| Industrie und Melodie | ||||
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| Studio album by Cosmic Baby | ||||
| Released | December 2006 | |||
| Recorded | November 1997 – January 1999 | |||
| Genre | Techno, electro, IDM, house, chill-out, electronica | |||
| Length | 58:09 | |||
| Label | Time Out of Mind Records | |||
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Industrie und Melodie is in all the sixth studio album by Cosmic Baby and his fifth under that pseudonym. The title is German for "industry and melody".
The album was recorded between 1997 and 1999, when it had the working title Rotes Quadrat auf Schwarzem Grund (Red Square on a Black Background). While initially planned to be released in 2000, it was in the end only released in December 2006, under its current title.
Industrie und Melodie makes use of analog synthesizers from the 1970s and was influenced by electronic artists active in that period, like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Vangelis, but also by more modern artists such as Autechre, Aphex Twin and Orbital. The album differs from most of the other works by Cosmic Baby in that the music is more playful and experimental, in the lines of 1996's Fourteen Pieces (although Industrie und Melodie has a more minimalist sound design and an overall darker atmosphere). Furthermore, the digital piano sound typical for Cosmic Baby is not heard on it.
Contents |
In both the title track (which is obviously Kraftwerk-influenced, being similar in sounds and structure to Kraftwerk's song "Pocket Calculator" from the album Computer World) and the track "Maschinengeschichten II" a poem in German can be heard, spoken through a vocoder (more rhythmic and spread over some passages in the former; it is brought more ominous in the latter). This poem is seen in the CD booklet as well and goes as follows:
Free translation (from Cosmic Baby's official website):
Some other phrases and words through vocoder are also heard throughout the album.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Experienced Coincidences" | 5:45 |
| 2. | "Kleine Eisenbahn Fährt ins Wunderland" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Brigade der Zeitroboter" | 5:48 |
| 4. | "Maschinengeschichten I" | 2:48 |
| 5. | "Die Reise Durch den Süden" | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Im Aquarium" | 6:43 |
| 7. | "Industrie & Melodie" | 4:36 |
| 8. | "Ostkreuz" | 2:04 |
| 9. | "Spieltanz — Triadisches Ballet" | 4:44 |
| 10. | "Schlecht Geschlafen" | 2:18 |
| 11. | "Wolfgang Pauli im Experimentallabor" | 5:16 |
| 12. | "Maschinengeschichten II" | 1:28 |
| 13. | "Sowjetunion" | 3:37 |
| 14. | "Kleine Feine Traumschleife" | 4:55 |