Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.

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, and it was distributed in Germany by Rough Trade Deutschland. In the United States, PVC/Jem Records released the album in 1984 as Drawings of O. T.^[2]

Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.
Studio album by Einstürzende Neubauten
Released	21 November 1983
Recorded	January–August 1983
Genre	Industrial experimental
Length	40:34 (LP) 60:00 (Cass/CD)
Label	Some Bizzare
Producer	Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten chronology
Kollaps (1981) Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. (1983) Halber Mensch (1985)

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AllMusic	[1]

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.

Overview

The album shows a wider variety of moods and sounds than did the group's first album, Kollaps.^[1][3] Einstürzende Neubauten is famous for banging, scraping, plucking or otherwise wringing sounds from resonant objects.^[3] 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; for example, a sample of the 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 toward conventionality, writing that "the title track even has a chord progression!"^[3]

"Armenia" was later used in the soundtrack of Michael Mann's 1995 film Heat and his 1999 film The Insider.

Track listing

1. "Vanadium-I-Ching" – 4:54
2. "Hospitalistische Kinder / Engel der Vernichtung" (Hospitalized Children/Angel of Destruction) – 5:09
3. "Abfackeln!" (Flare Off!) – 3:32
4. "Neun Arme" (Nine Arms) – 2:34
5. "Herde" (Herds) – 1:24
6. "Merle (Die Elektrik)" (Merle (Electricity)) – 2:20
7. "Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T." (Drawings of Patient O.T.) – 3:23
8. "Finger und Zähne" (Fingers and Teeth) – 0:09
9. "Falschgeld" (Counterfeit Money) – 2:42
10. "Styropor" (Polystyrene) – 2:24
11. "Armenia" – 4:57
12. "Die Genaue Zeit" (The Exact Time) – 7:06

Additional tracks

Some configurations (various cassette and compact disc versions) append one or more of the following tracks:

13. "Der Herrscher und der Sieger" (The Ruler and the Winner) – 3:32 (live recording)
14. "Affenroulette" (Ape Roulette)– 2:59 (live recording)
15. "Durstiges Tier" (Thirsty Animal) – 6:28 (1982 single)
16. "DNS-Wasserturm" (DNA-Watertower) – 6:27

The American vinyl release in 1984 included an EP comprising all four of these tracks.

Personnel

Einstürzende Neubauten

• Blixa Bargeld – lead vocals, guitars, misc.
• Mark Chung – bass, backing vocals, misc.
• N.U. Unruh – percussion, backing vocals, misc.
• F.M. Einheit – percussion, backing vocals, misc.
• Alexander Hacke – tapes, percussion, "thirsty animal", misc.

Technical

• Jon Caffery – engineer
• Beate Bartel – bass on "Falschgeld"