Spice Crackers (30th Anniversary Edition)
„The secret of spice seems to follow,
The journey about to begin,
The time you will spend won't be wasted
No matter the steward may bring,
Come taste them one by one -
The crackers he lays in your hand“
HURRAH! To celebrate its anniversary, our album “Spice Crackers” is finally being released on vinyl – available in two editions: a 2-LP gatefold version and a limited 4-LP box set packed with extras.
The 2-LP edition will be available in Germany from December 12, 2025, and internationally from January 9, 2026. The 4-LP box set, limited to just 500 copies, is available now exclusively through the Bureau B shop.
All details about ordering and the links can be found here: https://orcd.co/camouflage-spice-crackers
For this release, we’ve created a brand-new audio master based on the original 1995 recordings. The additional tracks featured on the 4-LP box set – which follows the same tracklisting as the “Deluxe Version” (2009) – have also been completely remastered. We’re absolutely thrilled with the result and believe this remarkable album has never sounded better than it does in this new edition.
Press release BUREAU B: Camouflage are one of the few German bands to have been making music successfully at home and abroad for the last couple of decades. “The Great Commandment” (1987) and “Love Is A Shield” (1989) were actually worldwide hits. After four albums, Camouflage felt it was time to experiment. This phase reached its zenith with the album “Spice Crackers” in 1995 – the most daring, most interesting work they ever released. Electropop tracks sit side by side with hypnotic, repetetive, spheric tracks. Now, 30 years later, “Spice Crackers” will finally be released on vinyl for the first time!
Spice Crackers:
Recorded and mixed at The House Of Mr. Mendoza, Hamburg, during October 1994 to April 1995.
Spice Crew:
Marcus Meyn – vocals, occasional keyboards.
Heiko Maile – electronic instruments, programmings, studio.
Ingo Ito – guitars, keyboards, studio, cuts.
Stephan Fischer – loops, studio, spice kitchen.
Julian Boyd – violins, addl. sounds
Art direction & photos through the space train windows:
Michel Moers.
Design & computer graphics:
Gisela Ludwig
2025 Edition produced by:
Heiko Maile, Gunther Buskies & Oliver Kreyssig.
Remaster 2025 by:
Sven “Samson” Geiger / Neckarklangwerke.
Photos:
Michel Moers, Reiner Pfisterer.
LP artwork:
Kerstin Holzwarth
The journey about to begin,
The time you will spend won't be wasted
No matter the steward may bring,
Come taste them one by one -
The crackers he lays in your hand“
HURRAH! To celebrate its anniversary, our album “Spice Crackers” is finally being released on vinyl – available in two editions: a 2-LP gatefold version and a limited 4-LP box set packed with extras.
The 2-LP edition will be available in Germany from December 12, 2025, and internationally from January 9, 2026. The 4-LP box set, limited to just 500 copies, is available now exclusively through the Bureau B shop.
All details about ordering and the links can be found here: https://orcd.co/camouflage-spice-crackers
For this release, we’ve created a brand-new audio master based on the original 1995 recordings. The additional tracks featured on the 4-LP box set – which follows the same tracklisting as the “Deluxe Version” (2009) – have also been completely remastered. We’re absolutely thrilled with the result and believe this remarkable album has never sounded better than it does in this new edition.
Press release BUREAU B: Camouflage are one of the few German bands to have been making music successfully at home and abroad for the last couple of decades. “The Great Commandment” (1987) and “Love Is A Shield” (1989) were actually worldwide hits. After four albums, Camouflage felt it was time to experiment. This phase reached its zenith with the album “Spice Crackers” in 1995 – the most daring, most interesting work they ever released. Electropop tracks sit side by side with hypnotic, repetetive, spheric tracks. Now, 30 years later, “Spice Crackers” will finally be released on vinyl for the first time!
Spice Crackers:
Recorded and mixed at The House Of Mr. Mendoza, Hamburg, during October 1994 to April 1995.
Spice Crew:
Marcus Meyn – vocals, occasional keyboards.
Heiko Maile – electronic instruments, programmings, studio.
Ingo Ito – guitars, keyboards, studio, cuts.
Stephan Fischer – loops, studio, spice kitchen.
Julian Boyd – violins, addl. sounds
Art direction & photos through the space train windows:
Michel Moers.
Design & computer graphics:
Gisela Ludwig
2025 Edition produced by:
Heiko Maile, Gunther Buskies & Oliver Kreyssig.
Remaster 2025 by:
Sven “Samson” Geiger / Neckarklangwerke.
Photos:
Michel Moers, Reiner Pfisterer.
LP artwork:
Kerstin Holzwarth
