Search - Einsturzende Neubauten :: Total Eclipse of the Sun

Those clever Germans

burnlab@earthlink.net | Brooklyn, New York | 09/09/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Neubauten has always had the rare ability to make conceptual art which communicates clearly with the audience. TEOTS is a wonderful little concept piece. How refreshing to hear seroius music written about a scientific phenomenon. Even the packaging is a tasty little flash of creativity, with its pinwheel chart of dates and locations for solar eclipses. There is even room for humor within the scientific subject matter and Neubauten's continual explorations in sound. The track "Helium" features Blixa singing on helium, which is clever for artistic reasons, but mostly just funny. This recording does continue the path away from the "industrial sound" and disinent clatter of earlier works. the experimental noises are still there, but mixed with symphonic arrangements and manipulated into easier to swallow rythms. This is no pop record. There's still klanging and feedback. It's just a matter of more evolved song structures taking precedence over technique."