The Perpetuum Mobile tour was relased on 45 double cds. I listended through them all, and made these notes...
Warsaw, Poland, 29 February 2004 – venue: Stodola
(note: just one cd recorded
from this performance)
(M.U.: no humming noise on
this recording but especially Blixa’s voice is recorded badly throughout – as
if the volume was too high)
cd 1 (57:19)
track 01 dead friends (around the corner) (M.U.: cuts off after about
3 mins.)
track 05 ein leichtes leises säusseln (M.U.: only the last 1.5
mins. are there)
track 06 perpetuum mobile (note: starts with tin cans
getting thrown around on stage)
track 22 redukt
track 33 (note: a guy in audience asks Blixa to
talk English just after Blixa says something in English)
track 34 youme & meyou (note: Blixa changing the
lyrics completely)
track 42 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 48 neun arme (note: sounds much different from the
versions played later on the tour)
track 54 haus der lüge
Leipzig, Germany, 1 March 2004 – venue: Werk Li, Halle
A
(M.U.: humming noise (microphone
noise or whatever it is) is audible throughout recording)
cd1 (55:49)
track 02 selbstportrait mit kater
track 08 dead friends (around the corner)
track 14 ein leichtes leises säusseln
track 20 perpetuum mobile (note: starts with Blixa
turning on radio and the tin cans getting thrown on stage)
track 34 redukt
track 45 youme & meyou
track 51 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (63:45)
track 01 neun arme (M.U.: beginning missing)
track 03 rampe:
“”scandidaten””
track 07 haus der lüge
track 12 seltener
vogel (note: commenting on an annoying guy in the audience
Blixa says: „es gibt momente, da möchte man einfach nach hause gehen dann“)
track 22 ozean
& brandung
track 22 paradiesseits
track 31 grundstück
track 38 sabrina
track 44 rampe: ich warte
track 52 ich gehe
jetzt
track 59 alles
track 65 (note: a couple of seconds of the
aftershow music (Alfred Schnittke
“requiem for an unknown actor” from “filmworks”) can be heard)
Zagreb, Croatia, 3 March 2004 – venue:
(M.U.: very low humming
noise throughout recording)
cd1
(69:52)
track 03 selbstportrait mit kater (note: the lyrics are partly
Croatian, I think)
track 10 dead friends (around the corner)
track 16 ein leichtes leises säusseln
track 22 perpetuum mobile (note: starts with Blixa
turning on radio and the tin cans getting thrown on stage)
track 36 (note: Blixa complaining about the dirt
and glass splinters on stage)
track 36 redukt
track 48 youme & meyou
track 53 (note: Blixa talking about a festival
they played in Croatia – and talks about scars)
track 56 haus der
lüge/armenia/neun arme
cd2 (66:39)
track 01 die
befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: start
missing)
track 06 seltener
vogel
track 18 ozean
& brandung
track 19 paradiesseits
track 29 (note: Blixa complaining about an
annoying guy in audience)
track 30 grundstück
track 37 sabrina
track 43 rampe:
this is gonna end low in volume, “the answer is simple no”
track 52 ich gehe jetzt
track 58 (note: Blixa complaining about the
audience and then introducing EN’s lineup)
track 63 alles
Bologna, Italy, 4 March 2004 – venue: Teatro Delle Celebrazione
(M.U.: lower humming noise
throughout recording)
cd1 (51:34)
track 02 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 07 dead
friends (around the corner)
track 12 perpetuum
mobile
track 28 redukt
track 38 (note: Blixa happy about the quietness
of the audience)
track 39 youme & meyou
track 46 neun arme (M.U.: only the beginning and end of the
song is there)
track 47 rampe:
“funkelnagelneu – she is smiling”
cd2 (61:40)
track 01 die
befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: start
missing)
track 05 seltener
vogel
track 17 ozean
& brandung
track 18 paradiesseits
track 23 grundstück
track 30 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 43 haus der
lüge/armenia
track 52 sabrina
track 58 ich gehe
jetzt
Rome, Italy, 5 March 2004 – venue: Spazio Boario
(M.U.: humming noise
throughout recording)
cd1
(67:16)
track 02 selbstportrait mit kater
track 09 (note: Blixa saying how amazed they are
that there are so many people present)
track 10 dead friends (around the corner)
track 16 ein leichtes leises säusseln (note: beginning from end of
track mark 16 there’s a dog barking)
track 21 (note: Blixa saying that a cat is
sitting under Rudi’s chair – behind the drumset)
track 21 perpetuum mobil (note: starts off without
Blixa’s radio intro)
track 35 redukt
track 47 youme & meyou
track 52 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 59 armenia
track 65 haus der lüge
cd2 (47:59)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds missing)
track 10 ozean & brandung
track 11 paradiesseits
track 15 (M.U.: from track 15-18 the music is
gone and the humming of the recording is particularly loud)
track 20 grundstück
track 27 sabrina
track 33 rampe:
november
track 42 ich gehe jetzt (note: band has feedback
problems and they start over again – in very low volume
at track mark 45)
Winterthur, Switzerland, 6 March 2004 – venue: Salzhaus
(note: quite a different
setlist from the other shows on the tour. they play seltener vogel early on in
the show. they don’t play neun arme, haus der lüge, armenia, ich gehe jetzt or
paradiesseits (seltener vogel/ozean & brandung blends into a rampe instead
of the third part of the trilogy: paradiesseits. They play der schacht von
babel halfway through the show (this is the only recording on the tour that has
der schacht von babel. The rampe (sie lächelt) blends into grundstück – and
grundstück starts right away – without the hex intro part)
(M.U.: very low humming
noise throughout recording)
cd1 (74:22)
track 01 (note: Blixa explaining how they
surprisingly ended up playing in Winterthur (because of the elections in
Greece) and then he lists up all the instruments that they are not gonna use at
the concert because the stage is much too small – even Blixa’s radio isn’t
working because water got into it. so they are limited to playing the most
essential things)
track 05 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 10 dead friends (around the corner)
track 16 selbstportrait mit kater
track 23 redukt
track 34 perpetuum mobile (note: starts off with Blixa
saying perpetuum mobile four times)
track 48 (note: Blixa making fun of someone in
the audience who says “was soll das sein?”)
track 49 youme & meyou
track 55 seltener
vogel
track 65 ozean
& brandung
track 66 rampe:
(note: Blixa humming
throughout the song)
track 72 der
schacht von babel
cd2 (30:18)
track 01 die
befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: start
missing)
track 05 sabrina
track 12 rampe:
sie lächelt
track 19 grundstück
track 23 (note: Blixa introducing the band)
track 23 alles
track 31 (note: a couple of seconds of the
aftershow music (Alfred Schnittke
“requiem for an unknown actor”
from “filmworks”) can be heard)
Milan, Italy, 9 March 2004 – venue: Alcatraz
(M.U.: very low humming
noise throughout recording)
cd1
(60:55)
track 01 ein leichtes leises säusseln (M.U.: there is only sound coming
out of the right speaker and the sound is low – song stops after about a minute
(at track mark 2). then only audience can be heard – still only in the right
speaker. at end of track mark 5 the sound gets higher. at end of track mark 6
the song starts up again (high sound in right speaker and low sound in the
left). At track mark 8 sound gets normal)
track 12 dead friends (around the corner)
track 18 perpetuum mobile (note: starts with the tin
cans getting thrown around)
track 34 redukt
track 45 youme & meyou
track 52 neun arme
track 56 rampe: “es ist nicht besser so”, “wer bewohnt die
wahrheit?”
cd2 (43:33)
track 01 die
befindlichkeit des landes (M.U. – start
missing)
track 06 seltener
vogel
track 18 ozean & brandung
track 20 paradiesseits
track 25 grundstück
track 32 selbstportrait mit kater
track 42 haus der lüge (M.U. – end is cut off)
Stuttgart, Germany, 11 March 2004 – venue: Theaterhaus
(M.U.: lower humming noise
throughout recording)
cd1 (59:45)
track 02 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 08 (note: Blixa annoyed by someone in the
audience and says: “ich bitte dich darum, geh bitte weg von hier vorne” and
then he goes on to talk about the concert in Stuttgart in 2000 where there were
so many “Dummköpfe” in the audience that they had to break off the concert)
track 09 dead friends (around the corner)
track 15 perpetuum mobile (info: starts off with
Blixa’s radio)
track 29 redukt (M.U.: cuts off after 4 mins. (track no.
33 is only 18 seconds long))
track 35 youme & meyou
track 40 (note: Blixa talks in english to the
audience until someone reminds him he is in germany)
track 41 neun arme
track 46 rampe: “vibrator on tubes “ganz lange schon, lange
lange lange schon, weit weit”“
track 54 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (60:13)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: start missing - and
after about 3 mins. some of the song is missing (track no. 4 is
only 19 sec.long))
track 10 ozean & brandung
track 11 paradiesseits
track 15 rampe:
goodmorning everybody (M.U.: cuts off after about 5 mins. (track no. 20 is only 52 sec.long))
track 22 (note: Blixa annoyed and telling someone
off in the audience)
track 24 grundstück
track 31 selbstportrait mit kater (M.U.: part of the end is
cut off (track no. 36 is only 45 sec. long))
track 38 (note: Blixa annoyed again about a guy
in the audience)
track 38 sabrina (M.U.: strange clicking sound throughout
the song, like a scratched record)
track 44 ich gehe jetzt
track 51 armenia (M.U.: strange clicking sound throughout
the song)
track 57 haus der lüge (M.U.: part is cut off after
about 1 min. (track no. 58 is only 35 sec. long))
track 61 (note: Blixa dedicating first two lines
of “haus der lüge” to the idiots in the audience)
track 63 (note: a couple of seconds of the
aftershow music can be heard)
Prague, Czech Republic, 12 March 2004 - venue: Archa Theater
(M.U.: lower humming noise throughout
recording)
cd1
(63:25)
track 03 ich gehe jetzt
track 07 rampe: goodmorning
everybody
track 11 selbstportrait mit kater
track 18 dead friends (around the corner)
track 24 redukt
track 33 perpetuum mobile (note: starts off with the tin
cans getting thrown around)
track 49 youme & meyou
track 56 neun arme
track 60 die
befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: cut off after
about 4 mins.)
cd2 (56:10)
track 01 seltener
vogel
track 12 ozean
& brandung
track 13 paradiesseits
track 19 grundstück
track 30 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 36 rampe: dildo on tubes – guitarre and bells, „sie
lächelt“
track 43 (note: Blixa introducing the line up)
track 43 alles
track 52 sabrina
Offenbach, Germany, 15 March 2004 – venue:
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (63:31)
track 03 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 09 dead friends (around the corner)
track 15 perpetuum mobile
track 28 redukt
track 39 youme & meyou
track 45 neun arme
track 49 rampe:
dildo on tubes (bellmachine towards the end) “kamst mit….gings mit….”
track 58 (note: blixa talks about a guy from
Zagreb and then introduces the blue wastebin)
track 59 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2
(74:23)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are missing)
track 10 ozean & brandung
track 10 paradiesseits
track 16 haus der
lüge/epilog/armenia
track 26 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 34 (note: Blixa telling Unruh to just
ignore the annoying ones in the audience)
track 44 grundstück
track 52 rampe: ich warte
track 57 sabrina
track 63 (note: a guy in the audience shouts: „wo
sind deine schuhe?” and blixa answers:
“eehm, backstage” – this
seems to be the kick off for the rampe played later on the tour where
Blixa sings „wo sind meine schuhe?“)
track 64 ich gehe
jetzt
track 70 alles
Munich,
Germany, 16 March 2004 – venue: Die Muffathalle
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (60:47)
(note: cd 1 just has three
track marks)
track 02 ein leichtes leises säusseln
track 02 (note: Blixa appoligises that people had
to wait)
track 02 perpetuum mobile (note: starts off with Blixa’s
radio)
track 02 dead friends (around the corner)
track 02 redukt
track 02 youme & meyou
track 02 (note: Blixa very upset with some annoying
people in the audience)
track 02 neun arme/rampe:,
“alles wieder offen” (M.U.: blixa’s voice sounds like it’s double during
neun arme)
track 03 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (64:53)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are missing)
track 12 ozean & brandung
track 13 paradiesseits
track 17 (note: blixa complaining about the bad
sound at the venue)
track 17 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U.: some low clicking
sound throughout armenia)
track 27 selbstportrait mit kater
track 35 grundstück
track 46 (note: sounds like Hacke says: “geh
scheissen, nicht”)
track 46 sabrina
track 52 (note: a guy shouts “kollaps” after
which Blixa starts singing some of the lyrics to “kollaps”)
track 53 rampe: november?, “sie lächelt”
track 62 ich gehe
jetzt
Vienna, Austria, 17 March 2004 – venue: WUK
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (57:20) (note:
cd 1 only has eight track marks and except for one track mark in “perpetuum
mobile” all track marks are between songs and the track marks have a very short
gap between them)
track 01 ein leichtes
leises säusseln
track 02 (note: Blixa turning on his radio at the exact moment
that the radiospeaker says: „die hits von
heute und gestern“ after
which both he and the audience start laughing)
track 02 perpetuum
mobile (M.U.: part of the song missing at the track
mark about 8 mins. into the song)
track 04 dead
friends (around the corner)
track 05 redukt
track 06 (note: a guy shouts “der tod ist ein dandy” and the band
make jokes about that)
track 06 youme &
meyou (note: Rudi starts playing, then stops and
starts over again)
track 07 (note: Blixa arguing with a guy in the audience and
giving him the opportunity to say something
while Blixa keeps quiet –
later Blixa asks if the others in the audience can keep the guy quiet or if
someone needs to come and
throw him out)
track 07 neun
arme
track 08 die
befindlickeit des landes
cd2 (66:48) (note:
cd 2 only has 11 track marks – all track marks have a very short gap between
them. so there’s a small gap in ozean & brandung, armenia and selbstportrait
mit kater – otherwise the gaps are between songs)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of seconds are missing)
track 01 ozean &
brandung
track 02 paradiesseits
track 03 haus der lüge/epilog/armenia
track 05 rampe: goodmorning everybody
track 05 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 07 (note: blixa telling audience how the words “life on
other planets is difficult” came about and
then talks about EN’s
instruments and says that EN is “grosse fehl-entwickler von instrumenten” – and
then tells the audience how the busdrivers, after the show, have to drive for
30 hours, 1900 kilometres up to Oslo – with trailers on the buses and therefore
only being allowed to drive 80 kilometres an hour)
track 07 ich
gehe jetzt
track 09 grundstück
track 10 rampe: ich warte
track 11 sabrina
Oslo, Norway, 19 March 2004 – venue: Rockefeller
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (68:05) (M.U.: “dead
friends” is not there – it got lost in the gap between where perpetuum mobile
is cut off and where redukt picks up)
track 01 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 07 perpetuum
mobile (M.U.: after about 1.5 mins. the song is cut
off)
track 10 redukt (M.U.: only a 50 second clip of the song is there)
track 11 youme &
meyou (M.U.: only the last two minutes of the song
is there)
track 14 neun arme
track 19 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 25 (note: Blixa welcoming the supporters and telling about
the marriage between the two supporters
“Shea” and “Vidar”. Blixa
tells audience that EN record their shows but that tonights show has had
problems and won’t be recorded. Then he dedicates seltener vogel to Shea and Vidar)
track 28 seltener
vogel
track 40 ozean &
brandung
track 41 paradiesseits
track 45 haus
der lüge (M.U.: cuts off after about two minutes)
track 48 armenia (M.U.: first couple of sec. are missing, and there’s a
low clicking noise throughout the song)
track 54 rampe: goodmorning everybody
track 58 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 67 ich gehe jetzt
cd2 (52:56)
track 02 grundstück (M.U.: last half is cut off)
track 09 rampe: november?, “sie lächelt” (M.U.: beginning is missing)
track 17 sabrina
track 27 (note: Blixa saying how good the audience is – the best
on tour so far)
track 29 ende neu
track 34 (note: Blixa explaining the dave navigations system that
contains 600 cards that Blixa wrote –
each band member gets three
cards and no one tells eachother what is written on the card – each card tells
the bandmember something he needs to do – as Blixa passes the cards around you
hear a lot of “uh oh” and “oh scheisse”)
track 38 dave, “vielleicht, vielleicht”
track 43 (note: each band member tells audience which cards he had
and what he did with them. Blixa tells
audience that this is the
second time ever that they do a dave live before an audience like this. He
tells
them where the name “dave”
comes from (a movie) and he recommends the movie to the audience)
track 47 (note: Blixa introducing the lineup)
track 47 alles
Stockholm, Sweden, 20 March 2004 – venue: The Arena
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (50:42)
track 02 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 07 perpetuum mobile
track 20 dead friends (around the corner)
track 25 redukt
track 35 youme & meyou
track 42 neun
arme
track 46 die befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: after about three
minutes some of the song is cut off)
cd2
(60:56)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are cut off)
track 09 ozean & brandung
track 10 paradiesseits
track 14 haus der lüge/armenia
track 24 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 28 selbstportrait mit kater
track 37 ich gehe jetzt
track 45 grundstück
track 52 rampe:
metal drumming on pibes and string, “wo sind meine schuhe?”
track 57 sabrina
Aarhus, Denmark, 21 March 2004 – venue: Voxhall
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (59:27)
track 01 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 06 perpetuum mobile
track 20 dead friends (around the corner)
track 25 redukt
track 36 youme & meyou
track 43 (note: Blixa asking a guy in the
audience how old he is. The guy answers and says “33”, after which Blixa
then tells the guy that that
means that he was only 3 years old when EN composed sehnsucht)
track 43 neun arme
track 48 rampe: “vibrator on plastic pipes, “wo
sind meine schuhe?, ganz sicher, ich erinnere mich genau“”
track 55 (note: a guy in the audience shouts „wo
ist das durstiges tier?“ after which Hacke replies “Hier!” – while
pointing to himself)
track 55 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (61:27)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds missing)
track 14 ozean
& brandung
track 15 paradiesseits
track 19 (note: a guy in the audience shouts
“hirnlego” after which Blixa sings “hirnlego” from the
haus der lüge album – then
the band laughs and Blixa says “it’s Denmark, they like lego, you know”. Then
people call out different songs they want to hear – and Blixa responds with a
“no” every time they shout out a song – until a guy shouts “haus der lüge” and
Blixa answers with “haus der lüge – yes!”)
track 20 haus der
lüge/armenia
track 31 rampe: goodmorning everybody
track 36 selbstportrait mit kater (M.U.: end is cut off)
track 43 (note: Blixa says “because of the nature
of these instruments….” and then a guy breaks him off and
shouts “we love them” – to
which Blixa replies “yes, we love them too, but they make feedbacks very
easily, so….”)
track 44 ich gehe jetzt
track 52 ende neu
track 58 rampe:
totale
Copenhagen,
Denmark, 23 March 2004 – venue: Pumpehuset
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (70:31)
track 01 ich gehe jetzt
track 05 (note: Blixa saying this is one of the smallest stages on
the tour so far and that if the venue had been
bigger they could have sold
many more tickets and from the profits he could have bought a house for
himself and one for Alex as
well on the coast of Denmark)
track 07 rampe: goodmorning everybody
track 12 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 19 dead friends
(around the corner)
track 24 redukt
track 34 perpetuum
mobile
track 48 youme &
meyou
track 54 (note: Blixa telling the audience about the nice concerts
they always play in Copenhagen except for one
time (Ungdomshuset 1986) where
someone stole EN’s electric drill and also cut the tires on EN’s van. He then
goes on to talk about the first show they played in Copenhagen (Saltlageret
1982) where Blixa threw a bottle off stage and hit the leadsinger of the Danish
punk band, The Sods, in the head. Alex assures audience that EN became good
friends with The Sods later)
track 56 neun arme
track 60 (note: a guy in audience shouts „headcleaner“ and Blixa
answers and says that headcleaner is being sold
at the merchandising stand)
track 61 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 68 haus der lüge/armenia
(M.U.: armenia is cut out completely)
cd2 (48:01)
track 01 (note: Blixa welcomes the supporters
and names supporters “ras” and “luftantenne“. Blixa makes fun with
luftantenne and asks why his
name isn’t luftgitarre. He then says that luftantenne is the only supporter
from Greenland and that they also only have one supporter in Papua New Guinea,
French Guyana and Ethiopia)
track 04 seltener vogel
track 15 ozean &
brandung
track 16 paradiesseits
track 24 grundstück
track 35 (note: blixa telling the
audience that the audiences in Scandinavia have been very nice and that he
thinks that when they go to Hamburg for the next gig, there is going to be a
much higher percentage of idiots in the audience)
track 36 ein leichtes
leises säusseln
track 41 rampe: “guitarre and bells, „in parallel minds,
sie wartet und lächelt dabei“”
Hamburg, Germany, 25 March 2004 – venue: Musikhalle
(M.U.: lower humming noise
throughout recording)
cd1
(69:39)
track 01 (note: Blixa annoyed about a guy in the
audience – but then goes on to say how glad he is that
the conditions in hamburg
are better today than they were when they first played in hamburg in 1980 –
which was their first concert outside Berlin)
track 05 ich gehe jetzt
track 09 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 14 selbstportrait mit kater
track 21 dead friends (around the corner)
track 26 redukt
track 37 perpetuum mobile
track 49 youme & meyou
track 55 neun arme
track 60 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 67 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U.: armenia is cut off
after two seconds)
cd2 (42:22)
track 01 seltener
vogel
track 12 ozean
& brandung
track 13 paradiesseits
track 18 grundstück
track 29 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 35 rampe: sie lächelt „guitarre and bells, „sie
lächelt““
Bremen, Germany, 26 March 2004 – venue: Schlachthof
(note: no humming noise on this
recording)
cd1 (69:52)
track 03 (note: Blixa complaining about the small
stage)
track 04 ich gehe jetzt
track 08 (note: Blixa asking an annoying guy in
the audience if he is following EN around on the tour)
track 10 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 15 selbstportrait mit kater
track 22 dead friends (around the corner)
track 28 redukt
track 38 perpetuum mobile
track 52 youme & meyou
track 59 neun arme
track 64 die befindlichkeit des landes
track 70 (note: Blixa saying that unruh claims
that EN played at this venue in the early 80’s with Sonic Youth –
but
Blixa can’t remember it)
track 70 haus der lüge (M.U.: part of the song is
cut out after about 40 sec. - and 15 sec. after it picks up again,
it is cut off)
cd2 (49:47)
track 01 armenia (M.U.: start is missing)
track 06 seltener vogel
track 19 ozean & brandung
track 20 paradiesseits
track 27 (note: Blixa annoyed about the audience
and telling them that they are the most noisy crowd on the
tour so far and then he
calls Bremen a province – after which the audience goes “buuuh”)
track 28 grundstück
track 40 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 45 sabrina
Bielefeld, Germany, 27 March 2004 – venue: Ringlokschuppen
(M.U.: very low humming
noise throughout recording)
cd1 (57:12)
track 01 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 07 dead friends (around the corner)
track 12 (note: Blixa annoyed by someone in the
audience and telling him that he can say things - but only at the
right times – and he then tells
the audience to be self organized so that the crowd is the way they want
it to be)
track 13 perpetuum mobile (M.U.: clicking sound
towards the end of the song)
track 27 redukt
track 39 youme & meyou
track 45 neun arme/die
nacht (note: die nacht is very
different from later versions on the tour)
track 52 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (59:15)
(note: track 6 is 25 seconds
long and track 7 is 28.14 mins. long)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: start is missing and a
part is cut off after about 5,5 mins.)
track 07 ozean & brandung
track 07 paradiesseits
track 07 grundstück
track 07 selbstportrait mit kater (M.U.: the end is cut off)
track 11 (note: Blixa talking about the small
stage in Schlachthof Bremen the day before – and telling a guy in the
audience who yells that they
will play some old songs for him – but for him they will play them without
love and for everyone else
they will play them with love)
track 13 haus der lüge/armenia
track 23 sabrina
track 30 ich gehe jetzt
Karlsruhe,
Germany, 28 March 2004
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (68:48)
track 02 ich gehe
jetzt
track 07 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 11 selbstportrait mit kater
track 18 dead friends (around the corner)
track 24 redukt
track 35 perpetuum mobile (M.U.: about 8 mins. into
the song a part is cut off – it then
picks up again – and 5 mins.
later the rest of the song is cut off)
track 49 youme & meyou
track 56 neun arme/die
nacht (M.U.: most of die nacht is
cut out)
track 61 die befindlichkeit des landes
track 67 (note: blixa compliments the nice audience
and then tells the audience how terrible the audience was
in Stuttgart – to which the
audience in Karlsruhe starts to applauce)
track 70 haus der lüge (M.U.: after about 15
seconds a large part of the song is cut out. It then picks up again
for about a minute, after
which the rest of the song is cut out)
cd2 (48:13)
track 04 seltener vogel
track 17 ozean & brandung
track 18 paradiesseits
track 23 (note: blixa annoyed by a guy in the
audience)
track 25 grundstück
track 36 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 41 rampe: die kleinen sonnen (november)
Düsseldorf,
Germany, 30 March 2004 – venue: 3001
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (77:43)
track 05 ich gehe
jetzt
track 10 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 15 selbstportrait mit kater
track 22 (note: a guy in the audience shouts
“Unruh” and Unruh answers and says “ja, ich weiß – ich bin es
leibhaftig)
track 22 dead friends (around the corner)
track 28 redukt
track 39 perpetuum mobile
track 54 youme & meyou
track 60 (note: EN recognises Jon Caffery in the
audience and says hello to him and tells the audience that they
will now play one of those
tracks they recorded with Jon Caffery in London in 1983 – so he says they will
play it for Jon)
track 61 neun
arme/die nacht
track 68 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 73 (note: Blixa telling about EN as
architechture critics and draws a parallel to Düsseldorf)
track 75 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U.: armenia is cut off
shortly after start)
cd2
(48:34)
track 01 (note: a guy in the audience requests “finger
und zähne” and Blixa laughs and tells Hacke to start
playing it – but Hacke
laughs and answers that the teeth are no longer there. Then Blixa talks about
the concert being recorded – a guy wants to know what the recordings cost and Blixa
laughs and answers that he is not a wandering pricelist. They are just souvenir
price – and then he says he has heard that some have already been selling the
cd’s on eBay – earning three times as much as they paid themselves)
track 03 seltener vogel
track 17 ozean & brandung
track 17 paradiesseits
track 24 grundstück
track 35 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 41 rampe:
„vibrator on plastic pipes, „alles wieder offen“„
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1 April 2004 – venue: Paradiso
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (73:30)
track 02 ich gehe jetzt
track 06 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 11 selbstportrait mit kater
track 18 dead friends (around the corner)
track 23 redukt
track 34 perpetuum mobile
track 48 youme & meyou
track 55 neun arme
track 59 die befindlichkeit des landes
track 66 haus der lüge/armenia
cd2 (46:26)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: start is missing)
track 13 ozean & brandung
track 14 paradiesseits
track 18 ein leichtes leises säusseln
track 30 grundstück
track 38 rampe: november (fadenscheinig) (sie lächelt)
Brussels, Belgium, 2 April 2004 – venue: Main Hall (as
part of Domino Festival 2004)
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1
(79:46)
track 01 (note: blixa telling audience about the
show being broadcast on the internet – and that therefore Papua New Guinea,
Iceland and Greenland is there watching as well)
track 04 ich gehe jetzt
track 09 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 13 selbstportrait mit kater
track 20 dead friends (around the corner)
track 25 redukt
track 37 perpetuum mobile
track 52 youme
& meyou
track 59 neun
arme/die nacht
track 66 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 72 haus der
lüge/armenia
cd2 (43:54)
track 01 seltener
vogel
track 12 ozean
& brandung
track 13 paradiesseits
track 19 grundstück
track 31 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 37 rampe: november/sie lächelt „guitarre and bells,
„sie lächelt““
London, England, 3 April 2004 – venue: The Forum
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1
(69:02)
track 01 ich gehe
jetzt (M.U.: start is missing)
track 04 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 08 selbstportrait mit kater
track 15 dead friends (around the corner)
track 20 redukt
track 30 perpetuum mobile
track 44 youme & meyou
track 51 neun arme
track 55 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 61 haus der
lüge/armenia
cd2 (40:57)
track 01 seltener
vogel
track 10 ozean
& brandung
track 11 paradiesseits
track 18 grundstück
track 29 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 34 rampe: november (sie lächelt)
Dublin, Ireland, 4 April 2004 – venue: Temple Bar
Music Centre
(note: maybe due to a very
small stage they played a different set than the usual shows on the tour – they
don’t play ich gehe jetzt, ozean & brandung, paradiesseits – and a couple
of times they spent quite a bit of time organizing things on stage. no humming
noise on this recording but treble is quite high)
cd1 (68:41)
track 02 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 07 dead friends (around the corner)
track 12 redukt
track 23 perpetuum mobile
track 39 (note: Blixa announces a small repair
break – talks about the very small stage and says that EN has never
before played in Ireland)
track 43 youme & meyou
track 50 neun arme
track 55 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 61 haus der
lüge/armenia
cd2
(51:10)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: start is missing)
track 10 sabrina
track 15 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 25 (note: Blixa saying „so, it wasn’t a
mistake coming and playing in Dublin after all“ – then he goes on and
makes fun about the very
small stage and the very bad dressing room which is not clean, it has few
lightbulbs and almost no chairs)
track 29 grundstück
track 36 rampe: november „guitarre and bells, „sie
lächelt““
track 44 (note: blixa making fun with the other
band members about the small stage)
track 48 ende neu (M.U.: Blixas voice sounds as if it
vibrates)
Paris, France, 6 April 2004 – venue: Le Bataclan
(note: some guy in the
audience sounds like he’s standing right besides the microphone which was used
to record the show and it’s VERY annoying to hear his shouting at different
times during the show – fortunately he only shouts before the following songs
(before the songs and while blixa speaks): perpetuum mobile, youme & meyou,
neun arme, seltener vogel. no humming noise on this recording)
cd1 (75:13)
track 03 ich gehe jetzt
track 08 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 13 selbstportrait mit kater
track 20 dead friends (around the corner)
track 25 redukt
track 37 (note: Blixa recalling the times that EN
played in Paris and says that they always had a good time playing there. He
then says that the French revolution is one of the greatest achievements of
mankind)
track 38 perpetuum mobile
track 53 youme & meyou (note: Blixa sings words in
wrong order and says: “I start over” – he then starts over
again while the music goes
on as if nothing happened)
track 59 (note: Blixa making fun and being silly
- by talking very slowly about neun arme)
track 61 neun
arme
track 65 rampe: “headcleaner bellmachine, “wo sind meine
schuhe?”“
track 70 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (50:33)
track 01 armenia
track 06 (note: Blixa announcing that the show is
being recorded and will be sold after the show)
track 09 seltener vogel
track 20 ozean & brandung
track 21 paradiesseits
track 25 (note: Blixa making the usual speech about
Stevo and Some Bizarre – and he tells the audience not to
buy any records released by
Some Bizarre – and Hacke adds: “steal them!”)
track 28 grundstück
track 39 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 44 rampe:
november „guitarre and bells, “sie lächelt””
Freibourg, Switzerland, 7 April 2004 – venue:
(M.U.: no humming noise on
this recording but the sound on cd1 is very bad – it’s more or less
unlistenable almost all the way through because of some cracking sound which is
very audible everytime blixa sings – only following songs are not disturbed by
this cracking sound: ich gehe jetzt, youme & meyou, ozean & brandung,
paradiesseits, grundstück, ein leichtes leises säusseln, rampe: totale)
cd1 (73:55)
track 01 (note: blixa talking with audience about
whether he should talk english or german)
track 02 ich gehe jetzt (note: about 45 seconds into
the song it sounds as if some sound sample is suddenly
accidentally set off – it
only lasts for three seconds)
track 07 rampe:
goodmorning everybody (M.U.: cracking sound when blixa sings)
track 10 selbstportrait mit kater (M.U.: cracking sound when
blixa sings)
track 17 dead friends (around the corner) (M.U.: cracking sound when
blixa sings)
track 23 redukt (M.U.: cracking sound when blixa sings)
track 33 perpetuum mobile (M.U.: cracking sound when
blixa sings)
track 46 youme & meyou
track 53 (note: while Blixa tells about the
recording of his heartbeat a guy in the audience shouts out and Blixa
imitates him)
track 54 neun arme/die
nacht (M.U.: cracking sound when
blixa sings)
track 59 die
befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: cracking
sound when blixa sings)
track 65 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U.: cracking sound when
blixa sings)
cd2
(43:23)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: start missing +
cracking sound when blixa sings)
track 08 ozean
& brandung
track 09 paradiesseits
track 16 grundstück
track 27 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 32 rampe:
totale – 14 minuten
track 39 sabrina
Esch-Alzette,
Luxembourg, 8 April 2004 – venue:
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (75:57)
track 02 ich gehe jetzt
track 07 rampe:
goodmorning everybody (M.U.: about 30 seconds into the song it is cut off)
track 10 selbstportrait mit kater (M.U.: cracking sound in the
beginning of the song and about 1.3 mins into
the song a part of it is cut
out)
track 15 dead friends (around the corner)
track 21 redukt
track 32 (note: Blixa noting that this is the
first time they ever play in Luxembourg)
track 32 perpetuum mobile
track 48 youme & meyou
track 55 neun
arme/die nacht
track 61 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 67 haus der lüge/epilog/armenia
cd2 (44:37)
track 01 seltener vogel
track 12 ozean & brandung
track 13 paradiesseits
track 18 (note: Blixa being annoyed by someone in
the audience asks if there is a duck in the audience. He says
he likes ducks even though
he’s a vegetarian. He has nothing against ducks except when they disturb him)
track 20 grundstück
track 32 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 38 rampe: ich warte
Washington, DC, U.S.A., 24 April 2004 – venue: 9:30
Club
(M.U.: no humming noise on
this recording, but most of cd 1 is unlistenable because of cracking noises and
short cut outs throughout)
cd1 (75:44)
track 01 (note: Blixa annoyed by the microphone
feedback while he speaks)
track 03 ich gehe
jetzt
track 06 (note: Blixa announcing that this is the
first show on the U.S. tour and that they ofcourse had to start in
the nations capital. He then
notes that they bought two aircompressors in a nearby Home Depot – and
making a joke about the
aircompressors playing a different note than those they have in Germany)
track 08 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 13 selbstportrait mit kater (M.U.: after about 2 mins a
part of the song is cut out – it picks up again and
after 43 more seconds
another part of the song is cut out)
track 20 dead friends (around the corner) (M.U.: the end is missing)
track 25 redukt (M.U.: first couple of seconds are
missing and there are cracking noises and clips through out the
song)
track 35 perpetuum mobile (M.U.: there are cracking
noises and clips through out the song)
track 49 youme & meyou (M.U.: there are cracking
noises and clips in the song)
track 56 neun arme (M.U.: there are cracking noises and
clips in the song)
track 61 die befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: there are cracking
noises and clips in the song)
track 67 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U.: there are cracking
noises and clips in the song)
cd2 (45:49)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: start is missing)
track 10 ozean & brandung
track 10 paradiesseits
track 17 grundstück
track 28 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 33 rampe: sie
lächelt
track 41 sabrina
New York City, New York, U.S.A., 24 April 2004 –
venue: Irving Plaza
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (79:46)
track 01 (note: Blixa saying how they enjoy
playing in New York – comparing it to Berlin)
track 05 ich gehe jetzt
track 09 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 14 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 21 (note: Blixa making a joke that someone
in the audience close to the stage has stolen his setlist)
track 21 dead friends (around the corner)
track 27 redukt
track 37 perpetuum mobile
track 51 (note: audience calling out different EN
songs they’d like to hear)
track 52 youme & meyou
track 59 neun arme/die
nacht
track 66 die befindlichkeit des landes
track 72 haus der lüge/Armenia
cd2 (49:43)
track 01 (note: Blixa announcing that the show is
being recorded)
track 02 seltener vogel
track 12 ozean & brandung
track 13 paradiesseits
track 17 (note: Blixa saying that the stage in
St. Petersburg – the former Leningrad – is bigger than in Irving
Plaza – but then goes on to
say that they really like playing in NYC and that NYC is like “the final
station of a subway line that starts in Berlin”)
track 20 grundstück
track 31 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 37 rampe: november
track 45 sabrina
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 25 April 2004 – venue:
The Paradise
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1
(78:16)
track 02 (note: Blixa starting out by saying: “oh
great, nobody has stolen my setlist yet” – then goes on to say
that this will be their last
concert in Boston. He then recalls the concert they played in Boston in 2000 – sharing
several fond (and not so fond) memories from that visit. And Hacke tells how he
was mistaken for the guitar player of the Stone Temple Pilots)
track 07 ich gehe jetzt
track 11 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 16 selbstportrait mit kater
track 23 dead friends (around the corner)
track 29 (note: Blixa saying how, when he stands
center stage, that he feels like he’s “singing to that metal pole”)
track 30 redukt
track 41 perpetuum mobile
track 55 (note: as perpetuum mobile finishes,
music can be heard – and Blixa says: “don’t tell me it’s Stone
Temple Pilots again…”)
track 56 youme & meyou
track 63 neun arme/die
nacht
track 69 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 75 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U.: armenia is cut off
shortly after start)
cd2
(58:28)
track 01 armenia/rampe
(M.U.: only the last 1½ mins
of armenia is there)
track 08 (note: Blixa announcing that they are
recording the night’s show – and will be selling it after show)
track 10 seltener
vogel
track 20 ozean
& brandung
track 21 paradiesseits
track 24 (note: Blixa talking about the way www.amazon wrap the contents of their packages)
track 28 grundstück
track 41 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 47 rampe: totale
track 54 sabrina
Montreal, Canada, 27 April 2004 – venue: Club Soda
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (67:19)
track 01 (note: Blixa saying they
have just played three concerts in the United States and that they are extremely
happy to be in Canada now – then he goes on to talk about the feedback problems
with “this instrument” (the plastic pipes) and someone in the audience breaks
him off by shouting “didgeridoo” – Blixa laughs and says “it’s not a didgeridoo
– it’s simple pipes for “Kanalisation”)
track 03 ich gehe jetzt
track 07 rampe: goodmorning everybody (M.U.: end is cut off after about 4½ mins.)
track 13 selbstportrait
mit kater (M.U.: end is cut off after about 3½
mins.))
track 17 dead friends
(around the corner)
track 22 redukt
track 33 perpetuum
mobile
track 48 youme &
meyou (M.U. : some loud clicking sound during the
first couple of seconds of the song –
during the rest of the song
the clicking is still there – but very low)
track 54 (note: Blixa announcing that
the next song is something they wrote yesterday – then he starts laughing)
track 54 haus der
lüge/epilog
track 59 (note: Blixa introducing a guest
player who joins them for the next song – a guest from Montreal)
track 59 armenia/rampe “auf wiedersehen”
cd2 (64:07)
track 01 die
befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: start missing)
track 07 neun arme/die nacht
track 12 (note: Blixa announcing that the
next song was the first song they worked on at www.neubauten.org and
that personally he was ready
to give it up – but supporters insisted that they keep working on it – so they
did and now they have a song they like. Someone in the audience asks Blixa if
he likes theatre – and Blixa gets into talking about what he thinks about
theatres. Hacke joins in and says: “I suffer from theatrenarkolepsi”)
track 15 seltener vogel
track 25 ozean &
brandung
track 26 paradiesseits
track 32 grundstück
track 43 (note: Blixa saying: “you were a really exceptionally
nice audience, thank you”)
track 43 ein leichtes
leises säusseln
track 49 rampe: november
track 57 (note:
Blixa introducing the line up – and Hacke introducing Blixa)
track 57 alles
Toronto, Canada, 28 April 2004 – venue: Opera House
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (74:48)
track 02 ich gehe
jetzt
track 07 rampe:
goodmorning everybody (M.U.: cracking noise (skips) during the song and after about 3½ mins
the rest is cut off)
track 12 selbstportrait mit kater (M.U.: only one second of
the whole song is actually there)
track 13 dead friends (around the corner) (M.U.: after about 4½ mins
the rest of the song is missing)
track 29 redukt (M.U.: might be a couple of the first seconds
of Unruh’s metal clanging missing and there’s one
short skip and “crack” sound
about 8½ mins and 9 mins into the song)
track 31 perpetuum mobile
track 46 youme & meyou
track 54 neun
arme/die nacht
track 59 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 65 haus der lüge/armenia/rampe (M.U.: the first minute of haus der lüge Blixa’s voice
sounds vaguely
“doubled”)
cd2 (38:32)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are missing and the song is cut off after 3 mins and 50
secs)
track 05 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 10 rampe: november
track 18 sabrina
track 28 ende neu
track 33 (note: Blixa introducing the band line
up)
track 33 alles (M.U.: the end is missing)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., 29 April 2004 –venue:
Majestic Theater
(note: no humming noise on this
recording)
cd1 (76:09)
track 01 (note: Blixa surprised to see that the
audience is so small)
track 02 ich gehe jetzt
track 07 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 12 selbstportrait mit kater
track 18 dead friends (around the corner)
track 23 (note: Blixa saying that the advantage
of such a small audience is that you get the feeling that everyone
is actually there to hear
the band play)
track 24 redukt
track 34 (note: Blixa responding to a guy in the
audience by saying: “it’s nice that you know the name of some
devils – how about
clearchannel……ticketmaster……see, I know the names of some devils too”)
track 34 perpetuum mobile
track 50 youme & meyou
track 57 neun
arme/die nacht (Blixa’s voice sounds „doubled”)
track 62 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 68 haus der
lüge/armenia
cd2 (49:00)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are missing)
track 11 ozean
& brandung
track 12 paradiesseits
track 18 grundstück
track 31 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 36 rampe:
november
track 44 sabrina
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 30 April 2004 – venue: The
Metro
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (78:01)
track 01 (note: Blixa talking about the
international fighting day of the proletarians – then Blixa recalls earlier
shows EN has played in
Chicago)
track 04 ich gehe jetzt
track 08 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 13 selbstportrait mit kater
track 20 dead friends (around the corner)
track 25 redukt
track 36 perpetuum mobile
track 52 youme & meyou
track 59 neun
arme/die nacht
track 64 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 71 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U. – after about 3½ mins armenia
is cut off)
cd2
(53:49)
track 01 (note: Blixa talking about the night’s
show being recorded and sold afterwards – Hacke adds: “anyway,
there might be some little
jitters on that cd, but I guess you don’t mind)
track 03 seltener vogel
track 14 ozean & brandung
track 15 paradiesseits
track 20 (note: Blixa starts talking about
grundstück and some bizarre, but while talking he gets very upset with
certain parts of the
audience because they’re talking too loudly amongst themselves and pay no
attention to what Blixa is
saying)
track 23 grundstück
track 35 (note: just as “ein leichtes leises
säusseln” starts a guy in the audience can very clearly be heard as he
shouts: “shut the fuck up this
time” to the noisy part of the audience)
track 35 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 41 (note: Blixa saying that „ein leichtes
leises säusseln“ is the band’s favorite song on the new album)
track 41 rampe:
november
track 49 sabrina (M.U. – a low vibrating noise can be
heard throughout the song)
track 54 (note: Blixa saying: “Thank you very
much. Goodnight. See you…eeeehh……at some time in a parallel universe
somewhere that is outside
the United States of America……or never at all……or who knows……see you in my
dreams)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., 1 May 2004 – venue:
First Avenue
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1
(77:16)
track 01 ich gehe jetzt
track 05 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 10 selbstportrait mit kater
track 16 dead friends (around the corner)
track 21 redukt
track 32 perpetuum mobile
track 46 youme & meyou (M.U.: there is some
scratching noise at different places throughout the song)
track 53 neun arme/die
nacht (M.U.: Blixa’s voice sounds “doubled”)
track 58 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 65 haus der
lüge/armenia/rampe
cd2 (46:42)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are missing)
track 09 ozean
& brandung
track 10 paradiesseits
track 14 (note: Blixa saying that they like to
play „headcleaner“ but in order to play that they would have had to
bring half a ton more
equipment with them – and Blixa goes on to say that in his next life he will
just play piccolo flute, and then he tells the audience that they should be
glad he doesn’t start his next life “here tonight”.
track 16 grundstück
track 30 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 35 rampe: „wir fallen, fallen, fallen“
track 42 (note: Blixa saying – about the rampe:
„never played that before – don’t know where it came from“
track 42 sabrina
Vancouver, Canada, 4 May 2004 - venue: Commodore
Ballroom
(note: no humming noise on
this recording – both cd’s just have one track mark each)
cd1
(46:18)
track 1 perpetuum
mobile
track 2 youme
& meyou
track 2 (note: Blixa responding to someone in
the audience by saying: “I forgot my sandals?!!......I haven’t got any
sandals!!”)
track 2 neun arme/die nacht (M.U.: Blixa’s voice sounds a bit “doubled” during a part of the song)
track 2 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 2 haus
der lüge/armenia/rampe (rampe: „lange lange
lange lange schon gehen“)
cd2 (63:15)
track 1 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are missing)
track 1 ozean
& brandung
track 1 paradiesseits
track 1 grundstück
track 1 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 1 rampe:
November
track 1 (note: Blixa announcing that something
went wrong with the recording and that the first 5 songs of the
performance were not
recorded – and therefore they will continue recording till the very end of the
performance)
track 1 sabrina (M.U.: sounds like a scratched record
and makes a couple of „jumps“)
track 2 ende neu (M.U.: sounds a bit like a scratched
record)
track 2 (note: Blixa introducing the band line
up – Hacke introducing Bargeld)
track 2 alles
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., 5 May 2004 – venue: Showbox
(note: no humming noise on
this recording – but throughout the recording the audience is more audible than
it is on the other recordings on the tour)
cd1
(75:48)
track 02 (note: Blixa and Hacke trying to recall
when they last played in Seattle – and telling the audience that
tonight’s performance will
be the last one there. Then Blixa explains why the first song is low in volume
and a guy in the audience responds
by shouting „yeeaaah“. This amuses Blixa and he says: “it used to be the other
way around)
track 03 ich gehe jetzt
track 07 rampe:
goodmorning everybody (M.U.: at 50 seconds into track mark 11 there’s a sudden increase in
volume – and about 13
seconds later there’s a small crack in the sound and it seems as if the sound
gets back to the initial volume again)
track 13 selbstportrait mit kater
track 19 dead friends (around the corner)
track 24 redukt
track 35 perpetuum mobile
track 49 (note: girls in audience scream and
blixa comments on it by saying: “not bad, not bad – I give you a
stipendium from my
university of the nice reversed scream” – another girl screams, and Blixa says:
“you get one too, it’s o.k.)
track 49 youme & meyou
track 56 neun arme/die
nacht (M.U.: Blixa’s voice sounds
a bit “doubled” during parts of the song)
track 62 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 68 haus der
lüge/epilog/armenia
cd2 (49:07)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are missing)
track 10 ozean & brandung
track 11 paradiesseits
track 18 grundstück
track 31 ein
liechtes leises säusseln
track 37 rampe: totale (note: diff. version, lots of drumming, “langsam aber sicher,
fallen fallen fallen”)
track 44 sabrina
San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 7 May 2004 – venue:
Fillmore
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (78:01)
track 01 ich gehe jetzt
track 06 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 11 selbstportrait mit kater
track 17 dead friends (around the corner)
track 22 redukt
track 33 perpetuum mobile
track 48 youme & meyou
track 56 neun
arme/die nacht
track 61 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 67 haus der
lüge/armenia/rampe (rampe: „immer wieder,
immer wieder“) (M.U.: rampe cuts off
after 3½ mins.)
cd2 (61:04)
track 01 seltener
vogel
track 13 ozean & brandung
track 14 paradiesseits
track 21 grundstück
track 33 ein leichtes
leises säusseln
track 38 rampe:
november
track 47 sabrina
track 53 (note: Blixa saying to all those in
audience who thinks they have seen Blixa in San Fransisco that it is
true that he is in San
Fransisco)
track 57 ende neu
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 8 May 2004 – venue:
El Rey Theater
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (75:00)
track 01 (note: Blixa thanks the audience for
a beautiful welcome and then he recalls the first times EN played in Los
Angeles)
(M.U.: there is some
scratching in the sound during Blixa’s speech)
track 07 ich gehe jetzt
track 11 rampe: goodmorning everybody
track 16 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 23 dead friends
(around the corner)
track 28 redukt
track 40 (note: Blixa turning on his radio
and getting all kinds of music genres – so he says: “you like everything, huh?)
track 40 perpetuum
mobile
track 55 (note: Blixa talking about
drinking warm water, warm beer and warm vodka)
track 56 youme &
meyou
track 63 (note: Blixa introducing
“neun arme” and at one point during the speech he mentions that it seems as if
American have a twisted logic – a guy in the audience responds to that and Blixa
asks the guy: ”what do you mean? You found the weapons of mass destruction or
what? Ok, sorry, I don’t want to……forget that. Just wipe it off the recording when
you buy the record…)
track 65 neun arme/die nacht
track 70 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (64:33)
track 01 armenia/rampe (rampe: “ich komme nah”) (M.U.: first couple of seconds of armenia are missing)
track 13 seltener vogel
track 25 ozean &
brandung
track 25 paradiesseits
track 29 (note: while band prepares
for grundstück a guy suddenly shouts: „yeaah“ – then Blixa replies and says:
„oh, this one
is for you!”. Then another
guy shouts: “yeaah”, and Blixa replies: “ok, for you too”. The guy replies with
a “thank you” and Blixa says: “it doesn’t cost extra”.
track 33 grundstück
track 46 ein leichtes
leises säusseln
track 51 rampe: november
track 60 (note: a guy in the audience
shouts: „We must apoligize for the lame hipsters in the back. Thank you for
your tolerance!”. Blixa replies: “Sorry, I didn’t get that. What?”. Then Hacke
repeats: “He wants to apoligize for the lame hipsters in the back”. After this
there is some misunderstanding – and Blixa seems to understand that the guy
wanted EN to play something for the lame hipsters in the back – so he says:
“It’s o.k., we’re gonna play something for the lame hipsters in the back”)
track 60 sabrina
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., 9 May 2004 – venue: Marquee
Theatre
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (75:17)
track 01 (note: a compressor can be heard as
it is loaded up before the show starts)
track 02 (note: Blixa being ironic as
he says how pleased they are to see the enormously large audience. Then he says
they have played U.S. tours several times before – but this time, since the
Australia tour was cancelled, they decided to play in places that they have
never played before on previous U.S. tours)
track 05 ich gehe jetzt
track 09 rampe: goodmorning everybody
track 14 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 20 (note: someone in the
audience says: “Lee Hazelwood lives here” and Blixa starts explaining something
about the origin of Morning Dew – that it is actually not a Lee Hazelwood song
and also not a Tim Rose song – but some folk singing woman. It’s also not a
Neubauten song. He then tells the audience where, and how it came about, that
EN recorded Morning Dew. He explains how it was recorded in Vancouver in 1986 –
at that time Skinny Puppy were their roadies – very nice people, he says.
track 21 dead friends
(around the corner)
track 27 redukt
track 38 perpetuum
mobile
track 52 (note: Blixa sighing and audience
laughs. Then Blixa explains: “You know we were playing these 3-hour shows every
night and in between we
sleep in the bus. It’s great. It’s eehm……some work out for grown ups…”)
track 53 youme &
meyou
track 61 neun arme/die nacht (M.U.:
Blixa’s voice sounds „doubled“ during parts of the song)
track 66 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 67 haus der
lüge/epilog/armenia (M.U.: rampe is cut off after
20 seconds)
cd2 (66:10)
track 01 armenia/rampe (rampe: “wieso, wieso, wieso…”)(M.U.: only the last minute of armenia is there)
track 08 (note: Blixa says: „Just a little
treat for you. Never played before – propably never gonna be played again”.
Then
Blixa talks about clear
channel and tells audience that EN sued them – and won. He tells audience that
it’s no problem recording a show in Europe – not even in Moscow – but in the
States it’s a problem)
track 10 seltener
vogel
track 22 ozean &
brandung
track 23 paradiesseits
track 27 (note: Blixa saying: „you know it’s
really hard being an industrial band. It’s like your equipment is 10 times
heavier
than the average rock’n’roll
band”)
track 31 grundstück
track 43 ein leichtes
leises säusseln
track 48 rampe: november
track 55 sabrina
track 63 ende neu (M.U.: whenever the song gets very loud there is
clicking/cracking in the sound)
Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 12 May 2004 – venue: Emo’s
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (55:22)
track 01 ich gehe jetzt (M.U.: start of the song is
missing – only the last three mins are there)
track 05 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 10 selbstportrait mit kater
track 17 dead friends (around the corner)
track 23 redukt
track 34 perpetuum mobile
track 48 youme & meyou
cd2 (54:47)
track 01 die befindlichkeit des landes (M.U.: start of the song is
missing – only the last three mins are there)
track 04 haus der
lüge/armenia/rampe (rampe: „man sollte den
lärm nicht verschweigen“)
track 18 sabrina
track 29 rampe:
november
track 37 alles (note: early in the song Blixa
introduces the band line up. Hacke introduces Blixa)
track 51 ende neu (M.U.: some scratching noise throughout
the song – and halfway through Blixa’s voice sounds
like it’s vibrating – and
audience starts vibrating as well. The last minute of the song the recording
gets very low suddenly)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., 13 May 2004 – venue:
House of Blues
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (74:18)
track 01 (note: Blixa saying good evening to the
very small audience. A guy in the audience says: “but it’s the quality and not
the quantity” –
and Blixa agrees. Blixa
telling the audience why they have come to New Orleans to play. He tells them
they were in Austin the night before and that it was so unbelievably hot and
humid there that they had to brush several grams of salt off of their suits the
next day. A girl in audience says: “come here in august” and Blixa replies:
“yeah, hah, that’s why we are here now – not in August……”
track 05 ich gehe jetzt
track 09 (note: Blixa announcing that EN will sign
the air compressors with a big pen and auction the off stage in Atlanta)
track 11 rampe: goodmorning everybody
track 16 selbstportrait
mit kater
track 23 dead friends
(around the corner)
track 28 redukt
track 40 perpetuum
mobile
track 56 youme &
meyou
track 64 neun arme/die nacht (M.U.: Blixa’s voice sounds „doubled“ during a couple
of parts of the song)
track 70 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (79:57)
track 01 haus der
lüge/armenia/rampe (M.U.: It picks up while haus der lüge
is already playing so that
only the last minute of haus
der lüge is there)
track 12 (note: Blixa telling the audience
how they recorded all their shows in Europe – no problems. But in the States
they
had a big problem with clear
channel – but they won a dispute against them and were allowed to continue
recording their shows – that is, they were allowed to record all shows on U.S.
tour except tonight’s show in New Orleans)
track 16 seltener vogel
track 29 ozean &
brandung
track 30 paradiesseits
track 38 grundstück (note: during hex part– a girl in audience screams,
and Blixa tells her that she will get a stipendium from his academy)
track 50 ein leichtes
leises säusseln
track 56 rampe: totale
track 63 (note: Blixa saying: “well, I don’t
know where that came from – we have never played that before”)
track 63 sabrina
track 70 (note: Jochen responding to a girl in
the audience who, the whole evening, has been shouting “ich liebe du, Blixa” by
saying: “es heist dich, es
heist dich!” and Blixa adds: “please try consulting your german book again – I
do understand the intention but it was grammatically all wrong – and for a
simple sentence like “I love you Blixa”, that is pretty bad if you can’t get
that right”. Hacke joins in and says: “Wir haben Euch alle auch sehr lieb” and
Blixa translates and says “We all love you too. So, don’t worry. That’s the
only reason why we are here. We are certainly not here to earn any money”)
track 57 ende neu (M.U.: the whole recording of this song sounds as if
it’s vibrating“
track 75 (note: Blixa introducing the band
line up. And Hacke introducing Bargeld)
track 75 alles (M.U.: only about half of the
song is there)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., 15 May 2004 – venue: The
Masquerade
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (72:35)
track 01 rampe:
goodmorning everybody (M.U.: just a couple of seconds of the air compressor load up is
missing)
track 08 selbstportrait mit kater
track 14 dead friends (around the corner)
track 20 redukt
track 32 perpetuum mobile
track 49 youme & meyou (M.U.: there’s a scratching
sound throughout the song – sounds a bit like a very scratched record)
track 56 neun
arme/die nacht
track 63 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 70 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U.: armenia is cut off
after about 10 seconds)
cd2 (63:43)
tracl 01 armenia/rampe (rampe: “wo sind meine schuhe”) (M.U.: only the last 1½ mins
of armenia is there
– and there’s a scratching
in the sound whenever the song gets really loud)
track 06 (note: Blixa telling audience that the
show is being recorded and will be sold after the performance. He tells them
about clear channel trying
to stop them from doing the recordings. But he says the show is being recorded
and that they are selling it to make some money – they are otherwise not making
any money on the U.S. tour – they don’t even have a place to stay overnight. So
a guy replies and says “you can stay at my house”. They go on to say that
people can join www.neubauten.org. Some
guy says that they can also make money selling the Husky aircompressors. Blixa
misunderstands the guy and says: “no we’re not taking hostages – what are you
talking about?”. The guy repeats what he said and Blixa says “well, we sell the
husky too, yes……”)
track 10 seltener
vogel
track 22 ozean
& brandung
track 23 paradiesseits
track 28 (note: Blixa annoyed by some music than
can be heard from downstairs – the bass line can be heard)
track 32 grundstück
track 44 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 50 rampe:
november
track 59 (note: an annoyed girl in audience
shouts: “Jeesus! Shut the fuck up!!” and Blixa joins her: “Well, who
ever it is…yes…shut the fuck
up……except you mean me?......”)
track 60 sabrina
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A., 16 May 2004 –
venue: The Orange Peel
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (67:55)
track 01 (note: Blixa saying this is their first
time in North Carolina. And they like it very much – the venue is
clean, everthing works and
people are friendly – unlike it was the night before, in Atlanta)
track 03 ich gehe jetzt
track 07 (note: Blixa announcing that the world’s
two most famous air compressors will be sold to the highest
bidder after the show)
track 09 rampe:
goodmorning everybody (M.U.: sound suddenly gets very low for a few seconds at one point
towards the end)
track 16 selbstportrait mit kater
track 22 (note: Blixa commenting on the fact that
someone just placed a bid for 150.00 USD for the smaller air
compressor, by saying:
“ooooh, somebody has 150 for the small one. That is what? …30 each, right? At
the end of the tour……very
nice!”)
track 23 dead friends (around the corner)
track 28 redukt (M.U.: after about 2½ minutes a part of
the song is cut off)
track 34 perpetuum mobile
track 50 youme & meyou
track 57 (note: Blixa talking about neun arme and
at some point someone on stage turns on the dildo and the
sound makes Blixa stop his
speech, laughing and saying: “I thought for a moment that someone had left a
little model airplane flying around. It sounded like somebody had released a
model airplane in the venue”)
track 59 neun arme/die
nacht (M.U.: Blixa’s voice sounds
„doubled“ during a couple of parts of the song – also
the screams of different
people in the audience after the song sound “doubled”.
track 64 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (51:05)
track 01 haus der
lüge/armenia (M.U.: 2 or 3 seconds of haus der lüge are missing)
track 11 seltener vogel (M.U.: the end of the song
is cut off – and also ozean & brandung + paradiesseits are
missing)
track 23 grundstück
track 34 (note: Blixa thanking the excellent
audience of the evening and saying it feels really good to have such
an audience for the end of the
tour)
track 34 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 40 rampe:
november
track 48 sabrina
Fano Festival, Italy, 31 July 2004 – venue: Fano
Festival
(note: no humming noise on
this recording)
cd1 (70:45)
track 01 ich gehe jetzt
track 05 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 11 selbstportrait mit kater
track 18 dead friends (around the corner)
track 23 redukt
track 34 perpetuum mobile
track 49 (note: a guy shouts „Blixa!!” – and
Blixa answers and says: “Yes, I know my name. What’s yours?”)
track 49 youme & meyou (note: Blixa forgets to sing
the first sentence and they start the song over again)
track 57 neun
arme/die nacht
track 62 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 68 haus der lüge/armenia (M.U.: armenia is cut off
about 4 seconds after it starts)
cd2 (61:04)
track 01 armenia/rampe (M.U.: only about the last two minutes of armenia is there)
track 08 (note: Blixa saying: „In case you are
interested we just made this up“)
track 09 (note: Blixa telling the audience that
the show is being recorded – early in his speech he gets upset with
Boris for interrupting him
by giving him a sign that the cd has already been changed over)
track 11 seltener
vogel
track 21 ozean & brandung
track 22 paradiesseits
track 27 (note: Blixa saying that there are
several stories concerning the following piece of music – but he prefers
not to tell any of them
because “you all heard them every time I told them”)
track 28 grundstück
track 39 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 44 rampe:
november
track 53 sabrina
Krems,
Austria, 24 October 2004 – venue: Minoritenkirche
(note: no humming noise on this recording. M.U.: small gaps between
tracks)
cd1 (57:40)
track 01 ich gehe
jetzt
track 02 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 03 haus der
lüge
track 04 armenia/rampe: schöner scheitern
track 05 youme & meyou
track 06 perpetuum mobile
track 07 dead friends (around the corner)
track 08 redukt
cd2 (47:58)
track 01 grundstück (note: blixa taking about 8 mins. to
explain and demonstrate “die fünfer” and the four different parts of grundstück)
(hex, “wann”, blixa singing, “chor”, PM
grundstück)
track 02 november
track 03 sabrina
track 04 (note: audience clapping)
Krems, Austria, 25 October 2004 – venue:
Minoritenkirche
(note: no humming noise on
this recording. M.U.: small gaps between tracks)
cd1 (58:15)
track 01 ich gehe
jetzt
track 02 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 03 haus der
lüge
track 04 armenia/rampe
track 05 youme & meyou
track 06 perpetuum mobile
track 07 dead friends (around the corner)
track 08 redukt
cd2 (46:58)
track 01 rampe
(“whump whump whump”, voices
on and off, venus kolonie)
track 02 grundstück (note: blixa shortly explaining
grundstück and it’s five parts saying the choir will take part) (“wann”, blixa singing,
chor)
track 03 was ist ist (note: with choir)
track 04 (note: blixa saying “spontan chor – heute nachmittag
zusammengestellt”)
track 04 ein leichtes leises säusseln
track 05 (note: audience clapping)
Reggio Emilia, Italy, 28 October 2004 – venue: Teatro
Municipale Valli
(note: no humming noise on
this recording. M.U.: small gaps between tracks)
cd1 (56:20)
track 01 ich gehe
jetzt (M.U.: start missing)
track 02 (note: audience clapping – track is just
4 seconds long)
track 03 die
befindlichkeit des landes
track 05 haus der
lüge
track 05 armenia/rampe
track 06 (note: audience clapping – track is just
4 seconds long)
track 07 youme & meyou
track 08 perpetuum mobile
track 08 dead friends (around the corner)
track 09 redukt
track 09 (note: blixa saying that first half of
the show is concluded and that there will be a break. In second half the
supporters’ choir will take part)
cd2 (49:20)
track 01 abgesang
(„whump whump whump“, venus kolonie)
track 02 grundstück
(die fünfer/the fiver) („wann“, blixa
singing, chor, november)
track 03 (note: blixa introducing nagorny
karabach and saying they just worked the song out earlier same day)
track 03 nagorny
karabach
track 04 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
Berlin,
Germany, 3 November 2004 – venue: Palast der Republik
(note: webcast recording)
track 01 abgesang (whump
whump whump, venus kolonie)
track 02 (note: Blixa explaining what they will
be playing and explaining how supporters should do the drumming on the
drumtables)
track 03 rampe
track 04 (note: Blixa explaining the next song: Nagorny
Karabach)
track 05 nagorny
karabach
track 06 ein
leichtes leises säusseln
track 07 (note: Blixa introducing the choir and
telling them to come up front)
track 08 was ist ist
track 09 rampe
(note: EN playing on PDR’s
building construction and choir singing)
track 10 grundstück
(note: Hex part played on
PDR’s building construction – grundstück is the version on PM)
track 11 grundstück („wann“,
blixa singing, chor, november)
track 12 (note: Blixa telling people to bring in
the drumtables, and trying to get supporters to not start playing yet)
track 13 rampe
(EN drumming and supporters
drumming on drumtables)
Following show is not officially
available for sale on the EN site and this copy did not come from there –
therefore it doesn’t have trackmarks every 59 seconds.
Berlin, Germany, 13 March 2004 – venue: Tempodrom
(M.U.: very loud humming
noise throughout this recording)
cd1 (66:25)
track 01 (note: Blixa saying that they are glad
to play in Berlin and that it’s been four years since they last played there)
track 01 ich gehe jetzt
track 02 rampe:
goodmorning everybody
track 03 selbstportrait mit kater
track 04 dead friends (around the corner)
track 05 redukt
track 06 perpetuum mobile
track 07 youme & meyou
track 08 neun
arme
track 08 (note: Blixa making fun of those in the
audience who keeps shouting by saying: “ruft doch: “Grateful
Dead”…”Grateful Dead”…”jaaa, smoke on the
water”…”jaaa, nicht so laut”…das ist auch gut…das vermisse ich…)
track 09 die
befindlichkeit des landes
cd2 (63:03)
track 01 seltener vogel (M.U.: first couple of
seconds are missing)
track 02 ozean & brandung
track 02 paradiesseits
track 03 grundstück
track 03 (note: Blixa comparing playing in Berlin
with playing in Bielefeld and Winterthur…then telling the audience that he has
a nice new suit on…from Italien, Milano, 79.00 EUR)
track 04 ein leichtes leises säusseln
track 05 rampe:
(glocken & rohre) “lange, lange, lange, lange, lange…”
track 06 sabrina
track 07 haus
der lüge/epilog/armenia
track 08 (note: Blixa introducing the band line
up)
track 08 alles
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