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 Conny Plank at the Windrose studio, Hamburg.
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| Background information | |
| Born | May 3, 1940 |
| Origin | Germany |
| Died | December 18, 1987 |
| Genre(s) | Experimental rock Krautrock New Wave Electronic music Ambient music Kosmische Musik Progressive Rock Techno Electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Synthesizer Keyboards Guitar Percussion |
| Years active | 1969 – 1987 |
| Label(s) | Sky Drag City Curious Music Brain |
| Associated acts | Guru Guru Cluster Dieter Moebius Moebius & Plank Hans-Joachim Roedelius Harmonia Os Mundi Kluster Brian Eno Jane Eurythmics Gianna Nannini Killing Joke Mani Neumeier Mayo Thompson Hunters & Collectors Scorpions Kraftwerk Organisation Neu! The Tourists Kraan Ultravox Can Play Dead Holger Czukay |
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Scorpions are a heavy metal / Hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem " Rock You Like a Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Organisation was an experimental Krautrock band that was the immediate predecessor of the band Kraftwerk. The Tourists (1977 - 1980 were a moderately successful British pop band but are better known for two of their members ( Annie Lennox & David A Kraan is a German band based in Ulm and formed in 1970 It had several minor hits through the 1970s and 1980s Ultravox (formerly Ultravox!) were a British New Wave band that rose to prominence in the late 1970s/early 1980s Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968 One of the most important Krautrock groups Can had a style grounded in the Experimental rock of Play Dead were an English Goth rock group from Oxford that grew out of the fading English punk Holger Czukay (born 24 March 1938) is a German musician probably best known as a co-founder of the Krautrock group Can. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing His creativity as a sound engineer and producer helped to shape some of the most important and innovative recordings of postwar European popular music, covering a wide range of genres including progressive, avant-garde and electronic music. 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Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain His work has also greatly influenced studio production and engineering techniques worldwide.
Plank also had a notable career as a musician, playing keyboards and guitar on albums by Guru Guru, Cluster, and Os Mundi. Guru Guru is a German Krautrock band formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier (drums and Uli Trepte (bass Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and Ambient music. He collaborated with Dieter Moebius on five Moebius & Plank studio albums recorded between 1979 and 1986. Dieter Moebius ( Dieter Möbius, born 1944 in Switzerland) is a German / Swiss experimental / Krautrock / ambient / The duo of Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank was an offshoot of Cluster that recorded five albums between 1979 and 1986 Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Moebius & Plank sound foreshadowed techno and electronica and influenced many later musicians. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range
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Style and influence
Plank and the bands he worked with in Germany had a strong influence on mainstream rock artists, some of whom were able to popularise aspects of his production technique and his highly distinctive sonic approach. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In the 1980s the new generation of electronic pop bands were able to realise his ideas in performance as computerised electronic instruments became readily available.
Plank (who began his career as soundman for Marlene Dietrich) was an ardent believer in the possibilities of electronic music and a master of creating startling electronic soundscapes, but he was also adept at blending them with conventional sounds, or natural sounds given unconventional treatments, such as using large metal containers and other industrial objects as percussion instruments. Marlene Dietrich maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç (December 27 &ndashMay 6) was a German -born American Actress, Singer and Entertainer A soundscape is a Sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment.
He was one of the first European producers to fully exploit the possibilities of using multi-track recording facilities to create dramatic production effects and treatments that acted as musical and rhetorical elements in their own right, rather than mere gimmicks. He favoured sometimes harsh-sounding effects and contrasting audio spaces for each element in the mix. His best work stands in stark opposition to the smooth, 'evened-out' sound that predominated in most commercial pop and rock at that time.
Plank used radical combinations of echo, reverberation and other electronic, mixing, equalisation, editing and tape-based effects to create mixes in which every element might be given its own highly individual sound environment, and in which each of these elements might alter radically in sound several times over the course of a track. In this he was undoubtedly influenced by the work of Jamaican pioneers like Lee 'Scratch' Perry but he was certainly one of the first European producers to adopt key stylistic innovations sourced from these reggae and dub production techniques. Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal Jamaica) is a reggae and dub artist who has been Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Dub is a form of music which evolved from Reggae in the late 1960s
Plank was one of the first 'name' producers to favour a very 'live' production sound, especially on drums, a sound that was strikingly opposed to the dense and heavily compressed drum sound that dominated rock recording in the 70s. Plank's open, sometimes clangorous drum and percussion sounds undoubtedly had a significant influence on producers and engineers like Steve Lillywhite, Hugh Padgham and Nick Launay. Steve Lillywhite (born 1955 is a Grammy Award -winning English music producer Early career Lillywhite entered the music industry in Hugh Padgham is a British Record producer. He has won a string of awards including four Grammys with Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year amongst them Nick Launay is an English / Australian Record producer and Recording engineer.
Career
The 1960s
Plank began producing albums and working as a sound engineer in the late 1960s and became involved in the underground music scene which was spreading outwards through Germany from Berlin. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. In 1969 he served as engineer for the first Kluster album, Klopfzeichen, which was released the following year. Kluster was a German Krautrock or experimental musical group whose work often resembles later Industrial music. Klopfzeichen is the first full-length album by German experimental music trio Kluster. His long association with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Kluster and later Cluster endured until his death. Dieter Moebius ( Dieter Möbius, born 1944 in Switzerland) is a German / Swiss experimental / Krautrock / ambient / Hans-Joachim Roedelius ( Hans-Joachim Rödelius, born October 26, 1934 in Http//www Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and Ambient music. He also served as engineer for Alexander von Schlippenbach's album The Living Music, which was released in 1969, the first of a very long list of engineering and production credits. Alexander von Schlippenbach (sometimes referred to as Alex von Schlippenbach (born 1938 in Berlin) is a German Jazz Pianist and Composer
The 1970s
During the 1970s Conny Plank produced and/or engineered many of the most important recordings by significant German progressive/experimental music acts (given the derogratory label krautrock by the UK music press at the time), including Kraftwerk (Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk 2, Ralf und Florian, Autobahn, and the precursor album Tone Float), Neu! (all their recordings), Cluster, Harmonia, Night Sun, Ash Ra Tempel, Holger Czukay (Can), and Guru Guru. Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Kraftwerk is the first album by Kraftwerk. It was released in Germany in 1970 produced Kraftwerk 2 is a 1972 album by Kraftwerk. The album was entirely written and performed Ralf und Florian is a 1973 vinyl album created and produced by the German music group Kraftwerk Autobahn (German for " Freeway " is an album by Kraftwerk, released Tone Float is an LP by the German band Organisation. The album sold few Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and Ambient music. Harmonia is a Krautrock supergroup from Germany. They formed as a collaboration between Michael Rother of Neu! and Hans-Joachim Roedelius Night Sun were a German heavy prog/metal band consisting of Bruno Schaab (vocals bass Walter Kirchgassner (guitar Knut Rossler (organ piano trumpet bassoon and Ulrich Staudt (drums Ash Ra Tempel are one of the most notable German Krautrock groups of the 1970s and are a notable example of cosmic or Space rock. Holger Czukay (born 24 March 1938) is a German musician probably best known as a co-founder of the Krautrock group Can. Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968 One of the most important Krautrock groups Can had a style grounded in the Experimental rock of Guru Guru is a German Krautrock band formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier (drums and Uli Trepte (bass
His body of work exerted a strong influence on some of the more adventurous British and American musicians and producers. The most notable are probably David Bowie and Brian Eno, who worked together on the late-70s 'Berlin Trilogy' of albums, Low, Heroes, and Lodger, all of which showed the strong influence of Plank's earlier German productions. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Bowie's song 'Heroes' is a virtual paean to the Plank style, featuring radical sounds and dramatic alterations of sound in various elements, such as the lead vocal, to heighten the emotional or dramatic effect; this is placed against a swirling, droning electronic backing track that interweaves elements such as multitracked synthethisers and feedback guitar. "Heroes" (the quotation marks are part of the title for reasons of irony is an album by David Bowie, released in 1977 In 1977, through Eno, Plank recruited Dave Hutchins from Island Studios, as house engineer. Hutchins undertook recording & mixing roles on many of the productions originating from the studios in the following ten years. In 1988, Eno produced an album for Devo (another overseas act strongly influenced by Plank's work) and enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Talking Heads and David Byrne, followed by an even longer and more successful partnership with Irish band U2. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991
As a musician Plank played guitar and keyboards on three Guru Guru albums: Kan Guru, Guru Guru, and Mani und Seine Freunde, the Os Mundi album 43 Minuten, and Cluster's self-titled debut album. In 1978 and 1979 he added guitar and percussion to two Roedelius solo albums, Durch Die Wüste and Selbstportrait. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Durch Die Wüste is the first full-length solo album by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, best known for his work with Cluster, Harmonia Selbstportrait is the third solo album by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, best known for his work with Cluster, Harmonia, and He was a member of the short lived band Liliental, contributing guitar, keyboards, and vocals. In 1979 he went into the studio with Dieter Moebius to record the first Moebius & Plank album, Rastakraut Pasta which was released the following year. Rastakraut Pasta is the first full-length album by German electronic music duo of Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank.
The 1980s
Plank, via Bowie and especially Eno, in turn had a strong influence on many acts of the New Wave period in the late 1970s and 1980s. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Neu!'s "Hero" is said to have been a major influence on John Lydon's work with his post-Sex Pistols group Public Image Limited. John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956 in London England also known as Johnny Rotten, is a British Rock musician best known as lead vocalist for the Punk The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 Public Image Ltd ( PiL) were an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, Guitarist Keith Levene The earlier work of Australian band Hunters & Collectors also showed unmistakable signs of familiarity with Plank's production techniques, and they were one of many international acts who recorded with him. Hunters & Collectors were an Australian Rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1981 led by principal songwriter Mark Seymour.
Plank continued to work as half of the duo Moebius & Plank, recording four additional albums. Their second album, Material, was released in 1981. Material is the second full-length album by German electronic music duo of Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Their third album, the African influenced Zero Set, with Guru Guru drummer Mani Neumeier, was released in 1983. Zero Set is the one and only album by German electronic music trio of Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, and Mani Neumeier. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) These two albums were early examples of the sound which would become techno and electronica. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range In 1983 Moebius & Plank also recorded the album Ludwig's Law using an Emulator, an early form of sampling keyboard that enabled them to duplicate other instruments without having to deal with the musicians who played them. Ludwig's Law is the one and only album released by trio of Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, and Mayo Thompson. E-mu Systems is a Synthesizer maker and pioneer in the manufacture of low-cost digital sampling Music workstations History Founded Mayo Thompson of Red Krayola contributed vocals, mainly spoken monologues. Mayo Thompson (born in 1944 in Houston, Texas) is an American Musician and Visual artist best known as the leader of the Avant-garde The Red Krayola (formerly The Red Crayola) was a Psychedelic, Avant-garde rock band from Houston Texas, formed by art students at the University The project was rejected by Sky Records and wasn't released until 1998. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The final Moebius & Plank collaboration, En Route was recorded in Conny's Studio in 1986 but left incomplete as Plank's health deteriorated. En Route is the fourth full-length album released by German electronic music duo of Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) It was completed and mixed in 1995, primarily by Dieter Moebius, and released that year.
During the eighties Plank remained in high demand with the new generation of electronic pop and New Wave artists, including Devo, Ultravox! (Systems of Romance, Vienna and Rage in Eden), Freur and The Tourists (Luminous Basement), Eurythmics (In the Garden). Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American Ultravox (formerly Ultravox!) were a British New Wave band that rose to prominence in the late 1970s/early 1980s Systems of Romance, released in 1978 is the third album by British band Ultravox (an exclamation mark having been dropped from the moniker earlier in the year Vienna is the fourth studio LP by the Synthpop band Ultravox, first released on 11 July 1980. Rage in Eden, released in 1981 is the fifth album by British band Ultravox, and the second of the band's most-recognizable incarnation fronted by Midge Freur is the name of the second band (following the art school collaboration The Screen Gemz of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith of the latter day band Underworld The Tourists (1977 - 1980 were a moderately successful British pop band but are better known for two of their members ( Annie Lennox & David A Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave In the Garden is the debut Studio album by New Wave duo Eurythmics, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music) He also worked on pop and rock productions with artists such as The Scorpions, Clannad, Killing Joke, Play Dead, and Gianna Nannini (Latin Lover, Sogno Di Una Notte d'Estate, Tutto Live and others, also credited for music). Scorpions are a heavy metal / Hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem " Rock You Like a Clannad are a Grammy Award -winning Irish musical group, from Gweedore ( Gaoth Dobhair) County Donegal. Killing Joke are an English Post-punk rock band formed in 1979 Play Dead were an English Goth rock group from Oxford that grew out of the fading English punk Gianna Nannini (born June 14, 1956) is an Italian female Singer-songwriter and rock musician
Plank's other production credits include Echo and the Bunnymen, Les Rita Mitsouko, Einstürzende Neubauten, Annie Lennox, Ástor Piazzolla, The Damned, Psychotic Tanks, DAF (including the classic single Der Mussolini) and Nina Hagen. Echo & the Bunnymen are an English Post-punk group formed in Liverpool in 1978 Les Rita Mitsouko was a French Pop rock group formed by Guitarist Fred Chichin and singer Catherine Ringer. Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980 Annie Lennox (born 25 December 1954 is a Scottish born British Musician, Vocalist and Academy Award -winning Songwriter Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla ( March 11, 1921 &ndash July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango Composer and The Damned are an English band formed in London in 1976 notable for being the first Punk rock band from England to release a single (" New Rose " an DAF is an influential German Electropunk / NDW band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López Nina Hagen (born Catharina Hagen on March 11, 1955) is a singer from Berlin, Germany.
According to Rene Tinner and Stefan Plank in a radio documentary about the life of Conny Plank, it was Brian Eno's idea, that Plank should produce the U2-album "The Joshua Tree" instead of him. After being introduced to the band by Eno and after a short meeting, Plank turned down the job ("I cannot work with this singer"). [1]
Conny Plank fell ill while touring South America with Dieter Moebius, performing music from Ludwig's Law. Some of Plank's last work, before his death in 1987 from cancer, was the recording of concerts on Eurythmics' Revenge tour, and samples used on the NED Synclavier on their Savage album. The Synclavier System was an early Synthesizer and sampler, manufactured by New England Digital. Savage is the seventh Album by Pop music duo Eurythmics, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music)
His studio, at his home on the southern outskirts of Cologne, continued to be run by his widow Christa Fast and their son until, in May 2006, her failing health forced them to offer its contents for sale. [2] She died on June 1, 2006. [3]
Recordings
Plank was involved with the following chronological list of albums, either as a direct contributor or because his studio facilities were used.
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Posthumous
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Note that the dates refer to the year of first release. Michael Rother (born September 2, 1950 in Hamburg) is a German experimental Krautrock Musician and Composer Ludwig's Law is the one and only album released by trio of Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, and Mayo Thompson. Mayo Thompson (born in 1944 in Houston, Texas) is an American Musician and Visual artist best known as the leader of the Avant-garde Pioneers Who Got Scalped is an anthology by the rock band Devo, released in 2000
Notes
- ^ Conny Plank - eine Produzentenlegende, NDR German Radio, 11 February 2006
- ^ http://www.vintage-music-equipment.de/connys-studio/about-connys-studio/
- ^ Conny Plank's studio
References
- Conny Plank credits at Allmusic
- Curry, Russ A Curious History of Cluster. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Retrieved September 7, 2007.
- Forced Exposure Moebius/Plank/Thompson Retrieved September 28, 2007.
- Freeman, Steven and Freeman, Alan The Crack In The Cosmic Egg (Audion Publications, 1996) ISBN 0-9529506-0-X Retrieved September 7, 2007.
- Interlog Ludwig's Law description Retrieved September 28, 2007.
- Meyer, Bill Editorial Review: Ludwig's Law Retrieved September 7, 2007.
- Weiner, Matthew The Producers Retrieved September 7, 2007.
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Plank, Konrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Planck, Conny; Plank, Conny |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1987 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Cologne |
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