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.
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.
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 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.
For links to more articles and interviews in German on the Michael Rother website please see here. (created:
07/01/2010 )
Tracks by NEU! and Michael Rother featured on Krautrock cd compilation
On 18 December 2009 the compilation "Krautrock Masters + Echoes" was released on the label Stereo Deluxe. The compilation comprising two cds features the tracks "Seeland" by NEU! and "Katzenmusik 8" by Michael Rother. (created:
18/12/2009 )
German/French tv station Arte features Krautrock
On October 30th, 2009, at 11.15 pm (CET) the Arte tv magazine Tracks will broadcast a feature on the growing interest in German bands of the 70s like i.e. Michael Rother´s projects NEU! and Harmonia. The feature includes interviews with Michael Rother and the Krautrock fans Fujiya & Miyagi, Tortoise and DJ Riton.
Information (in German) by Arte tv on their feature: Krautrock.
(French page). (created:
31/10/2009 )
BBC documentary film "Krautrock - The Rebirth Of Germany"
On 23 October 2009 the BBC will broadcast a documentary film on German music of the early 70s: "Krautrock - The Rebirth Of Germany". For the documentary Ben Whalley and his BBC team filmed and interviewed Michael Rother in his studio in Forst by the river Weser. More information coming soon.
See a clip on NEU! with Michael Rother (due to copyright restrictions the clip is only available in the UK, sorry):
Krautrock – The Rebirth Of Germany
New series
Friday 23 October
9.00-10.00pm BBC FOUR
This documentary film examines how a radical generation of Krautrockers rebuilt a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.
Overlooked in their own country, these bands were grouped under the unsympathetic heading of Krautrock by an inquisitive British music press, when Dad's Army and war jokes were the lingua franca of the times. Nearly all of the bands objected to the term, apart from when it helped to shift records.
Today, Krautrock is one of the coolest influences any band aiming at credibility can drop.
Devotees include The Fall, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead and Kasabian.
In 1968, the world was in the grip of a youthful revolution, and nowhere were the stakes higher than in Germany. Despite a post-war economic boom, the youth of the country felt that nothing had changed for a generation growing up in the aftermath of war. Power was still in the hands of an older generation and Germany's once magnificent artistic culture lay trashed and looted, much of it sullied by Nazi associations. For young people in cities like Berlin, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Munich, it was time for something new.
Between 1968 and 1977, bands including Neu!, Faust, Can and Kraftwerk looked beyond Anglo-American pop to create some of the most radical and original sounds ever heard in the country. The experiments of Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and Cluster would give the world its first taste of electronica.
By the late Seventies, some famous English and American ears took notice as David Bowie, Brian Eno and Iggy Pop decamped to Germany in an attempt to tap into the Zeitgeist. Meanwhile, in a studio overlooking the Berlin Wall, Iggy and Bowie would record Low, Heroes and Lust For Life, taking the sound and feel of Krautrock to the bank and to the world at large. (created:
05/10/2009 )
"Brand NEU!" - Tribute Album featuring a track by Michael Rother
On 25 May 2009 Feraltone, the new label of former Gronland Records MD René Renner, will release a compilation called "Brand NEU!". International artists and bands pay tribute to NEU! and thank Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger for inspiration by contributing tracks. For tracklisting, quotes by the participating artists and more information i.e.: The Quietus and Twistedear.
Michael Rother is participating with the track "Neutronics 98 (A Tribute to Conny Plank)" which is his tribute to the legendary sound engineer and co-producer of the three classic NEU! albums.
Press/reviews:
SPIEGEL Online (in German): "Hofknicks vor den Krautrock-Königen", by Christoph Dallach, 15 May 2009.
The Guardian, Music Weekly by Paul MacInnes and Rosie Swash.
NEU! and Harmonia albums in Australia
The three classic NEU! albums and Harmonia´s latest release "Live 1974" will be available in Australia in January 2009 through Inertia. (created:
24/11/2008 )
2008 - Interviews and features on Michael Rother and his projects „Discovering Krautrock – in Germany“. An article on German music from the late 60s and early 70s written by Dave Graham for Reuters. The article features statements by Michael Rother from an interview in Berlin on 21st August 2008. /// Wonderland Magazine, UK, August 2008: "Unsung Hero" by Ben Cobb. An eight-page feature on NEU! paying tribute to Klaus Dinger and featuring an interview with Michael Rother as well as a previously unpublished photo of NEU! from 2000. ///
Read reviews on the Supersonic festival and Harmonia´s concert at 4Talent (by Stuart Fowkes) and DiS / Drowned in Sound (by Mike Diver).
/// A review on the Pitchfork ATP festival, UK, 11th May 2008 (incl. Harmonia´s concert) Echoes and Dust. /// A review of Harmonia´s concert at Ether 08, London, UK, 18th April 2008:
Kitten Painting. /// "Listening in: Michael Rother of Harmonia, NEU! and Kraftwerk podcast": Interview by John Doran, May 15th 2008, for The Quietus. /// „I always wanted to be different“: (Michael Rother), by Matt Bolton, May 9th, 2008, for The Guardian. /// Stop Smiling Magazine: "Michael Rother Redux", by Andy Beta, April 28th, 2008. /// Popboks: "Michael Rother - Kraftwerk, NEU!, Harmonia". Serbian translation of the interview by Christoph Braun for Groove Magazin, April 05th, 2008. /// The Wire
(UK), April 2008. An interview with Michael Rother by Mike Barnes in the series "Invisible Jukebox". The track "Aroma Club B3" from Michael Rother´s album "Remember [The Great Adventure]" can be downloaded at The Wire - Web Exclusive /// Groove (D), March/April 2008: "Der Blues musste gelöscht werden". Interview with Michael Rother by Christoph Braun. /// Plan B
(UK), February 2008: "Kosmische outriders". Feature by Mark Pilkington on Cluster and Harmonia. /// Mojo (UK), February 2008: "Rock die haus". Review by Andrew Perry of the Harmonia concert at the
Worldtronics festival in Berlin. (created:
01/09/2008 )
Klaus Dinger +21.03.2008
Today, on 2nd April 2008 the sad news has been made public: Klaus Dinger died on 21 March 2008. Together with many friends of his music I will remember Klaus for his creativity as an artist and I will think about him with gratitude for his wonderful contributions to our project NEU!. (For more information please see Gronland Records) (created:
02/04/2008 )
Forum closed due to spam
Unfortunately we had to close the Michael Rother forum on this page due to countless spam posts that kept on coming in. For messages and questions concerning Michael Rother´s music , NEU! and Harmonia please visit www.myspace.com/michaelrother. (created:
22/08/2007 )
New articles on Michael Rother, his projects, friends and partners / print & online
Der Tagesspiegel: "Kraut und Mythen"
- article of 29th March 2007 by Markus Hesselmann (in German) about the label Gronland, NEU! and other German musicians/bands - with excerpts from an interview with Michael Rother ***
NME (New Musical Express) UK, an article written by Hamish MacBain about the first NEU! album was published in NME´s section "Classic Albums" on 17th February 2007 (you can also read the article online at www.groenland.com. *** Selected reviews of the Rother & Moebius UK tour of July 2006: Edinburgh Evening News, by Gary Flockhart, 17 July 2006 / Music Discussion, 15 July 2006, by Periurban / Taxi Magazine (UK), 26 July 2006, by Agent K on the concert in Hebden Bridge, UK, of 14 July 2006. *** TimeOut (London/UK) "Krautrock". An article on German music by Chris Parkin published 18th July 2006 and featuring an interview with Michael Rother. ***
The Guardian (UK) "Let´s do the multi-storey car park", 14th July 2006. Article by Dorian Lynskey featuring an interview with Michael Rother. *** Village Voice (New York City/USA) "Weird, What Is That?", 11th April 2006. Article by D. Shawn Bosler on the band Secret Machines, their new album "Ten Silver Drops" and their collaboration with Michael Rother. ***
An interview with Michael Rother of September 2005 has been published in issue #19 (January 2006) of Anthem Magazine, Los Angeles, USA: "Flaming Hearts / How Michael Rother Changed The Face Of Music From A Farmhouse On The Edge Of Time". On the website you can hear "Aroma Club B3", a track of Michael´s latest album "Remember [The Great Adventure]". ***
Read an interview with Michael Rother of September 2005 by Vincent Romain at KINDAMUZIK.NET (in Dutch). ***
VISIONS (09/2005): Read a review written by Michael Rother on the Jimi Hendrix Experiences´s 1967 album "Are You Experienced". *** Remix Mag (08/2004): an article by D. Strauss on Conny Plank (in English). *** Read an interview with John Frusciante in Austin Chronicle: "John Frusciante´s parallel universe". John talks about his views on music and life, the Chili Peppers, his solo albums and his collaboration with Michael Rother. *** Read an article by Neospheres on Conny Plank, his album productions in the 70s and 80s with bands and musicians such as i.e. Kraftwerk, NEU!,Ultravox, Devo, Cluster, Brian Eno, Harmonia and Michael Rother (the article is in French). *** SPIEGEL online (22 August 2004): an article on John Frusciante: "Ich will mich total hingeben" *** Entertainment News (05 August 2004): a review of the Los Angeles concert of Michael Rother/John Frusciante/Josh Klinghoffer (English) *** STERN.de (04.08.2004): an article on the re-issues of Harmonia-, Cluster-, NEU!- and other 70s albums: "Der Krautrock erblüht aufs Neue" - with comments by Michael Rother *** Blond Magazin (08/2004): "48 Hours a Day", an article on John Frusciante. Online version: blondmag.de *** (created:
19/02/2007 )
tv documentary on the origins of German rock music now shown on 3SAT
Those of you who have missed the tv documentary "Kraut und Rueben" when it was first shown in February/March 2006 can now see the rerun on 3SAT. Starting on January 01 2007 3SAT will show all six sequels. In the night of 05/06 January at 02:25am CET 3SAT will broadcast Part 6
"Elektrische Impulse" of "Kraut und Rueben - Ueber die Anfaenge deutscher Rockmusik" featuring an interview with Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius filmed at the festival "Nuits Sonores" in Lyon in May 2005. (created:
01/01/2007 )
More Rother & Moebius live dates for summer/autumn 2006
Live appearances by Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius in Italy in August 2006: 05.08., Urbino, Frequenze Disturbate Festival. Other participants: Afterhours, Arab Strap, Cat Power and many more / 09.08., Catanzaro / 11.08., Castelbuono (Palermo) Ypsigrock Festival. *** On 27 August they are performing at the Kultursommerfest in Schloss Bevern in support of the Kulturstiftung des Landkreises Holzminden. *** On 01 September Rother & Moebius will participate at the Avantgarde Festival Schiphorst. Other participants: Legendary Pink Dots, Asmus Tietchens, Faust and others. See also Faust Pages). *** More information on all events will follow shortly. (created:
31/07/2006 )
Rother & Moebius concert in Dortmund
On 11 June 2006 Michael Rother & Dieter Moebius will appear in concert at the FZW in Dortmund. Special guests will open up for them at 9pm. Rother & Moebius will be on stage at 11pm. For more information please visit FZW. (created:
19/04/2006 )
Televison documentary on German music of the 70s
WDR will broadcast a tv documentary in six parts starting on 02 February 2006 at 00.00am CET covering German rock music of the 70s. Part 6 "Elektrische Impulse" of "Kraut und Rueben - Über die Anfaenge deutscher Rockmusik" will be shown on 16 March at 00.00am CET (i.e. the night of 16 to 17 March) and features an interview with Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius. (created:
26/01/2006 )
Conny Plank feature on German radio
On 11 February 2006 at 23.05pm the German radio station NDR Info will air the feature "Conny Plank - eine Produzentenlegende" by Ecki Stieg. With music from some of the legendary albums produced and co-produced by Conny Plank in the 70s and 80s as well as with interviews (i.e. with Michael Rother) Ecki Stieg pays respect to the sound engineer and producer who passed away in 1987. The feature will also be available live on the internet. More infos on the portrait will follow shortly. (created:
26/01/2006 )
NEU! music included in Quentin Tarantino´s new film
An excerpt of the NEU! track "Super 16" is heard in the movie "Kill Bill" as well as on the soundtrack. (created:
10/09/2003 )
NEU! in Australia
On 22 April 2002 EMI Music released the three NEU! albums in Australia. (created:
01/05/2002 )
NEU! in Japan
The three NEU! albums were released in Japan on 10 April 2002 on P-Vine Records. (created:
01/05/2002 )
NEU! albums re-released
Since May 28, 2001, the 3 ”classical“ NEU! albums are available on cd and lp in Europe (EMI Electrola) and in the USA (Astralwerks). (created:
15/06/2001 )
NEU!-Albums on Grönland
The three "classical" NEU! albums are available on cd and vinyl since May 28, 2001. For more information on NEU! please see the NEU! section on this website or visit Groenland.com (created:
01/06/2001 )
International press on NEU!
Selected interviews with Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, features on NEU! and reviews on the NEU! albums in the international press are to found in:
KEYS/Germany (May 2004) "Electronic Milestones"
ABC.net/Australia (October 2002)
xpressmag/Australien "Over and Kraut" (2002)
Chronic´art: Le Mag/France (2001)
Rockaxis/Spain (2001)
Junkmedia/USA, Sept. 06, 2001 " An Interview with Michael Rother of Neu!"
Brabants Dagblad/NL "Herontdekking van NEU!"
Wiener Zeitung, Austria (Sept. 2001)
SPIN magazine/USA, September 2001
Boston Phoenix.com/USA, "The Old NEU!: Rediscovering the roots of motorik" (August 2001)
The Guardian/UK, August 11, 2001
Der Tagesanzeiger/CH, 03.08.01
Pitchfork Media/USA, July 25, 2001
Phoenix New Times/USA, July 12, 2001
The Wire/UK, July 2001
Rolling Stone/USA, July 2001
Alternative Press/USA, July 2001
The Washington Post/USA, June 3, 2001
SPIN magazine/USA, June 2001
MOJO magazine/UK, June 2001
Magnet magazine/USA, June 2001 #50
Record Collector/UK, June 2001
NME/UK, June 2, 2001
Entertainment Weekly, June 1, 2001
The Wire/UK, June 2001
Baltimore City Paper, May 30-June 05, 2001
St. Louis Riverfront Times, May 30, 2001
CMJ magazine/USA, May/June 2001
The New York Times/USA, May 6, 2001
UNCUT magazine/UK, May 2001
Selected articles/reviews and interviews concerning
NEU! in the German press:
KulturSPIEGEL/Deutschland, July 2001
Der Tagesspiegel, 19.06.01
Rolling Stone/Deutschland, June 2001
DER SPIEGEL/Deutschland, 2001/25
Stern/Deutschland, 2001/22
MusikExpress/Deutschland, May 2001 (created:
04/02/2001 )
Message from Michael Rother
Please note that all the articles mentioned on this website reflect the opinions of their respective authors. The inclusion of these articles here should not be seen as an indication that Michael Rother neccessarily shares the authors´ views or confirms the correctness of the informations published in these articles. (created:
01/02/2001 )
