Alles Wieder Offen

Einst??rzende Neubauten - Alles Wieder Offen

Alles Wieder Offen
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Artist: Einst??rzende Neubauten
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Music Label: POTOMAK
Soundtracks:
  1. Die Wellen
  2. Nagorny Karabach
  3. Weil Weil Weil
  4. Ichhatteein Wort
  5. Von Wegen
  6. Let's Do It A Dada
  7. Alles Weider Offen
  8. Unvollstandigkeit
  9. Susej
  10. Ich Warte

Music reviews of Alles Wieder Offen

Music Review: Everything open again
Rating: 4 Stars

This album cements Einst?rzende Neubauten's status as one of the most original acts in the world, as dazzling in the field of music as their countryman Werner Herzog has been in the film world. In modern German musical terms they are comparable in greatness to Kraftwerk, even if they haven't been anywhere near as influential. In fact the title track off their last album Perpetuum Mobile seemed a musical nod to Kraftwerk's 'Europa Endlos'. But while Perpetuum Mobile felt light and airy, evoking breathing and the cycle of air in the heavens, this new one is darker...not as beautiful, but with superb songwriting. The instrumentation is perhaps a bit more 'traditional' this time around, though they still make use of many 'found' instruments like jet turbines, plastic pipes, blue bins, and a metal sheet.

The title, Alles Wieder Offen, means 'Everthing Open Again', and it sounds like singer Blixa Bargeld is clearing his system of all the deritus of the past. The music feels cathartic, and some of the lyrics too, most notably the title track and the grotesque 'Unvollst?ndigkeit'. On 'WeilWeilWeil' Bargeld sounds outright angry. He advises the listener: walk your own path, and don't take advice or criticism from the decrepit ones who've "long since frittered away their winter fat of opportunities."

Spiritual themes also surface on the album. The last track, 'Ich Warte', even has a brief passing reference to Miguel Serrano's writing. 'Die Wellen', which builds slowly to a crescendo, has Bargeld hearing the voice of Jesus in the waves: "Warum hast du mich verlassen?" (why hast thou forsaken me?). Bargeld holds his own, asking angrily of the waves if they, at least, will stay. The waves themselves try to define the undefinable, to 'measure' the coastline with their abrasive action.

But the catchy 'Susej' is more blatent in this regard. 'Susej' is 'Jesus' spelt backwards, and the chorus itself consists of someone singing 'hallelujah' backwards. Bargeld seems to be saying that even Jesus' death, which for the Christian is the central moment is history, can be reversed. At least, that's what I think he's saying...it's hard to tell with Bargeld's idiosyncratic, often playful lyrics. "Seid vor?bergehend!" (Be transitory!), he admonishes. If Christ steps down from the cross, then everyone (both magi and the plebian rabble) can go home. But of course, it won't necessarily make things better. The same could always happen yet again.

'Nagorny Karabach' deserves special mention, and will probably be the 'hit' song of the album. Musicians trying to capture a spirit of place can have mixed results. But when the place in question is a partly imaginary, idealised image or dreaming, this sometimes works better. Think Bathory's 'Home of Once Brave', or 'Californication' by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. 'Nagorny Karabach', in my opinion, is even better than these two admittedly very good songs. It refers to a real place, a highland region in Azerbaijan, but in the song has become somewhere outside of this world, outside time and space. 'Nagorny Karabach' is a dark, opiate jewel that glisters more each time you listen to it.

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Everything Is Open Again is the 2007 album from the German Avant Rock legends!

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