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There's little that the dreamy, new age intro vibes to Schiller's "Zeitgeist" LP can do to take the edge off of the über-German spoken word bits that hover atop of them. It's just not a pretty language, and the only reason that Western ears bought it from mega-synth legends Kraftwerk was because the cold steel timbre of those voices meshed so well with the perceived notion of machine-speak. Those uncomfortable interruptions aside, the Schiller duo of Mirko von Schlieffen and Christopher von Deylen do a fair job dabbling in the hypnotic organica style of Enigma. When the beats are finally dropped (on "Liebesschmerz" or "Lover's Pain," for instance), however, the most the duo manage to pull off is a pale and less dramatic approximation of Bedrock's "Heaven Scent." Taking their name from the German poet Friedrich Schiller, the lyrics translated for the sleeve read like pedestrian, high-school fare ("Love is like a fever/it overcomes us and disappears"). While most of the tracks here are passably produced and logically thought through, the resulting material is far too bloodless to spend much time poring over.
© Joe Silva /TiVo
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Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist - Franziska Pigulla, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Oliver Rohrbeck, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist - Benjamin Volz, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Hans Paetsch, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist - Benjamin Volz, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Oliver Rohrbeck, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist - Benjamin Volz, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist - Franziska Pigulla, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Hans Paetsch, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist - Benjamin Volz, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Oliver Rohrbeck, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusiv license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Oliver Rohrbeck, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusive license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist - Franziska Pigulla, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusive license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mirko von Schlieffen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christopher von Deylen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Schiller, MainArtist - Franziska Pigulla, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH, Under exclusive license to Polydor Island Group, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
There's little that the dreamy, new age intro vibes to Schiller's "Zeitgeist" LP can do to take the edge off of the über-German spoken word bits that hover atop of them. It's just not a pretty language, and the only reason that Western ears bought it from mega-synth legends Kraftwerk was because the cold steel timbre of those voices meshed so well with the perceived notion of machine-speak. Those uncomfortable interruptions aside, the Schiller duo of Mirko von Schlieffen and Christopher von Deylen do a fair job dabbling in the hypnotic organica style of Enigma. When the beats are finally dropped (on "Liebesschmerz" or "Lover's Pain," for instance), however, the most the duo manage to pull off is a pale and less dramatic approximation of Bedrock's "Heaven Scent." Taking their name from the German poet Friedrich Schiller, the lyrics translated for the sleeve read like pedestrian, high-school fare ("Love is like a fever/it overcomes us and disappears"). While most of the tracks here are passably produced and logically thought through, the resulting material is far too bloodless to spend much time poring over.
© Joe Silva /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:50
- Main artists: Schiller
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sleepingroom Musik
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH ℗ 1999 Sleepingroom Musik GmbH
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