In Die Nacht

Personnel: Asmus Tietchens (synthesizer); Hans Tim Cessteu, Stu "Snatch" Seemi (synthesizer).Liner Note Author: Kai U. Jürgens.Recording information: Audiplex Studios, Hamburg.Translator: Gareth Davies .Asmus Tietchens' third LP in two years for the label Sky, In die Nacht breaks away from the composer's self-imposed rule of brevity, although the decision to do so was imposed by the circumstances -- and the label. Sky requested a new album in short notice. Tietchens opted to produce longer tracks as a means to meet the deadline. The shorter tracks used are actually outtakes from the Spät-Europa sessions, while the new pieces clock in at between five and seven minutes. Very candid in his liner notes for the Die Stadt reissue, Tietchens seems to regret that decision, deeming the pieces too long for the material they had to present. The longer durations give the music a very different mood than what can be found on Spät-Europa or on Biotop, but the compositions hardly feel "stretched-out.