La Düsseldorf is the first album of the band
La Düsseldorf.
History
Striking up a stylistic compromise with Michael Rother, the other half of
Neu!,
Klaus Dinger had recruited his brother
Thomas and friend Hans Lampe to play on side two of Neu! '75, taking the band in a more
rocking direction than the
ambient-inclined Rother cared for. With the split up of Neu! after Neu! '75's release, the remaining members recorded this LP with Neu!/Kraftwerk producer
Conny Plank. The result is an album reminiscent of Neu!'s characteristic
motorik beat set under atmospheric swathes of keyboard and guitar, but with more emphasis on vocals than the mostly instrumental Neu! had made room for.[2]
"In La Düsseldorf’s eponymous debut, Dinger poked his head into disco and punk and opened himself in ways previously unheard in the more art-focused Neu!."[3]
La Düsseldorf is the first album of the band
La Düsseldorf.
History
Striking up a stylistic compromise with Michael Rother, the other half of
Neu!,
Klaus Dinger had recruited his brother
Thomas and friend Hans Lampe to play on side two of Neu! '75, taking the band in a more
rocking direction than the
ambient-inclined Rother cared for. With the split up of Neu! after Neu! '75's release, the remaining members recorded this LP with Neu!/Kraftwerk producer
Conny Plank. The result is an album reminiscent of Neu!'s characteristic
motorik beat set under atmospheric swathes of keyboard and guitar, but with more emphasis on vocals than the mostly instrumental Neu! had made room for.[2]
"In La Düsseldorf’s eponymous debut, Dinger poked his head into disco and punk and opened himself in ways previously unheard in the more art-focused Neu!."[3]