Jewels is a supporter's album by Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...

, completed in mid-2007. Instead of being released as a full album, it was released digitally one track at a time, available as website downloads only to subscribers of the Phase III Supporter Project, consisting of 15 "jewels" (as the band called them). Starting in March 2006, these downloadable tracks were released on or around the 15th of each month and were drawn from singer Blixa Bargeld

Blixa Bargeld

Blixa Bargeld is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in a number of artistic fields...

's dreams.

Despite the Supporter Project site saying it "would form a digital-only album that will not be otherwise available", the album was eventually re-issued and released commercially through their own Potomak

Potomak

Potomak is an artist record label for the German experimental rock band Einstürzende Neubauten . It was founded by the band's front man Blixa Bargeld in 1988 to support the re-release of the band's Kollaps album on CD format. It also enabled the band to assume ownership of their music and operate...

label as The Jewels, in July 2008.

Track listing

1. "Ich komme davon" (2:34), released March 15, 2006
2. "Mei Ro" (2:03), released April 15, 2006
3. "26 Riesen" (3:28), released May 15, 2006
4. "Hawcubite" (1:30), released June 15, 2006
5. "Die Libellen" (1:44), released July 15, 2006
6. "Jeder Satz mit ihr hallt nach" (3:45), released August 15, 2006
7. "Epharisto" (2:23), released September 15, 2006
8. "Robert Fuzzo" (2:37), released October 15, 2006
9. "Magyar energia" (3:01), released November 15, 2006
10. "Vicki" (1:44), released December 15, 2006
11. "Ansonsten Dostojevsky" (3:00), released January 16, 2007
12. "Die Ebenen werden nicht vermischt" (6:26), released February 15, 2007
13. "Am I only Jesus" (3:30), released June 15, 2007
14. "Bleib" (3:23), released July 15, 2007
15. "I kissed Glen Gould" (2:44), released August 15, 2007