Kunst (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Kunst
| type = Studio
| artist = KMFDM
| cover = KMFDM - Kunst.jpg
| alt =
| recorded = *Hamburg, Germany
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Industrial rock, electro-industrial
| length = {{Duration|m=46|s=45}}
| label = Metropolis/KMFDM
| producer = Sascha Konietzko
| prev_title = WTF?!
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Our Time Will Come
| next_year = 2014
}}
Kunst (German for "art") is the eighteenth album by industrial band KMFDM. It was released on 26 February 2013 on Metropolis Records.{{cite web | url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3201992/kmfdm-announces-new-album-release-date-and-reveal-nsfw-album-cover/ | title = KMFDM Announces New Album, Release Date, AND Reveal NSFW Album Cover | author=Barkan, Jonathan | publisher=Bloody Disgusting | date=5 November 2012 | access-date = 6 November 2012}}{{cite web | url=http://coma-online.com/?p=18318 | title=Music News: KMFDM Return with KUNST! | publisher=COMA Music Magazine | date=5 November 2012 | access-date = 6 November 2012}}
Background
Kunst features contributions from guest musician William Wilson and Swedish band Morlocks. The album cover was designed by longtime KMFDM cover artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes.{{cite web | url=http://blog.bruteprop.co.uk/?p=1151 | author=Hughes, Aidan | title=New KMFDM album, 'Kunst', by BRUTE! | date=6 November 2012 | publisher=Bruteprop | access-date=6 November 2012}} He said the album cover, a "chainsaw-wielding amazon", which Facebook removed from KMFDM's page, was created to support Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot and Ukrainian protest group FEMEN. The song "Pussy Riot" was also written in support of the former.
Release
Kunst was released on 26 February 2013 on Metropolis Records.{{cite web | url=http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+851 | title=KMFDM: Kunst | publisher=Metropolis Records | access-date=4 December 2012}} The title track was made available on SoundCloud on 21 November 2012.{{cite web | url=https://soundcloud.com/metropolisrecords/kmfdm-kunst | title=KMFDM – Kunst | date=21 November 2012 | access-date=4 December 2012}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/kunst-mw0002476008|title=Kunst - KMFDM|first=David|last=Jeffries|website=Allmusic|access-date=10 April 2014}}
| rev2 = COMA Music Magazine
| rev2Score = Favorable{{cite web|url=http://coma-online.com/music-review-kmfdm-kunst/|title=Kunst - KMFDM|first=William Dashiell|last=Hammett|publisher=COMA Music Magazine|access-date=23 September 2014}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Kunst
| writer1 =
| length1 = 5:01
| title2 = Ave Maria
| writer2 =
| length2 = 5:02
| title3 = Quake
| writer3 =
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = Hello
| writer4 =
| length4 = 4:25
| title5 = Next Big Thing
| writer5 =
| length5 = 4:41
| title6 = Pussy Riot
| writer6 =
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = Pseudocide
| writer7 =
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = Animal Out
| writer8 =
| length8 = 5:06
| title9 = The Mess You Made
| writer9 =
| length9 = 6:05
| title10 = I ❤ Not
| writer10 =
| length10 = 4:32
| total_length = 46:45
}}
Personnel
- Sascha Konietzko – vocals (1–8, 10), guitar (10), bass, synthesizer, drums (1–3, 6–10), loops (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10), recording, production, mixing
- Lucia Cifarelli – vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 8), production
- Jules Hodgson – guitar (1–9), bass (7), drums (6, 7), recording
- Andy Selway – drums (4, 5)
=Additional personnel=
- William Wilson – vocals (5), recording
- Johann Strauss – vocals (9), keyboards (9), drums (9)
- Innocentius Rabiatus – guitar (9)
- Annabella Asia Konietzko – vocals (10), loops (7)
- Brian Gardner – mastering
References
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