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Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

Group Rating: 3.5
Global Rating: 1.92
Global Reviews

Cassette Kids Uprising Reviews

boombox-generation

The sound of a band trying to find their sound. Full disclosure: I love this lot more than most - especially Blixa, but this is a hard listen in the main. And is likely meant to be so. To me, this is the logical place for punk to go at that time. No need even for guitars (in the main). Just get the ideas out there in the most direct way possible, with whatever comes to hand. However, the depth and variety of their work is not yet fully realised here, only Sehnsucht really hinting at what was to come. But it's fun to revisit this very early stage of an outfit that have changed music far more than many perhaps realise. They are - and always will be - to me one of THE benchmarks for industrial - and atmospheric - music then and now.

4
jason-cobb

Unlistenable. But I think that's the point. I pressed on, all the same. I quite enjoyed the rhythmic nature of it all. Plus some of the samples. Water drips against an industrial backdrop on Negativ Nein works well. Three stars for an unlistenable album is not bad going.

3
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