Incidentally, does anyone know which two tracks on Harmonia were recorded live? The sleevenotes don't say.
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)
― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)
the singing on "immer wieder" always sticks in my head for days after listening.
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)
I have a LaDusseldorf CD, but I think its a Japanese comp. How many albums did they put out?
― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)
― Beta (abeta), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)
― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)
... first is best, third is worst, which means second is, errrrrrrrrr, second. I know Klaus Dinger did a lot more stuff in the 90s/00s but I've never bothered with any of that. The "Ich Liebe Dich/ Koksnodel" single from 1983(?) is good tho.
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)
― steve hise, Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)
― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)
But both Harmonia albums are classics (brilliant cover art too).
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 6 January 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)
Immer wieder rauf und runter, (Up and down again and again,) Einmal drauf und einmal drunter, (Once on top and once underneath,) Immer wieder hin und her, (Back and forth again and again,) Kreuz und quer, mal leicht, mal schwer. (Crisscross, once easy, once hard.) Immer wieder rauf und runter, (Up and down again and again,) Einmal drauf und einmal drunter. (Once on top and once underneath.)
Immer wieder hin und her, (Back and forth again and again,) Kreuz und quer, mal leicht, mal schwer. (Crisscross, once easy, once hard.) Immer wieder rauf und runter, (Up and down again and again,) Einmal drauf und einmal drunter. (Once on top and once underneath.)
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)
me too. for teenaged me that was what paradise looked like, electronic music in the far countryside. it's the reason to own that album on vinyl, that gatefold image... likewise Cluster II ('equipment echolette'!).
who was paying for all this gear anyway?
you have to remember; these people were selling records! the debut Neu! sold 20,000 copies, and Cluster's debut was on Philips. People were expecting big things from Harmonia, so I'm sure they got a sizable enough advance from Brain...
― (Jon L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)
that's what I think of Bob Drake's rent-free villa in the south of France
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)
― (Jon L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)
I hear the second album had actual commercial pressure behind it, Neu! '75 hadn't sold the way they'd hoped, the label was aiming to recoup. I actually like the stripped down approach of Rother's first four solo albums just as much but it helps to be a goon.
I also like the Harmonia & Eno disc, but I wasn't expecting it to be more than a series of casual, impromptu jam sessions & demos. they'd pick two chords (if that) and hit record. but their sound is still absolutely unique.
if you're a huge fan of the first three Neu! records you'll want to hear the first two La Dusseldorfs. The first one is prolly classic.
Krautrock Side-ProjectsMichael RotherHarmonia: Who knows this stuff?finally heard harmoniaCLUSTER: I have fallen in love with this band, please help
outed as Cluster fanatic AGAIN
― (Jon L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)
or something.
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)
When I first heard that album I thought instead of Geld they were singing "Keds". Which of course would have completed the whole white overall fashion perfectly.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)
― contribute, Friday, 7 January 2005 03:33 (twenty years ago)
"Watussi" ist der bomb.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 7 January 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)
"Deluxe (Immer Wieder)" may be my very favorite song of the 1970s. It's the definition of how to write a relatively long song (just under 10 minutes) that flies by. Perfect pacing.
"Walky-Talky" is no slouch either. Deluxe is so fucking awesome.
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:47 (sixteen years ago)
deluxe (immer wieder) was transcendent when i saw it live
― Bad, Bad Memories of a Good Time (electricsound), Saturday, 28 March 2009 23:10 (sixteen years ago)
I'm going through a crazy Michael Rother/Cluster/Harmonia phase right now -- and am sure Neu!/La Düsseldorf are not far behind. I totally reject the idea that Rother's first four solo albums are somehow boring or loaded with guitar that's "too tasty" as some have suggested. They sound better than ever to me. The title track from Sterntaler is as brilliant as anything Neu! or Harmonia ever did. I still don't really know how that song goes from the bleeping synths at the beginning to that epic chorale of distorted guitar at the end -- it really sneaks up on you. Plus, as Milton has mentioned on these threads periodically, the opening track on Fernwärme is like glue in my head. I actually like that whole record -- the electronics on it fit his sound perfectly.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 7 August 2009 02:57 (fifteen years ago)
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/harmonia-%E2%80%93-deluxe-%E2%80%93-round-11-nick%E2%80%99s-choice/
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 June 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago)