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Conny Plank



Plank, via Bowie and especially Eno, in turn had a strong influence on many acts of the New Wave period in the late 1970s and 1980s. Neu!'s "Hero" is said to have been a major influence on John Lydon's work with his post-Sex Pistols group Public Image Limited. The earlier work of Australian band Hunters & Collectors also showed unmistakable signs of familiarity with Plank's production techniques, and they were one of many international acts who recorded with him.

Plank continued to work as half of the duo Moebius & Plank, recording four additional albums. Their second album, Material, was released in 1981. Their third album, the African influenced Zero Set, with Guru Guru drummer Mani Neumeier, was released in 1983. These two albums were early examples of the sound which would become techno and electronica. In 1983 Moebius & Plank also recorded the album Ludwig's Law 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 contributed vocals, mainly spoken monologues. The project was rejected by Sky Records and wasn't released until 1998. The final Moebius & Plank collaboration, En Route was recorded in Conny's Studio in 1986 but left incomplete as Plank's health deteriorated. It was completed and mixed in 1995, primarily by Dieter Moebius, and released that year.

During the eighties Plank remained in high demand with the new generation of electronic pop and New Wave artists, including Devo, Ultravox! (Systems of Romance, Vienna and Rage in Eden), Freur and The Tourists (Luminous Basement), Eurythmics (In the Garden). He also worked on pop and rock productions with artists such as The Scorpions, Clannad, Killing Joke, Play Dead, and Gianna Nannini (Latin Lover, Sogno Di Una Notte d'Estate, Tutto Live and others, also credited for music).

Plank's other production credits include Echo and the Bunnymen, Les Rita Mitsouko, Einstürzende Neubauten, Annie Lennox, Ástor Piazzolla, The Damned, Psychotic Tanks, DAF (including the classic single Der Mussolini) and Nina Hagen.

According to Rene Tinner and Stefan Plank in a radio documentary about the life of Conny Plank, it was Brian Eno's idea, that Plank should produce the U2-album "The Joshua Tree" instead of him. After being introduced to the band by Eno and after a short meeting, Plank turned down the job ("I cannot work with this singer").[1]

Conny Plank fell ill while touring South America with Dieter Moebius, performing music from Ludwig's Law. Some of Plank's last work, before his death in 1987 from cancer, was the recording of concerts on Eurythmics' Revenge tour, and samples used on the NED Synclavier on their Savage album.

His studio, at his home on the southern outskirts of Cologne, continued to be run by his widow Christa Fast and their son until, in May 2006, her failing health forced them to offer its contents for sale.[2] She died on June 1, 2006.[3]

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Recordings

Plank was involved with the following chronological list of albums, either as a direct contributor or because his studio facilities were used.

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

  • Der Osten ist Rot (Holger Czukay)
  • Belfegore (Belfegore)
  • Begegnungen (Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank)
  • Les Rita Mitsouko (Rita Mitsouko)
  • The Collection (Ultravox)
  • Puzzle (Gianna Nannini)
  • Should Have Been Greatest Hits (The Tourists)
  • Jaws of Life (Hunters & Collectors)

1985

1986

  • U-Vox (Ultravox)
  • Profumo (Gianna Nannini)

1987

  • Rome Remains Rome (Holger Czukay)
  • Savage (Eurythmics)

Posthumous

  • Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! (Killing Joke, 1992)
  • Box II (Brian Eno, 1993)
  • If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox (Midge Ure and Ultravox, 1993)
  • Rare, Vol. I (Ultravox, 1993)
  • Rare, Vol. II (Ultravox, 1994)
  • En Route (Moebius & Plank, recorded 1986, released 1995)
  • Space Ship (The Best Of, Part 1) (Guru Guru, 1996)
  • The Best of Ax Genrich (Ax Genrich, 1997)
  • Greatest Hits (The Tourists, 1997)
  • Guru Guru & Uli Trepte (Guru Guru and Uli Trepte, 1997)
  • The Michael Schenker Story Live (Michael Schenker, 1997)
  • Chronicles, Vol. 1 (Michael Rother, 1998)
  • Ludwig's Law (Moebius, Plank, Thompson, recorded 1983, released 1998)
  • Music For Two Brothers (Rolf & Joachim Kuhn, 1998)
  • Best (Scorpions, 1999)
  • The Very Best of Guru Guru (Guru Guru, 1999)
  • La Luna (Holger Czukay 2000, expanded 2007)
  • Into The Arena 1972-1995 [Highlights and Overtures] (Michael Schenker, 2000)
  • Pioneers Who Got Scalped (Devo, 2000)
  • More Nipples (Peter Brotzmann Group, 2003)

Note that the dates refer to the year of first release.

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Notes

  1. ^ Conny Plank - eine Produzentenlegende, NDR German Radio, 11 February 2006
  2. ^ http://www.vintage-music-equipment.de/connys-studio/about-connys-studio/
  3. ^ Conny Plank's studio

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References

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NAME Plank, Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Planck, Conny; Plank, Conny
SHORT DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Austria
DATE OF DEATH December 1987
PLACE OF DEATH Cologne



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