Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.


Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. is the second studio album by the Berlin-based musical group Einstürzende Neubauten. Some Bizzare Records released the album in 1983. 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.

Overview

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 and sampling. Bass guitar is relatively prominent, though generally played in a minimal style. Trouser Press critic David Sheridan pointed out the group's drift toward conventionality, writing, "the title track even has a chord progression!".
"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 – 5:09
  3. Abfackeln! – 3:32
  4. Neun Arme – 2:34
  5. Herde – 1:24
  6. Merle – 2:20
  7. Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T. – 3:23
  8. Finger Und Zähne – 0:17
  9. Falschgeld – 2:42
  10. Styropor - 2:24
  11. Armenia – 4:57
  12. Die Genaue Zeit – 7:06

    Additional tracks

Some configurations append one or more of the following tracks:
  2. Der Herrscher Und Der Sieger – 3:32
  3. Affenroulette – 2:59
  4. Durstiges Tier – 6:28
  5. DNS-Wasserturm – 6:27
The American vinyl release in 1984 included an EP comprising all four of these tracks.

Personnel

;Einstürzende Neubauten
;Technical