Artist: Nitzer Ebb
Genre(s):
Electronic
Other
Pop: Pop-Rock
Industrial
Alternative
Discography:
Body of work (cd2)
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
Body of work (cd1)
Year: 2006
Tracks: 19
Rhythm Control
Year: 1998
Tracks: 18
Big Hit
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Ebbhead
Year: 1991
Tracks: 9
Belief
Year: 1989
Tracks: 12
So Bright, So Strong
Year: 1988
Tracks: 11
That Total Age
Year: 1987
Tracks: 12
Before the majority of industrial acts of the Apostles added guitars and became the heavy metallic element of the 1990s, Nitzer Ebb produced hard-hitting electronic music with the Teutonic bent and harsh bound of early industrial medicine, plus the vocal chanting and beat-heavy flavour of the late-'80s alternate and Balearic dancing scene. Formed in Chelmsford, Essex, in 1982 by singer Douglas McCarthy, drummer Bon Harris, and keyboard player David Gooday, the group began experimenting with synthesizers and drum pads, fusing their affinity for dark boor and punk rock with the rising technology. After several popular shows around London during 1984, PWL manufacturer Phil Harding began working with Nitzer Ebb and recorded their first single, "Isn't It Funny How Your Body Works," which appeared on the band's Power of Voice Communications label in 1985. Three more singles followed during 1985-1986 before Nitzer Ebb signed to Mute in late 1986; the first Mute recordings were the singles "Homicidal" and "Let Your Body Learn" in early 1987, precisely before the release of their debut record album, That Total Age. After the individual "Join in the Chant" was remixed by manufacturer Flood (Nick Cave, Erasure), it became one of the crucial tracks in the growing alternative/Balearic dance picture, played out alongside Chicago business firm, Detroit techno, and Northern soul.
After the liberation of That Total Age, Nitzer Ebb toured Europe with Depeche Mode, and the pop sensibilities appeared to breathe in them. By the time of their irregular album, Belief, Gooday had disappeared (to be replaced by Julian Beeston) and Flood had taken all over the producer's function from Harding, nudging Nitzer Ebb finisher to the dancefloor and shearing away the militaristic knack of a great deal of their in the beginning recordings. Singles like "Hearts and Minds," "Shame," and "Lightning Man" were loaded with the cold aggression of earlier recordings, working well on dancefloors as good as college radio stations of the Cross; the 1990 single "Play to Be Had" fifty-fifty reached number two on the dancing charts. The next year's Ebbhead farther amalgamate their position with alternative audiences, with at least two well-known singles, "I Give to You" and "Lord." As a whole, though, the album showed Nitzer Ebb a minute confused as to where industrial music was departure. Nitzer Ebb almost disappeared from active music-making for the next quartet years, eventually reappearing in 1995 with their fifth album, Adult Hit. The compiling Soundbox of Work 1984-1997 appeared in 2006 and was immediately followed by coiffe of new remixes titled Body Rework.
