Emerging from the uncanny strangeness of 1980s West Berlin, Einstürzende Neubauten, infamous and legendary arbiters of chaos, scrappily used what was available to them to create their industrialised art rock. Lead by Blixa Bargeld – alongside N.U. Unruh, Jochen Arbeit, and Rudolph Moser – a throughline across Einstürzende Neubauten's decades-spanning career is the use of self-made instruments constructed from steel sheets, construction detritus, and found materials (they famously attempted to drill through the ICA's floor to access the hidden tunnels beneath). 45 years after its release, their debut studio album Kollaps (1981) still carries a vivid and new-feeling sensibility. Grinding machinic sounds and industrial percussive battery folds into punk diatribes, eerie ambient noise, and long ritualistic refrains. Their sound has collapsed and been rebuilt into new forms continuously: from the erratic frayed edges of their early industrial material to their more intentional material of the 00s and beyond, Einstürzende Neubauten's current iteration – exclusive to the Netherlands at Rewire – creates a kosmische kind of music that they refer to as "alien pop music" – such as with Alles In Allem (2020) and Rampen (2024).

Please note: For the concert of Einstürzende Neubauten on Sunday 12 April, a Plus Ticket is required (€4,50, including service and transaction costs). For further information, check here.