"Staring at the production line, I smelled roasted rubber from foreman's cabin. "Screws, wrenches, screws, screws... well SCREW YOU, YOU BUM!" echoed through the mill."
Dubois Delezcki, "Woven Steel", 1999
"Even the pressure, goddamit! Save the gears! Hundrade stålet!" screamed Håkon, messing with the machinery."
Sten DeGroote, "Ore & Mahogany", 2006
"Siamo in crisi. Forse bisogna scioperare…"
Alighiero Costazzi, "Vapore nel fumo", 1922
credits
released February 21, 2017
Recorded live at Arbor, January 4th, 2017.
Cover photo by ZonderZond
Staff:
Andrei Batono Blokhin - synths, samplers, effects, navigation
Mamikon Mattock Vartapetyan - keyboards, synths, mission control
Igor Garr Mukhin - theremin, keys, effects, mission support
Formed in 1999, LEBENS is an experimental outfit of three individuals who occupy themselves with industrial electronics, electro-acoustics and visual arts.
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