Photos of the German musical experimentalists, playing in Dublin
On Sunday night, Einstürzende Neubauten came to Dublin. And just 10 minutes after the gig, I had my hands on a double album of the gig, burned to CD in realtime. I'm listening to it as I write... the quality is remarkable.
The Temple Bar Music Centre was packed with Neubauten fans, and the atmosphere was thick with anticipation. With the band piled onto the tiny stage, Blixa apologised for the lack of instrumentation - they just didn't have room for it. It's Neubauten's first Irish gig in their 23 year history... and they're already promising a bigger stage for next time.
I had a photo pass, so I spent the first three songs in the pit, rolling around, squeezing off b&w film rolls, and get an eyeful of the band's collection of makeshift instruments. The music was hitting me full in the chest... there's a resonance to Neubauten's music that doesn't deafen instead, it shakes up your gut. It's warm, visceral music, full of clanks and mechanical screams. Even their 'quiet' songs, like Dead Friends (Around the Corner)' are laden with layers of industrial soup, pulled together from the two-man percussion section, and the iconoclastic utilisation of 'normal' instruments like the guitar and bass of Jochen and Alex.
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