Silence Is Sexy is the eighth full length studio album from the German experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

 band Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...

 and was released in 2000. It is often considered one of the band's major works.

Track listing

1. “Sabrina” (4:39)
2. “Silence Is sexy” (7:00)
3. “In circles” (2:30)
4. “Newtons Gravitätlichkeit” (2:01)
5. “Zampano” (5:40)
6. “Heaven Is of Honey” (3:54)
7. “Beauty” (1:59)
8. “Die Befindlichkeit des Landes” (5:43)
9. “Sonnenbarke” (7:49)
10. “Musentango” (2:13)
11. “Alles (Ein Stück im alten Stil)” (4:43)
12. “Redukt” (10:17)
13. “Dingsaller” (5:46)
14. “Total Eclipse of the Sun” (3:52)

All the non-German releases replace “Anrufe in Abwesenheit” with “Total Eclipse of the Sun”. A limited edition of the album included a bonus disc featuring the 18 minute-long “Pelikanol

Pelikanol

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Credits

• Jochen Arbeit
  Jochen Arbeit
  Jochen Arbeit is a German guitarist. He is a member of the band Einstürzende Neubauten and was a long-time-member of Die Haut , which also included Einstürzende Neubauten percussionist Rudi Moser and Thomas Wydler, drummer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.Since 2008 he is also working with Gerd...
  
  
• Blixa Bargeld
  Blixa Bargeld
  Blixa Bargeld is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in a number of artistic fields...
  
  
• Alexander Hacke
  Alexander Hacke
  Alexander Hacke is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany....
  
  
• Rudolph Moser
  Rudi Moser
  Rudi Moser is the drummer for Einstürzende Neubauten as well as the latest incarnation of Die Haut, which also includes EN guitarist Jochen Arbeit....
  
  
• N.U. Unruh
  N.U. Unruh
  N. U. Unruh is a German musician, experimental percussionist and instruments inventor, probably best known for his work with German music group Einstürzende Neubauten.-Biography:...