EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN-AIIes Wieder Offen
Potomak
German industrialists get а little help from their friends.
Trent Reznor, may have made headline recently for setting up camp outside label clutches but, typically, industrial pioneers EinstLirzende Neubauten not only got there first, but also used the opportunity to take а radical new approach: Alles Wieder Offen was financed by fan club subscribers who were allowed to watch the recording sessions online and discuss the direction of the tracks.
Neubauten albums are always fascinating, whatever their means of production, and here is an enthralling continuation of the band's journey from tool-wielding, apocalyptic noisemongers to elegantly systematic envelope pushers. They've retained their twin poles of ritual and chaos, but they've found more moments of equilibrium in between; аll insistent pulses and subtle, metallic clatter, while centerpiece Let's Dolt А Dada is an irrepressible chanl that nudges you once more to the edge of reason.
Jonathan Selzer
