Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.

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Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.
Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. cover
Studio album by Einstürzende Neubauten
Released 1983
Recorded January 1983 - August 1983
Genre Experimental music
Length 53:40
Label Some Bizzare Records
Producer Einstürzende Neubauten
Professional reviews
Einstürzende Neubauten chronology
Kollaps
(1981)		 Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.
(1983)		 Halber Mensch
(1985)

Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. (or Drawings of Patient O. T.) is the second studio album by the Berlin-based musical group Einstürzende Neubauten. Some Bizzare Records released the album in 1983 (see 1983 in music). In the United States, PVC/Jem Records released the album in 1984 as Drawings of O. T. The title refers to artist Oswald Tschirtner. The original vinyl release of Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. is Rough Trade Records #RTD 18 and Some Bizzare Records #SBVART 2.

Contents

[edit] Overview

The album shows a wider variety of moods and sounds than the group's first album, Kollaps. Einstürzende Neubauten is famous for banging, scraping, plucking, or otherwise wringing sounds from any resonant object. While such metallic clatter pervades the album, the group also uses techniques such as found sounds (telephone conversations, the Hamburg fish market) and (pre-digital) sampling (an excerpt of an Armenian song, "Toun en kelkhen imastoun yes," is used in "Armenia"). Bass guitar is relatively prominent, though generally played in a minimal style (and perhaps contributing more toward sonic texture rather than forming a rhythmic or harmonic foundation). Trouser Press critic David Sheridan pointed out the group's drifting towards conventionality, writing, "the title track even has a chord progression!" (his emphasis).

"Armenia" was later used in the soundtrack of Michael Mann's 1995 film Heat and his 1999 film The Insider.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Vanadium-I-Ching" – 4:54
  2. "Hospitalistische Kinder"/"Engel Der Vernichtung" – 5:09
  3. "Abfackeln!" – 3:32
  4. "Neun Arme" – 2:34
  5. "Herde" – 1:24
  6. "Merle (Die Elektrik)" – 2:20
  7. "Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T." – 3:23
  8. "Finger Und Zähne" – 0:17
  9. "Falschgeld" – 2:42
  10. "Styropor" – 2:24
  11. "Armenia" – 4:57
  12. "Die Genaue Zeit" – 7:06

[edit] Additional tracks

Some configurations (various cassette and compact disc versions) append one or more of the following tracks:

  • "Der Herrscher Und Der Sieger" – 3:32 (live recording)
  • "Affenroulette" – 2:59 (live recording)
  • "Durstiges Tier" – 6:28 (1982 single)
  • "Wasserturm" – 6:27

The American vinyl release in 1984 included an EP comprising all four of these tracks.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Resources

  • Einstürzende Neubauten. Liner notes. Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. Some Bizarre SBVART CD 002, 1983.
  • Various artists. Armenie - Musique de tradition populaire et des Achough. Ocora C 580005, 1993.