'neu!' was recorded over four days in hamburg in 1972 with can producer conrad plank, and its static, aggressive harmonies and almost (but not quite) robotic sound still has a resonance that echoes even today. as any musician from add n to x to sonic youth, from stereolab to cabaret voltaire could tell you, early '70s dusseldorf band neu! were one third of the original triumvirate - alongside can and faust- that defined krautrock.