Total Eclipse of the Sun

For the astronomical phenomenon, see Solar eclipse. For the newspaper boycott, see Hillsborough disaster and The Sun.

Total Eclipse of the Sun is a 1999 EP released by the German experimental/industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten.^[1][2] It was their first release recorded with their new line-up featuring Jochen Arbeit and Rudi Moser (formerly of Die Haut) and without FM Einheit (who had left during the sessions for their 1996 album Ende Neu); this has continued to be their line-up since.

Total Eclipse of the Sun
EP by Einstürzende Neubauten
Released	1999
Genre	Experimental music
Length	19:08
Label	Mute (UK), Our Choice (DE)

Track listing

1. "Total Eclipse of the Sun" - 3:52
2. "Sonnenbarke" (single version) - 8:14
3. "Helium" - 3:10
4. "Total Eclipse of the Sun" (alternate vocal version) - 3:52

Production

The EP was written and composed by Jochen Arbeit, Blixa Bargeld, Alexander Hacke, Rudi Moser, and N.U. Unruh. It was recorded at Conny's Studio, Köln-Wolperath April 1998 and at Schwedenstrasse studio, Berlin in 1999 by Boris Wilsdorf. It was mixed at Hansa studios, Berlin by Boris Wilsdorf in 1999.

Notes

The first track, "Total Eclipse of the Sun", replaces "Anrufe in Abwesenheit" in International (Non-German) copies of their 2000 album Silence Is Sexy.

The third track, "Helium is gravity", later appeared in their Strategies Against Architecture III collection.