Album

Leichenschrei

SPK

1982 · Electronic

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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Leichenschrei by SPK

Leichenschrei is an Electronic album by SPK, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 17 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Genetic Transmission3:17
  2. 2Post-Mortem2:24
  3. 3Desolation1:18
  4. 4Napalm (Terminal Patient)2:39
  5. 5Cry From the Sanatorium2:26
  6. 6Baby Blue Eyes2:38
  7. 7Israel2:46
  8. 8Internal Bleeding1:46
  9. 9Chamber Music3:27
  10. 10Despair4:46
  11. 11The Agony of the Plasma3:04
  12. 12Day of Pigs4:18
  13. 13Wars of Islam4:33
  14. 14Maladia Europa (The European Sickness)3:50

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Industrial
  • layered
  • intense
  • cerebral

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Original release of the LP, credited to SPK rather than Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv like the subsequent issues.
Full text on the front of the sleeve is:
Epileptoid Impulsives
Hysteroids
SPK
Leichenschrei
The tracklist didn't appear on this version and was specified only on later reprints.
Side A ends in a locked groove.
Cover photograph from video by Stephen Jones of SPK, Brikkwerz performance, Sydney, Australia, 6 March 1982.
Recorded at SPK/Side Effekts studio, Oct 81-Mar 82.
Mixed

Credits

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Performers

  • Brett GuerimVOCALS
  • James PinkerDRUMS, ELECTRONIC DRUMS , PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION , PERCUSSION
  • Karel Van BergenVIOLIN, VOCALS
  • LustmordVOCALS
  • Margaret HillVOCALS
  • Neil HillSYNTH , ELECTRONICS , TAPE SYNTH, ELECTRONICS , TAPE SYNTHESIZER, ELECTRONICS , TAPE, EFFECTS , VOCALS
  • OblivionSYNTH , ELECTRONICS , TAPE , SHENAI, PERCUSSION , PERFORMER SYNTH , ELECTRONICS , TAPE , PERCUSSION , PERCUSSION , VOCALS , SHENAI, ELECTRONIC DRUMS , ELECTRONICS , PERCUSSION SYNTH , ELECTRONICS , TAPE , VOCALS , SHENAI, PERCUSSION , OTHER , PERCUSSION
  • Paul CharlierBASS
  • Peter KennardGUITAR, BASS
  • RoseVOCALS
  • Sinan LeongVOCALS , PHOTOGRAPHY BY VOCALS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY

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