky (with one handheld camera from the front row) and (mono) sound by Eric Trentesseaux.

Notes: A festival organised by Blixa Bargeld, Wolfgang Müller (of Tödliche Doris) and Mabel Ascheneller, and presented by Wieland Speck. A 62min video was made available (only for rent) from Speck-Productions, but remained largely unseen until it was transferred to DVD in 2005 and released (as part of a box with CD/2LP and booklet) by Vinyl-On-Demand.
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit & Marc Chung.

Photo: Screen capture.

• Gesunder Film (GE,1981) VHS-PAL

Tracklist: Kriegsschauplatz Tempodrom/ Nekropolis-Die Unbekannten / Wir und das Menschliche e.V. (Frieder Butzmann)/ Leben und Arbeiten/ Die Tödliche Doris/ Gudrun Gut & Blixa Bargeld/ Vroammm!/ Drei Mädels & Das Meer (Ulla, Beatrice, Gudrun Gut & Alex Hacke or Alex Kögler)/ Sprung aus den Wolken (Kiddy Citny)/ Sentimentale Jugend (Christiane F. & Alex von Borsig)/ Einstürzende Neubauten: Kollaps.

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Grosse Untergangsshow,Festival der Genialer Dilletanten, Tempodrom,Berlin on 04-Sep-81. Filmed by Jo Schablowsky (with one handheld camera from the front row) and (mono) sound by Eric Trentesseaux.

Notes: A festival organised by Blixa Bargeld, Wolfgang Müller (of Tödliche Doris) and Mabel Ascheneller, and presented by Wieland Speck. A 62min video. Transfer of the Wieland Speck film to DVD (released as part of a box with CD/2LP and booklet).
Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, FM Einheit & Marc Chung.

• Vinyl-On-Demand -VOD22 (GE,28-Oct-05) DVD-NTSC

Tracklist: Mekanik Destrüktiw Kommandöh: MDK, Rhythmus der Musik, Freunde gibts uberall/ Sprung aus den Wolken: 3 songs/ Alexander von Borsig: Hiroshima/ Blixa Bargeld: Sehnsucht/ Einstürzende Neubauten: Krieg in den Städten (a.k.a. Steh auf Berlin), Kollaps.

Recording info: Recorded live in Münster on 0x-Nov-81 during the 'Berliner Krankheit' tour of Germany.

Notes: Mekanik Destrüktiw Kommandöh at the time was Volker Hauptvogel, Stephan, Uli, Edgar Domin & Alexander Von Borsig (on bass + drums); Sprung aus den Wolken was Kiddy Citny, Jochen Arbeit & Alexander Von Borsig (both drums); Einstürzende Neubauten was Blixa Bargeld, N.U. Unruh, FM Einheit & Mark Chung. 30mins.

Photo: Screen capture.

• Propaganda Video Hannover (GE,1981) VHS-PAL

Tracklist: Einstürzende Neubauten: Einsame Wölfin. Also tracks by Die Ich's (w/ Jochen Arbeit), Malaria, P1/E, Die Tödliche Doris and many more.

Recording info: Neubauten recorded live @ the S.O.36, Berlin on 14-Nov-81 (the last date of the 'Berliner Krankheit' tour).

Notes: The history of the legendary concert hall. Film made in 1984. 90mins.

• Jelinski + Buttgereit -5124 (GE,1996) VHS-PAL

Tracklist: Sprung aus den Wolken: Que Pas/ Sprung aus den Wolken: Pas Attendre/ Berlin footage (music by Sex Pistols)/ Matador: My Land/ Mike Vamp:Desperado/ Santrra (Oxyd): Liebeslied/ Berlin footage (music by D.A.F.)/ Die Schlampen: Gigolo/ Mona Mur (with Alex Hacke & FM Einheit): Snake/ Flucht Nach Vorn: Send Me Your Postcard/ Die Haut (with Anita Lane & JP Braswell): Nevada/ Nippels: Feuer/ Die Schlampen: Crap/ Blixa Bargeld and Nikko Weidemann (Flucht nach Vorn): Der morgige Tag ist mein(*)/ Berlin footage (music by EN: Yü-Gung)/ Einstürzende Neubauten: Trinklied.

Recording info: Filmed in West Berlin in 1984. Einstürzende Neubauten filmed on 07-Jun-84 (the night before Blixa left on US tour with the Bad Seeds).

Notes: Compilation (70 mins) of Berlin bands, made for TAMT TV Tokyo-Japan (a.k.a. "Berlin Shöne [sic] Traum" in Japan). Cinematography by Roland Willaert. (*)"Tomorrow Belongs To Me" was written by John Kander and Fred Ebb in the style of a traditional German song, and was used in "Cabaret", a film (1972) by Bob Fosse.

• Stein Film München (GE,1985) VHS-PAL

Tracklist: Sprung aus den Wolken: Que Pas/ Sprung aus den Wolken: Pas Attendre/ Berlin footage (music by Sex Pistols)/ Matador: My Land/ Mike Vamp:Desperado/ Santrra (Oxyd): Liebeslied/ Berlin footage (music by D.A.F.)/ Die Schlampen: Gigolo/ Mona Mur (with Alex Hacke & FM Einheit): Snake/ Flucht Nach Vorn: Send Me Your Postcard/ Die Haut (with Anita Lane & JP Braswell): Nevada/ Nippels: Feuer/ Die Schlampen: Crap/ Blixa Bargeld and Nikko Weidemann (Flucht nach Vorn): Der morgige Tag ist mein(*)/ Berlin footage (music by EN: Yü-Gung)/ Einstürzende Neubauten: Trinklied.

Recording info: Filmed in West Berlin in 1984. Einstürzende Neubauten filmed on 07-Jun-84 (the night before Blixa left on US tour with the Bad Seeds).

Notes: Compilation (70 mins) of Berlin bands, made for TAMT TV Tokyo-Japan. Cinematography by Roland Willaert. (*)"Tomorrow Belongs To Me" was written by John Kander and Fred Ebb in the style of a traditional German song, and was used in "Cabaret", a film (1972) by Bob Fosse.

• TAMT -TE-M356 (JP,1985) VHS-NTSC

Tracklist: Einstürzende Neubauten: Seele brennt & Sand. Also tracks by Frieder Butzmann, Malaria, Matador, Psychic TV and many more.

Recording info: Einstürzende Neubauten: "Seele brennt" promo clip directed by Peter Sempel, "Sand" recorded @ the Metropol,Berlin on 20-Jan-85.

Notes: 75mins compilation.

• Kartell -VC003 (GE,1985) VHS-PAL

Tracklist: Einstürzende Neubauten: Sand. Also tracks by Cabaret Voltaire: Trust In The Lord/ Hüsker Du: Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill & Powerline/ Diamanda Galas: 2 excerpts from Eyes Without Blood/ Robert frank, Rudy Wurlitzer & Gary Hill: Energy And How To Get it/ John Giorno Band: Scum and Slime/ David Johansen: Heard The News/ Robert Wilson/ Swans: A Screw/ Psychic TV: Unclean/ John Waters: No Smoking In This Theatre.

Recording info: Neubauten recorded @ the Metropol,Berlin on 20-Jan-85.

• Giorno Poetry Systems -GPS 037 (US,1987) VHS-NTSC
• Visionary -JE223 (UK,16-May-94) VHS-PAL
• Visionary -JE223 (UK,16-May-94) VHS-NTSC

Tracklist: Einstürzende Neubauten: Armenia & Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. Also tracks by The Pogues: A Pair Of Brown Eyes/ Sugercubes: Motorcrash & Deus/ B.F.G.: Southern Bell/ Philipp Boa and The Voodoo Club: Annie Flies A Lovebomber/ Georgia Satellites: Can't Stand The Pain/ Big Pig: Ghost Love/ 12 Drummers Drumming: I'll Be There.

Recording info: Einstürzende Neubauten: recorded @ the Bizarre Open Air Festival, Loreley, St.Goarshausen, on 09-Jul-88.

Notes: All live from the Bizarre Open Air Festival.

• Studio K7 -003 (GE,1990) VHS-PAL

Tracklist: Einstürzende Neubauten: Headcleaner (7 mins excerpt). Also tracks by Clock DVA: The Hacker/ Foetus: I'll Meet You In Poland/ Penal Colony: Freemasons Of Enochian Magick/ Psychic TV: Catalan/ Pigface: Little Sisters/ William S.Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers/ Electric Hellfire Club: Mr.44/ Die Krupps: To The Hilt/ Spahn Ranch: Breath and Taxes/ Throbbing Gristle: Discipline.

Recording info: Einstürzende Neubauten: recorded live @ the Noise Now! festival-WDR Rocknacht,Phillipshalle, Düsseldorf on 11-Apr-93.

• Visionary -JE277 (UK,24-Apr-95) VHS-PAL
• Visionary -JE277 (UK,24-Apr-95) VHS-NTSC
• Cleopatra - (US,05-Sep-95) VHS-NTSC

Info: Einstürzende Neubauten: Headcleaner (7 mins excerpt). Also tracks by Clock Dva, Foetus, Penal Colony, William Burroughs, Psychic TV, Pigface, The Electric Hellfire Club, Die Krupps, Spahn Ranch, Throbbing Gristle, Frontline Assembly, Leaether Strip, Chemlab, Noise Box, Razed In Black, Chrome, Killing Joke, Cubanate, Killswitch...Klick, Test Dept, X-Marks The Pedwalk, Pygmy Children, Birmingham 6, Digital Poodle, Stiff Miners, Godheads, Rosetta Stone, Christian Death, Mephisto Walz, Nik Turner, Eva O Halo Experience, Big Electric Cat, Executive Slacks.

Recording info: Einstürzende Neubauten: recorded live @ the Noise Now! festival-WDR Rocknacht,Phillipshalle, Düsseldorf on 11-Apr-93.

Notes: Compiles 40 bands from "Industrial Revolution Vol.1" VHS, "Industrial Revolution Vol.2" VHS and "Gothic Industrial Alternative Visuals" VHS.

• Cleopatra/MVD (US,13-Jun-00)

Info: Einstürzende Neubauten: Sabrina. Also tracks by 41 other bands.

Recording info: Einstürzende Neubauten promo clip directed by John Hillcoat in 2000.

• Universal Records -068 199-9 (GE,16-Dec-02)

Tracklist: DVD (Super 8 movies)- 01. Brand & Maschmann: E Dopo? (1981)/ 02. Christoph Doering: 3302- Taxi Film (1979)/ 03. Markgraf & Wolkenstein: Hüpfen 82 (1982)/ 04. Yana Yo: Sax (1983)/ 05. Maye & Rendschmid: Ohne Liebe gibt es keinen Tod (1980)/ 06. Stiletto Studio's: Formel Super VIII (1983)/ 07. Walter Gramming: Hammer und Sichel (1978)/ 08. Georg Marioth: Morgengesänge (1984)/ 09. Hormel/Bühler: Geld (Malaria Clip) (1982)/ 10. Notorische Reflexe: Fragment Video (1983)/ 11. Jörg Buttgereit: Mein Papi (1981)/ 12. Die Tödliche Doris: Berliner Küchenmusik (1982)/ 13. Butzmann & Kiesel: Spanish Fly (1979)/ 14. Manfred Jelinski: So war das SO 36 (1984)/ 15. Klaus Beyer: Die Glatze (1983)/ 16. Markgraf & Wolkenstein: Craex Apart (1983)/ 17. Andrea Hillen: Gelbfieber 1982)/ 18. Special Bonus Clip: Ika Schier: Wedding Night (1982). + Photo Gallery (300 photos) containing Die Tödliche Doris, Einstürzende Neubauten, Flucht nach Vorn, Malaria, MDK, Mona Mur, Notorische Reflexe, Sprung aus den Wolken, various bands, Super 8 Photos, Poster, Flyer, People, Bars & Venues.Total running time 109mins.

CD- 01. Mona Mur - My Lie (1982)/ 02. Malaria - Thrash Me (1983)/ 03. Die Tödliche Doris - Tanz im Quadrat (1981)/ 04. Christiane F - Wunderbar (1982)/ 05. P1E - 49 sec. Romance (1980)/ 06. Mono45 UPM - Romantic Adieu (1979)/ 07. Sprung aus den Wolken - Akcam La (1982)/ 08. Kosmonautentraum - Stolze Menschen (1981)/ 09. Valie Export & I. Wiener - Bananen (1980)/ 10. Alexander von Borsig (Hacke) - Hiroshima (1980)/ 11. DIN A Testbild - No repeat (1980)/ 12. Flucht nach Vorn - Nahost (1982)/ 13. Frieder Butzmann - Schmusewolle (1979)/ 14. Sentimentale Jugend - Wollt ihr die totale Befriedigung (1980)/ 15. Einstürzende Neubauten - Tanz Debil (1980)/ 16. MDK - Berlin (1982). Total running time 53mins.

Book- 100 pages, essays by Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Martin Schmitz, Rolf S. Wolkenstein, Interview with Die Tödliche Doris. Photos by Peter Gruchot, Ilse Ruppert, Petra Gall and Anno Dittmer. Infos & Photos about all the Bands & Super 8 Scene. Impressions from the early 80s Wallcity. Tape Gallery etc. Texts in English.(German Texts included on DVD) .

Recording info: DVD- So war das SO 36 : Einstürzende Neubauten recorded live @ the S.O.36, Berlin on 14-Nov-81 (the last date of the 'Berliner Krankheit' tour). CD- Einstürzende Neubauten from the "Kollaps" album; Mona Mur included Alex Hacke, FM Einheit & Mark Chung, Sprung a/d Wolken included Alex Hacke & Jochen Arbeit; Sentimentale Jugend was Alex Hacke & Christiane F.

Notes: A DVD-flashback of early 80s Berlin subculture featuring output by virtuosos of the city’s underground movie scene who rediscovered Super 8 as an adequate outlet for their creative endeavours. Accompanied by a compilation of music, covering a huge range of styles and currents - from punk to ingenious dilettantes, this lavish package recalls the walled in city’s unique feel and lifestyle. Special digipak in a slipcase.

• Monitorpop -mpedvd18 (GE,14-Feb-05) DVD-PAL. Ltd. to 5,000 hand-numbered copies.
• Monitorpop -mpedvd18 (GE,14-Feb-05) DVD-NTSC. Ltd. to 5,000 hand-numbered copies.

Info: Einstürzende Neubauten: Ich gehe jetzt/ Dead Friends (Around the Corner). Also 2-3 tracks each by Ash/ The Dandy Warhols/ Franz Ferdinand/ Lambchop/ Lou Reed/ Primal Scream/ Teenage Fanclub/ Tindersticks/ Wire and many more.

Recording info: Einstürzende Neubauten: recorded live @ the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim,Kane NYC FIB Club on 06-Aug-04.

Notes: Also includes a typical 'festival' interview with Einstürzende Neubauten and many of the above bands.

• Maraworld -SM-018 (SP,Jul-05)

Info: "Ausländer Raus!/Foreigners out!" is a thrilling and revealing, funny yet frightening chronicle and deliberation of one of the biggest public acts of tongue-in-cheek art terrorism in the age of multimedia. Austria 2000: at the general election, Jörg Haider’s FPÖ had met with widespread approval – and for the first time since World War 2 a party of the extreme right joined the government. Never slow to react, infamous German director Christoph Schlingensief soon retaliated with an extraordinary form of protest. As a tangible satire on xenophobia, Big Brother madness and new nationalism Schlingensief decided to stage an interactive concentration camp – right at the heart of Vienna’s picturesque tourist centre. And Austria just freaked – soon there were thousands of screaming people on site and almost a million connected worldwide via the Internet. Knife attacks. Punch-ups. Political intrigues. An incredibly heated week that captured the European drift to the right in real time. A hardcore route to democracy.

Neubauten did a 20 minute performance of which about 30 secs are shown in this film, made in 2002.

Recording info: Einstürzende Neubauten recorded live near the cathedral of St. Stephan,Wien on 17-Jun-00.

• Monitorpop -mpedvd19 (GE,01-Aug-05) DVD-PAL.

Info: Alex Hacke takes the viewer on a journey through the Istanbul/Turkish music scene. Filmed during the Summer of 2004. Contains as one of the bonus tracks "Shaving Alex", a short (19mins) film made by Flamino Zadra and Türker Süer. It shows Alex Hacke getting a shave at a Turkish barber in Berlin-Neuköln, footage of the EN concert at the Maslak theatre in Istanbul on 10-Apr-04 and an interview with Alex at his home studio.

Recording info: Einstürzende Neubauten recorded live @ Maslak theatre in Istanbul on 10-Apr-04.

• Edel Records -0166658ERE (GE,25-Nov-05) DVD-PAL
• Strand Releasing (US,19-Sep-06) DVD-NTSC
  (without the bonus features)

Recording info: Directed by Thomas Schliesser in 1981.

Note: Shows a chicken eating a cooked chicken.
Track from the "Kalte Sterne" single.

Recording info: Filmed in May-84 @ the Bavaria filmstudios for ARD TV's "Formel Eins" music program. Broadcast on 14-May-84.

Note: Available on the "Liebeslieder" VHS video.
Track from the "Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T" album.

Recording info: Directed by Peter Sempel in 1985.

Note: Shows a dying butterfly in an empty glass. Available on the "Liebeslieder" VHS video and the "V/A: Morgana" VHS video. Track from the "Yü-Gung" single.

Recording info: Filmed in a TV studio for Berlin's Designer TV in 1985.

Note: Available on the "Liebeslieder" VHS video.
Track from the "Halber Mensch" album.

Recording info: Directed by Sogo Ishii. Filmed @ the Nakamatsu Ironworks ruins,Tokyo on 28-May-85.

Note: Taken from the "Halber Mensch" VHS video.
Track from the "Halber Mensch" album.

Recording info: Filmed in Berlin on 07-Jun-84 (the night before Blixa left on US tour with the Bad Seeds).

Note: Shows the band outside at night getting drunk with friends. Available on the "V/A: Berlin Now" VHS video. Track from the "Halber Mensch" album.

Recording info: Directed by John Hillcoat early 1993.

Note: Available on the "Liebeslieder" VHS video.
Track from the "Interim" EP Single.

Recording info: Directed by John Hillcoat early 1993.

Note 1: Available on the "Liebeslieder" VHS video.
Track from the "Malediction" mini-album.

Note 2: The set was a replica of Luigi Russolo's Futurist sound laboratory. The band members were dressed and 'coiffed' like Luigi.

Recording info: Directed by Jonathan Batowski (a.k.a. Bate) in 1996.

Note: Available in Quicktime format on the "Ende Neu" (ltd.ed.) CD-Extra on Mute.
Track from the "Stella Maris" single.

Recording info: Directed by Jonathan Batowski (a.k.a. Bate) in 1997.

Note:Track from the "Ende Neu" album.

Recording info: Directed by John Hillcoat in 2000.

Note: Available on the "V/A: Introduced 100" (DVD), as a Mute promo. Track from the "Silence Is Sexy" album.

Recording info: Video production by Danielle De Picciotto in 2007.

Note: Track from the "Alles Wieder Offen" album.

Made by Hans (don't forget to remove the anti spam section).
Last modified 7th of February, 2009