Today it’s been 38 years since Electronic Body Music ensemble NITZER EBB released their equal legendary debut album That Total Age (11 May 1987) on Mute Records. It was produced by Phil Harding. That Total Age was preceded by the singles Murderous (November 1986) and Let Your Body Learn (April 1987) while the third and final single to be taken from this album, Join in the Chant, followed in August the same year. The latter single would probably become one of the band's most known musical anthems and reached position 9 on the US Dance Charts of 1987.

That Total Age is considered to be one of the most important and influential Industrial / Electro / Electronic Body Music albums until this day.

The symbols on the cover of the album stand for "Force is Machine", "Visions of Order", and "Muscle and Hate".

That Total Age was released in many various versions like single 12” LP, double 12”, cassette album and CD.

That Total Age (LP) Mute Stumm 45 (UK)

1. "Fitness to Purpose" 5:00
2. "Warsaw Ghetto" 3:47
3. "Violent Playground" 3:46
4. "Murderous" 5:40
5. "Smear Body" 5:40
6. "Join in the Chant" 6:05
7. "Alarm" 3:41
8. "Let Your Body Learn" 2:48
9. "Let Beauty Loose" 2:24
10. "Into the Large Air" 4:13

That Total Age (CD) Mute Stumm 45

1. "Fitness to Purpose" 5:03
2. "Violent Playground" 3:49
3. "Murderous" 5:43
4. "Smear Body" 5:49
5. "Join in the Chant" 6:05
6. "Alarm" 3:41
7. "Let Your Body Learn" 2:48
8. "Let Beauty Loose" 2:24
9. "Into the Large Air" 4:13
10. "Join in the Chant" (Metal Mix) 5:16
11. "Fitness to Purpose" (Mix Two) 4:56
12. "Murderous" (Instrumental) 5:04

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45 years ago, producer/fan/friend Ric Ocasek (The Cars) brought SUICIDE: ALAN VEGA · MARTIN REV to ZE Records to record "The Second Album" (May 1980).

Suicide was always about life:

Nightlife decadence with “Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne”… “Mr. Ray” who was the arresting officer - Detective Inspector Ray - when Alan & Marty got caught up in a raid on The Clash & Suicide's hotel in Blackburn on that infamous Clash On Parole Tour (1978)… street drama in “Harlem” and a sweet sexy lady “Shadazz” that came from outta the skies.

During the recording January 1980 at Power Station Studios, NYC, Alan Vega and Martin Rev received a surprise visit by Bruce Springsteen. A quarter of a century later The Boss would cover “Dream Baby Dream”, the single Suicide recorded with Ric Ocasek a year prior to the album’s release.

Listen for yourself why SUICIDE: ALAN VEGA · MARTIN REV is no “Fast Money Music” and just as essential as its predecessor. “Dance”-Dance-Dance. All night long.

Martin Rev and Alan Vega of Suicide working with Ric Ocasek of The Cars on their second record at the Power Station in New York City on January 12th, 1980. (Photo by Ebet Roberts)

The 1999 re-issue on Blast First/Mute contains The Second Album plus 3 bonus tracks: “Super Subway Comedian” and the “Dream Baby Dream”/“Radiation” single. Also included is a bonus disc with The First Rehearsal Tapes, recorded by Suicide at Museum - Project for Living Artists, NYC 1975.

Martin Rev and Alan Vega - Suicide (Original tracklist)

Side A
01. Diamonds, Fur Coat, Chanpagne
02. Mr Ray (to howard t.)
03. Sweetheart
04. Fast Money Music
05. Touch Me

Side B
01. Harlem
02. Be Bop Kid
03. Las Vegas Man
04. Shadazz
05. Dance

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Alan Vega and Martin Rev / Suicide performing 'Harlem' from their Second Album on 1 August 1980, at Dancetaria, New York City, US. Filmed by Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong as part of their weekly Nightclubbing program. (https://www.gonightclubbing.com/)

Suicide - Mr. Ray (Fan video)

Suicide - Shadazz (Fan video)

This month it’s been 47 years since Kraftwerk released Die Roboter (The Robots), the first single which was taken from their iconic album Die Mensch-Machine (The Man-Machine) album (May 1978).

The original 7” single releases contained Die Roboter (The Robots) on at the A-side and Spacelab on the B-side. Both were shorter (radio) edits as they would appear on the album. The single was released with German sung version of Die Roboter, as well as an English sung version on the A-side. Both featured the English sung Spacelab on the B-side.

The lyrics reference to the at that time revolutionary technique of programming robots and how they can act as slaves for the human race.

The Russian words "Я твой слуга" (Ya tvoy slugá, " mean “I am your servant") and "Я твой работник" (Ya tvoy rabótnik, "I am your worker”).

When the song is performed live, the band is nowhere to be seen onstage but is replaced by legless robotic copies bearing recabling faces of all members.

In 1991, a re-recorded and re-arranged version of the song was issued as a single from the band's album The Mix.

Die Roboter - 7”
A. Die Roboter 4:20
B. Spacelab 3:34

Die Roboter - Lyrics

Ja tvoi sluga
Ja tvoi rabotnik
Jetzt sind wir voller Energie
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir funktionieren automatik
Jetzt wollen wir tanzen mechanik
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Ja tvoi sluga
Ja tvoi rabotnik
Ja tvoi sluga
Ja tvoi rabotnik
Wir sind auf alles programmiert
Und was du willst wird ausgeführt
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir laden unsere Batterie
Jetzt sind wir voller Energie
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter

Ja tvoi sluga
Ja tvoi rabotnik
Ja tvoi sluga
Ja tvoi rabotnik

Wir sind auf alles programmiert
Und was du willst wird ausgeführt
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir funktionieren automatik
Jetzt wollen wir tanzen mechanik
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter
Wir sind die Roboter

Songwriters: Ralf Hütter / Florian Schneider-Esleben / Karl Bartos
© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

Chart peak postions (1978)
18 German Singles Chart
39 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

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Disorder is one of the two EPs released in 1988 on Third Mind/Wax Trax by Canadian electro-industrial band Front Line Assembly. Originally it was available on vinyl only but later Disorder was released together with the other ’88 EP Corrosion as a CD album called Convergence (1988) and 1995 repackaged with additional tracks as Corroded Disorder.

At the time of recording Front Line Assembly was Bill Leeb and Michael Balch, while Dave Ogilvie was their engineer/producer.

Disorder (12" - WAX 041 / TMLP 24)

A1. Body Count
A2. Obsession
A3. Aggression
B1. Lurid Sensation
B2. Die-Sect
B3. The Wrack

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[WITH_TEETH] was released on 3rd May 2005 by Nothing Records / Interscope Records. It was the fourth studio album produced by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and long-time collaborator Alan Moulder. Reznor recorded the album at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, the last release he recorded at the location before permanently relocating to Los Angeles. Former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl contributed drums and live percussion on seven of the album's tracks.

After the band's critically acclaimed double album The Fragile (1999) and following tour Trent Reznor returned to New Orleans. During this time, Reznor became increasingly addicted to alcohol and drugs, resulting in depression and writer's block. After Reznor decided to go to rehab, he began work on the new album. In line with some of NIN’s previous material, the record features notably introspective songwriting, influenced by Reznor's battle with and recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. It’s audible that Reznor was also heavily inspired by the use of more analog electronic effects and instruments, specifically tape delay and modular synthesizers

The album generated three singles, The Hand That Feeds, Only and Every Day Is Exactly the Same.

Upon release, [WITH_TEETH] was well-received by critics, albeit less than their previous work.

[WITH_TEETH] became NIN’s second album to reach number one in the US, and was eventually certified as a golden record.

The album was released as a standard CD, double vinyl, a DualDisc and a CD/DVD combo. In addition to 5.1 surround and stereo mixes of the songs, the DualDisc (and DVD) contain the video for The Hand That Feeds, an interactive discography and a slide show of album artwork

In June 2015, an instrumental version of the album was released to Apple Music.

[WITH_TEETH] debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 272,000 copies in its first week. The album has been certified gold in the United States and the United Kingdom and platinum in Canada.

[WITH_TEETH] (HALO 19 - CD-Digipak)

1.	All the Love in the World	5:15
2.	You Know What You Are?	3:42
3.	The Collector	3:08
4.	The Hand That Feeds	3:32
5.	Love Is Not Enough	3:41
6.	Every Day Is Exactly the Same	4:55
7.	With Teeth	5:38
8.	Only	4:23
9.	Getting Smaller	3:35
10.	Sunspots	4:03
11.	The Line Begins to Blur	3:44
12.	Beside You in Time	5:25
13.	Right Where It Belongs	5:04

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Videos of the title track [WITH_TEETH] seem hard to find, still we found some blurry but good sounding fan-filmed/made live versions, check them below!