P.S.: Ja, genau der Italiener. Abends würde ich das Pinocchio in der Mönchengladbacher Str. vorziehen.

- Nachts ist der Parkplatz vorn Sendegebäude immer verwaist. Nur mein Toyota steht da.

- Man kann die Uhrzeit erkennen, und dass gerade Cd-Player Nr. 2 in Betrieb ist. Es läuft 3 Letters, Part 1.

Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld – “Mi Scusi” (video edit)
 
Musicians

Teho Teardo – baritone guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, rhodes piano, synths, piano, percussions, electronics, programming

Blixa Bargeld – voice, hammond organ, clavichord, electric slide guitar, water percussion, re-arrangements, glockenspiel

featuring:

Martina Bertoni – Cello

The Balanescu Quartet

Alexander Balanescu – violin

James Shenton – violin

Katie Wilkinson – viola

Nick Holland – cello

Elena De Stabile – violin

Elisabetta Pacini – italian accent voice

This is a quite unique collaboration, an unexpected one between the italian composer Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld, leader of Einstürzende Neubauten and former Bad Seeds. They first met 2009 during the realization of „Ingiuria“, a theatre pièce and right after that they collaborated on a song for a soundtrack, “A Quite Life”.
That song started the whole process of writing and producing an album together where songs and more experimental pieces could find a common ground.
The original use of strings: cello, violin, guitars, a full string quartet diverts the traditional perception of those classic instruments when they deal with electronics and the result is emotionally moving.
The album has been written and recorded between Berlin and Rome, it took nearly two years to be made, Teho and Blixa worked next to each other choosing carefully every sound, every word and silence.
There are 12 songs on Still Smiling, including a new version of A Quiet Life and a cover of Alone With The Moon by The Tiger Lilies.
Amongst collaborators there are The Balanescu Quartet and cellist Martina Bertoni.
Lyrics are visionary and are sung in english, german and italian, Blixa reveals a really personal and intimate side to the listener this time.
Still Smiling is an album whose special vision covers all the sky between Rome and Berlin, daytime and nocturnal.