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1959 born in Berlin. 1980 formation of the group "Einstürzende Neubauten", as lead vocalist. From 1984 to 2003, guitarist of "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds". Numerous concert-tours through Europe, North- and South America, Australia and Japan. Works as composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in almost any field of interpretative art.
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Chronological review (selection)
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| 2005 |
Tour  Rede / Speech" (voice performance). Linz, Lübeck, Avanto Festival Helsinki |
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"Waiting for the Barbarians" by J. M. Coetzee. Staging as director at the Salzburger Festival. |
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25th Anniversary of Einstürzende Neubauten; concert
tour through Europe.
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| 2004 |
"Grundstück" performance with Einstürzende Neubauten as organized by www.neubauten.org in Krems, Austria; Reggio Emilia, Italy; Palast der Republik, Berlin; Germany |
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"Hornbach"-TV Spots. (Outstanding award/Bronze lion at Cannes Advertising Festival. Agency: Heimat Berlin, Produktion: Hermann Vaske's Emotional Network, Frankfurt) |
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Concert tour with Einstürzende Neubauten: "Perpetuum Mobile"-Tour, Europe and North America. |
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| 2003 |
Tour "Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Music Biennale Zagreb, Athens, Catania, Turin, Geneva, Verona |
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"Akustische Abendunterhaltung". Solo-Performance in co-operation with Deutsches Theater, Berlin |
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| 2002 |
actor in "Baal" by Bertold Brecht, theatre play directed by Thomas Thieme, Nationaltheater Weimar |
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beginning of Einstürzende Neubauten Web Project www.neubauten.org |
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"serialbathroomdummyrun" Exhibition at Momenta Art Gallery, New York |
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tour with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Australia and North America |
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| 2001 |
"Kurt Weill - Stationen eines Künstlerlebens" , a film by Sven Düfer. Musical interpretation of the "Bilbao-Songs" and interview. |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Gil Vicente Theatre, Coimbra |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Hard Club, Porto |
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"Execution of Precious Memories" in Cracow, in co-operation with the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes and the Stary Teatr |
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tour with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Europe |
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actor in "Rosa Melonen Schnitt Freude" by Gertrude Stein, theatreplay directed by Brigitta Linde, different theatres in Germany and Austria. Music by Blixa Bargeld and Oliver Augst |
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actor in "Fleisch wucherte rum", performance based on text by Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, theatreplay directed by Elettra de Salvo, different theatres in Germany. Music by Blixa Bargeld and Oliver Augst |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Fondation Cartier, Paris |
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actor in "Elementarteilchen", audioplay adapted from Michael Houellebecq's book by Leonhard Koppelmann for WDR. Music by Blixa Bargeld and Jan Tilman Schade. As audiobook published by Audioverlag |
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| 2000 |
actor in "Rosa Melonen Schnitt Freude" by Gertrude Stein, theatreplay directed by Brigitta Linde, Frankfurt/Main. Music by Blixa Bargeld and Oliver Augst |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance), AudioArt Festival, Cracow |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Prague |
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actor in "Fleisch wucherte rum", performance based on text from Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, theatreplay directed by Elettra de Salvo, Rome. Music by Blixa Bargeld and Oliver Augst |
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tour Italy "Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Venice and Bologna |
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tour "Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Erlangen, Dortmund, Hildesheim |
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tour with the Einstürzende Neubauten (Europe and U.S.) |
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tour with the Tim Isfort Orchester (Germany) |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Voices Festival, Oldenburg |
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"serialbathroomdummyrun" Exhibition at Galerie&Kunsthandel Mirko Mayer, Köln |
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actor in "Kosmo Test", theaterplay directed by Harriet Böge & Peter Meining, Sophiensaele Berlin |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance) at deutsch amerikanisches Institut, Heidelberg |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance) at Hörspieltage, Freiburg |
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| 1999 |
"serialbathroomdummyrun" Exhibition at Galerie&Kunsthandel Mirko Mayer, Köln |
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"Execution of Precious Memories", Goethe Institut Yaoundé, Cameroun |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance) , tour (Munich, Halle, Amsterdam) |
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lyrics and vocals for "Ruhrknall Zünfonie", Performance of Kain Karawahn with Rolf Baumgart and Bastiaan Maris, Zeche Zollverein, Essen |
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Nick Cave &The Bad Seeds, concert at Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London |
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appearences as singer with the Tim Isfort Orchester (Germany) |
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Author of "233° Celsius. Ein Feuerbuch.", Konkursbuchverlag Claudia Gehrke |
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233° Celsius, exhibiton, Juliettes Literatursalon, Berlin |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance), Meltdown Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London |
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"Execution of Precious Memories", Meltdown Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London |
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"Philosophical Tournament" (verbal boxing match), Cubitt gallery, London |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance) at "Art is ego. Das Labyrinth" Zitadelle Petersberg, Erfurt |
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"serialbathroomdummyrun" partial showing at "Art is ego. Das Labyrinth", Zitadelle Petersberg, Erfurt |
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"serialbathroomdummyrun" exhibition at Galerie Kubinski, Berlin |
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actor in "Kosmo Test", theaterplay directed by Harriet Böge & Peter Meining, Hellerau |
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"Rede / Speech" (voice performance) at CELL in den Haag, Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Komed in Cologne, Jazzfestival Saalfelden |
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"The Execution of Precious Memories", Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi |
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tour with Einstürzende Neibauten, Brazil and Mexico |
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| 1998 |
"Rede / Speech" VII. 98(voice performance) , LOT Theater, Braunschweig |
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"Rede / Speech" VIII. 98 (voice performance) , de Nachten Festival, Antwerp |
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"serialbathroomdummyrun" Exhibition at La Station, Nice |
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Tourwith the Tim Isfort Orchester (Germany) |
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"serialbathroomdummyrun", Exhibition at Galerie Hoffmann & Senn, Wien |
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"Execution of Precious Memories" with Dror Feiler (Composition), Stockholm |
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"Temporäre CD-Brennerei", at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin |
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"Rede / Speech" Tour (Europe) |
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tour (Europe and Japan) |
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tour (U.S.) |
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Coauthor of "serialbathroomdummyrun", second bilingual edition, published by Juliettes Literatursalon, Berlin |
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Einstürzende Neubauten Tour (U.S.) |
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"serialbathroomdummyrun" partial showing at underexposed, Stockholm |
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| 1997 |
actor in "Sieben Feuer des Todes", a film by Carlo Rola, with Iris Berben, Hannes Jänicke and Ben Becker (full feature) - actor in "Die Totale Therapie" a film by Christian Frosch, with Ursula Orfner, Sophie Rois and Lars Rudolph (full feature, Austria) |
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"7000 Bücherfeuer" performance with Kain Karawahn, transmedia Berlin |
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tour (Europe) |
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author of "Headcleaner. text für Einstürzende Neubauten / text for collapsing new buildings", bookrelease, publisher Die Gestalten, Berlin |
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Einstürzende Neubauten Tour (Europe) |
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"Rede/Speech VI. / 97" (voice performance) Göttinger Literaturherbst |
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appearences as singer with Tim Isfort Orchester |
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"serialbathroomdummyrun" exhibition at Juliettes Literatursalon, Berlin |
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co-authtor of "serialbathroomdummyrun", catalogue, publisher Juliettes Literatursalon, Berlin |
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tour (Australia) |
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| 1996 |
author of the play "Heine Rückwärts", first night at Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, regie: Wolf Seesemann |
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"Rede/Speech V/96" (voice performance), Spoken Word Festival Brüssel |
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music for "Wie das Baden im Nichts ist", a video of Kain Karawahn, produced of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein |
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reading of parts of the novel "Flucht zu Pferd bis ans Ende der Stadt" by Bernard Marie Koltès, Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt Book-Fair |
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music together with Mick Harvey and Nick Cave for "To have and to hold" (one track here), director: John Hillcoat (full feature, Australia) - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds tour (Europe and Japan) |
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| 1995 |
"Rede/Speech V/95" (voice performance), Experimenta Frankfurt |
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"Rede/Speech III/95" (voice performance), Crossing Border Festival Den Haag |
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"The Execution of Precious Memories" in Tokyo and Osaka with Zbigniew Karkowski, in Buenos Aires solo with speakers |
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music for "Katarsis Ödipus" Teatret Dance Lab Kopenhagen, choreography: Anita Saij, with live music from Einstürzende Neubauten and Mieskuoro Huutajat |
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actor in "Der Mondin Glanz", a film by Harry Rag (short) |
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member of the selection committee of "Breaking Walls Award", Akademie der Künste Berlin |
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds tour (world) |
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| 1994 |
composer and actor in Bernhard Marie Koltès, <"Dumpfe Stimmen"a href="blixa-bargeld-en-media.html#audio">listen here, Akademie der Künste Berlin, regie: Gert Hof |
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lecturer at the Schule für Dichtung in Wien, own class, lecture on "Das Auge des Taifun" (see 1992) |
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concept and realisation of "The Execution of Precious Memories" in Berlin with Zbigniew Karkowski and speakers |
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composer and actor (Mephisto) for "Faust: Mein Brustkorb: Mein Helm" by Werner Schwab, Hans Otto Theater Potsdam, with Einstürzende Neubauten, regie: Thomas Thieme |
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composer for X-semble (Nico Richter de Vroe), a program with music by Satie, Duchamp, Cage and Bargeld, Marstall Theater München |
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singer for "Die Haut /Live - Sweat" a video by Rolf S. Wolkenstein |
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singer for "Die Haut, Live Sweat" tour (Europe) |
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds tour (Australia, Japan, Europe) |
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| 1993 |
speaker for "Radio Inferno", a radio play by Andreas Ammer and F.M. Einheit, Bayerischer Rundfunk |
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music for "Jahre der Kälte", a film by Uli M. Schüppel (full feature) |
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author and actor for "Realisten", Artgenossen Tanztheater, München |
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"Liebeslieder" Einstürzende Neubauten retrospektive 1980-1993, a TV |
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and videofilm, director: Klaus Maeck and Johanna Schenkel - music for "Video Opera", by Nam June Paik with Einstürzende Neubauten, Donaueschinger Musiktage |
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Einstürzende Neubauten concert at the "Zeitfluß Festival", Salzburger Festspiele |
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author, composer and actor for "Das Auge des Taifun", a cinema-and videofilm, director: Paulus Manker (full feature) - Einstürzende Neubauten tour (World) - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Big Day Out" tour (Australia) |
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| 1992 |
author, composer and actor for "Das Auge des Taifun", eschatological performance at 300 anniversary of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, conception by Erich Wonder, with Einstürzende Neubauten |
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speaker for "Dive Bombers", CD by Frieder Butzmann |
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actor in "Daddy Had A Red Devil", a film by Laurie Tomin (short) |
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"Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Paradiso", videofilm |
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singer for "Die Haut, Sweat" tour (Europe) |
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds tour (World) |
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| 1991 |
author and actor for "Realisten", Artgenossen Tanztheater München |
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producer and speaker for "Die Hamletmaschine", by Heiner Müller,with music by Einstürzende Neubauten, radio play, Stimme der DDR |
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music for "Wundbrand - Inneres Feuer", a video by Kain Karawahn |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour (World) |
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| 1990 |
music for "Die Perser", by Aischylos, Freie Volksbühne Berlin, regie: Christof Nell |
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actor in "Just visiting this planet", a film by Peter Sempel (full feature) |
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member of the panel "The exploding body", organized byf Vito Acconi for DIA |
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Center for the Arts NYC, with Zaha Hadid, Atom Egoyan and Blixa Bargeld |
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"Zehn Jahre Einstürzende Neubauten Konzert mit Freunden" ("Ten years Einstürzende Neubauten concert with friends")Berlin |
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"Zehn Jahre Einstürzende Neubauten" ("Ten years Einstürzende Neubauten") exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin and Art Space San Francisco |
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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds "The Good Son" tour (World) |
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| 1989 |
music for "Ghosts... Of The Civil Dead",together with Mick Harvey and Nick Cave, regie: John Hillcoat (full feature, Australia) |
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music with Einstürzende Neubauten for "Hamlet/Maschine", a play by Heiner Müller, regie: Heiner Müller, Deutsches Theater Berlin |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour including site-specific performances at De Nautikmuseum Amsterdam "MS Mercuur", and Turin (former Fiat plant) "FiatLingotto" |
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| 1988 |
parts of the music and and actor with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for "Der Himmel über Berlin", a film by Wim Wenders (full feature) |
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author of "Stimme frißt Feuer" book release, Merve Verlag Berlin |
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music with Einstürzende Neubauten for "Bildbeschreibung" a radio play by Heiner Müller, Stimme der DDR |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour (Europe) including a site-specific performance at Centro Per L'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato 1987 |
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live-music with Einstürzende Neubauten for "Andi", regie: Peter Zadek, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg |
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music with Einstürzende Neubauten for "Harmageddon", a ballet by Ulf Gadd, StoranTeater Göteborg |
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actor in "Dandy", a film by Peter Sempel (full feature) |
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actor in "Nihil oder alle Zeit der Welt", a film by Uli M. Schüppel (full feature) |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour including a site specific performance at "Skulptur Projekte Münster" 1986 |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour including site-specific performances at "Expo '86" Vancouver, in Iceland , and at Reichsparteitagsgelände Nürnberg , Goldener Saal |
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| 1985 |
"1/2 Mensch", a film by Sogo Ishii with Einstürzende Neubauten (full feature) |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour (World) |
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| 1984 |
actor in "Bad Blood For The Vampire", a film by Lisanne Tibodo (short) |
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"Concert for machinery and voice" Einstürzende Neubauten (site-specific performance), ICA London |
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"Auszug" (site-specific performance), Einstürzende Neubauten, Mojave desert |
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| 1983 |
parts of the music with Einstürzende Neubauten for "Decoder", a film by Muscha and Klaus Maeck (full feature) |
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| 1982 |
co-author of "Geniale Dilletanten", book release Merve Verlag Berlin (Wolfgang Müller ed.) |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour including specific performances at "Biennale" Paris and "Dokumenta" Kassel |
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| 1981 |
music and actor for "Kalt wie Eis" a film by Carl Schenkel (full feature) |
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"Die Berliner Krankheit", documentary of the first Einstürzende Neubauten tour in Germany, a video by Norbert Meisses and Klaus Maeck |
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organizer and musician of "Die Grosse Untergangsshow" Festival Geniale Dilletanten, Berlin |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour (World) |
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| 1980 |
first concert of Einstürzende Neubauten , April 1. in Berlin |
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Einstürzende Neubauten tour (Germany)
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