Einstürzende Neubauten, the legendary German experimental group fronted by one-time Bad Seed Blixa Bargeld, have shared Ist Ist as the first single from their forthcoming 13th studio album, Rampen (APM: Alien Pop Music) and announced a lengthy European tour in support of the album.
The songs on Rampen were apparently fashioned from improvisations the group performed during encores on their 2022 Alles in Allem tour. The artwork, featuring only the band’s logo and insignia on a yellow background, was inspired by The Beatles, Bargeld stating, “It’s based on the idea that the Einstürzende Neubauten is just as famous in another solar system as The Beatles are in our world.”
And who's to say they're not?
In a statement about the forthcoming record, which is set for release on April 5, and available to pre-order now, Bargeld says, “On the album, I found a few solutions and formulated things in ways I haven’t formulated them before, because they were never so clear to me. I’m someone who believes you can achieve knowledge through music. It’s always been that way. I follow the conviction. I’ll find something in the music that I didn’t know before. And sing something that I didn’t know. Something that turns out to be true. Or to take this down a notch, something that at least has meaning.”
