Einstürzende Neubauten: Rampen (2LP)

Four years after their comeback album, Einstürzende Neubauten present their new work "Rampen (apm: alien pop music)". On it, the band once again searches for new forms, for the undiscovered sound and the as yet unspoken word. In the 44th year of its existence, the formation goes back to its roots in order to redefine itself at the same time. A changed self-image for which the Berlin sextet has created its own genre in 2024: apm - alien pop music. Constant development - that's how you could summarize the work of Einstürzende Neubauten in a nutshell. A musical evolution that begins with the 1981 debut "Kollaps" and manifests itself on the new album "Rampen (apm: alien pop music)". This album features Blixa Bargeld, N. U. Unruh, Alexander Hacke, Jochen Arbeit, Rudolph Moser and Felix Gebhard present their most unpredictable and idiosyncratic side. Since the mid-1980s, Einstürzende Neubauten have been experimenting with so-called ramps on stage: public improvisations with an open development and outcome. Launch pads into the unexplored, which the band performed in the encore section of their last tour in 2022 and whose recordings serve as the basis for the new album. "Rampen (apm: alien pop music)" is pop music for parallel universes and intermediate worlds. A return to the roots on the one hand, and on the other, a new art form emerges from noisy and powerful pop eruptions - meeting cryptic, often fragmentary lyrics: popular music for aliens and outsiders. Anti-pop has become alien pop.