Konrad Plank is to Krautrock what
Phil Spector is to
pop music, an inventive producer and collaborator with credits that range from the endlessly influential rock records that came from Germany in the '70s to obscure and not-so-obscure
post-punk/
new wave records of the late '70s and early '80s. Having cut his teeth working for
Marlene Dietrich in the '40s, it wasn't until his production for
Kraftwerk's early records that he began to significantly raise his status. And by producing, engineering, and mediating the recording of Neu's three legendary LPs in the '70s (he was essentially the unofficial third member),
Plank cemented his status as one of the most significant studio rats in
experimental rock, operating his own studio in Cologne and proceeding to record German bands like
Grobschnitt,
Guru Guru,
Kraan, and the Scorpions, in addition to later non-German acts like
Ultravox,
Devo,
Killing Joke, and
Eurythmics.
Plank, who also worked with
Dieter Moebius on a couple of early '80s recordings billed as
Moebius & Plank, passed away in the late '80s. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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