"Isi" was a 1975 single by the

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band

Neu! Neu! (; German for "New!"; styled in block capitals) were a West German krautrock band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother following their departure from Kraftwerk. The group's albums were produced by Conny Plan ...

, released in the

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to promote their album ''

Neu! '75 ''Neu! 75'' is the third studio album by the krautrock band Neu!. It was recorded and mixed at Conny Plank's studio between December 1974 and January 1975. It was released in 1975 by Brain Records, and officially reissued on CD on 29 May 2001 by A ...

''. Like its predecessor " Super"/"Neuschnee", "Isi" failed to chart and is now a collectors' item due to its rarity. It was sold in an unmarked paper sleeve by

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, who marketed Neu! in the UK.

Background & Recording

The recording of ''

'', the last of Neu!'s original studio albums, was begun in December 1974 at

Conny Plank Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was invol ...

's studio in Cologne. Like ''

Neu! 2 ''Neu! 2'' is the second studio album by the krautrock band Neu!. It was recorded in January 1973 and mixed in February 1973, both at Windrose-Dumont-Time Studios in Hamburg, Germany, and released in 1973 by Brain Records. It was officially re ...

,'' the album has a definite binary nature, with the first side recorded by the original duo of Dinger and Rother, the second by the expanded four-part Neu!- La Düsseldorf supergroup. "Isi" is taken from the album's A or 'Michael Rother' side, whilst "After Eight" is from the Klaus Dinger-La Düsseldorf dominated side of the album. Dinger recognised this duality, admitting that "me and Michael drift dapart," but Rother maintains that "it was the combination of our two strengths which made the magic." Either way, Dinger's apparent contribution to "Rother's" side of the single is limited to the drums on ''Isi'', whilst Rother's contribution to the "La Düsseldorf" side is the guitar solo, on "After Eight". ''Neu! '75'' was also the first album for which Dinger wrote lyrics, and the subject matter was largely his now ended romance with Anita. The lyrics of "After Eight" feature the repeated refrain, "Help me through the night."

Track listing

All tracks composed by

Klaus Dinger Klaus Dinger (24 March 1946 – 21 March 2008) was a German musician and songwriter most famous for his contributions to the seminal krautrock band Neu!. He was also the guitarist and chief songwriter of New wave music, new wave group La Düsse ...

and

Michael Rother Michael Rother (born 2 September 1950) is a German experimental musician, best known for being a founding member of the influential bands Neu! and Harmonia, and an early member of the band Kraftwerk. Early life and education Born in 1950, ...

. # "Isi" – 3:55 # "After Eight" – 4:42

Personnel

* Michael Rother – guitar, keyboards, production * Klaus Dinger – drums

References

{{authority control 1975 songs Neu! songs Songs written by Klaus Dinger Songs written by Michael Rother