Striking up a stylistic compromise with Michael Rother, the other half of Neu!, Klaus Dinger had recruited his brother Thomas and friend Hans Lampe to play on side two of Neu!

'75, taking the band in a more rocking direction than the ambient-inclined Rother cared for.

'75's release, the remaining members recorded this LP with Neu!/Kraftwerk producer Conny Plank.

's characteristic motorik beat set under atmospheric swathes of keyboard and guitar, but with more emphasis on vocals than the mostly instrumental Neu!

[2] "In La Düsseldorf’s eponymous debut, Dinger poked his head into disco and punk and opened himself in ways previously unheard in the more art-focused Neu!.