is an EP by Swans

Swans (band)

Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...

, released in 1996 only in Germany. It contains early, German-language versions of two songs on the then unreleased Soundtracks for the Blind

Soundtracks for the Blind

Soundtracks for the Blind is the eleventh studio album by Swans, and the final for fourteen years, until 2010's My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky. It was released as a double-CD in 1996...

album, two studio outtakes ("Surrogate Drones" which will also appear later on Soundtracks for the Blind, and "You Know Everything (reprise 1991)" recorded for White Light From the Mouth of Infinity

White Light from the Mouth of Infinity

White Light from the Mouth of Infinity is a studio album by Swans. It was released in 1991. The album is now out of print and has not been reissued by Young God Records, although all but two of the songs appear on the compilation Various Failures...

and already released on the "Celebrity Lifestyle

Celebrity Lifestyle

Celebrity Lifestyle is a 1994 EP by the New York No Wave band Swans. It is taken from their album The Great Annihilator.-Track listing:# "Celebrity Lifestyle"-5:05# "Mother/Father"-7:07# "You Know Everything "-7:16-External links:*...

" CD single), a radio performance excerpt from the VPRO session on December 14, 1994, and two live songs from the Astoria

London Astoria

The London Astoria was a music venue, located at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. It had been leased and run by Festival Republic since 2000. It was closed on 15 January 2009 and has since been demolished...

, London

London

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, 1995.

Track listing

1. "Ligeti's
   György Ligeti
   György Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...
   
    Breath / Hilflos Kind" – 21:35
2. "Ich sehe die Alle in einer Reihe" – 4:40
3. "Surrogate Drones" – 2:57
4. "YRP (Live in London)"- 8:39
5. "You Know Everything (reprise 1991)" – 4:17
6. "M/F (acoustic live at VPRO, December 14, 1994)" – 3:45
7. "Soundsection (Live in London)" – 8:00

Note: During the session at VPRO also the songs "I See Them All Lined Up", "My Buried Child" (which appears on the "I Am the Sun

I Am the Sun

I Am the Sun is a 1997 live single by the New York No Wave band Swans. It contains live versions of two songs from their 1995 album The Great Annihilator.-Track listing:# "I Am the Sun"...

" 7") and "She Lives!" were recorded all acoustic.

External links

• Swans official website - Die Tür ist zu