介绍： Die Vögel Europas – Short Stories
Label:z.o.o. – Z.O.O. 6-1
Helmut Neugebauer: flutes, saxes, samples of 'homemades' & voices, tapes, computer programming (1-11), special flute effects + Lexicon LXP 5 programming (3, 11), alto sax effect solo (10), sytophone-midisax (10), feedback solo (9)
Elliot Sharp: dou...

介绍： Die Vögel Europas – Short Stories
Label:z.o.o. – Z.O.O. 6-1
Helmut Neugebauer: flutes, saxes, samples of 'homemades' & voices, tapes, computer programming (1-11), special flute effects + Lexicon LXP 5 programming (3, 11), alto sax effect solo (10), sytophone-midisax (10), feedback solo (9)
Elliot Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass (4, 9), guitar solo (4), 'slab' samples (1-4, 6-11)
Burkhard Stangl: guitar (1, 9, 11), prepared guitar (11)
Momo Rossel: guitar (2, 6)
Armin Pokorn: guitar, tape (5)
Michael Moser: cello (7)
Martin Stepanik: keyboards (5)
Markus Zeiner: additional computer programming (3)
Andre Dede Schenk: bass (1-3, 6-8, 10)
Roland Punzenberger: drums (4, 5, 9), octapad (5)
Daniel Spahni: drums (1-3, 6-8, 10), octapad (3), preacher tape (7), touch magnetic north
01. Sharpskaz (3'54)
02. Queentoilets (2'51)
03. Osmotic (6'11)
04. Mit ohne (4'58)
05. Autospace (1'16)
06. And then (3'09)
07. White Hell (5'25)
08. Polka (1'07)
09. Decagon (3'06)
10. Rila (4'01)
11. Never Wrong (4'40)
total time: 40'38
Composed by Helmut Neugebauer, exc. 4 by Helmut Neugebauer + Elliot Sharp, 10 composed by Helmut Neugebauer by use of Bulgarian traditionals.
Produced by Helmut Neugebauer
Recorded and mixed by:
Thomas Lang (1, 4, 7, 9) and Rudi Mille (5) at Artis Tonstudio, Vienna, Austria, 1992-93;
Momo Rossel (2, 3, 6, 8, 10) at Studio des Usines, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1993;
Chrono Popp (11) at Audiorama Tonatelier, Vienna, Austria, 1993.
Artwork by Dirk Rudolph.
"This is the avant rock and skronk record to beat in Euro-land. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and electronic manipulator Helmut Neugebauer could have made this entire recording himself with all he plays, but employed a host of other musicians to help him fill in the gaps of this unclassifiably fine album. Guitarists Burkhard Stangl and Elliot Sharp and Momo Rossel and Armin Pokorn each help out on a few cuts, as well as cellist Michael Moser and bassist Andre Dede Shenk and drummers Daniel Spahn and Roland Punzeberger.
Recorded and mixed by Thomas Lang, the music on this album could be envisioned if one were to consider Tuxedomoon, Yello, Faust, Front Line Assembly, Meat Beat Manifesto, XTC, Jethro Tull, and the Lounge Lizards playing together in the same room trying to come up with hit singles. No, I'm not kidding. One listen to "Ozmotic" - with its dueling saxophones, industrial computer programming, catchy riff, and striated textural weirdness - is enough to convince.
The bottom line is this: This is one of the most original recordings to come out of the postmortem new wave/no wave and free jazz scenes as well as the electronic underground in 20 years. It's a classic and deserves to be heard by everybody."
(Thom Yurek, allmusic)