Rodolphe Burger , Olivier Cadiot - Psychopharmaka (2013)

Perhaps the best way to approach this wild album from Burger and lyricist Olivier Cadiot is to start with their description: “Psychopharmaka puts Germanic culture through the blender and then the shaker.” Figures alluded to—and sometimes invoked directly—include, but are not limited to, Kurt Schwitters, Kraftwerk, Frederich Nietzsche, Paul Celan, Anton Bruckner, Kaspar Hauser, and the arrangements incorporate Lieder, German poetry, disco drum machines, and Art-of-Noise-like sampler stabs. There’s also a cover of “Da Da Da,” and a track which name-checks Romanian classical music conductor Sergiu Celibidache. The record’s biggest asset can be summed up in a simple question: What isn’t on this thing?



Tracklist:
1-1 Rodolphe Burger - Sing mir ein neues lied [4:55]
1-2 Rodolphe Burger - Dadasophe [5:20]
1-3 Rodolphe Burger - Eisbär [6:37]
1-4 Rodolphe Burger - An Lili [4:45]
1-5 Rodolphe Burger - Psychopharmaka [3:45]
1-6 Rodolphe Burger - Dada-bewegung [5:53]
1-7 Rodolphe Burger - Heike [4:03]
1-8 Rodolphe Burger - Celibidache [5:19]
1-9 Rodolphe Burger - Da da da [3:38]
1-10 Rodolphe Burger - Gute nacht (From Schubert) [3:42]