- Kling Klang
"For the Liverpool
experimental rock band, seeKling Klang (band) .".
Kraftwerk founders
Ralf Hütter andFlorian Schneider first rented a room to use as a rehearsal space in 1970, and Hütter has cited this as the beginning of their group. Their facilities there developed steadily. However, it was not until 1975 that it was sufficient to record an entire album there ("Radio-Activity "). The studio does not appear to have been christened Kling Klang until 1976.The group has at times referred to the studio as its mother ship, and as a musical instrument in its own right, which the group plays interactively. (The latter concept is similar to ideas put forward by
Brian Eno in the early 1970s.) For Kraftwerk's 1981 "Computer World " tour, the band literally packed up its entire studio and took it around the world.It is nearly impossible for anyone to come into contact with the studios, as all fan mail is returned unopened and outsiders are not welcome. The group is extremely secluded, and it was rumoured that even though there is a phone installed, the number was not even known by the record company; or that the telephone did not have a ring tone, as the group did not want any unwanted noise to interfere with its recording sessions. Nowadays, it is possible to obtain contact details through online searches, yet its reputation for maintaining a carefully controlled distance from others has endured.
In September 2007, the Neuss Grevenbroicher Zeitung reported that Ralf Hütter had purchased property space in a proposed new commercial development in Meerbusch, about 10 kilometers northwest of Düsseldorf, with the intention of building a new sound studio and office there, so that Kraftwerk's recording, merchandise, and administration can be managed from a single location.
Kling Klang Schallplatten
In the late 1970s Kraftwerk released its records on the label Kling Klang Schallplatten, which were licensed to and distributed by EMI Electrola in Germany and licensed to other EMI labels (most of the time) in other parts of the world. Later and current releases are credited to Kling Klang Produkt. Kling Klang Music also existed as a music-publishing company for a small period of time in the US, being associated with ASCAP.
Kling Klang Konsumprodukt GmbH
Kraftwerk also sells all of its band merchandise through Kling Klang Konsumprodukt.
References
* Barr, Tim. "Kraftwerk: From Dusseldorf to the Future (with Love)". Ebury Press, 1998; ISBN 0-09-186490-9
External links
* [http://www.klingklang.com/ Klingklang Konsumprodukt GmbH]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
