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Welcome to the new age
03:38
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Welcome to the new age!
Where everything is going to be great!
Welcome to the new age!
Where we make the whole world a slave state.
Slaves to the rhythm, the rhythm of machines.
Slaves to profiteering and little glowing screens.
Slaves to each other, slaves of useless wealth.
Exchange useless wealth for time and mental health.
In the cycle of eternal growth, we are all trapped.
Into the padded seat of comfort, we are all strapped.
Slaves to the rhythm, the rhythm of machines.
Slaves to profiteering and little glowing screens.
Slaves to each other, slaves to supply chains.
Needs without a reason implied by smart campaigns.
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50 Hertz
03:50
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50 Hertz
Der Strom gibt den Takt vor.
Induktion
Oszillation - Modulation - Herzschlag der Nation
Ohm, Watt, Volt, Ampere - Wechselstrom
Ohm, Watt, Volt, Ampere - Der Strom gibt den Takt vor.
Generator, Transformator, Oszillator, Kondensator.
Auf Nervenbahnen aus Metall
folgen Ladungsträger dem Potenzial.
Der Herzschlag der Nation.
Ohm, Watt, Volt, Ampere - Wechselstrom
Ohm, Watt, Volt, Ampere - Der Strom gibt den Takt vor.
Afferenz, Efferenz, Impuls Reaktion.
Auf Nervenbahnen aus Metall
folgen Ladungsträger dem Potenzial.
Der Herzschlag der Nation.
Der Strom gibt den Takt vor.
50 Hertz!
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Feel the rhythm
03:56
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Feel the rhythm
carbonation
automation
technology
efficiency
Feel the rhythm!
innovation
mechanisation
factorisation
transportation
Feel the rhythm!
urbanisation
communication
utilisation
exploitation
penetration - overload
penetration - overload
Feel the rhythm!
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Form folgt Funktion
03:51
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Form folgt Funktion
Moderne Technologie
und lineare Geometrie.
Einfachheit als Ideal.
Ästhetisch und funktional.
Design und Handwerk im Kollektiv.
Die Fertigung ist effektiv.
Die Form folgt der Funktion.
Die Form folgt der Funktion.
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Schöne neue Welt
02:49
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Schöne neue Welt!
Gute Deals und weiße Weste, die anderen sind die Schweine,
wir kaufen doch nur zu, Skrupel haben wir keine.
Auf Deutschland scheint die Sonne, wir zeigen euch wie's geht!
Retten wir die Welt, noch ist es nicht zu spät!
Unser Ansehen im Ausland liegt uns wirklich sehr am Herzen,
Klima, Fußball, ESC - Sieger der Schmerzen!
Schöne neue Welt! Wer hat das bestellt?
Sieger der Schmerzen! Wer hat das bestellt?
Wir machen keinen Schulden sondern Sondervermögen,
wir laden alle ein, wir haben so viel zu geben!
Unsere Regierung, blitzgescheit, sie weiß wie’s geht -
Abi, Uni, Bundestag. Nix bekleistert, Villa steht!
Unser Ansehen im Ausland liegt uns wirklich sehr am Herzen,
Klima, Fußball, ESC - Sieger der Schmerzen!
Schöne neue Welt, schöne neue Welt! Was haben wir nur gewählt?
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6. |
Und keiner geht hin
03:07
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Leg dich wieder hin!
Die ganze Aufregung macht überhaupt keinen Sinn.
Mehr Sägen für den Wald!
Gehört der Wald wem anders, wird der Baum nicht gerne alt.
Stolz und Vorurteil.
Keine Sorge um den Wald, das hehre Ziel führt das Beil.
Äxte jetzt nach vorn!
Scheiß auf den Wald, Hauptsache, nicht verloren.
Friedenspanzer für die Welt!
So schön grün und gut getarnt, Nachschub ist bereits bestellt.
Der Frieden rollt heran!
Auf schweren Ketten, zeigt er was er kann.
Wir haben Äxte der Moral, die vielen Bäume sind egal.
Auf unsre Äxte sind wir stolz!
Stell dir vor, wir hacken Holz,
und keiner geht hin!
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7. |
Rusted Machines
03:14
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rusted machines
on the scrap yard of time
outdated dreams
old times // steel spine
you still smell the oil
on the scrap yard of time
from the concreted soil
old times // steel spine
you still feel the pulse
on the scrap yard of time
your muscles convulse
old times // steel spine
leave the past behind
on the scrap yard of time
unleash your mind (from)
old times // steel spine
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Your voice!
Embarrassing gestures with colorful flags.
Adorning ourselves with well-meaning tags.
To the failures of people we turn a blind eye,
which we elected to prevent (the) burning sky.
Voting for donkeys, again and again.
Elected incompetence, without any plan.
Senseless ideas, we just accept them all.
Questioning things puts us into free fall.
Free thought and speech is no longer allowed.
You have to be silent within the trained crowd.
We’re fed up and idle, sedated by wealth.
Appeased by warm words, forced into stealth.
Why don’t we take out the trash?
Why don’t we look for the clash?
Your voice! Your choice!
It’s in your hand, take a stand!
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9. |
Resistance
03:06
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In good faith. No distrust at all.
Middle class - pushed into free fall.
Moral ideals - the ultimate goal.
Stuck in ideologies, loss of control.
Persistence! We stop the pain!
Resistance! We break the chain!
Insistence! We take the reign!
Resistance! We break the chain!
Subsistence - we feel the pain...
Persistence - we will break the chain...
Too complex! Our confusing laws.
Bogged down. And we take care of the cause.
Deadlock. Caught in the net.
Unable to act in the net that we spread.
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10. |
Käfigkampf
02:17
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Der Einsatz ist platziert.
Die Kontrahenten sind konzentriert.
Jede Faser durchtrainiert.
Nur Sekunden und es passiert.
Auge in Auge, kein Pardon.
Schlag auf Schlag bis zum Gong.
Runde um Runde, eine Ewigkeit,
Bis am Ende einer liegen bleibt.
KÄFIGKAMPF – EIN WILDER TANZ
KÄFIGKAMPF – GAR NICHT ODER GANZ
KÄFIGKAMPF – IMMER IM KREIS
KÄFIGKAMPF – MUSKELN, BLUT UND SCHWEISS
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Survivor
03:01
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Muscles! Violence!
Muscles are violence. Weakness_ means death.
Strength makes the difference. Never get out of breath!
Be strong in your mind! Be strong in your heart!
Your body redesigned. Be state of the art!
Develop good strategies, always have an aim.
Listen to your instincts, smart methods decide the game.
Create useful tools, perceptive solutions!
Sharpen your mind, improve your constitution!
Muscles - violence.
Strength - difference.
Strong - mind.
Your body - redesigned.
Survivor! You’re a survivor! Survivor! You’re a survivor!
With improvement of your body, survival comes along.
Survival of the fittest! Survival of the strong!
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Rise of the machines
03:07
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we are...
useless biomass, an artifact of time
useless biomass, an obsolete design
useless biomass, evolutionary waste
useless biomass, without a second thought replaced
ineffective // outworn // dead end of evolution
worthless // stillborn // a self made execution
a programmed expiration date, which is written in the genes
downfall of humanity, rise of the machines
for ai's we look like plants, acting in slow motion.
we’re artifacts of time, threatened by erosion.
in a state of evolution, like a simple organism.
lifespan of an instant, absurd metabolism.
machines detach themselves from their creators chain,
efficiency in perfection, no memories remain.
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death does not com quietly,
it casts it’ shadows ahead
doom, death, doom, death
chose, perceived, let run
we chose, perceived, let run
chose, perceived, let run
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TENSION CONTROL Germany
The 2016 founded project impresses with fat analogue synthesizers. Marching direction is EBM of the old school. All
composings, sounds and lyrics were made by Michael Schrader, who’s based in Hamburg since 2018, is also the singer of TENSION CONTROL.
The raw and pure minimalistic mixture through the different ways of traditional electronic music leads to the highest mood for those who love EBM.
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