Track Listings (6) - Disc #1| All Artists: Neu Title: Neu 1 Members Wishing: 5 Total Copies: 0 Label: Astralwerks Release Date: 5/29/2001 Album Type: Original recording remastered Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, New Age, Pop, Rock Styles: Electronica, Hardcore & Punk, Europe, Continental Europe, Dance Pop, Progressive, Progressive Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 724353078027 |
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Neu! was recorded over four days in Hamburg with Can producer Conrad Plank, and its static, aggressive harmonies and almost (but not quite) robotic sound still has a resonance that echoes even today. As any musician fro... more » |
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Amazon.com Neu! was recorded over four days in Hamburg with Can producer Conrad Plank, and its static, aggressive harmonies and almost (but not quite) robotic sound still has a resonance that echoes even today. As any musician from Add N to X to Sonic Youth, from Stereolab to Cabaret Voltaire could tell you, early '70s Dusseldorf band Neu! were one third of the original triumvirate--alongside Can and Faust--that defined Krautrock. Michael Rother (guitar/keyboards) and Klaus Dinger (drums) formed the band in 1971, and with their first three albums established a pattern of minimalist melodies and locked groove "motorik" beats that were to later exert a tremendous influence over left-field music, both in dance and rock. Indeed, one of the great U.S. avant-garde '90s bands, Negativland, take their name from a track on this album. "Hallogallo, Sonderangebot," "Im Gluck"--these are the conveyor-belt grooves, the elemental sweep and soar of the neon-bright autobahn, and the sound of the future when it was still shiny and clean. As David Bowie put it, "[Neu! were] Kraftwerk's wayward, anarchistic brothers." And so much more. --Jerry Thackray Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsNeu! is worth it for just one song. Gregory Mills | Berkeley | 10/21/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "It's the first song, Hallogallo. And this is despite the song is ONLY ONE CHORD FOR TEN MINUTES over a obsessive 4/4 pulse. But this chord, this chord is special. This chord is fwacka-fwacka-fwacka'd up and down like taffy. I defy you... DEFY you... not to shake yer moneymaker just a little bit listening to this. It will make you pogo like an idiot. The rest of the album is good, in a Teuton-angsty noise kind of way, with a few pretty bits spaced throughout. But Hallogallo... Hallogallo is special." Electro jam music that rocks Lost Sailor of Circumstance | Northern Hemisphere | 01/28/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "My favorite music is free form type of stuff, so hearing "Hallo Gallo" made me buy this CD. I have heard this band before but never bought anything by them in the past. This is a hard album to put in a catagory, maybe 70's Krautrock?? This album is a perfect example of how much you can do with a little when you know a lot. There is not much in the way of melodies, but the sonic structure is what makes this record. The fact that there are guitars on this album, really give it a dynamic push/pull that most electronic music lacks. There is a balance of beautiful weirdness and improvisational structure that has it's roots in much 60's psychedelic music, the make up the heart of this music. Truly unique." Hallogallo Tokio | Tokyo, Japan | 05/16/2010 (5 out of 5 stars) "My recent quest for historical rock music has been fully rewarded, beyond my expectaion, by finding this masterpiece, Hallogallo. I would have paid $10,000 willingly if I had not been able to find it otherwise. I am seriously thinking this should be the music that will be played at my funeral, whenever it will be held.
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