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In Focus: Michael Rother
In Focus: Michael Rother
16.09.22 · Hamburg

In Focus: Michael Rother

Focus on Neu!, Michael Rother

Present during an incredible explosion of rock experimentalism, krautrock, and motorik sounds in Germany in the early 1970s, both as member of an embryonic Kraftwerk lineup and as founding member of the band Neu! with drummer Klaus Dinger, and Harmonia, Michael Rother's shadow runs long over the left field of guitar music for the remaining decades of the 20th Century. With artists as influential in their own right as David Bowie, Stereolab, and Sonic Youth citing him as an inspiration, it's an interesting question to consider what popular music might sound like now had Rother not been around. Arguably a lot less interesting.

Brian Coney selects two hours of Rother's music from a wealth of different projects in this In Focus.

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Tracklist

  • Michael Rother
    Katzenmusik
  • Neu!
    Isi
  • Harmonia
    Deluxe (Immer Wieder)
  • Michael Rother
    Fortuna
  • Hallo Gallo 2010
    Drone Schlager
  • Michael Rother
    "Houston"
  • Michael Rother
    Karussell
  • Michael Rother
    The Robbers (Die Raeuber) Part 1
  • Michael Rother, Vittoria Maccabruni
    Curfewed
  • Neu!
    Negativland
  • Harmonia
    Dino
  • Michael Rother
    Silberstreif
  • Tim Story
    Strip 30
  • Michael Rother
    Tiefenschärfe
  • Harmonia & Eno '76
    Welcome
  • NEU!
    E-Musik
  • Michael Rother
    Fontana Di Luna
  • Michael Rother
    Lucky Stars
  • Michael Rother
    Gleitflug
  • Hallo Gallo 2010
    Blinkgürtel
  • Neu!
    Für Immer (Forever)
  • Neu!
    Hallo Gallo