Kling-Klang-Studio
The Kling Klang studio (also Kling Klang studio ) is the privately owned recording studio the band Kraftwerk. The name is based on the first track of the album Kraftwerk 2 It was originally established in the Mintropstraße 16 in Dusseldorf, but was postponed in mid-2009 to Duesseldorf - Osterath, about 10 kilometers west of Dusseldorf.
History
Kling Klang was established in 1970; The band refers to this as the actual beginning of the power plant. Initially, the studio was not much more than an empty space on the grounds of a former workshop in the Friedrichstadt district of Düsseldorf. The exterior of the building was yellow tiled with an electrically interlocked access to the courtyard. The right of that one electrician was upstairs. In the studio itself was reached through a small anteroom. The main studio room equipped with sound insulation. Later the adjoining rooms were used for developing their own instruments such as oscillators. In the basement you stowed older devices. The band never got rid of her things and used the old equipment regularly to produce certain sounds.
At the beginning of their studio work, the band recorded using tape recorders and tape recorders to their music. These master tapes were then placed in a commercial recording studio, to give them the final touch. Some of you did this in order to produce the albums from scratch can. At this time the used PA equipment was even built. Since power plant in 1971 were still looking for a drummer, they eventually bought a cheap rhythm machine. Using echo and filtering the rhythm machine for different sound passages of their second long-player was used. While the emergence of their third album, they bought their first synthesizer, the Minimoog and EMS Synthi AKS for the studio. The other instruments in this period consisted among other things of a Echolette tape echo. Wolfgang Fluer had soon thereafter joined the band and used a self-built electronic rhythm machine. In 1973 the studio " Kling Klang " baptized. After Karl Bartos had joined Kraftwerk, finally studio equipment was designed by all four band members. A full-time technician was entrusted with the care of their own creations and new purchases.
In 1976 power plant in the Kling Klang studio with the recording of their album Trans Europe Express. Hütter and Schneider had the Bonn Synthesizerstudio Mats & Wiechers with the construction of two 16- step sequencer, the " Synthanorma ", commissioned. The sequencer was henceforth used to control the Minimoog in order to generate the rhythm sequences of the album.
Meanwhile, the band members per day, about eight to ten hours worked in the studio. Referring thereto said they soon themselves as " music workers". This time was used, among other things, to create a portable studio, including stage scenery, curtains, lighting and a stereo sound system. By the portable equipment, they were able to ensure the rapid assembly and dismantling, during a tour. The new system was used for example in the computer world tour and replaced the old and cumbersome. The conceptual design was about 3 years.
Studio installation
In September 2007, Neuss reported Grevenbroicher newspaper that Ralf Hütter had bought a private property at sea Busch Osterath, about ten kilometers west of Dusseldorf, set up with the intention of a new recording studio and office space. In this way, power plant could now co-ordinate the recordings, merchandising and management from a central location. The move was completed in mid-2009. The new Kling Klang studio addition to the normal shooting options also includes a sample space for the preparation of live performances.
Kling Klang as a music label and publishing rights
From 1975 published his phonograms power plant at record label Kling Klang records. The later and more recent publications now trade under the name Kling Klang product, or easier Kling Klang. EMI, Warner Music Group and its subsidiaries take care of largely by advertising and distribution of products power plant. In 1999 the band signed a worldwide publishing deal with Sony Music valid.
Kling Klang consumer product GmbH
The Kling Klang consumer product GmbH is the sales company for the merchandise (T- shirts, etc. ) of the power plant.