Einstürzende Neubauten's Kollaps

Intended to be "unlistenable," Germany''s Einsturzende Neubauten''s 1981-debut album Kollaps has attracted listeners four decades after it was recorded. Perhaps the best musical encapsulation of the Cold War as experienced in the walled city of West Berlin, Kollaps is a product of its time while remaining as vital, exhilarating and surprising as the day it was released.The book explores the contexts, themes, and influences that shaped Kollaps. It describes the early days of Einsturzende Neubauten in West Berlin, the manic energy of their performances, their use of scrap metal, drill hammers, bodily sounds, and tape loops, their preoccupation with nihilism and subversion, and what Nick Cave called the "incredibly mournful, haunting" nature of their music. The beginning of a 40-year career, this first burst of energy remains their purest statement.>

Vorwort
Tells the story of Germany's legendary Einstürzende Neubauten's 1981 debut album Kollaps from a musical, historical, and theoretical point of view.

Autorentext
Melle Jan Kromhout (1984) is a musicologist, sound scholar and musician based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, working on the conceptual relations between music, sound and media from the nineteenth century to the present. His monograph, The Logic of Filtering. How Noise Shapes the Sound of Recorded Music was published in 2021.*Jan Nieuwenhuis* (1988) is an independent artist and author, primarily writing at the intersection of music and philosophy.

Zusammenfassung
Perhaps the best musical encapsulation of the Cold War as experienced in the walled city of West-Berlin, Kollaps is a product of its time while remaining as vital, exhilarating and surprising as the day it was released. The book explores the contexts, themes and influences that shaped Kollaps. It describes the early days of Einstürzende Neubauten in West-Berlin, their infamous live performances and guerilla style recording tactics, and the scrap metal banging, piercing guitar noise and evocative lyricism that went on to inspire generations of fans. Most significantly, it explores the desire and deep sense of belonging that is expressed by what Nick Cave called the 'incredibly mournful, haunting' nature of this music. The beginning of a 40-year career, this first burst of energy remains their purest statement.

Inhalt
Introduction Prologue: Stahlmusik 1. Steh Auf Berlin: West Berlin, 1980 2. Kollaps: Berlin Underground 3. Tanz Debil: Transgressing the Stage 4. Schmerzen Hören: Sounding Bodies 5. Draussen ist Feindlich: Time in the Studio 6. Negativ Nein: The Love of Noise 7. Jet'm: Clearing Space 8. Sehnsucht: Desire Epilogue: Alles in Allem Einstürzende Neubauten Discography Acknowledgements Notes References Index