Biography
Einstürzende Neubauten (German: [ˈaɪnˌʃtʏʁtsn̩də ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtn̩], lit. 'Collapsing New Buildings') is a German experimental music group, formed in West Berlin in 1980. The band currently comprises founding members Blixa Bargeld (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard) and N.U. Unruh (custom-made instruments, percussion, vocals), plus Jochen Arbeit (guitar, vocals), and Rudolph Moser (custom-built instruments, percussion, vocals), who both joined the line-up in 1997. In 2026, Josefine Lukschy joined the band as the bass player. One of their trademarks is the use of custom-built instruments, predominantly made out of scrap metal and building tools, and noises, in addition to standard musical instruments. Their early albums were unremittingly harsh, with Bargeld's vocals shouted and screamed above a din of banging and scraping metal percussion. Subsequent recordings found the group's sound growing somewhat more conventional, yet still containing many unorthodox elements.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
½ Mensch
1985
Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T. / Drawings Of O.T.
1983
Kollaps
1981
Most Of The Remixes We've Made For Other People Over The Years Except For The One For Einstürzende Neubauten Because We Lost It And A Few We Didn't Think Sounded Good Enough Or Just Didn't Fit In Length-Wise, But Including Some That Are Hard To Find Beca
2007
Heat (Music From The Motion Picture)
1995
Haus Der Luege
1989
Alles In Allem
2020
Greatest Hits
2016
Alles Wieder Offen
2007
Silence Is Sexy
2000
Stella Maris
1996
Fuenf Auf Der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala
1987
Halber Mensch
1986
Credited work
457 releases · 75 albums · active 1981–2026
- Performance · 333
- Production · 276
- Other credits · 156
- Engineering · 36
Studios: Hansa Tonstudios · Tritonus Tonstudio · Conny's Studio · Preußen Tonstudio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Einstuerzende Neubauten
- Fad Gadget
- monobob
- Anita Lane
- Frank Tovey
- Heiner Müller
- Liars