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01. Genesis P-Orridge & Dave Ball - Muzak For Frogs
02. The The - Three Orange Kisses From Kazan
03. Genesis P-Orridge & Dave Ball - Dream
04. Genesis P-Orridge & Dave Ball - Main Theme (Showdown)
05. Genesis P-Orridge & Dave Ball - Sex And The Married Frog
06. Soft Cell - Seedy Films
07. FM Einheit - Riots
08. Genesis P-Orridge - Information
09. FM Einheit/John Caffery/Alexander Von Borsig - Muzak Decoding/Dream Machine/Pirates
10. Einstürzende Neubauten - Compressed Metal
11. Genesis P-Orridge & Dave Ball - Main Theme (Finale)
ARTIST
TITLE
Decoder
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
CSR 356CD CSR 356CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/3/2025

Released on standalone CD for the first time in 33 years, this now-complete edition of the ground-breaking cult soundtrack is finally here. A cult classic of sci-fi dystopia, Decoder (1984) saw Einstürzende Neubauten's members working alongside Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV) and William S. Burroughs. It's one of the strangest (and most prescient) films of the decade. The film was made in Hamburg and Berlin, and directed by Klaus Maeck 'Muscha' (who directed several punk films). The lead roles are played by Christiane F and FM Einheit from Neubauten, who also contributed to the film's score. Genesis P-Orridge, the kingpin of the English industrial scene, also appears as a priest of the Black Noise faith. Author William S. Burroughs portrays an insurrectionist salesman of audio equipment (and contributes spoken word to the soundtrack), and American cult actor Bill Rice plays a detective. Soft Cell contributed their classic "Seedy Films," while Matt Johnson from The The wrote a frenetic, deformed song for the film that is both fantastic and painful to listen to, and Einstürzende Neubauten's "Compressed Metal" is sublime. Dave Ball (Soft Cell), Jon Caffery, and Genesis P-Orridge composed the rest of the soundtrack. A futuristic film, and a joyous application of William S. Burroughs' "The Electronic Revolution," which proposes a seditious and rather poetic method of subverting the masses and inciting them to rise up against the forces of order. CD in matt-laminate digipak with ten-page foldout booklet.