Der Plan is a German electronic music group from Düsseldorf, formed in the earlier months of 1979 by Moritz Reichelt (A.K.A.
The single became one of the first hit tunes of Neue Deutsche Welle, and the group received offers from major record companies.
Der Plan decided to remain independent within their own label, although they accepted a partial contract with Teldec to re-release the single.
The film was broadcast by ZDF as a part of "Das Kleine Fernsehspiel" series and received critical acclaim.
Gummitwist did not achieve the expected high chart position, although it was released by a major label (WEA) and enabled the group to appear on ARD's music program Formel Eins [de].
A new album was released in 1987, entitled Es Ist Eine Fremde Und Seltsame Welt (It is a strange world).
Differences within the group about career priorities began in 1983, resulting in Moritz R leaving the label Ata Tak and moving to Hamburg.
Its first edition was accompanied by a mini CD, which contained "techno versions" of well known Der Plan titles.
Reichelt opened his own gallery called chakchakart shop in Potsdam and Berlin in 2020 and released his first solo album Nach Herzenslust in 2021.
The entirely virtual band played two gigs using scans of stage designs and masks from their real life in the early 1980s and was represented by the avatars Mo Eriksen, Moni Duettmann and Popeye235 Baxter.
It has been referred to (in almost equal measures[5]) as "a work of Genius", and "the demented results of a kindergarten music project gone terribly wrong".