NEU! – “50!” (Released 23rd September 2022)

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//Groenland Records//

£119.99 – 5xLP, Limited Edition Vinyl Boxset

NEU! announce the release of a brand new boxset marking the 50th anniversary of their first record, with a Tribute album featuring reworks from The National, Idles, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Mogwai, Fink, Stephen Morris (New Order) & more.

NEU!’s influence is undeniable. Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, who had both previously been members of Kraftwerk, are a product not only of West Germany but of Düsseldorf. Like other experimental bands of the late 60s and early 70s gathered under the banner of Krautrock, they were driven by a mixture of political and artistic imperatives to reject the cliches and conventions of orthodox, blues-based Anglo-American rock and create a music that was, formally, West German in origin.

NEU! are one of the great, belated success stories of rock music. Their influence is widespread, international, continued. Ian Curtis (Joy Division) played the rest of the group NEU! as part of their weekly education classes, David Bowie often spoke of his love for the duo and called them “Kraftwerk’s wayward, anarchistic brothers”, in the 1990s Stereolab paid NEU! homage in their Franco-Germanic avant-Europop and further co-signs come from Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Thom Yorke, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Sonic Youth and Placebo.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Hallogallo
2. Sonderangebot
3. Weissensee

Side B

1. Im Glück
2. Negativland
3. Lieber Honig

Side C

1. Für Immer (Forever)
2. Spitzenqualität
3. Gedenkminute (Für A + K)
4. Lila Engel (Lilac Angel)

Side D

1. Neuschnee 78
2. Super 16
3. Neuschnee
4. Cassetto
5. Super 78
6. Hallo Excentrico!
7. Super

Side E

1. Isi
2. Seeland
3. Leb’ Wohl

Side F

1. Hero
2. E-Musik
3. After Eight

Side G

1. Im Glück (The National Remix)
2. Weissensee (Fink Version)

Side H

1. Super (Mogwai Remix)
2. Alexis Taylor – “4+1=5”

Side I

1. Hallogallo (Stephen Morris and Gabe Gurnsey Remix)
2. Lieber Honig (Yann Tiersen Remix)
3. Super (Man Man Cover)

Side J

1. Negativland (Idles Negative Space Rework)
2. Guerilla Toss – “Zum Herz”
3. After Eight (They Hate Change Cover)