Ludwig's Law

Infobox Album |
Name = Ludwig's Law
Type = Album
Artist = Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, Mayo Thompson


Released = 1998
Recorded = 1983
Genre = Krautrock Techno
Electronic music Electronica
Length = 36:22
Label = Drag City
Producer = Plank & Moebius
Reviews =
Chronology = Moebius & Plank
Last album = "En Route" (1995)
This album = "Ludwig's Law" (1998)
Next album =

"Ludwig's Law" is the one and only album released by trio of Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, and Mayo Thompson. It was actually the fourth album recorded by the team of Moebius & Plank. In 1983 the duo recorded a series of electronic tracks using an Emulator, an early form of sampling keyboard that enabled them to duplicate other instruments without having to deal with the musicians who played them. Mayo Thompson of Red Krayola recorded a series of monologues and vocal tracks which were added to the music Moebius & Plank had recorded. According to the Earpiece website "topics include the fate of chickens owned by a 'farmer gabriel' and the effect of lack of sunlight on human intelligence." [Earpiece [http://white-rose.net/earpiece1.html Ludwig's Law] ] Sky Records, which had released the first three Moebius & Plank album, rejected the master and "Ludwig's Law" was relegated to the vault. It was finally released on November 16, 1998 on the Drag City label.

Bill Meyer, who wrote the editorial review for Amazon.com, describes the album, in part: "The duo recorded a series of stately fanfares and brittle Talking Heads funk, over which Thompson narrated a series of skewed monologues about philosophy, art, history, and careless farmers." [Meyer, Bill [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000G28K Amazon.com editorial review] ]

Despite the rejection of "Ludwig's Law" by Sky, Moebius & Plank did decide to tour and perform the music, albeit without Mayo Thompson. Conny Plank fell ill while touring in South America and finally succumbed to cancer in 1987.

Track listing

*"Scientists" - 0:38
*"Das Apartment" - 4:30
*"The Truth?" - 5:14
*"Ludwig's Law" - 4:20
*"42" - 3:44
*"Farmer Gabriel" - 4:51
*"Gestalt" - 4:43
*"Taras Bulba" - 5:06
*"Boy Boy Boy" - 3:16

Personnel

*Dieter Moebius
*Conny Plank
*Mayo Thompson - vocals

Notes

References

* Album liner notes
* Amazon.com [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000G28K Ludwig's Law] Retrieved September 28, 2007.
* Drag City catalog [http://www.dragcity.com/catalog/records/dc143.html Moebius Plank Thompson - Ludwig's Law] Retrieved September 28, 2007.
* Forced Exposure [http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/moebius.plank.thompson.html Moebius/Plank/Thompson] Retrieved September 28, 2007.
* Interlog [http://pages.interlog.com/~costan/MoebiusRe.html Ludwig's Law description] Retrieved September 28, 2007.

External links

* Anonymous [http://www2.odn.ne.jp/airstructures/review%20german.html Random Writings on Music and Other Things: German Rock] Retrieved September 7, 2007.