Hallogallo 2010 / Michael Rother and Friends perform the music of NEU!
Michael Rother will start performing selected concerts around the world in summer 2010 with his project "Hallogallo 2010". Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Aaron Mullan (Tall Firs) will join him. Together they will play music by NEU! as well as some tracks by Harmonia and from Michael Rother´s solo albums.

Tour dates Michael Rother / Hallogallo 2010
04 August 2010 - Maxwell´s, Hoboken, NJ - "Michael Rother and Freunde"
06 August 2010 - Lincoln Center Out of Doors, New York City, USA.
08 August 2010 - International House of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (USA) - Tickets.
15 August 2010 - Dockville Festival, Hamburg, Germany
17 August 2010 - The Edge Festival, Picture House, Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
27 August 2010 - Polyforum Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexiko (Infos: Arts&Crafts Mexico)
28 August 2010 - LARVA, Guadalajara, Mexico
04 September 2010 - ATP New York, Monticello, USA
07 September 2010 - Wexner Center for the Arts, Wexner, Columbus OH, USA
08 September 2010 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, USA
10 September 2010 - MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit), Detroit, USA
14 September 2010 - Kagelbanan, Stockholm, Schweden
15 September 2010 - KB - Kulturbolaget , Malmö, Schweden
17 September 2010 - Numusic Festival, Stavanger, Norway
19 September 2010 - Incubate Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands
21 September 2010 - Vooruit, Gent, Belgium
23 September 2010 - Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany
21 October 2010 - Barbican, London, UK
24 October 2010 - Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK
12 November 2010 - Rolling Stone Weekender, Weissenhauser Strand, Germany
13 November 2010 - Gloria Theater, Cologne, Germany

More news and tour dates will follow shortly.



Agency contact:

- USA: Eric Dimenstein / Ground Control Touring

- Europe (ex GAS): Carlos van Hijfte, See/Hear Management

- Germany/Austria/Switzerland: Yan Mangels / FKP Scorpio


(created: 17/07/2010 )

Print press - interviews, reviews and features
Loud And Quiet // WFMU // Dazed&Confused (UK, June) // SPIEGEL Online // UNCUT (UK, June) // MOJO (UK, June) // Q Magazine (UK, June) // FUZZ (Sweden, May) // Rolling Stone Online (Germany, 29 April 2010) // VISIONS (Germany, May) // Rolling Stone (Germany, May) // MOJO (UK, May) // DJ Magazine (UK, May) // GROOVE (Germany, May) // The Quietus // TAZ // Style And The Family Tunes // Ink19 // MOJO Magazine (UK) // SOUNDS (Germany) // The Quietus, long Interview // The Quietus // Exclaim! // Resident Advisor // BLURT Online, album review // Telegraph // The Line of Best Fit // Drowned in Sound // Euro-Rock Press (Japan) // BLURT Online, interview // CLASH Music // Bluefat // BLURT Online Fred Mills on NEU! // Exclaim // UNCUT Magazine, UK, Oct. 2009 // MOJO Magazine // The Wire // Record Collector (all UK, Sep. 2009) // RAVE Magazine (Australia) // TAZ.de (in German) // dB Magazine (Australia) // The Quietus // Exclaim.ca // 1LIVE // The Ultimate Krautrock Playlist - NME // The Dwarf.com.au // The Guardian - Music Weekly // Der Tagesspiegel // SPIEGEL Online // The Independent // "Times Online" // Q Magazine (UK) // AU Magazine // Mountain Fold Music Magazine // ....

Details on the news

Loud And Quiet, UK, interview by Edgar Smith with Michael Rother. Online version published July 05 2010, printed issue May 2010.

WFMU, "Primavera Sound Recap": Review of the concert by "Hallogallo 2010" (Rother/Shelley/Mullan) at Primavera Sound in Barcelona. Posted on June 29, 2010.

Dazed&Confused, issue June 2010, "Michael Rother", Text by Tim Burrows.

SPIEGEL Online International: "I Wanted to Be Carried on a Wave Like a Surfer", Interview by Christoph Dallach with Michael Rother, published 08 June 2010

UNCUT Magazine (UK, June): review by John Mulvey of the NEU! vinyl box set

MOJO (UK, June): review of the NEU! vinyl box set

Q Magazine (UK, June): review of the NEU! vinyl box set

FUZZ (Sweden, May): artcile by Michael Dee about the NEU! vinyl box set, including an interview by the author with Michael Rother.

Rolling Stone Online (Germany, 29 April 2010): "Der Beat darf nicht verloren gehen" - Feature by Joachim Hentschel and video interview with Michael Rother

VISIONS (Germany, Mai): Feature by Sascha Krueger on the history of NEU! with excerpts from an interview with Michael Rother

Rolling Stone (Germany, Mai): Feature on NEU! review of the NEU! vinyl box set

MOJO (UK, Mai): "I Hear A NEU! WORLD", Article on NEU! and Michael Rother´s live project "Hallogallo 2010"

DJ Magazine (UK, Mai): "Krautrock", feature by Claire Hughes with excerpts from an interview with Michael Rother

GROOVE (Germany, Mai/Juni): "Endlose Gerade" - on the NEU! vinyl box set

The Quietus, "From Neu! To Kraftwerk: Football, Motorik And The Pulse Of Modernity" by John Duran, published January 6th, 2010.

TAZ. "Grönland schreibt noch keine schwarzen Zahlen". Feature (in German) by Benjamin Weber on Grönland, Herbert Grönemeyer´s small record label that has released albums of Michael Rother´s group projects NEU!, Harmonia and Harmonia & Eno ´76. Published on 17 Dec 2009.

Style And The Family Tunes, issue 4/4 2009: "Krautrock - Kraftwerk, NEU!, Harmonia - Die Vorgeschichte eines aktuellen Nachlebens". Feature in German and English by Sami Khatib on Michael Rother´s projects und collaborations of the 70s including an interview by the author with Michael Rother und photos from his studio in Forst.

Ink19, "Michael Rother - Harmonia Convergence". Feature on the album "Tracks and Traces" by Harmonia & Eno ´76 plus a long interview by Matthew Moyer with Michael Rother. Published in December 2009.

MOJO Magazine (UK). "Tracks and Traces" by Harmonia & Brian Eno ´76 was selected by Andrew Male for MOJO´s list of "Reissues Of The Year" 2009.

SOUNDS (Germany), "Der Pionier im Spielzeugland", feature on Michael Rother´s music and his projects NEU! and Harmonia (in German) by Chris Wiesner with quotes from an interview. Published on 06 November 2009 in edition No. VII of the magazine "Sounds by Rolling Stone".

The Quietus, "Kosmische Polymath Michael Rother: Neu! Harmonia, Eno, Bowie & Making Peace With Dinger", long interview by Dr. Rock with Michael Rother. Published on 03rd November 2009.

The Quietus, news article of 2nd November 2009.

Exclaim!, "Conversations" Oct. 2009 by Brock Thiessen with Michael Rother.

Resident Advisor, review of Tracks and Traces by Todd Burns, published on 23 Sep 2009.

BLURT Online, a review of the album Tracks and Traces by Wilson neate, published on 25 Sep 2009.

Telegraph, a review of the album Tracks and Traces by Peter Culshaw, published on 16 Sep 2009.

The Line of Best Fit, a review of Tracs and Traces by Matt Poacher, published on 24 Sep 2009.

Drowned in Sound, eine Besprechung des Albums Tracks and Traces, a review of Tracs and Traces by Alexander Tudor, published on 18 Sep 2009.

Euro-Rock Press (Japan, vol.42 - in Japanese), interview by Keiko Sakurai with Michael Rother following the release of the albums "Flammende Herzen", "Sterntaler", "Katzenmusik" and "Fernwarme" in Japan with Marquee Inc..

BLURT Online. An exclusive interview (in 2 parts) with Michael Rother by Wilson Neate, published on 17 September 2009.

CLASH Music, "Personality Clash", Harmonia Vs Fujiya and Miyagi. Michael Rother and David Best talk about music and their projects Harmonia and Fujiya and Miyagi.

"Michael Rother: Hearts on Fire", an interview of August 2009 by John Payne with Michael Rother for Bluefat.com.

BLURT Online by Fred Mills about an interview with Michael Rother about NEU!.

Exclaim, long interview by Brock Thiessen with Michael Rother on his current projects and coming releases.

UNCUT Magazine, UK, Oct. 2009: "My Life in Music" with Michael Rother and a review of the album Tracks and Traces by Harmonia & Eno ´76.

MOJO Magazine, The Wire, Record Collector (all UK, Sep. 2009): reviews of the album Tracks and Traces by Harmonia & Eno ´76

RAVE Magazine (Australia), 10th August 2009, interview by Matt Thrower with Michael Rother on his current projects and the compilation "Brand NEU!".

Pioniere aus Duesseldorf, article in German written by Tim Caspar Boehme and published in TAZ on 28th July 2009.

dB Magazine (Australien). Written by Patrick Lang. Article about Michael Rother and the compilation "Brand NEU!" and featuring excerpts from an interview by the author with Michael Rother. Published in dB Magazine, Australia, # 471 of 14th July 2009.

The Quietus. Ben Hewitt writes about the new album "Three Fact Fader" by the Engineers. For their track "Clean Coloured Wire" the British band used a sample of Harmonia´s track "Watussi" from the album "Musik von Harmonia".

Exclaim.ca. Brock Thiessen writes about the rerelease of the album "Tracks and Traces" from the 1976 collaboration of Harmonia with Brian Eno which will be out in September 2009 on Groenland Records.

1LIVE. Article (in German) by Frank Karch about the compilation "Brand NEU!" with excerpts from his interview with Michael Rother.

The Dwarf.com.au. Review of the compilation "Brand NEU!" by Nat Salvo, 26 June 2009.

The Ultimate Krautrock Playlist - In The NME Office by Nathaniel Cramp (27th May 2009)

"The In Kraut", an article on NEU!, written by Nathaniel Cramp with excerpts taken from an interview by the author with Michael Rother and published in NME (New Musical Express U.K., issue of 29 May 2009).

"Auch Oasis ehren NEU! - die Paten aus Deutschland". The article written by Markus Wesselmann (in German) on the compilation "Brand NEU! was published in Der Tagesspiegel on 24 May 2009 and features quotes from an recent interview by the author with Michael Rother.

The Guardian - Music Weekly of 15 May 2009 by Paul MacInnes and Rosie Swash. The podcast features interviews by Rosie Swash with Jarvis Cocker and Michael Rother.

"Hofknicks vor den Krautrock-Königen", an article (in German) on NEU! and the compilation "Brand NEU!", written by Christoph Dallach and published on 15 May 2009 in SPIEGEL Online.

Q Magazine (UK), issue June 2009: "How To Buy: Krautrock". Article and recommendations by Richard Harris.

"Musical tribute to krautrock band NEU!" , an article by Richard Clayton published on 10 May 2009 in Times Online on behalf of the release of the compilation "Brand NEU!" and featuring excerpts from an interview with Michael Rother. Some of the musicians who feel inspired by NEU! and who have contributed tracks to the album explain their views on NEU!.

The Independent, review on the compilation "Brand NEU!" of 02 May 2009 by Andy Gill.

"Kraut Of This World", published in AU Magazine, Northern Ireland, (issue #56, June 2009) and written by Chris Jones. The article on Krautrock features excerpts from a new interview with Michael Rother. Musicians and bands who feel influenced by NEU! (i.e. Faris Badwan/The Horrors, David Holmes, Benjamin Power/Fuck Buttons and David Best/Fujiya & Miyagi) give comments on the question why the experimental music from Germany of the early 70s still inspires them today.

Michael Rother talks about his projects NEU! and Harmonia in an interview conducted by Michael Kucyk for the first issue of Mountain Fold Music Magazine, Australia, published in April 2009 and featuring new photos of Michael Rother by Stefan Marx. More information at TwoThousand.

"Krautrock". An eight page long feature on NEU!, Harmonia and other experimental German bands of the early 70s. Written by John Doran and published in Record Collector in February 2009. The article also features parts of an interview by the author with Michael Rother.

Selected reviews on ATP Australia and on Harmonia´s concerts of January 2009 in down under:
DiS (Drowned in Sound), by Rebecca Pellman on ATP Australia
Rave Magazine, by Andrew Tuttle on Harmonia´s concert in Brisbane
Rhythms, by Brian Wise on ATP Mt Buller
Gee muses, by Mike Gee on ATP Australia.

"Harmonia down under 34 years later", posted on 30th Nov. 2008 by Stephen Walker in "The Age Blogs: Noise Pollution" on NEU! and Harmonia.

"Michael Rother" (November 2008). Long interview by Tres Warren with Michael Rother published in Vice Magazine.

"Catching Up With the Krautrock Pioneer". An interview with Michael Rother by Brandon Ginsburg for Junkmedia.org, published October 10, 2008.




For links to more articles and interviews in German on the Michael Rother website please see here.
(created: 05/07/2010 )

NEU! merchandise and more on www.neu2010.com
On the new NEU! website www.neu2010.com detailed information on the new vinyl box set as well as tracks by NEU! have been made available. The website also contains a shop area where fans can buy official NEU! merchandising articles, like t-shirts, bags and other selected items.
(created: 14/05/2010 )

NEU! vinyl box set released in Europe on 10 May 2010 and on 27 July in the US
A NEU! vinyl box set will be released in a limited edition on Groenland Records in Europe on 10 May 2010. The release in the USA is now scheduled for 27 July. The cd version of the new album NEU! ´86 will be released on 16 August 2010. For more information as well as Michael Rother´s and Miki Yui´s (Klaus Dinger´s heir) comments on the project please see Groenland´s press text further below:




Limited edition NEU! Vinyl Box - Released May 2010 on Groenland Records

Catalogue # LPGRONV - Barcode: 5065001040481

- 4 vinyl LPs & 1 vinyl maxi-single

- Original studio albums NEU!, NEU! 2, NEU! '75 and the for the first time, an official release of NEU! '86

- NEU! '72 (previously unreleased live maxi-single 18 minutes!)

- 36-page picturebook & NEU! stencil

- Free download code for all albums via www.neu2010.com (coming soon!)

- Free NEU! t-shirt (one of three designs)


Gronland are very proud to announce the forthcoming release of this Limited edition NEU! vinyl box set. The NEU! "Vinyl Box" is a complete retrospective of one of the most influential German bands of the seventies. In addition to the three original NEU! studio albums the package contains two additional vinyls, appearing for the first time officially. The album NEU! `86 contains never before released material, revised by Michael Rother as well as the most recent studio recordings of both musicians. "NEU! '72 non-public test" is a stunning and previously unheard live recording of the band in Dusseldorf.

Also included is a thirty-six page book with text about the history and the workings of NEU!, illustrated with previously unpublished photographs by Anton Corbijn and Peter Lindbergh, , and a code to allow the buyer to download the digital version of all the albums on the website www.neu2010.com (coming soon!). A free NEU! T-shirt (one of three different designs) and a stencil of the NEU! logo finish off this bumper release.

Klaus Dinger's and Michael Rother's music has left its mark on generations of musicians and international influences - bands like Sonic Youth, U2, Radiohead and Primal Scream amongst many others, all owe a creative debt to NEU!, not to mention their impact on the electronic music of the last twenty years.



Michael Rother, February 2010.

"I am very happy to know that with the NEU! vinyl box set our fans will for the first time have the opportunity to hear the whole bandwidth of NEU!. My partner Klaus Dinger sadly passed away in 2008 but he has been in our minds all during the work on this box set and his visual ideas for NEU! were our inspiration.

Apart from the three "classic“ NEU! albums of the 70s the box features - as a new release - our fourth studio album called NEU! ´86 and a 12“ maxi single with over 17 exciting minutes which I edited from a very lo-fi and rough recordings from a 1972 rehearsal and which will appeal to the hardcore fans. A vinyl album sized 36-pages picture book with very interesting texts i.e. by Stephen Iliffe and comments about our music as well as photos and materials that until now have never been made available to the public provide the fan with new insights. Anton Corbijn, Peter Lindbergh and other photographers have contributed exclusive photos of NEU! spanning the years 1972 until 2000 and these are complemented by photos and other documents stemming from our personal archives.

Conny Plank´s amazing contributions as engineer and co-producer of the first three NEU! albums are also highlighted in the picture book. His son Stephan Plank provided us with additional photos. We thankfully remember Conny and remind the fans of the unique qualities of this sound magician.

Most of all I´m thrilled about the release of the album NEU! ´86 which Klaus Dinger and I originally recorded in 1985/86, but left unfinished back then and which led to some unfortunate problems between Klaus and myself in the 90s. I now completely reworked the album from original multitrack and master tapes, and unearthed a few yet unknown tracks which are essential for a full understanding of what Klaus and I focussed on for NEU! in the mid 80s. It was my aim to present Klaus Dinger´s musical strengths and visions just as much as my own ideas. The best musical result was to be my only guideline, not the ego. All during the emotional process of reworking our album Klaus was on my mind and I contemplated what he would think about my decisions. I was very relieved and moved to hear from his heir, Miki Yui, who contributed many valuable ideas to the making of the box set, that she was pleased with the result presented with the album NEU! ´86."



Miki Yui, February 2010.

"It was always Klaus´ aim to make NEU! (new) music available for the new generations. It´s been a long and winding road for NEU!, therefore it is so precious and we are happy to present this special NEU! Vinyl Box set. The absence of Klaus is enormous, but we’ve tried to keep the original NEU! visual concept for the design, and pushed it forward in a playful way. For the first time NEU! official merchandise will be made, so everyone can enjoy NEU! visually as well. Hope Klaus will like them too! This NEU! Box set will reveal the myth of NEU! and certainly give deeper insight in NEU! music. Along with the release, I will send messages from Klaus Dinger over Internet on our website, www.la-duesseldorf.de. Enjoy! "
(created: 04/05/2010 )

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