― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link
just... wow.
Whodini recorded with Plank?
― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Did I just say that?
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
The Walkabouts tell a story about how they were recording there and apparently the master tapes for Neu! 75 were in the archive or something -- this is before the official rereleases, sometime around the mid-nineties -- and asked and were able to play back the masters using the studio PA. That would have been sweet.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link
like the two eight minute instrumental noise freakout b-sides on this, classic hidden Rastakraut Pasta worthy Plank:
http://www.discogs.com/release/103889
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
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― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amon (eman), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― metal detective (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.ethrill.net/features/2nd_eefc/cfast01.jpg
― metal detective (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:39 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.connys-studio.de/http://www.yamomusic.de/gallery_main.php?event_id=32&lang=en
― milton parker (Jon L), Monday, 3 July 2006 22:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― LC (Damian), Monday, 3 July 2006 23:15 (seventeen years ago) link
you too can buy Conny's NS-10's for a mere nine hundred dollars
http://shop.ebay.com/connyplankstudio/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
geeta appears to have written another article somehow
http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/music14/
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
nobody beats the geeta! she's the geeta with the heeta!
― scott seward, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite example of what having Conny behind the mixing desk can do for what was otherwise a pretty straightforward band, this Flock of Seagulls b-side, recorded around the same time as Zero Set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zntda8SwskU
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's a good one. definitely worth owning the 12 inch for.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Dieter Moebius et al. play a live tribute to Conny Plank in Berlin on Feb. 8th, to celebrate release of the box set
http://connyplank.com/live
Also, Embryo in Munich on Feb. 11th
― geeta, Monday, 28 January 2013 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
are you going?
― sarahell, Monday, 28 January 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
this plank box set is pretty killer thus far.
― tylerw, Monday, 28 January 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
i wish i could be there! i have no plans to be in berlin at the moment.
― geeta, Monday, 28 January 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
I've heard talk about Plank's "live" approach to drum recording. Anyone care to share which albums best demonstrate this? I only really know the more famous of the stuff he's done.
― everything, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 20:02 (nine years ago) link
I always thought the drums on 'Western Promise' (from the Ultravox album Vienna, which Plank produced) sounded magnificent. There's a story from drummer Warren Cann about how they got the drum sound for that track, I'll have to find it and dig it out.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
Okay, listening to this now for the first time and this is pretty great. The drums remind me of the drum sound Are We Not Men We are Devo.
― everything, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Here's the quote I was looking for:
We decided to record the drum tracks for "Western Promise" in the reception area of the building, as the surroundings were all glass and polishedmarble — excellent for a "hard" drum sound. So as not to completely disrupt the staff, we had to move the microphones and drums in at night to do the recording. The only drawback to this was the front doors of the studio were by no means soundproof, and the quiet residential area of St. Johns Wood was not going to take too kindly to me bashing away. The first time we attempted it, the neighbours called the police and, upon their arrival, they requested we cease and desist.It was sounding so good we decided to not let this get in our way, so we attempted it again the next evening. This time, we set everything up and were asready as could be before I actually started playing. I knew I had to get a good "take" before the police came banging on the door, so there was no time to lose. Sometime before the neighbours got fed up and reported us and the response time it took for the police to arrive, I got a good take and we had what we wanted.Recording a song like this, with its sequenced pattern running throughout, was akin to creating a rod for our own backs, and created problems for us later on. The pattern wasn’t as all pervasive as a bass line which was neigh impossible to not hear live. It was easily overpowered by other instrumentation, and if I lost track of it — even for a moment — it was damn difficult to figure out where I’d gone wrong and get back into sync in the proper place. It led to us having to come up with extensive self-monitoring solutions for us all in the live environment.
It was sounding so good we decided to not let this get in our way, so we attempted it again the next evening. This time, we set everything up and were asready as could be before I actually started playing. I knew I had to get a good "take" before the police came banging on the door, so there was no time to lose. Sometime before the neighbours got fed up and reported us and the response time it took for the police to arrive, I got a good take and we had what we wanted.
Recording a song like this, with its sequenced pattern running throughout, was akin to creating a rod for our own backs, and created problems for us later on. The pattern wasn’t as all pervasive as a bass line which was neigh impossible to not hear live. It was easily overpowered by other instrumentation, and if I lost track of it — even for a moment — it was damn difficult to figure out where I’d gone wrong and get back into sync in the proper place. It led to us having to come up with extensive self-monitoring solutions for us all in the live environment.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
my answer for the upthread question regarding drum sound: check out the self-titled Neu! album or Scorpions' Lonesome Crow for 70's example, check out the Moebius-Plank-Neumeier album 'Zero Set' for an excellent early 80's example of acoustic drums integrated with live sequencer playing
it was an honor for Conny to have had the chance to do a studio recording with Duke Ellington and his orchestra. The recordings were created in the legendary Rhenus studios in Cologne in 1970
http://factory92.eu/wsf92/unreleased-conny-plank-session-with-duke-ellington/?hc_location=ufi
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2015/04/music-news/duke-ellingtons-the-conny-plank-session-to-be-released-this-july
>Revolutionary jazz composer Duke Ellington’s Conny Plank Session will finally see the light of day this July. For those unfamiliar >with German sound engineer and producer Conny Plank, he rose to prominence for his work with Kraftwerk and Cluster.
I'm no expert on post-1950 Ellington recordings but the preview sounds great! No phasing or delays or filters but everything's pristine.
I have heard that the 20 minutes of music Schneider/Dinger/Rother recorded for Kraftwerk 2 before Hütter rejoined has been located in Plank's archives & transferred, sure would be great to hear that within our lifetimes
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
Bang on cue, "Hallogallo" being used as backing music to advertise an ITV programme on 'footballers mavericks' (and then carrying on for a while under the half time discussion in the Barcelona v. Paris St. Germain game).
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations Milton. Neu! is well-known to me but I haven't heard the other two yet - will seek them out.
― everything, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
my answer for the upthread question regarding drum sound: check out the self-titled Neu! album or Scorpions' Lonesome Crow for 70's example, check out the Moebius-Plank-Neumeier album 'Zero Set' for an excellent early 80's example of acoustic drums integrated with live sequencer playing/it was an honor for Conny to have had the chance to do a studio recording with Duke Ellington and his orchestra. The recordings were created in the legendary Rhenus studios in Cologne in 1970/http://factory92.eu/wsf92/unreleased-conny-plank-session-with-duke-ellington/?hc_location=ufi🔗
/it was an honor for Conny to have had the chance to do a studio recording with Duke Ellington and his orchestra. The recordings were created in the legendary Rhenus studios in Cologne in 1970/
http://factory92.eu/wsf92/unreleased-conny-plank-session-with-duke-ellington/?hc_location=ufi🔗
Thomas Dinger sounds really great on this.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
If anything the sound mix on that Ellington recording is phenomenal. Beautifully engineered.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
(xp) Klaus Dinger, Thomas didn't start playing drums till later... errr, hold on, are you telling us Klaus Dinger played with Duke Ellington?!!??
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
This is great and yeah, the sound is gorgeous
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:15 (eight years ago) link
Sorry I was kidding.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 23 April 2015 11:58 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, guessed as much!
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 April 2015 12:42 (eight years ago) link
But the toms do sound like him!
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 24 April 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
I went to see the new documentary by his son Stephan: Conny Plank - The Potential of Noise. It's a great, quite personal film, Stephan lost his father when he was only 14 and tries to reconnect to him via the film. Lots of interesting interviews with among others Michael Rother, David Stewart, Gianna Nannini, Les Ritas Mitsouko, Robert Görl from DAF, Karl Hyde, Devo, Whodini, Ultravox, the Scorpions, Annette Humpe etc. I didn't realize before how wide the spectrum of the music he produced was. From krautrock to industrial to German pop to rap. His ears really were wide open and he had the gift to grab and fix the moment when the groove and the sound were perfect.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 1 October 2017 08:33 (six years ago) link
I think I saw the documentary linked to on twitter, would love to see it.
― willem, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 11:35 (six years ago) link
Me too! Hope it makes it to the UK and/or DVD.
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 11:52 (six years ago) link
this is so cool!! Plank trained his microphones on Ellington and his orchestra as they performed “Afrique” and “Alerado”. Ellington was still finessing the pieces, changing soloists, making adjustments and variations, and adding a vocalist to one take of “Afrique”. Two songs, with three takes each, reveal hidden possibilities and showcase Ellington as a restless composer and arranger. Plank’s unfussy recordings are clear and precise, devoid of dust and crackle or any evidence of the production trickery of the early 70s.
Wild Bill Davis, the organist, and Cat Anderson, a trumpeter, take standout solos on the swinging “Alerado”, a Davis composition. The more adventurous, abstract “Afrique” is distinguished by a tom-tom beat that serves as a foundation for various improvisations. Those with a bit of imagination can hear the same driving repetition in “Afrique” as in the motorik beats of "Krautrock".
https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/07/krautrock-and-jazz
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 2 March 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
i keep forgetting to buy that off of eMusic
such a cool confluence
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
Worth it especially for the vocal take of Afrique. So far out.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link
Conny Plank - the Potential of Noise
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 11:02 (five years ago) link
Good interview with Stephan Plank about the upcoming documentary.
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/conny-plank-stephan-plank-interview/
That embedded Duke Ellington track from the Connie Plank Session is excellent.
― earlnash, Friday, 24 August 2018 03:44 (five years ago) link
Saw the documentary, great stuff, despite the unavoidable presence of Dave Stewart. As if I didn't admire Conny Plank enough already, turning down the chance to work with U2 after talking to "Herr Bono" moved him up in my estimation even further. Any musician who was lucky enough to work with Conny Plank was blessed. There was a Q & A afterwards, hosted by Rob Young, which was better these things usually are mostly because Stephan Plank is so articulate and personable, a bit of chip off the old block tbh. A funny bit was when Rob Young asked if any musician had turned down the chance to appear in the film and Stephan Plank, said, "Just one, but I'm not going to say the name, a German", and, quick as a flash, someone in the audience shouted out, "Ralf Hutter!"
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
This is showing at the Goethe Institute in Glasgow on Saturday but it's sold out (although since tickets were free and distributed through eventbrite I dare say there will be a lot of no-shows)
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
balls! you wouldn't happen to have a spare one jed?
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 23:18 (five years ago) link
Andrew Weatherall was there, I only know that because I heard him say his name to the woman on the door, I thought he was Alan Moore at first.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
Stirmonster, I don't! I don't have one for myself either but I think It's worth a try.
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
LOL @ Tom D!
i think it's worth emailing them to ask about returns/no shows:
https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21329108
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link
thanks jed. will give it a try.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
i'm a little shocked that the release of duke ellington's conny plank session didn't get more traction, it rocked my world
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
I had it bookmarked to buy from emusic but they no longer offer it It was praised heartily here for a little while after release iirc
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 30 August 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
A funny bit was when Rob Young asked if any musician had turned down the chance to appear in the film and Stephan Plank, said, "Just one, but I'm not going to say the name, a German", and, quick as a flash, someone in the audience shouted out, "Ralf Hutter!"― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Wednesday, August 29, 2018 10:15 PM (yesterday)
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Wednesday, August 29, 2018 10:15 PM (yesterday)
HI DERE.
― Einstürzende NEU!bauten (Branwell with an N), Thursday, 30 August 2018 07:22 (five years ago) link
No, it wasn't Dan Perry.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 August 2018 07:25 (five years ago) link
finally saw documentary. very grateful this exists. all the vintage 70s/80s 8 & 16mm footage in Conny's studio are invaluable.
reminds me of Stan Warnow's film about his father, Raymond Scott - Deconstructing Dad; both pointedly frame the entire film as a means to come to terms with largely absent fathers by trying to understand what they spent their lives actually doing. I frequently think about the ending of Warnow's film.
the focus is kept mostly to anecdotes from interviews. this keeps things personal; not too many talking heads filling in expository. however, as Möbi had passed before filming began, this leaves a pretty big hole in coverage of the music Plank released himself. as in, Lillental & the Möbi & Plank records are not mentioned at all -- no 'Zero Set' -- and none of the weirder 80's blurring between producing and composing comes up. the film handles that decade by interviewing the bigger stars he produced, where he often took a lighter touch, so the musical examples from the 80's don't quite make the case they could. but you do get Arno Steffan interviewed about the fantastic 1986 tour with Möbi. you do get Rita Mitsouko, totally wonderful. and the Whodini interview, to hear legends like those two humbly talking about how they got miraculously beamed over to make music out in kosmiche country, them reminding Stephan about them playing with him when he was a kid, the whole thing becomes more than a film at moments like that
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 23:42 (four years ago) link
Yeah that Whodini section really sold it for me. Was lovely and the documentary on the whole one of the best recent music docus I've seen.
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 08:00 (four years ago) link
Heads up for the Dutch and Belgian massive on here (and Britishes w/ satellite telly). ARD is showing Conny Plank – Mein Vater der Klangvisionär (German title of the documentary mentioned above) tomorrow at 23.45 CET. I've not seen it yet so I'm very much looking forward to it.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 07:33 (three years ago) link
would definitely crack open a new vhs tape for that
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 07:38 (three years ago) link
:D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 07:40 (three years ago) link
Heads up for the Dutch and Belgian /massive/ on here (and Britishes w/ satellite telly). ARD is showing Conny Plank – Mein Vater der Klangvisionär🕸 (German title of the documentary mentioned above) tomorrow at 23.45 CET. I've not seen it yet so I'm very much looking forward to it.
― willem, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 07:55 (three years ago) link
I think it's either on Amazon Prime or Sky Arts as well.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 08:01 (three years ago) link
yes, Amazon Prime, ty
― Brad C., Tuesday, 16 June 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
I was just listening to a track from this album when I noticed it was recorded... at Conny Plank's Studio!
https://img.discogs.com/WZl27_UF89Dh6mqFDfI9IMZGBRs=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4231939-1421093685-7866.jpeg.jpg
Eddie & Finbar Furey seem to have recorded a few of their albums in Germany for some reason, at least one other one being engineered by Conny Plank.
― Future England Captain (Tom D.), Friday, 26 June 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
the germans are (or are at least were) daft for Irish folk music as far as I can tell, lots of stuff filmed for german telly if you go on an Irish folk youtube binge
― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Friday, 26 June 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
they are big pioneers of Celtic studies in the 19th century and seem to love the highlands as well, terrible lads for the gaelophilia
― Rik Waller-Bridge (jim in vancouver), Friday, 26 June 2020 00:34 (three years ago) link
I found the documentary to be slow and not that engaging– I actually nodded off a few times. May need to give it another try.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 27 June 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
it's funny that they changed his shorts to pants on the Liliental album cover:
https://img.discogs.com/IIUToBpfd58XxbQBtV5gtqr3Q_E=/490x378/smart/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/A-249044-1280553439.jpeg.jpg
https://img.discogs.com/a2kjECuJ7iCR-FE0jr39VejXUyo=/fit-in/600x590/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1598942-1565801532-7404.jpeg.jpg
― brimstead, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 05:41 (three years ago) link
oh my! isn't it just?
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 11:46 (three years ago) link