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La Dusseldorf Announce New Album

• 24th Jan 2013

La Düsseldorf, the final project of Kraftwerk and NEU! founding member Klaus Dinger, have announced Japandorf – a previously unreleased album, recorded before Dinger’s death in 2008.

The album’s out on Grönland on Monday 25th March. And a video made by Dinger’s widow and band mate Miki Yui for the album’s first track ‘Immermannstrasse’ has been released, above.

Speaking to The Quietus about the upcoming release, Miki Yui said:

As Klaus started new La Düsseldorf production in 2000, he aimed in making fresh music together with not-musically-trained artists, which meant in results a long process of creation. Specially three of us, Klaus, Kazu and me, were devotedly working on this album.

I have taken part in the production from late 2000, took over the production after Klaus’ passing in 2008 and finished mixing the album together with Kazuyuki Onouchi in 2010. It was a long and winding road, and now, finally the time has come to its release. Dreams come true!

It was our dream to release the album, also we were practicing for the world tour. Though without Klaus, sadly it is not possible any more to do a world tour, it is a big pleasure to bring our music to the listeners all over the world.

The album contains songs which Klaus had in his mind for a long time but were previously unreleased, as well as totally new songs which emerged through the process of working together with the members. Not only because of these songs, but rather because of the process we went through during the production (the process of growing music from the seeds), I am sure that this album means a lot to Klaus, as well as for me and for Kazu.

Klaus worked seriously but joyfully, patiently and carefully on the album, because he knew that such extraordinary experience and challenge enrich our lives and the results – the music is for the future generations of listeners to enjoy.