On October 5th, 1981 West Berlin’s pioneers of Industrial Music Einstürzende Neubauten (Collapsing New Buildings) released their first official studio album Kollaps.
Prior to Kollaps, the band had released the live to tape cassette Stahlmusik—which despite being unconventionally recorded live in a pillar in Stadtautobahn Bridge—was more conventional a record than Kollaps, which saw percussionists N.U. Unruh, and F.M. Einheit incorporate found objects an sheets of metal for Neubauten’s trademark harsh industrial sound accented by singer/guitarist Blixa Bargeld screaming vocals.
Tracklisting:
Truth stands on the gallows Liеs sit on the throne Something in thе shadows Communicates…
These are empty words They mean nothing Zeroed in the flesh You output the void…
Your heart of stone I slept in silence Sweeter than a Georgia peach yet steeped…
Scene: the dim, pulsating heart of a dive bar, where the music pulses through the…
"The grey sells green only if the green cell's grey" In the orbit of the…
Embarking upon a profound meditation on the nature of success and loss, one invariably arrives…