Kling-Klang-Studio
The Kling-Klang-Studio (also Klingklang-Studio ) is the privately run recording studio of the band Kraftwerk . The name is based on the first track on the album Kraftwerk 2 . It was originally located at Mintropstrasse 16 in Düsseldorf , but was relocated to Meerbusch- Osterath in mid-2009 , about 10 kilometers west of Düsseldorf.
history
Kling-Klang was launched in 1970; the band describes this as the actual beginning of Kraftwerk. At first, the studio was little more than an empty room on the property of a former workshop in the Friedrichstadt district of Düsseldorf . The outside of the building was tiled in yellow with an electrically locked access to the inner courtyard. To the right of this was an electrician on the upper floor. The studio itself was accessed through a small anteroom. The main studio was soundproofed . Later, the adjoining rooms were used for developing own instruments such as oscillators . Older devices were stowed in the basement. The band never got rid of their belongings and used the old equipment regularly to create certain sounds.
At the beginning of their studio work, the band recorded their music using tape recorders and cassette recorders. These master tapes were then taken to a commercial recording studio for the final touches. Sometimes you did this in order to be able to produce the albums from scratch. At that time, the PA equipment used was self-made. Since Kraftwerk were still looking for a drummer in 1971, they finally acquired an inexpensive rhythm machine. Using echo and filtering, the rhythm machine was used for various sound passages on her second LP. During the making of their third album, they bought their first synthesizers , the Minimoog and the EMS Synthi AKS for the studio. The other instruments at this time consisted, among other things, of an Echolette tape echo . Wolfgang Flür soon joined the band and used a self-made electronic rhythm machine. In 1973 the studio was named “Kling-Klang”. After Karl Bartos joined Kraftwerk, all four band members designed studio equipment. A full-time technician was entrusted with the care of the own creations and new purchases.
In 1976 Kraftwerk began recording their album Trans Europa Express in the Kling Klang studio . Hütter and Schneider commissioned the Bonn-based synthesizer studio Matten & Wiechers with the construction of two 16-step sequencers, the “Synthanorma”. The sequencer was henceforth for controlling the Minimoogs used in order to generate the rhythm sequences of the album.
In the meantime, the band members worked in the studio for around eight to ten hours a day. With reference to this, they soon referred to themselves as "music workers". This time was used, among other things, to create a portable studio, including a stage backdrop, curtains, lighting and a stereo sound system. The portable equipment made it possible for them to set up and dismantle quickly during a tour. The new system was used, for example, on the Computerwelt Tour and replaced the old and cumbersome one. The conception took about 3 years.
Studio relocation
In September 2007 the Neuss Grevenbroicher Zeitung reported that Ralf Hütter had bought a private property in Meerbusch - Osterath , about ten kilometers west of Düsseldorf, with the intention of setting up a new recording studio and office space. In this way, Kraftwerk was now able to coordinate the recordings, merchandising and administration from one central location. The move ended in mid-2009. In addition to the usual recording facilities, the new Kling-Klang-Studio also has a rehearsal room for preparing live performances.
Kling-Klang as a music label and publishing rights
From 1975 Kraftwerk published its sound carriers with the record label Kling Klang Schallplatten . The later and current publications now operate under the name Kling Klang Produkt , or simply Klingklang . EMI , the Warner Music Group and their subsidiaries take care of the advertising and distribution of Kraftwerk's products. In 1999 the band signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Sony Music .
Klingklang Konsum Product GmbH
The Kling Klang consumer product GmbH is the marketing company for the merchandise (T-shirts, etc.) of power plant.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Electronics & Music Maker , September 1981
- ↑ Flür, W .: I was a robot , vgs, 2001, page 40
- ↑ Bussey, P .: Kraftwerk - Man Machine & Music , SAF Publishing 1993, p. 163
- ↑ Flür, W .: I was a robot , vgs, 2001, page 43
- ↑ kraftwerk.com. In: com.br. kraftwerk.technopop.com.br, accessed February 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Bussey, P .: Kraftwerk - Man Machine & Music , SAF Publishing 1993, page 51
- ↑ Bussey, P .: Kraftwerk - Man Machine & Music , SAF Publishing 1993, page 79
- ↑ Flür, W .: I was a robot , vgs, 2001, page 96
- ↑ NGZ-online.de, September 9, 2007