Tag Archives: Conny Plank

Cluster – Cluster 71

Posted on December 28, 2021 by YorkshireNed

50 years, eh? Astounding, ney unbelievable that this record is that old. When you listen to it, it still sounds like the future, whether you play it on a crackly old LP on a cheap system, the latest reissue (of … Continue reading →

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Neu! – Neu! 2

Posted on October 27, 2015 by YorkshireNed

This is one of my favourite album covers of all time. Which might seem strange at first but there is something audacious about it, a punk take on pop art that revels in its simplicity and minimalism. It was the … Continue reading →

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Kraftwerk

Posted on April 11, 2014 by YorkshireNed

The first three Kraftwerk albums have never been reissued and never remastered for CD (at least officially). Because of this, they feel like a secret history of the band, a very different Kraftwerk to the band that cut those classic … Continue reading →

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Organisation – Tone Float

Posted on August 11, 2013 by YorkshireNed

Frankly, I’m not much of a Kraftwerk fan, so to me the Organisation record is more precious than any of the music Florian Schneider and Ralf Huetter recorded in the years following. “Tone Float” (recorded as a five-piece-band with Basil … Continue reading →

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Michael Rother – Flammende Herzen

Posted on March 3, 2013 by YorkshireNed

Deep warm guitar notes drift out of the speakers blissfully for a few moments, the guitar picks up a pace and then a gentle drum begins. It is almost the Neu! beat but in slow motion bliss. This feels like … Continue reading →

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Neu! – self titled debut

Posted on February 21, 2013 by YorkshireNed

There have been some oddly matched musical pairings in the history of rock but surely Neu! must rank highly among them. You have the laid-back, easy going guitar player Michael Rother paired with the frentic, wild, motor mouth drummer Klaus … Continue reading →

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Harmonia – Deluxe

Posted on November 15, 2012 by YorkshireNed

Musically, for those that don’t know, this dates from 1975 and marked the meeting of musical hearts and minds that was the duo Moebius & Roedelius of Cluster alongside ex-Kraftwerk/Neu guitarist, Michael Rother on a second album that was so … Continue reading →

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Guru Guru – Guru Guru

Posted on November 15, 2012 by YorkshireNed

In many ways, the last of the classic quartet of albums from the seventies that made this band such a legend. There are a couple of three minute songs that serve as tasters for the album’s big three – starting … Continue reading →

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Cluster – Sowiesoso

Posted on September 15, 2012 by YorkshireNed

What can I say about Sowiesoso that hasn’t already been said? Well, loads hopefully. Seeing as each person interprets and interacts with language differently when describing something they love it should be a different story every time, right? I’d like … Continue reading →

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Neu! – Neu! 75

Posted on September 9, 2012 by YorkshireNed
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