Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana

Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana
Live album by Nico
Released	February 22, 1994
Recorded	June 6, 1988
Venue	Planetarium of the Wilhelm-Foerster-Sternwarte, West Berlin
Genre	Experimental
Label	Steamhammer/SPV
Producer	Lütz Ulbrich
Nico chronology
Live Heroes (1986) Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana (1994) Reich der Träume (2002)

Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana is a live album documenting Nico's performance at a show called Fata Morgana – Wüstenklänge im Planetarium (Fata Morgana – Desert Sounds in the Planetarium), held on June 6, 1988 in West Berlin as part of the European Capital of Culture festival that year. The concert (organized by musician Lütz Ulbrich) took place at the planetarium of the Wilhelm-Foerster-Sternwarte. Except for the album's closing song (which was previously released on The End...), Nico and her backing band the Faction composed all the pieces specifically for the show, during which they were accompanied by optical effects and Moon-themed projected pictures and films.

As the title of the album indicates, the concert was Nico's last, and the material on the album is among the last she (co-)wrote. Six weeks later, on July 18, she died while on vacation in Ibiza.

Track listing

All songs written by Nico, James Young, Graham Dowdall and Henry Olsen; except tracks 4, 6 and 8, which are by Nico alone.

1. "The Sound I" – 10:42
2. "The Hanging Gardens of Semiramis" – 9:17
3. "Your Voice" – 7:17
4. "I Will Be Seven" – 6:41
5. "Fata Morgana" – 6:49
6. "All Saints' Night" – 6:23
7. "The Sound II" – 6:17
8. "You Forget to Answer" – 3:57

Personnel

• Nico – vocal, Indian pump organ

The Faction

• James Young – piano, synthesiser
• Henry Olsen – guitar
• Graham "Dids" Dowdall – drums, percussion

Technical

• Robert Sydow – engineer
• Otto Schönthaler – mixing engineer

References

• The album's liner notes
• Allmusic entry