NEU! celebrate the 50th anniversary of their hugely influential self-titled debut with a box set that gathers their first three albums and adds a brand new tribute collection. Tribute contains reworkings and new material inspired by the band’s pioneering material – listen to Fink’s rework of the track “Weissensee” through the YouTube player below:
Released on September 23 via Berlin label Grönland Records the NEU! box set made up of CD and vinyl box sets containing the band’s first three albums – “NEU!, NEU! 2” and “NEU! 75” – and the double album “Tribute,” which includes contributions from Fink, The National, Idles, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Mogwai, Stephen Morris (New Order/Joy Division) and more.
On his reworking of “Weissensee,” Fink says: “I have walked around Weissensee many times – a little urban lake in a pretty rundown part of Berlin – particularly beautiful when it’s frozen over. And so I had to try this one – stepping up to NEU! and the anniversary of their debut was an honour, a challenge and a joy.”
The Krautrock band were conceived in former West Germany by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother. They were described by David Bowie as “Kraftwerk’s wayward, anarchistic brothers” and have inspired a huge number of artists throughout the years including Brian Eno and Radiohead.
Pre-orders are open here: https://www.groenland.com/en/product/neui-50/
Tracklist:
NEU! 50! Box Set Tracklist:
NEU!
Side A
01. Hallogallo
02. Sonderangebot
03. Weissensee
Side B
01. Im Glück
02. Negativland
03. Lieber Honig
NEU! 2
Side A
01. Für Immer (Forever)
02. Spitzenqualität
03. Gedenkminute (für A + K)
04. Lila Engel
Side B
01. Neuschnee 78
02. Super 16
03. Neuschnee
04. Cassetto
05. Super 78
06. Hallo Excentrico!
07. Super
NEU! ’75
Side A
01. Isi
02. Seeland
03. Leb’ Wohl
Side B
01. Hero
02. E-Musik
03. After Eight
NEU! ’86
Side A
01. Intro (Haydn slo-mo)
02. Dänzing
03. Crazy
04. Drive (Grundfunken)
05. La Bomba (Stop Apartheid World-Wide!)
06. Elanoizan
Side B
01. Wave Mother
02. Paradise Walk
03. Euphoria
04. Vier 1/2
05. Good Life
06. November
07. KD
NEU! Tribute Album
01. Im Glück (The National Remix)
02. Weissensee (Fink Version)
03. Super (Mogwai Remix)
04. 4+1=5 (Alexis Taylor Cover)
05. Hallogallo (Stephen Morris and Gabe Gurnsey Remix)
06. Lieber Honig (Yann Tiersen Remix)
07. Super (Man Man Remix)
08. Negativland (Idles Negative Space Rework)
09. Zum Herz (Guerilla Toss Cover)
10. After Eight (They Hate Change Cover)