Kling Klang (also spelled as Klingklang) is the private music studio of the band Kraftwerk. The name is taken from the first song on the Kraftwerk 2 album. The studio was originally located at Mintropstrasse 16 in Düsseldorf, Germany, but in mid-2009 moved to Meerbusch-Osterath, around 10 kilometers west of Düsseldorf.
Background
Kling Klang (an onomatopœia; in English: ding dong) began as a studio in 1970; the band marked this as the real beginning of Kraftwerk. The studio began as an empty room in a workshop premises located in an industrial part of Düsseldorf. The building exterior was clad in yellow tiles with a large electric shuttered doorway leading to an enclosed courtyard. On the right was a loading stage used by an electrical installation company that used the upper floor. The studio was accessed through a small anteroom. The main studio room was fitted with sound insulation and measured about sixty square feet. Later on other adjoining rooms were used for things like making instruments such as home made oscillators. The basement of the studio was used to store old instruments and machines. The band never threw anything away, and subsequently used the older equipment to recreate sounds.
Kling Klang are a five-piece experimental rock band from Liverpool consisting of four synth players and a drummer. The band formed in mid-1999 as a three-piece. They used cheap synths and old drum machines. This lineup released the singles Untitled@33rpm (as part of Guided Missile's LiverpoolEP) and Vander.
In 2001 Kling Klang became a five-piece outfit by adding a drummer and extra synth players. They released a 7” record "Nexus/Apex", which embraced drone, repetition and melody. In June 2002 they, along with German performance artist Mister B, presented Esthetik Of Destruction. It was performed in a Liverpool warehouse, with 14 televisions converted to transform sound into optical effects.
Kling Klang’s Superposition EP was released on Rock Action Records in 2002. They toured UK with Mogwai in 2003, and then went on hiatus until 2006.
The album Esthetik Of Destruction is a collection of all the band's releases and some previously unreleased material. It was released 6 November 2006 on Rock Action Records. Kling Klang began performing live again in December 2006. They toured Europe with Portishead in April 2008.
Kraftwerk 2 is the second studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released in January 1972.
Background
Kraftwerk 2 was entirely written and performed by founding Kraftwerk members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in late 1971, with the sessions produced by the influential Konrad "Conny" Plank. Hütter later said of the album's recording:
Perhaps the least characteristic album of their output, it features no synthesizers, the instrumentation being largely electric guitar, bass guitar, flute and violin. The electronics on display generally belong to the realm of 1960s tape-based music more usually produced in academia, with heavy use of tape echo (for example the massed looping flute layers of "Strom"), and reverse and altered speed tape effects. Overall, the sound has a rather muted, twilit, dusky feel, similar in feel to "Megaherz" on Kraftwerk's debut album, as Hütter and Schneider explored the possibilities for electronic and auto-mechanical enhancement of their music.
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Kraftwerk - Kling-Klang-Studio
Kraftwerk - Kling-Klang-Studio
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Kling Klang Studio
Black @ Kling Klang Studio - Dusseldorf
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KRAFTWERK - KLINGKLANG (PART ONE, Remastered)
KRAFTWERK
KLINGKLANG (1971)
Part one of track 1 on side 1 from LP "KRAFTWERK 2".
Private remaster.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zyytmk7tg8j6c3u
http://www.mediafire.com/file/cakh2haxwa2s4d2
ESB (formerly Elektronische Staubband) is a project by the three musicians Yann Tiersen, Lionel Laquerrière and Thomas Poli with analogue synthesizers such as Arp, Korg and Moog.
published: 12 Nov 2015
Kraftwerk Kling Klang Studio - Mintropstrasse 16, Düsseldorf
outside Kraftwerk Kling Klang Studio - as mentioned in ex Kraftwerk Wolfgang Flürs book, used in the 70s and 80s at least
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Visit to Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf
04-08-2010 Kling Klang
published: 04 Aug 2010
kraftwerk - kling klang former studio - dusseldorf -2017
kraftwerk -former kling klang studio 16 -mintrostrasse dusseldorf -december 2017
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Me (M.Jylhä) filming outside Kraftwerks KlingKlang studio in Düsseldorf 2009 03 25
This is the "secret" place where Kraftwerk made their music. KlingKlang studio in Düsseldorf, Germany.
published: 27 Mar 2009
Rhodes Chroma (ex KRAFTWERK Kling Klang Studios) - first contact !
The Rhodes Chroma is a very rare, 16 voice fully analog synthesizer from the early 1980ies. A friend of mine (Bernd van Vugt) lent me his fully refurbished Chroma for a few weeks in order to explore its capabilities. Thanks a lot, Bernd 2 !!
He told me that this particular instrument was given to him by a synth tech who worked at Kraftwerk´s Kling Klang studios. The Chroma suffered from battery leakage and a broken power supply (typical symptoms of the Chroma).
I´ve spent a few weeks now with this instrument and in spite of a few superb factory banks I didnt find any patches that didn´t try to imitate real instruments like piano, organs, flutes and so on. So I put hands on and programmed my own sounds, which are basicly variations of sounds from factory bank 1. Programming this synth is...
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KRAFTWERK
KLINGKLANG (1971)
Part one of track 1 on side 1 from LP "KRAFTWERK 2".
Private remaster.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zyytmk7tg8j6c3u
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KRAFTWERK
KLINGKLANG (1971)
Part one of track 1 on side 1 from LP "KRAFTWERK 2".
Private remaster.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zyytmk7tg8j6c3u
http://www.mediafire.com/file/cakh2haxwa2s4d2
KRAFTWERK
KLINGKLANG (1971)
Part one of track 1 on side 1 from LP "KRAFTWERK 2".
Private remaster.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zyytmk7tg8j6c3u
http://www.mediafire.com/file/cakh2haxwa2s4d2
ESB (formerly Elektronische Staubband) is a project by the three musicians Yann Tiersen, Lionel Laquerrière and Thomas Poli with analogue synthesizers such as A...
ESB (formerly Elektronische Staubband) is a project by the three musicians Yann Tiersen, Lionel Laquerrière and Thomas Poli with analogue synthesizers such as Arp, Korg and Moog.
ESB (formerly Elektronische Staubband) is a project by the three musicians Yann Tiersen, Lionel Laquerrière and Thomas Poli with analogue synthesizers such as Arp, Korg and Moog.
The Rhodes Chroma is a very rare, 16 voice fully analog synthesizer from the early 1980ies. A friend of mine (Bernd van Vugt) lent me his fully refurbished Chro...
The Rhodes Chroma is a very rare, 16 voice fully analog synthesizer from the early 1980ies. A friend of mine (Bernd van Vugt) lent me his fully refurbished Chroma for a few weeks in order to explore its capabilities. Thanks a lot, Bernd 2 !!
He told me that this particular instrument was given to him by a synth tech who worked at Kraftwerk´s Kling Klang studios. The Chroma suffered from battery leakage and a broken power supply (typical symptoms of the Chroma).
I´ve spent a few weeks now with this instrument and in spite of a few superb factory banks I didnt find any patches that didn´t try to imitate real instruments like piano, organs, flutes and so on. So I put hands on and programmed my own sounds, which are basicly variations of sounds from factory bank 1. Programming this synth is not very easy, since there is only one slider for parameter change and a tiny display showing very abstract abbreviations and numbers. The aftermarket EES midi interface for the Chroma has got its own sysex format. The only available editor for this format is running on an Atari 1040. At the moment I´m trying to get it working on my PC with an Atari emulator. You name it, there are a lot of unforseen obstacles to overcome in order to bring this beautiful instrument into the 21. century.
There are more videos to come including a "one synth one song" video with the Rhodes Chroma.
Here are further details about the Rhodes Chroma quoted from http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/chroma.php
"Quite a rare analog synthesizer from the early 1980's (only 3,000 made). The Chroma was originally an ARP project. However Rhodes picked it up after ARP dissolved in 1981. Rhodes, best known for its Electric Pianos released the Chroma (and Chroma Polaris) as their premiere analog synthesizers. The Chroma had 16 voices with 1 oscillator per voice (or 8 voices with 2 osc/voice), a 64-note velocity sensitive weighted keyboard, and a very complicated but powerful synthesis design. Programming was further complexed by a limited implementation of just 2 rows of membrane push-buttons. With few sliders to grab, hands-on control is cut short. However the Chroma is a very stable and elegant synth with complete auto-tuning, split-keyboard mode and the ability to link to a computer!
Although the Chroma came before there was MIDI, all was not lost. Rhodes used ARP's proprietary Digital Access Control which was used in some ARP instruments for inter-connecting them. Midi retro-fits can be purchased these days which convert MIDI to ARP's DAC system. Perhaps its most advanced feature for its time was the ability to interface with an Apple IIe computer for sequence and patch storage using dedicated Chroma software! That may not be very practical today, but historically it was a significant example of how synthesizers and personal-computers could work together. Also on-board you'll find two arpeggiators, a graphic equalizer, pitch/mod and 6 other sliders. A keyboardless expander module of the Chroma was also made available. It has been used by Jethro Tull, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul and Oscar Peterson. "
The Rhodes Chroma is a very rare, 16 voice fully analog synthesizer from the early 1980ies. A friend of mine (Bernd van Vugt) lent me his fully refurbished Chroma for a few weeks in order to explore its capabilities. Thanks a lot, Bernd 2 !!
He told me that this particular instrument was given to him by a synth tech who worked at Kraftwerk´s Kling Klang studios. The Chroma suffered from battery leakage and a broken power supply (typical symptoms of the Chroma).
I´ve spent a few weeks now with this instrument and in spite of a few superb factory banks I didnt find any patches that didn´t try to imitate real instruments like piano, organs, flutes and so on. So I put hands on and programmed my own sounds, which are basicly variations of sounds from factory bank 1. Programming this synth is not very easy, since there is only one slider for parameter change and a tiny display showing very abstract abbreviations and numbers. The aftermarket EES midi interface for the Chroma has got its own sysex format. The only available editor for this format is running on an Atari 1040. At the moment I´m trying to get it working on my PC with an Atari emulator. You name it, there are a lot of unforseen obstacles to overcome in order to bring this beautiful instrument into the 21. century.
There are more videos to come including a "one synth one song" video with the Rhodes Chroma.
Here are further details about the Rhodes Chroma quoted from http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/chroma.php
"Quite a rare analog synthesizer from the early 1980's (only 3,000 made). The Chroma was originally an ARP project. However Rhodes picked it up after ARP dissolved in 1981. Rhodes, best known for its Electric Pianos released the Chroma (and Chroma Polaris) as their premiere analog synthesizers. The Chroma had 16 voices with 1 oscillator per voice (or 8 voices with 2 osc/voice), a 64-note velocity sensitive weighted keyboard, and a very complicated but powerful synthesis design. Programming was further complexed by a limited implementation of just 2 rows of membrane push-buttons. With few sliders to grab, hands-on control is cut short. However the Chroma is a very stable and elegant synth with complete auto-tuning, split-keyboard mode and the ability to link to a computer!
Although the Chroma came before there was MIDI, all was not lost. Rhodes used ARP's proprietary Digital Access Control which was used in some ARP instruments for inter-connecting them. Midi retro-fits can be purchased these days which convert MIDI to ARP's DAC system. Perhaps its most advanced feature for its time was the ability to interface with an Apple IIe computer for sequence and patch storage using dedicated Chroma software! That may not be very practical today, but historically it was a significant example of how synthesizers and personal-computers could work together. Also on-board you'll find two arpeggiators, a graphic equalizer, pitch/mod and 6 other sliders. A keyboardless expander module of the Chroma was also made available. It has been used by Jethro Tull, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul and Oscar Peterson. "
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KRAFTWERK
KLINGKLANG (1971)
Part one of track 1 on side 1 from LP "KRAFTWERK 2".
Private remaster.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zyytmk7tg8j6c3u
http://www.mediafire.com/file/cakh2haxwa2s4d2
ESB (formerly Elektronische Staubband) is a project by the three musicians Yann Tiersen, Lionel Laquerrière and Thomas Poli with analogue synthesizers such as Arp, Korg and Moog.
The Rhodes Chroma is a very rare, 16 voice fully analog synthesizer from the early 1980ies. A friend of mine (Bernd van Vugt) lent me his fully refurbished Chroma for a few weeks in order to explore its capabilities. Thanks a lot, Bernd 2 !!
He told me that this particular instrument was given to him by a synth tech who worked at Kraftwerk´s Kling Klang studios. The Chroma suffered from battery leakage and a broken power supply (typical symptoms of the Chroma).
I´ve spent a few weeks now with this instrument and in spite of a few superb factory banks I didnt find any patches that didn´t try to imitate real instruments like piano, organs, flutes and so on. So I put hands on and programmed my own sounds, which are basicly variations of sounds from factory bank 1. Programming this synth is not very easy, since there is only one slider for parameter change and a tiny display showing very abstract abbreviations and numbers. The aftermarket EES midi interface for the Chroma has got its own sysex format. The only available editor for this format is running on an Atari 1040. At the moment I´m trying to get it working on my PC with an Atari emulator. You name it, there are a lot of unforseen obstacles to overcome in order to bring this beautiful instrument into the 21. century.
There are more videos to come including a "one synth one song" video with the Rhodes Chroma.
Here are further details about the Rhodes Chroma quoted from http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/chroma.php
"Quite a rare analog synthesizer from the early 1980's (only 3,000 made). The Chroma was originally an ARP project. However Rhodes picked it up after ARP dissolved in 1981. Rhodes, best known for its Electric Pianos released the Chroma (and Chroma Polaris) as their premiere analog synthesizers. The Chroma had 16 voices with 1 oscillator per voice (or 8 voices with 2 osc/voice), a 64-note velocity sensitive weighted keyboard, and a very complicated but powerful synthesis design. Programming was further complexed by a limited implementation of just 2 rows of membrane push-buttons. With few sliders to grab, hands-on control is cut short. However the Chroma is a very stable and elegant synth with complete auto-tuning, split-keyboard mode and the ability to link to a computer!
Although the Chroma came before there was MIDI, all was not lost. Rhodes used ARP's proprietary Digital Access Control which was used in some ARP instruments for inter-connecting them. Midi retro-fits can be purchased these days which convert MIDI to ARP's DAC system. Perhaps its most advanced feature for its time was the ability to interface with an Apple IIe computer for sequence and patch storage using dedicated Chroma software! That may not be very practical today, but historically it was a significant example of how synthesizers and personal-computers could work together. Also on-board you'll find two arpeggiators, a graphic equalizer, pitch/mod and 6 other sliders. A keyboardless expander module of the Chroma was also made available. It has been used by Jethro Tull, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul and Oscar Peterson. "
Kling Klang (also spelled as Klingklang) is the private music studio of the band Kraftwerk. The name is taken from the first song on the Kraftwerk 2 album. The studio was originally located at Mintropstrasse 16 in Düsseldorf, Germany, but in mid-2009 moved to Meerbusch-Osterath, around 10 kilometers west of Düsseldorf.
Background
Kling Klang (an onomatopœia; in English: ding dong) began as a studio in 1970; the band marked this as the real beginning of Kraftwerk. The studio began as an empty room in a workshop premises located in an industrial part of Düsseldorf. The building exterior was clad in yellow tiles with a large electric shuttered doorway leading to an enclosed courtyard. On the right was a loading stage used by an electrical installation company that used the upper floor. The studio was accessed through a small anteroom. The main studio room was fitted with sound insulation and measured about sixty square feet. Later on other adjoining rooms were used for things like making instruments such as home made oscillators. The basement of the studio was used to store old instruments and machines. The band never threw anything away, and subsequently used the older equipment to recreate sounds.
Ich steck dir die halbe Tüte Erdnußchips in deinen zuckersüßen Mund. Ich find dich in einem Comic-Heft wieder, fotografier dich bunt. Graffitis machen graue Wände lebendig, ich wünschte, ich könnt das auch. Und wie ich überleg, was ich denn wirklich kann seh ich, daß ich zu nichts taug. Kling klang, du und ich die Straßen entlang. Kling klang du und ich die Straßen entlang. Für diesen Augenblick dich in die Kamera zu kriegen haut mal wieder nicht hin. Komm und laß uns heute noch nach England fliegen, God save the Queen. An der Westküste dann die Promenade runter wo schon der Kapitän wartet. "Guten Tag, zweimal bis nach Feuerland bitte!" Das Schiff ist leicht entartet. KLing klang, du und ich die Straßen entlang. KLing klang, du und ich die Straßen entlang. Bloß von hier weg, so weit wie möglich. Bis du sagst, es ist Zeit, wir müsen aus Feuerlang zurück, nach Hause, im Wiener-Walzer-Schritt. Dadadap, dadapdadadadam,
Being summoned to their infamous and secretive Kling KlangStudio, he immediately clicked with Hütter and Schneider... Not only were the band climbing consistent creative peaks in the studio but their dynamic was at its most friendly and sociable.
The problem was I grew up in a different [less affluent] part of the city but made it to the Robert SchumannConservatory and studied music and they brought me into their Kling Klang studio ... studio….