Nitzer Ebb are supporting Depeche Mode for their forthcoming leg of their tour in Jan/Feb. Fot this we are making avaialable the 2 compilation releases on MUTE – a best of and a remix album together in a slipcase.
Formed in Chelmsford when main protagonists Douglas McCarthy (vocals) and Bon Harris (drums, programming) were just 15, Nitzer Ebb cut a dynamic swathe through the industrial music and Balaeric beat scenes of the 1980s and 90s. They were electro-punks before the genre even existed, at a time when The Prodigy were not even a gleam in fellow Essex boy Liam Howlett’s eye.
Militaristic, intimidating yet always accessible, Nitzer Ebb enjoyed a string of ferocious club hits and released five critically acclaimed albums on Mute. From their first-ever single, 1984’s ‚Isn’t It Funny How Your Body Works‘ through to their final 1995 single ‚I Thought‘, they were a band whose honed aggression, originality and precision were impeccable.
Artists lined up to cite them as a major influence, or less honourably, simply exploiting the Ebb’s musical template for their own individual gain. Whilst such a situation may be a cause of great annoyance to most bands, the Ebb maintain a healthy level of stoicism. As they say, “That’s the problem with being ahead of the game – the pioneers get the arrows and the settlers get the land.”
Compilation (3CD)
Release Date: 25 Jan 2010
Label: Mute
Format: CD (three)
CD 1
1. Isn’t It Funny How Your Body Works (2006 Digital Remaster)
2. Warsaw Ghetto (2006 Digital Remaster)
3. Murderous (2006 Digital Remaster)
4. Let Your Body Learn (2006 Digital Remaster)
5. Join In The Chant (2006 Digital Remaster)
6. Control I’m Here (2006 Digital Remaster)
7. Hearts And Minds (2006 Digital Remaster)
8. Captivate (2006 Digital Remaster)
9. Shame (2006 Digital Remaster)
10. Lightning Man (2006 Digital Remaster)
11. Fun To Be Had (2006 Digital Remaster)
12. Getting Closer (2006 Digital Remaster)
13. Family Man (2006 Digital Remaster)
14. Come Alive (2006 Digital Remaster)
15. I Give To You (2006 Digital Remaster)
16. Godhead (2006 Digital Remaster)
17. Ascend (2006 Digital Remaster)
18. Kick It (2006 Digital Remaster)
19. I Thought (2006 Digital Remaster)
CD 2
1. Get Clean (2006 Digital Remaster)
2. Join In The Chant (Gold!) (2006 Digital Remaster)
3. Control I’m Here (Strategic Dancefloor Initiative Mix) (2006 Digital Remaster)
4. Hearts And Minds (Mix Hypersonic) (2006 Digital Remaster)
5. Shame (Mix Two) (2006 Digital Remaster)
6. Captivate (William Orbit Mix) (2006 Digital Remaster)
7. Backlash (William Orbit Mix) (2006 Digital Remaster)
8. Fun To Be Had (Long Mix) (2006 Digital Remaster)
9. Out Of Mind (Maitresse Mix) (2006 Digital Remaster)
10. Ascend (Remix) (2006 Digital Remaster)
11. Lakeside Drive (Remix) (2006 Digital Remaster)
12. Kick It (Popular Music Mix) (2006 Digital Remaster)
13. I Thought (Final Sin) (2006 Digital Remaster)
CD 3
1. Control I’m Control (I’m Here) (Dubfire’s Jamrock Remix)
2. Getting Closer (Black Strobe EBM Homage)
3. Join In The Chant (Xpress 2 Remix)
4. Lightning Man (Motor Remix)
5. Shame (Derrick May Remix)
6. Control (I’m Here) (The Hacker Remix 2006)
7. I Thought) (Robag’s Schikkuli Vocal Rework)
8. Murderous (Phil Kieran Remix)
9. Getting Closer (Black Strobe Moderne Remix)
10. Let Your Body Learn (Terence Fixmer Remix 2006)
11. Join In The Chant (Knarz Ist Machine) (Thomas P. Heckmann Remix)
Catalogue (5CD)
Release Date: 25 Jan 2010
Label: Mute
Format: CD (five box set)
CD 1
1. Reasons
2. Lakeside Drive
3. I Give To You
4. Sugar Sweet
5. Djvd
6. Time
7. Ascend
8. Godhead
9. Trigger Happy
10. Family Man – Remixed Version
CD 2
1. Getting Closer
2. Nobody Knows
3. One Man’s Burden
4. All Over
5. My Heart
6. Lightning Man
7. Rope
8. Hold On
9. Fun To Be Had
CD 3
1. Fitness To Purpose
2. Violent Playground
3. Murderous
4. Smear Body
5. Join The Chant
6. Alarm
7. Let Your Body Learn
8. Let Beauty Loose
9. Into The Large Air
10. Join In The Chant – Metal Mix
11. Fitness To Purpose – Mix Two
12. Murderous – Instrumental
CD 4
1. Hearts And Minds
2. For Fun
3. Control I’m Here
4. Captivate
5. TWA
6. Blood Money
7. Shame
8. Drive
9. Without Belief
10. K.I.A. – PK Mix
11. Control I’m Here – S.D.I. Mix
12. Without Belief – Instrumental
CD 5
1. Cherry Blossom
2. Hear Me Say
3. Kick It
4. I Thought
5. Floodwater
6. Border Talk
7. In Decline
8. Living Out Of A Bag
9. Boy
10. Our Own World
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