Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.
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| Studio album by Einstürzende Neubauten | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | January–August 1983 | |||
| Genre | Length = 53:40 | |||
| Label | Some Bizzare Records | |||
| Producer | Einstürzende Neubauten | |||
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Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. (or Drawings of Patient O. T.) is the second studio album by the Berlin-based musical group Einstürzende Neubauten. Some Bizzare Records released the album in 1983 (see 1983 in music). In the United States, PVC/Jem Records released the album in 1984 as Drawings of O. T.
The title refers to artist Oswald Tschirtner, an institutionalized schizophrenic who earned attention for his art. The original vinyl release of Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. is Rough Trade Records #RTD 18 and Some Bizzare Records #SBVART 2.
The album shows a wider variety of moods and sounds than the group's first album, Kollaps. Einstürzende Neubauten is famous for banging, scraping, plucking, or otherwise wringing sounds from any resonant object. While such metallic clatter pervades the album, the group also uses techniques such as found sounds (telephone conversations, the Hamburg fish market) and (pre-digital) sampling (a sample of an Armenian song, "Toun en kelkhen imastoun yes," is used in "Armenia"). Bass guitar is relatively prominent, though generally played in a minimal style (and perhaps contributing more toward sonic texture rather than forming a rhythmic or harmonic foundation). Trouser Press critic David Sheridan pointed out the group's drift towards conventionality, writing, "the title track even has a chord progression!" (his emphasis).
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