Strategies Against Architecture II cover

Strategies Against Architecture II

Recorded
1984-1990
Released

This two-CD set contains nearly two dozen tracks from the period commonly regarded as Einstürzende Neubauten’s glory years, 1984-1990. It’s no mere best-of, though, as stunning live versions of songs like “Yu-Gung” (from 1985’s Halber Mensch) and “Armenia” (from 1984’s Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.) demonstrate the intense power and haunting beauty the group delivered onstage. Blixa Bargeld’s vocals range from harsh denunciations to desperate, gasping shrieks of existential terror, and the band’s junkyard-Dada arrangements for power drill, amplified shopping cart, and sheets of pummeled steel are sculpted carefully in the studio to maximize their impact.

Phil Freeman

Recommended by

Suggestions
History Gets Ahead of the Story cover

History Gets Ahead of the Story

Jeff Cosgrove, John Medeski, Jeff Lederer
Watashi-Dake? cover

Watashi-Dake?

Keiji Haino
Kulma cover

Kulma

Pan Sonic
Wisdom of Elders cover

Wisdom of Elders

Shabaka & the Ancestors
Kalan Teban cover

Kalan Teban

Aly Keita, Lucas Niggli, Jan Galega Brönnimann
Partch, H.: Delusion of the Fury cover

Partch, H.: Delusion of the Fury

John Stannard, Paul Bergen, Ensemble Of Unique Instruments, Victoria Bond, Danlee Mitchell
Stalker cover

Stalker

Lustmord, Robert Rich
Godbear cover

Godbear

Charlemagne Palestine
Confield cover

Confield

Autechre