Tabula Rasa

The cover painting is “Still Life With Fruit And Grasshopper” (Oil on canvas) 1631. The release incorrectly notes that it is from 1635. Side A listed as 'This Side'. Side B listed as 'Picture Side'. Secondary cat# on jacket: RTD 195.1500.1 30 Secondary cat# on label: RTD 195.1500.1 This album comes in a gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve, including lyrics in German and English. Published by Freibank 1993. Printed in NL. Recorded and mixed between 1990 and 1992 at Conny's Studio, Wolperath; Tritonius, Hansa and Split Studios, Berlin. Exclusively licensed by Mute Records except Germany, Austria, Switzerland by Rough Trade Records / Our Choice. Art direction, collages and photography at Herz, Hamburg, 1992. Art © 1993. The sleeve notes that the French version of A3 was translated and sung by Diana Orloff, and the Japanese version by Etsuko Sakamaki-Haas. The version on this record is the English version. Tracks A3 and B2 were originally conceived and composed for La La La Human Steps. B3 in its first version was used for "Das Auge des Taifun" by Erich Wonder / Einstürzende Neubauten in Vienna, 1992. Special instruments were constructed and built by N.U.Unruh.