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, consisting of onetime

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drummer and

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multi-instrumentalist

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and occasional Neu! collaborators

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and Hans Lampe. La Düsseldorf was formed after Neu! disbanded following the release of their ''

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'' record. They 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

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, with Bowie going so far as calling La Düsseldorf "the soundtrack of the eighties"."Klaus Dinger and NEU! and La Düsseldorf and Die Engel des Herrn"
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Overview

Core members

– vocals, guitars, keyboards *

– vocals, percussion * Hans Lampe – percussion, electronics

Other members

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

Discography

Albums

* 1976 – ''

La Düsseldorf La Düsseldorf was a German band, consisting of onetime Kraftwerk drummer and Neu! multi-instrumentalist Klaus Dinger and occasional Neu! collaborators Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. La Düsseldorf was formed after Neu! disbanded following the rel ...

'' (

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) * 1978 – ''

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'' (Teldec Records) * 1980 – ''

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'' (Teldec Records) The following albums were released by

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'' (

, released under the name "''Klaus Dinger and Rheinita Bella Düsseldorf''") * 1999 – ''

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'' (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'' (

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, a re-release of ''Neondian'' with extra tracks that was only briefly in print) * 2013 – ''

Japandorf ''Japandorf'' is a 2013 album by Klaus Dinger and several other musicians, released under the name "''Klaus Dinger + Japandorf''" by Grönland Records. It was recorded in the year before Dinger's death on Good Friday 2008 and is the only one of t ...

Singles

* 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

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

Video

* 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.''

References

External links

La Düsseldorf site DingerLand
"Official" Klaus Dinger site

by Patrick O'Hearn, Perfect Sound Forever, November 1997
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