Mike76

It may be that it was the first album by EN that I bought, and therefore I feel attached to it, but I still find it valuable even after listening to much more of their discography (for example, this is a notch above "Tabula Rasa," just to name one). The EN have entered history thanks to the more or less organized chaos carried out in the 80s, but here they offer us real songs that still retain (more in some places, less in others) some reminiscences of noise. But what tracks: "Sabrina" is a charming love song, "Musetango" is a divertissement, "Beauty" is pure poetry, "Newtons Gravitatlichkeit" and "Zampano" are almost cultured dance, "Total Eclipse of The Sun" is dedicated to the astronomical event of August 11, 1999 (in parts of Germany the eclipse was total; for us, a little less). Calling Bargeld's voice in this album "infernal" is completely misleading; here Blixa mostly takes on the role of the calm dandy-chansonnier, with few exceptions, the most evident being the long mantra-sabbath of "Pelikanol," which still manages to give me chills (and unease) even after 11 years.

Listened to again after such a long time, it’s still a beautiful album (or rather a fake EP), with striking and broken rhythms, bare melodies hinted at by sequences of three notes or maybe even less, various "flutters" of electronics; it doesn’t show its 12 years. For me, the most memorable (though that doesn't mean they're the best) are "Maphive" with that pseudo-oriental melody I mentioned above, and "Zeiss Contarex" so alien and unsettling that it chills my blood in my veins (and I’m not joking).

@Untitled: No Wave is a rather limited genre both in terms of historical period (77-81) and the number of representatives. It has already been discussed on debaser No New York - AA.VV. - Recensione di Mike76 James Chance Lydia Lunch - Pre Teen-Age Jesus - Recensione di Gabs Buy - James Chance and The Contortions - Recensione di alealeale82 Unnamed: An Operetta - John Gavanti - Recensione di Gabs Theoretical Record - Theoretical Girls - Recensione di Dopesmoker Glenn Branca - Discografia - Recensioni or alternatively, retrieve a three-part article from the magazine "Blow Up" from late 2008, which is very well written and full of information.

Undoubtedly original, not just any record, even if I personally struggle to endure Ferretti's chanting and declamatory vocal interpretation for an hour. Listener knock-out.

Yes, Untitled is exactly that, a very valid compilation of more or less unknown Aussie new wave/post-punk bands, tracks dug up from dusty archives often pulled from vinyl due to lost masters, gems in short, even though in our discussion about industrial and noise, a maximum of 3-4 tracks might be of interest, the rest is more "sweet," if not more pop.

A few years ago, at a Futurist exhibition in Rovereto, I was fortunate enough to experience (the reconstructions) of Russolo's intonarumori, which were quite curious, although I must say that among the various buzzers, poppers, gurgling machines, etc., there wasn't that much difference in sound. I have five works by EN, but not this one; it seems to me that they are more or less direct descendants of the 70s krautrock, which was perhaps the popular genre where the "noise" element began to gain more importance. Obviously, the main difference between EN and their predecessors lies primarily in the dark-pessimistic and/or crazy-disoriented approach, as well as the exacerbation of the "noise" element. That said, I really like EN, even in their more recent phase of elegant Central European song with the noise element much more limited.

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