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Neu!
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Neu!
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Hallogallo — played 2026-03-19
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Neu! — Hallogallo
Played: 2026-03-19
Opening track of Neu!'s self-titled debut, released 1972 on Brain Records. Neu! is Michael Rother (guitar, bass, keyboards) and Klaus Dinger (drums, vocals); both had briefly been members of Kraftwerk before founding Neu! with producer Conny Plank. 'Hallogallo' runs approximately 10 minutes and establishes the 'motorik' beat — Dinger's steady, hypnotic 4/4 hi-hat pulse, one of the most influential rhythmic templates in rock history, later echoed by David Bowie, Brian Eno, and Radiohead among many others. Conny Plank recorded the album on a minimal budget. 'Hallogallo' is a German slang term loosely meaning to celebrate or raise a ruckus.
Neu!
Origin: Düsseldorf, Germany · formed 1971 · disbanded (active 1971–1975, briefly reunited 1985–1986, then split for good; both members now deceased)
Members: Michael Rother (guitars, bass, keyboards) · Klaus Dinger (drums, vocals, guitars, keyboards)
Genre: Krautrock, electronic rock, experimental rock, proto-punk
Discography:
Neu! (1972) — Brain Records — debut, includes "Hallogallo," which established the "motorik" beat
Neu! 2 (1973) — Brain Records — infamously padded with sped-up/slowed-down remixes of a single earlier single after the band ran out of studio budget
Neu! '75 (1975) — Brain Records
Neu! 4 (1995) — Captain Trip Records — unauthorized release of unfinished 1985–86 sessions, later reissued properly as Neu! '86
Neu! '86 (2010) — Grönland Records
Facts:
Rother and Dinger were both briefly members of Kraftwerk before splitting off to form Neu! with producer Conny Plank.
The motorik beat pioneered here — a steady, hypnotic 4/4 pulse — became one of the most widely borrowed rhythmic templates in rock, cited by David Bowie, Brian Eno, Stereolab, and Radiohead among many others.