La Düsseldorf

German band

La Düsseldorf

Origin| Düsseldorf, Germany
Genres|

* Krautrock
* proto-punk
* art rock
* electronic

Years active| 1975–1983
2001–2008
Labels| Teldec
Decca Records
Captain Trip Records
Warner Music
Nova Records
Strand Records
Radar Records
Albion Records
Members| Klaus Dinger
Thomas Dinger
Hans Lampe
Harald Konietzko
Andreas Schell
Nikolaus Van Rhein

La Düsseldorf was a German band formed by the former member of Neu!, multi-instrumentalist Klaus Dinger, his brother Thomas Dinger, and Hans Lampe.

La Düsseldorf released a string of successful albums (with sales totaling over a million) during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and were considered highly influential by Brian Eno and David Bowie, with Bowie going so far as calling La Düsseldorf "the soundtrack of the eighties".[1] The release of their third record Individuellos was followed by a "years-long legal dispute" with the record company Warner Brothers and disagreements between the Dinger brothers.[2]

## Overview

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### Core members

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* Klaus Dinger – vocals, guitars, keyboards
* Thomas Dinger – vocals, percussion
* Hans Lampe  – percussion, electronics[3]

### Other members

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* Harald Konietzko (1978) – bass
* Andreas Schell (1978) – piano
* Nikolaus Van Rhein (1976–1981) – keyboards (this is a pseudonym of Klaus Dinger.)[3]

## Discography

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### Albums

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* 1976 – La Düsseldorf (Teldec Records)
* 1978 – Viva (Teldec Records)
* 1980 – Individuellos (Teldec Records)[3]

The following albums were released by Klaus Dinger without the participation of any other band members. Due to legal disputes, the albums could not be released under the La Düsseldorf name, but were subtitled "La Düsseldorf 4" and "La Düsseldorf 5" respectively.

* 1985 – Neondian (Teldec Records, released under the name "Klaus Dinger and Rheinita Bella Düsseldorf")
* 1999 – Blue (Captain Trip Records, recorded between 1985 and 1987, released under the name "La! Neu?")

In 2006 Klaus Dinger sought to revive La Düsseldorf properly, but was again blocked by legal problems. He instead chose to release under the name "La-duesseldorf.de" (also the name of his most recent website) or "Klaus Dinger + Japandorf". This project features only Klaus of the original band.

* 2006 – Mon Amour (Warner Music, a re-release of Neondian with extra tracks that was only briefly in print)
* 2013 – Japandorf

### Singles

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* 1976 – "Silver Cloud/La Düsseldorf" (Teldec Records)
* 1978 – "Rheinita/Viva" (Teldec Records)
* 1980 – "Dampfriemen/Individuellos" (Teldec Records)
* 1983 – "Ich Liebe Dich (Teil 1)/Ich Liebe Dich (Teil 2)" (Teldec Records)

### Maxi-singles

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* 1978 – "Rheinita/Viva" (Teldec Records)
* 1980 – "Dampfriemen/Individuellos" (Teldec Records)
* 1983 – "Ich liebe Dich/Koksknödel" (Teldec Records)

### Video

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* 2004 – Rheinita 1979 (a live performance of Rheinita that can be viewed for free on Klaus Dinger's website
* Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (2019)

The booklets of "Neondian" and "Blue" also hint at the existence of videos for "America" (Neondian) and "Ich Liebe Dich" (single) although neither have been released.

## See also

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* Amon Düül II (aka Amon Duul II)
* Ash Ra Tempel
* Can (band)
* Cluster (band)
* Cosmic Jokers
* Faust (band)
* Harmonia (band)
* Hawkwind
* Kraftwerk
* La! Neu?
* Neu!
* Popol Vuh (German band)

## References

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1. ^ "Klaus Dinger and NEU! and La Düsseldorf and Die Engel des Herrn". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved October 8, 2007. (This article is from "Real Groove" No 2, Aug. 1996, with personal comments / corrections by Klaus Dinger).`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
2. ^ Dieter Sieckmeyer. "Klaus Dinger: Trauer um den Kraftwerk-Drummer" [Klaus Dinger: Mourning for the Kraftwerk drummer]. Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on October 4, 2009.
3. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1417\. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

## External links

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* La Düsseldorf site
* DingerLand "Official" Klaus Dinger site
* Klaus Dinger records
* A Taste of Krautrock by Patrick O'Hearn, Perfect Sound Forever, November 1997
* Myspace site

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La Düsseldorf

* Klaus Dinger
* Thomas Dinger
* Hans Lampe
* Harald Konietzko
* Andreas Schell

Studio albums|

* La Düsseldorf
* Viva
* Individuellos

Singles|

* "Silver Cloud"
* "Rheinita"
* "Dampfriemen"
* "Ich Liebe Dich"

* v
* t
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Klaus Dinger

Solo|

| Studio albums|

* Néondian
* Blue

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Singles|

* "Mon amour"

Die Engel des Herrn|

* Die Engel des Herrn
* Live as Hippie-Punks

Klaus Dinger + Japandorf|

* Japandorf

Productions|

* Rembrandt: God Strikes Back

Related articles|

* Kraftwerk
* Neu!
* La Düsseldorf
* La! Neu?
* Ralf Hütter
* Florian Schneider
* Michael Rother
* Conny Plank
* Thomas Dinger

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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