Outstanding show on DVD and CD
This is an excellent concert from Neubauten in their prime, with Chung and Einheit still in the band, recorded after Hause der Luege and before Tabula Rasa. It's not clear from the product description, but the second disc is a CD of the performance. The CD alone would make this a major EN release; having the high-quality video is fantastic. The video is a bit soft, being from an old TV show, but it's still fine; I can't speak to the sound on the DVD as I haven't a sound system on my DVD player. The CD sound is not stellar but is not bad--fine for a decades-old TV performance. Many of the pieces come off far better than their studio versions. (Feurio comes to mind--I always found it boring on CD but it is extremely and wonderfully noisy here.) Since EN's shows were somewhat free-form, it's a treat to hear it all. Hellishly noisy, which of course I mean in a good way. Anyone with the slightest appreciation of EN should order this today. If you have doubts, see the video of Yu Gung here:...
Strange and interesting... for fans. NOT a good introduction to the band.
If you've never heard this band before, do not start here. Buy "Haus der Luege" instead first. "Ende Neu", "Tabula Rasa" and "Silence is sexy" may also be good beginnings.
This is a live concert in the "Haus der Luege" era, which is my favorite Neubauten album.
It's wonderful to see how they play their "instruments" live. Their performance is superb!
However, they sound much "noisier" than in studio versions. "Feurio!" was originally their most accessible song and here it actually sounds unbearable. Had they simply removed that guitar, it would actually be very nice, but it just didn't fit. It may well have been intentional, but, to my taste, at least, it didn't work at all.
The other tracks are quite all right. They sounded much better in studio and the CD is not something I'll play often at all. But the DVD is quite worth it, since their performance is visually powerful.
Albeit beautiful, the cardboard case in which it comes is not...
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