PHASE III
TRAUMA
CD
APRIL 1998
SPV (SPV085-62142CD)
Phase III is German techno act Trauma’s third album. Formed by members of Girls Under Glass, the group reached quite a large audience during the nineties, both in Germany and in the United States.
On Phase III Martin Hall appears as guest singer and co-writer on the two songs “Love in Vein” and “Visibility”.
1. The Labyrinth (4:43)
2. Give Me a Reason (5:37)
3. Love in Vein (feat. Martin Hall) (4:18)
4. The Everlast Control (6:30)
5. The Virtual Door (Version ’98) (5:20)
6. Visibility (feat. Martin Hall) (4:12)
7. A Better Tomorrow (5:31)
8. Once In a Lifetime (5:24)
9. Your Fall (7:05)
10. The Virtual Door (feat. Özlem Çetin) (5:17)
LOVE IN VEIN
Heavy as lead in a medicine secret
Turning the sights on a narrow-go-round
Limited mind never looking for answers
Vanishing light never hitting the ground
And the beauty blinds you
And it cools the strain
And it hides inside you
Like a love in vein
Silhouette tear on a pillow of sorrow
Look-a-like pain as a ticket to go
Cities of light for a memory season
Dressing your mind for millennium low
‘Cause the beauty blinds you
And it cools the strain
And it hides inside you
Like a love in vein
VISIBILITY
The sharp light that’s been running out of these days
My heart’s beating like it’s been poisoned by your embrace
Don’t know what I want
Don’t know what I’ll need tomorrow
Don’t know any stranger in your face
‘Cause I’m breathing the light
And I’m hiding the cries
I’m turning the world again
Like a broken song playing on and on
In my mind
That runs down the sky
Running down the wall like a lover’s call
In my mind
Visibility burns me
My soul sister of another disguise
Of another tonight
My soul sister of a second disguise
Let me drown in your light
Visibility burns me
Visibility turns me
And I’m breathing the light
And I’m hiding the cries
I’m turning the world again
Like a broken song playing on and on
In my mind
That runs down the sky
Running down the wall like a lover’s call
In my mind
Visibility burns me
Visibility turns me
The sharp needle of a hand mirror light
Of a whisper that cries
My heart’s beating like it’s run out of light
Like it’s breaking the sky
Axel Ermes: Keyboards, samplers
Hauke Harms: Synthesizer
Lacasa Del Cid: Percussion, sitar, e-bow guitar
Martin Hall: Vocals (3, 6)
Miriam Schell: Vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Özlem Çetin: Vocals (10)
Volker Zacharias: Keyboards, bass, vocals
Design: Klaus-Peter Staudinger
“Love in Vein” is also available on the Martin Hall box set Catalogue (2007).
On Trauma’s previous album, Construct from 1994, the group recorded a cover version of Martin Hall’s “Synthesis”.