Today's playlist is dedicated to Conny Plank. For the 35 years of Radio Panik - 1st December - there will be a screening at Cinema Palace at 19:00 of the documentary "Conny Plank - The Potential of Noise".
The playlist is compiled with music by Cluster, Neu!, Eurythmics, Rheingold, DAF, Harmonia, Exmagma, Ultravox, Rita Mitsouko, Les Vampyrettes, Guru Guru and more.
Conny Plank was one of the most innovative sound experimentalists, producing recordings that revolutionized music that still is as valid as ever. He became a hub in the new German sounds. Producer, sound engineer and musician covering a wide range of genres including progressive, avant-garde, electronic music and krautrock. Dying at only 47, Plank left behind a wife, actress Christa Fast and a 13-year-old-son, Stephan. Now, 20 years on, Stephan sets out to find his father, the film taking a journey through music history as well as around the world, to give an unusually intimate and emotional view of the artists, their work with Conny Plank and the many musical traces he left behind.
TRAILER of the Conny Plank - The Potential of Noise