jHandsome Tours are pleased to announce that renowned multi-instrumentalist Mick Harveywill be the very special guest support for Einstürzende Neubauten when the German avant-industrialists tour Australia this February. Joining Mick on stage will be the highly respected violinist / guitarist JP Shilo and double bassist Rosie Westbrook.
The award winning musician, composer, arranger and producer has had a long spanning musical relationship with with Einstürzende Neubauten frontman and founding member Blixa Bargeld, having both been members of revered Melbourne bands The Birthday Party andNick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Einstürzende Neubauten’s fearsome live shows have long been legendary for all the right reasons, literally trying to bring down the house (with jackhammers) on more than one occasion. Founded in West Berlin in 1980, before the fall of the Berlin Wall, they quickly became renowned for their intense noise assaults, blood-curdling screams and trenchant use of eclectic instrumentation – often constructed themselves from scrap metal and then bludgeoned and dismantled onstage with building tools – to augment their already visceral sound.
Far more than mere musical visionaries, Einstürzende Neubauten have long been innovators in the offstage realms of the music game as well, leading the push towards fan-funded projects as long as a decade ago and quickly grasping the internet’s limitless potential as a tool to be integrated into their entire band ethos, embracing it as an avenue for experimentation and sonic exploration while most other bands were still contemplating the pros and cons of setting up a MySpace page.
But despite this inimitable vision and having releasing over a dozen acclaimed studio albums in their more than three decades together, it’s in the live sphere that the band have carved their fearsome aura, which is why Australian fans should be excited and scared in equal measure at the prospect of the arch sonic manipulators’ impending southern sojourn. Be aware, sparks will fly (figuratively and most likely literally) so bring your earplugs (and possibly goggles) when you check out the band who thrives on railing against convention of any description, Einstürzende Neubauten.
Einstürzende Neubauten 2013 Australian Tour
With special guest support by Mick Harvey (joined by Rosie Westbrook and JP Shilo)
Tuesday 19th – Palace Theatre, Melbourne
Friday 22nd – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Saturday 23rd – Tivoli, Brisbane
Tickets on sale now from www.handsometours.com
The band will also perform at ATP’s ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’
www.atpfestival.com/events/australia2013.php
