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".^[1]

Overview

Core members

• Klaus Dinger - vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Thomas Dinger - vocals, percussion
• Hans Lampe - percussion, electronics

Collaborators

• Harald Konietzko (1978) - bass
• Andreas Schell (1978) - piano
• Nikolaus VanRhein (1976) - keyboards

Discography

Albums

• 1976 - La Düsseldorf (Teldec Records)
• 1978 - Viva (Teldec Records)
• 1980 - Individuellos (Teldec Records)
• 2006 - Mon Amour (WMI)

Singles

• 1976 - Silver Cloud/La Düsseldorf (Teldec Records)
• 1978 - Rheinita/Viva (Teldec Records)
• 1980 - Dampfriemen/Individuellos (Teldec Records)
• 1983 - Ich liebe Dich, Teil 1/Ich liebe Dich, Teil 2 (Teldec Records)

Maxi-Singles

• 1978 - Rheinita/Viva (Teldec Records)
• 1980 - Dampfriemen/Individuellos (Teldec Records)
• 1983 - Ich liebe Dich/Koksknödel (Teldec Records)

References

1. ^ "Klaus Dinger and NEU! and La Düsseldorf and Die Engel des Herrn" - Article from "Real Groove" No 2, Aug. 1996, with personal comments / corrections by Klaus Dinger. Retrieved on October 8, 2007.

External links

• La Düsseldorf site
• DingerLand "Official" Klaus Dinger site
• Klaus Dinger records
• A Taste of Krautrock by Patrick O'Hearn, Perfect Sound Forever, November 1997
• Article at Prog Archives
• Myspace site

See also

• Amon Düül II (aka Amon Duul II)
• Ash Ra Tempel
• Can
• Cluster
• Cosmic Jokers
• Faust
• Harmonia
• Hawkwind
• Kraftwerk
• La! Neu-
• Neu!
• Popol Vuh