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“Totalschaden” in German means “broken beyond repair” while “Schade” translates to “sorry” or “pity”. The blended word might be understood as “completely sorry”. This play on words aptly describes our sentiments about the world today. Outrageous acts of violence driven by hatred, ignorance, intolerance, and greed, terrible cases of human rights violations, social injustice manifesting itself in an enormous class divide and growing poverty, irreversible damage humanity is causing to the planet, climate change and the extinction of species — these are just a few things that give us anxiety, the feeling of how fragile our world is and how uncertain our future is. Sometimes these emotions make us want to scream, and that is what “Totalschade” is born from.

The 'Totalschade' cassette is also included in edition #36 of the Geertruida Cassette Club.