Neu! (self-titled)

"Hallogallo 2010 was formed by Michael Rother, a guitarist who was a prime mover in the postpsychedelic German rock that was crudely but durably labeled Krautrock. The music’s metronomic beats, drone crescendos and embrace of noise have echoed through art-rock (and hip-hop) ever since, up to the latest generation of indie-rock. … 'Hallogallo' was the opening song on Neu!’s self-titled 1972 debut album. From 1971 to 1975 Mr. Rother and the drummer Klaus Dinger, who died in 2008, teamed up as Neu! and explored an experimental, sometimes proto-punk style of Krautrock. It was largely instrumental and drew on sampled ambient sounds as well as Mr. Dinger’s distinctive 'motorik' thump-a-thump-a. (Although Krautrock was determined to reject American influences, that beat recalls surf music.) " (Jon Pareles, "Razor-Edged Sound (Thump-a-Thump-a)," New York Times, 8/8/10).

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