Fata Morgana (Nico's Last Concert)
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Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana is a live album documenting Nico
Nico
Nico was a German singer, lyricist, composer, musician, fashion model, and actress, who initially rose to fame as a Warhol Superstar in the 1960s...

's performance at a show called Fata Morgana - Wüstenklänge im Planetarium (Fata Morgana - Desert Sounds in the Planetarium), held on June 6, 1988 in West Berlin
West Berlin
West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...

 as part of the European Capital of Culture
European Capital of Culture
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 festival that year. The concert took place at the planetarium
Planetarium
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...

 of the Wilhelm-Foerster-Sternwarte
Berlin Observatory
The Berlin Observatory is a series of observatories and related organizations in and around the city of Berlin in Germany, starting from the 18th century...

. Except for the album's closing song (which was previously released on The End...), Nico and her backing band The Faction composed all pieces specifically for the show, during which they were accompanied by optical effects and Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...

-themed projected pictures and films.

As the title of the album indicates, the concert would be Nico's last, and the material on the album is among the last she (co-)wrote. Six weeks later, on July 18, she died while on vacation in Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...

.

Track listing

All tracks written by Nico, Young, Dowdall, and Olsen, unless noted otherwise.
  1. "The Sound I" - 10:42
  2. "The Hanging Gardens of Semiramis
    Semiramis
    The real and historical Shammuramat , was the Assyrian queen of Shamshi-Adad V , King of Assyria and ruler of the Neo Assyrian Empire, and its regent for four years until her son Adad-nirari III came of age....

    " - 9:17
  3. "Your Voice" - 7:17
  4. "I Will Be Seven" - 6:41 (Nico)
  5. "Fata Morgana" - 6:49
  6. "All Saints' Night" - 6:23 (Nico)
  7. "The Sound II" - 6:17
  8. "You Forget to Answer" - 3:57 (Nico)

Personnel

  • Nico – vocal, Indian pump organ
  • James Young – piano, synthesiser
  • Henry Olsen – guitar
  • Eric Graham Dowdall – drums, percussion
  • Robert Sydow - engineer
  • Otto Schönthaler - mixing engineer
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