Woke up this morning to ....
Radio a compilation of the A-sides and B-sides of
Michael Rother's solo output. The ex-Neu! and ex Harmonia guitarist and synth player has come up with some fine tunes under the production talents of Conny Plank and with Jaki Leibezeit (ex Can)reproducing the Neu! "motorik" beat from his drumkit. There are some songs here that would have a subtle influence on Ultravox from 78 to 84. The "motorik" beat is IMHO the best drum pattern ever created. I'm going to borrow it too!
I've also been listening to the creator of the "motorik" beat,
Klaus Dinger. Following the sad news of his passing away I played his best material. From his career with
Neu!, Neu! 75 and
Neu! 4. Then the 3
La Dusseldorf albums,
La Dusseldorf, Viva and
Individuellos. Finally, the rare but wonderful
Die Engel Des Herrn from the band with same name, basically Klaus and a backing band.
As a tribute to Klaus and Michael
4-Neu and the rest of the remastered
Dazzle Ships album by
OMD.
A very inspirational week!
Tschuss mein freund!
Chris
