Neu!

Picture disc. Neu! was recorded over four days in Hamburg in 1972 with can producer Conrad Plank, and its static, aggressive harmonies and almost (but not quite) robotic sound still has a resonance that echoes even today. As any musician from Add N to X to Sonic Youth, from Stereolab to Cabaret Voltaire could tell you, early ’70s Dusseldorf band Neu! were one third of the original triumvirate – alongside Can and Faust- that defined Krautrock