Nihil

• Artist: KMFDM
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• Release Date: April 04, 1995
• Total Time: 46:20
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

KMFDM's seventh album, Nihil, finds the band sitting comfortably in the groove it started with 1990s Naïve. At this point, the German outfit has become an industrial musical collective, with various contributing vocalists and musicians coming in and out of the fold, while the nerve center of the group continues to be founders En Esch and Sasha Konietzko. Additionally, the group's ingenious marketing/merchandising skills (using the bold-faced KMFDM logo, idealistic sloganeering, and appropriately simplistic comic book artwork of Brute) have given the band a powerful, iconic image. The anthemic "Juke Joint Jezebel," with its disco-diva vocals (courtesy of Jennifer Ginsberg), remains the band's biggest "hit" to date; it is an enduring and indispensable dancefloor favorite at goth/industrial clubs around the world. Other high points include the politically charged "Terror" and "Disobedience." Throughout the album, there is a core of intelligence which lifts KMFDM above many of their contemporaries. Significant contributions by growling vocalist Raymond Watts and super-tight guitarist Gunter Shulz add new colors to the KMFDM palette, and the overall production skills on Nihil are state of the art. While industrial music has a reputation for being abrasive, KMFDM's sound is actually quite polished and tight, with any real "noise" expertly airbrushed out of the mix. Which doesn't diminish the impact of the material; it merely streamlines the band's attack. ~ Andy Hinds, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Ultra	Sascha Konietzko, Chris Shepard, En Esch, Raymond Watts, Günter Schulz, Mark Durante	KMFDM	(4:33)
Juke Joint Jezebel	Günter Schulz, Raymond Watts, En Esch, Sascha Konietzko	KMFDM	(5:40)
Flesh	Raymond Watts, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz, En Esch	KMFDM	(5:01)
Beast	Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz	KMFDM	(5:06)
Terror	Sascha Konietzko, Mark Durante, En Esch, Günter Schulz, Raymond Watts, Chris Shepard	KMFDM	(4:49)
Search and Destroy	Günter Schulz, Sascha Konietzko, En Esch	KMFDM	(3:26)
Disobedience	Raymond Watts, En Esch, Chris Shepard, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz, Mark Durante	KMFDM	(4:42)
Revolution	Günter Schulz, Sascha Konietzko, En Esch	KMFDM	(4:26)
Brute	Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz, Raymond Watts, En Esch	KMFDM	(4:25)
Trust	Günter Schulz, Sascha Konietzko	KMFDM	(6:48)

Credits

Jeff Olson (Trumpet), Dorona Alberti (Vocals (Background)), Raymond Watts (Drum Programming), En Esch (Guitar), Sascha Konietzko (Sampling), KMFDM (Producer), Sascha Konietzko (Programming), Günter Schulz (Arranger), KMFDM (Mixing), Günter Schulz (Programming), Chris Shepard (Mixing), Sascha Konietzko (Pre-Production), Sascha Konietzko (Arranger), En Esch (Cymbals), Raymond Watts (Vocals (Background)), Sascha Konietzko (Producer), Chris Shepard (Producer), Günter Schulz (Choir, Chorus), Günter Schulz (Tracking), En Esch (Vocals (Background)), Sam Hofstedt (Assistant Engineer), Chris Zander (Type), Sascha Konietzko (Mixing), Mark Durante (Guitar (Steel)), Günter Schulz (Bass), Günter Schulz (Guitar), En Esch (Hi Hat), Raymond Watts (Vocals), En Esch (Drums), Sascha Konietzko (Tracking), Günter Schulz (Pre-Production), En Esch (Choir, Chorus), Sascha Konietzko (Sequencing), Jennifer Ginsberg (Vocals (Background)), Francesca Sundsten (Artwork), Günter Schulz (Sampling), Sascha Konietzko (Post Production), Chris Shepard (Engineer), Raymond Watts (Bass), Günter Schulz (Sequencing), En Esch (Harmonica)

• Genres: Rock
• Representative Albums: "Nonexistence

Biography

Nihil is a three-piece band -- Scott Crowley on vocals and programming, Vanessa Urso on keyboards and Tony Richey on bass -- whose sound could be compared to many of the bands they've toured with: the Electric Hellfire Club, Godflesh, Cubanate, and other electro-rock outfits. Crowley founded the band himself, in his hometown of Phoenix, AZ, back in 1994. After assembling the band, the group hooked up with producer Neil Kernon (who has worked with David Bowie, Queensryche, and labelmates the Clay People), who promptly signed him to his Auslander label (part of Slipdisc/Mercury). Many accolades preceded their major label debut, such as Best Industrial Band in 1997 and 1998 at the New Times Music Awards, among others. Their full-length debut, Drown, was finally released in early 1998. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

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