Metal Machine Music: First Full Instrumental Version

Personnel: Marc Weiser (guitar); Burkhard Schlothauer, Anton Lukoszevieze (violin); Frank Gratkowski (clarinet); Matt Davis (trumpet); Hilary Jeffery (trombone); Reinhold Friedl (piano); Ulrich Phillipp (double bass); Maurice de Martin (percussion).Audio Mixer: Rashad Becker.Liner Note Author: Reinhold Friedl.Recording information: Festival Aperto, Teatro Cavallerizza, Reggio Emilia, It; Festival ROmaeuropa, Palladium, Rome.Director: Reinhold Friedl.Photographer: Vanessa Gageos.Lou Reed's 1975 album Metal Machine Music may well be the most polarizing album ever released by a major rock artist. An hour-long atonal sound collage constructed from distortion and guitar feedback, Metal Machine Music horrified many listeners who were unprepared for its sonic assault when it was first released, though years later a generation of noise rock artists and experimental musicians were guided by its influence and originality. Zeitkratzer is a German avant-garde ensemble who not only loved and apprec