um I meant Weissensee. No idea where Weiransee came from
― ghosts of lower belvedere high technology sludge incinerator (imago), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 10:04 (ten years ago) link
I wrote an article about Neu! and Dinger here:http://listology.com/jamool/story/neu-plus-la-dusseldorf-and-beyond
Long story short - for Dinger, the first two La Dusseldorf albums are best. Third isn't so hot but the albums that were intended to be the fourth and fifth ones (Neondian and Blue) are both pretty good, especially the latter. Skip most of the La! Neu? stuff unless you want to hear badly recorded improv and a zillion takes on "Cha Cha 2000". The recent reboot of La-D (and unfortunately, the last project he ever made) is Japandorf which is surprisingly strong. Not as good as the best La-D stuff but it mostly stays on the right track and is a lot of fun. Thomas Dinger's album is also worth checking out - lots of repetition but it's actually quite unique.
As for Rother, the two Harmonia albums are great (especially Deluxe) but I never dug his solo career outside the first one.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 12:33 (ten years ago) link
Third isn't so hot
Dunno, I like it well enough. "Menschen/Individuellos" has a sort of ABBA vibe to it. "Tintarella Di" is sleighbells in the snow music. "Dampfriemen" is a bunch of red faced men in a Bavarian bierkeller smashing steins of foamy ale together. And so on.
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
Which one is "bunch of backpacking tourists trying to hit a nail into a block of wood with the thin end of the hammer" ?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 12:59 (ten years ago) link
I've always felt that Individuellos works better in pieces than as a whole; it's probably his loosest and most saccharine album if you're into that. I just never got the urge to relisten to it.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 13:14 (ten years ago) link
nah first side of Individuellos is killer and works really well as once piece imo
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 13:28 (ten years ago) link
I've got "Kommunion/Intensitat", in fact it's the only Stockhausen on vinyl I've managed to buy in five years in London. On "Intensitat" (I think), Stockhausen hammers different lengths of nails into a plank of wood for 20 minutes - doesn't sound all that great to be frank!
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― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 13:31 (ten years ago) link
Did they do anything after Neu 75 that is worth checking out?Neu! 86 has some great moments, especially Grundfunken.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGEZYr8BfDE
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
I've only just gotten into Neu! but I prefer the more song-based material like "Hallogallo". Anyone put together a compilation of just those sorts of tracks?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 14:08 (ten years ago) link
Song based?
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
you mean stuff with rhythm, as opposed to the more avant-garde things on the debut? if it helps there really isn't much of that outside of the first album. Neu! 75 may be what you're looking for.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
There are three sequel tracks to "Hallogallo" on Neu! 2. Neuschnee, Super and Fur Immer. Neu 75 is more rinky-dink on the first half and has vocals on the second half and it's also worth your time.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
Madness! Flammende Herzen, Katzenmusik and Sterntaler are all three of them abso essential.
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
Some good discussion on Rother c or d? here:
KRAUTROCK Listening Klub! - New Albums Every Wednesday
― Neil S, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
is that Hallogallo 2010 seven inch the only studio stuff from that project? i thought there might be a whole album forthcoming -- they sounded pretty fucking great in the live shows I heard.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
I don't remember much about the album but this is one of my favorite covers -
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0002/038/MI0002038579.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― original bgm, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
and seconding the japandorf recommendation. much better than I expected.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
that annoying gap about 1:13 into Sonderangebot, is that meant to be there? is it on the originals or did it creep in with the remasters?
― koogs, Friday, 3 January 2014 09:19 (ten years ago) link
according to Dinger, yes. he was quite pissed when the bootleggers "fixed" the error
― frogbs, Friday, 3 January 2014 12:30 (ten years ago) link
He liked annoying listeners did Klaus
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Friday, 3 January 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
having a real 'neu! 75 is the greatest album ever' time lately
― ufo, Thursday, 1 July 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
75 fur immer
― nxd, Thursday, 1 July 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
Hm, something's up
50 years ago, in March 1972, I walked through Düsseldorf ´s "Altstadt" and saw that the cover of our first NEU! album was displayed in the windows of several records shops. Please stay tuned for infos on the celebrations and special concerts planned for this year... pic.twitter.com/gkqEUMFbGF— Michael Rother (@_MichaelRother_) March 2, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
Well it was rumored and here it is, a Neu! box set:
https://www.groenland.com/product/neui-50/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
lol love the stencilwant the 7" but the postage price is a joke
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
not sure what the point of this is, all 4 albums are very available & I can't imagine there's any unreleased stuff out there anymore. like with Faust you at least had a bunch of unearthed stuff + the fact that at least one of those albums (So Far) was very hard to get on vinyl in a non-4MWB edition
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
What, you don't like stencils?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link
apparently Iggy has been playing Hero from '75 on his recent tour
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
one of the remixes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuF1wauj9h0
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 17:58 (one year ago) link
ordered me this as a lil bday present :)
― nxd, Friday, 1 July 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
Selling points in press release!
Featuring Reworks by The National, Idles, Man Man, Mogwai, Guerilla Toss & MoreNEU! Picture Disc and Cassette Available June 17th
NEU! Picture Disc and Cassette Available June 17th
― dow, Friday, 1 July 2022 21:44 (one year ago) link
only just found out iggy pop has been playing hero on tour and rother joined him in hamburg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FspF8LRRXWs
― stirmonster, Sunday, 31 July 2022 00:41 (one year ago) link
baller move imo
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 31 July 2022 03:34 (one year ago) link
NEU! featured with cover story in the new issue of The Wire. Mike Barnes writes in 'The Unbroken Circle' about the history of NEU! and cites from an interview I recently did with him on behalf of the 50th anniversary of the first NEU! album. Get it here: https://t.co/4UVNx9ZBhH pic.twitter.com/r0ZrVSest8— Michael Rother (@_MichaelRother_) August 10, 2022
― nxd, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 11:35 (one year ago) link
so, is the box worth it? sounding any different than the previous releases?
― StanM, Friday, 30 December 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
Haven't noticed difference in sounds but it's a beauty for the collection
― nxd, Monday, 2 January 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
Magic Rother and friends gig tonight, they hit the NEU! / Harmonia / solo classics hard, pretty heavy in places too. Vittoria added vocals to E-Musik which surprised me but worked well. Crowd loved it all.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 25 February 2024 12:51 (one month ago) link
ach, Negativland, I meant
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:04 (one month ago) link
that sounds awesome, hope someone recorded it
― frogbs, Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:04 (one month ago) link
was meant to see them earlier this month but got ill :(
― nxd, Sunday, 25 February 2024 19:06 (one month ago) link
this is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ksmzvVT6ko
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Monday, 26 February 2024 03:25 (one month ago) link