La Düsseldorf - America

La Düsseldorf was a German band, consisting of onetime Kraftwerk drummer and Neu! multi-instrumentalist Klaus Dinger and occasional Neu! collaborators Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. La Düsseldorf was formed after Neu! disbanded following the release of their Neu! '75 record. They released a string of successful albums (with sales totaling over a million) during the late '70s and early '80s and were considered highly influential by the likes of Brian Eno and David Bowie, with Bowie going so far as calling La Düsseldorf "the soundtrack of the eighties"

Members
Klaus Dinger (R.I.P 2008)
Thomas Dinger (R.I.P. 2002)
Hans Lampe
Harald Konietzko
Andreas Schell
Nikolaus Van Rhein


Albums 1976 -- La Düsseldorf (Teldec Records) 1978 -- Viva (Teldec Records) 1981 -- Individuellos (Teldec Records)

The following albums were released by Klaus Dinger without the participation of any other band members. Due to legal disputes, the albums could not be released under the La Dusseldorf name, but were subtitled "La Dusseldorf 4" and "La Dusseldorf 5" respectively. These are considered to be La Dusseldorf albums by some people.[who?] 1985 -- Neondian (Teldec Records, released under the name "Klaus Dinger and Rheinita Bella Dusseldorf") 1999 -- Blue (Captain Trip Records, recorded between 1985 and 1987, released under the name "La! Neu?")

In 2006 Klaus Dinger sought to revive La Dusseldorf properly, but was again blocked by legal problems. He instead chose to release under the name "La-duesseldorf.de" (also the name of his most recent website). This project features, of the original band, only Klaus. 2006 -- Mon Amour (Warner Music, a re-release of Neondian with extra tracks that was only briefly in print) To be released -- Japandorf.com (half-finished due to Dinger's death in 2008) To be released -- Viva Remixes (half-finished due to Dinger's death in 2008)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• La Düsseldorf
• NEU
• Krautrock
• Proto-punk
• Art-rock
• Electronic music

[Papa7851]

I have the cha-cha 2000 original vinyl,a great fun listening to this pre-punk krautrock classic,a heavy electronic but yet psychedelical,dreamy sound,and an innocenc like amon düül2 had,a music like after new year or karneval,with aching,but good intentions,haha,after the serene kraftwerk a fresh and charming german sonic offensive,and america is the masterwork,it seems,just beautyful!

[DarkoEddie]

@Papa7851 ..

dann solltest du dir vielleicht auf meinem anderen Kanal die beiden Lieder von Thomas Dinger anhören "Ballgefluster" und E605" Der Einfluß von Michael Rother ist unverkennbar :))