La Dusseldorf reform!

That depends what you mean by Krautrock.

That's true. None of the women were ever 'big names' though...

Renate Kroetenschawanz-Knaup is a pretty, uhhhhhhhhh, big name.

: )

Anyway, an excuse to print one of my favourite band pics of all time:

http://www.citypreachers.de/images/1970.jpg

http://arzachel.w.interia.pl/Amon%20Duul%20-%20zdjecia/UschiObermaier3.jpg

Wow. I can't stop staring at that last picture...

And thanks, y'all, for reminding me how awesome that 1st LD album is. Peeps always be repping Viva (which I love), but the 1st is closer to Neu! and nails a slightly different, tho' equally upbeat vibe. It really defines Germany in the mid 70s in my mind, so tied up with those early Wim Wenders films, Alice in the Cities and the like.

Tom's pic is nice.

That first one is "Supertramp meet two fans"

Renate Kroetenschawanz-Knaup is a pretty, uhhhhhhhhh, big name.

Wait, is this a joke about the length of the name? I automatically assumed that it was some sexist remark about the size of her boobs or something but now I see that it probably isn't. Let me know if it actually is so I can get all offended again. Cheers.

Also, I have the same problem with people choosing Viva over the first one. I mean, yeah 'White Overalls' etc, it's all groovy, but THIS IS THE BEST PIECE OF KRAUTROCK EVER RECORDED.

It's a long name.

I don't really understand how anyone could find "Viva" better than the 1st album.

Thanks people, I'm humming "Silver Cloud" right now :)

(I like Viva better than the first album, sorry)

You would, you auld punk!

it never gets mentioned, but Menchen 1 from Individuellos is fuckin glorious.

I menschen it a lot

That Menschen 1/Individuellos/Menschen 2 suite thing

Yeah, Viva loses out to the first album any day.

Whenever I listen to LaDusseldorf, the overwhelming image in my head is of waves crashing, especially Dusseldorf it sounds like each wave comes crashing in drowns out the sound and pulls back to reveal it again. More tidal than motorik essentially.

I finally just got "Individeullos"and i am loving it just as much as the first two. the moment at the end of "menschen 2" where the motoric finally subsides revealing the shimmering guitar and synth drones washing below, What a unique excellent sound these guys had!

oh man, yes.

how great is the self-titled album

(not rhetorical)

pretty great but Viva! is better

that's also great

i remember reading that these albums weren't sufficiently srs or alt so i neglected them as a neu! fixated 17 yr old

don't know where i got that terrible idea from but fuck that shit

Jumping on the Viva bandwagon. Geld...geld....geeeeeeeeeld!

I've just discovered the self-titled, which is every bit as great as the Neu! albums. Can't help thinking this is underrated, and I should have been compelled to buy it years ago. Viva next.

Of course, commercially, La D were more successful than Neu ever were

Not the impression you get when discovering them retrospectively in the 90s though.

Of course. Michael Rother solo was far more successful than Neu too.

Was La Dusseldorf actually mainstream-popular in Germany? Never heard them mentionned apart from Neu geeks but wouldnt be suprised if they had charted at the time.

I don't know how the charts work in Germany but, yes, my copy of the first album has a sticker saying "Contains the hit single, 'Silver Cloud'". Also K. Dinger got annoyed with J. Cope for saying 'Silver Cloud' was their big hit because he said 'Rheinita' was a much bigger hit. As for M. Rother, "Flammende Herzen" (at least), sold a lot in Germany.

I've just discovered the self-titled, which is every bit as great as the Neu! albums. Can't help thinking this is underrated, and I should have been compelled to buy it years ago. Viva next.

― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:12 (1 hour ago)

they're just about all i've been listening to this week

wiki says la d sold over 1m albums

They were on Radar Records in the UK of course!

don't know if they're as great as the s/t neu! albums, at their best they were just about as good as music got in the latter half of the 20th c

damn good nonetheless

surprised there has not been one post on the La Neu! album Blue, which is basically the fifth La D album (Neondian was the fourth). it starts on a weird note but has some real moments of serene beauty ("Lilenthal" is pure bliss) and the extended, presumably live cut of "America" is the hardest they've ever rocked and could easily go on for even longer. I really can't understand why this wasn't released at the time it was recorded!

CHA CHA 2000

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:37 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Meine zeit, deine zeit
Uns're zeit, keine zeit

Don't know where this from or what exactly is going but it's great...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IChhZxD7uaA

It's been a long time since I was that confused by anything but my god that's amazing.

What an artefact.

#KrautrockHotties

Thanks for posting that. Fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5ZI8c41qwo

That LD video is fantastic. Thank you.

*Longer and better quality...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdZSV0bmfHc

(*ie more hilarious German 70s humour)