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06/21/2004 Entry: "PSB"

It looks like Sven is going to produce the next Pet Shop Boys album, which will be called Panzerkreuzer Potemkin. It's supposed to be a pop album, but apparently also a concept album. I'm not making this up.

I know this because he called me today from London to ask me to translate a music business word needed to negotiate his contract. That's right, kids. David Seezen -- Rock n' Roll English Consultant. I think I'll have that printed on my business cards.

Update: July 3rd
Since I noticed this entry being linked to several fansites, I thought I might elaborate a bit more.
Sven Helbig co-founded the Dresdner Sinfoniker and produced the Torsten Rasch/Rammstein project Mein Herz Brennt last year. He also did some orchestral arrangements on a recent Rammstein album.
I've known Sven several years; he was one of my teachers at the conservatory in Dresden, and since then I have helped him out occasionally with business correspondence-type letters and the like.
Sven is a workaholic as well as a fantastic drummer.