Raleigh, NC (Top40 Charts/ Neubauten Official Website) - Einstu;rzende Neubauten's Anniversary Tour in the US has been cancelled. The band has issued the following statement:
It is with great regret that Einstu;rzende Neubauten announce the cancellation of their planned thirtieth anniversary appearances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto and New York. While the US Department of Homeland Security did issue approvals for the band's visas, it was not done in time to secure the appointments at the overseas embassies and consulates that represent the necessary final step in the process.
The band members are tremendously disappointed by this turn of events and wish to thank all those fans who purchased tickets for these performances for their support. The band would have loved to do the tour and meet their overseas fans. Because this tour was a time-sensitive production, it will not be rescheduled. Ticketholders can obtain refunds from their point of purchase.
Einstu;rzende Neubauten - Blixa Bargeld, N.U. Unruh, Alexander Hacke, Rudolf Moser and Jochen Arbeit - celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the band with the release of Strategies Against Architecture IV. The compilation album is out now digitally with a two disc physical release set for December 7, 2010.
Strategies Against Architecture IV is the fourth album in the archival compilation series by Neubauten and collates the band's output from 2002-2010, a period which saw Einstu;rzende Neubauten release Perpetuum Mobile (Mute), embark on the "Musterhaus" series (finalised in 2007), the release of Grundstu;ck (CD & DVD, 2005), Palast der Republik (DVD, 2006), Alles wieder offen (2007) and their most recent release The Jewels (2008). During this time, the band began their groundbreaking series of 'Supporter Albums'. For these releases, the band, via www.neubauten.org, engaged fans in a subscription model that entirely financed several releases and gave the 'Supporters' unprecedented exclusive access to the recording process. In the review, Pitchfork says, "Right from the very first song, "Perpetuum Mobile", there are constant reminders of the style that made the band famous, but with a thicker, richer layered sound."
Strategies Against Architecture IV is a double disc release including material from the band's deeply symbolic appearance at Berlin's Palast der Republik - the former seat of power of the German Democratic Republik, featuring The Social Choir of 100 supporter voices; live recordings such as YouMe & MeYou (from Vienna); Bertolt Brecht Und Der Weltempaenger(featuring "a roll of gaffer tape descending a staircase") as well as material from the "Musterhaus" series (a collection of very limited edition experimental albums that were available exclusively via the band's website).
