Conny Plank was a German musician and producer who worked with Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Can, and of course Eurythmics!
In February 2013 Grönland Records will be releasing a 4 disc CD Box called ‘who’s that man’ as a tribute to legendary German producer Conny Plank. Included will be a selection of Plank’s most iconic work, along with a series of productions that exemplify his unique sound design. CD 3 features reworks by a host of contemporary artists of the original 24 track magnetic tapes found in the Plank-archives. As a previously unreleased gem, the box will also contain a live concert by Moebius / Steffen / Plank recorded on tape while touring Mexico in 1987.
Of particular interest to Eurythmics fans are the inclusion of Le Sinistre on disc 1, but disc 3 promises remixes of Le Sinistre and Take Me To Your Heart
To celebrate the release, a new website for Conny Plank has been launched by the record company here and features a few images of material and tapes from the archives. The photo below shows the recording session for Le Sinistre and shows 3 tracks, English Summer, Belinda and a track called Suicide Song. Now it may be this track was renamed to another on the album, but it is a potential unreleased and unheard track!
Full Track Listing
Disc One:
01 Arno Steffen: “Hörprobe”
02 Eno/Möbius/Rödelius: “Broken Head”
03 Phew: “Signal”
04 Eurythmics: “Le Sinistre”
05 Michael Rother: “Feuerland”
06 La Düsseldorf: “Silver Cloud”
07 Psychotic Tanks: “Let”s have a party” [rare]
08 Möbius & Plank: “Conditionierer”
09 Möbius/Plank/Thompson: “Farmer Gabriel [rare]”
10 Möbius/Plank/Neumeier: “Pitch Control”
11 D.A.F.: “Alles ist Gut”
12 Neu!: “Leb Wohl!”
Disc Two:
01 Ibliss: “Drops”
02 Rödelius: “Regenmacher”
03 Streetmark: “Eleanor Rigby”
04 Neu!: “Negativland”
05 Psychotik Tanks: “Security Idiots”
06 D.A.F.: “Was ziehst du an”
07 Möbius & Plank: “Automatic”
08 Fritz Müller: “Fritz Müller Traum”
09 Blue Point Underground: “Conny Plank” [rare]
10 Konrad Plank: “Weihnachtssong” [rare]
Disc Three:
01 Cluster & Eno: “Jens-Uwe Beyer remix”
02 Le Sinistre: “Kreidler remix”
03 Broken Head: “Automat remix”
04 Cluster & Eno: “Walls remix”
05 Eurythmics: “Take Me To Your Heart remix”
06 Feuerland: “Justus Köhncke remix”
07 Neu!: “Eye remix”
Disc Four:
Möbius/Plank/Steffen Live in Mexico 1986