Effective period / Period of releases: 1980 - 2024

Members: Blixa Bargeld, Alexander Hacke, Beate Bartel, Rudi Moser, Jochen Arbeit, Marc Chung, Andrew Chudy, Felix Gebhard, Frank Martin Strauß, Gudrun Bredemann

Experimental German group, formed in West Berlin in 1980. The band is notable for predominantly using custom built instruments constructed out of scrap metal and power tools.

Their name in English literally means "Collapsing New Buildings," where "New Buildings" describes a type of architecture common in post-WWII Germany (large concrete box-style buildings) and "Collapsing" is an adjective in this context, not a verb.