The charm of destruction: Einstürzende Neubauten live in Stockholm

There are bands that are only half as good on record as they are live – and Einstürzende Neubauten clearly belong to this category for me, even if their latest album “Rampen – apm” is absolutely fantastic.
Since Friday evening, I know that “alien pop music” live is a revelation. A visibly fragile – yet magically strong – Blixa Bargeld conducts his band and the Stockholm audience through an evening on the edge. At the abyss of the earth, of life, of feelings – and of the ramp (stage). You let yourself drift by surrendering to the goings-on on stage. Metal springs, drive shafts, plastic bottles, pipes, canisters – all of this is exhausted to the last sound in the familiar Neubauten manner. They are older, perhaps a little quieter, but at the same time even more refined and almost perfect in their interplay. A Neubauten concert is much more than just music, it is a happening, a total work of art that thrives not least on the charmingly unapproachable presence of the universal genius Blixa Bargeld. A poet and word acrobat who is unparalleled in our time.
So after a rollercoaster of emotions and an avalanche of linguistic mastery, we go home with the blessed message “Everything will be fine”.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Setlist 14.10. Fållan – Stockholm

Pestalozzi
Ist ist
Wedding
Grazer Damm
Isso Isso
Möbliertes Lied
Sabrina
Die Befindlichkeit des Landes
Sonnenbarke
Seven Screws
Trilobiten
Gesundbrunnen
How Did I Die?

Encore:
Ten Grand Goldie
Nagorny Karabach
Besser isses

Encore 2:
Everything Will Be Fine
Susej