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  "slug": "neu",
  "name": "Neu!",
  "description": "Neu! appears 4 times in our Krautrock, Roots, The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/neu/",
  "appearanceCount": 4,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
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    "first": 1972,
    "last": 1972
  },
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  },
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    },
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      "trackKey": "neu--hallogallo",
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      "title": "Hallogallo",
      "year": 1972,
      "label": "Brain",
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      "whyItMatters": "Ten minutes of Klaus Dinger playing one beat perfectly. The motorik pulse is the single most exportable idea German rock produced, and every record that drives forward without swinging owes it something.",
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          "exact": false
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    {
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      "title": "Hallogallo",
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      "label": "Brain",
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      "whyItMatters": "Ten minutes of a beat that never accents anything. The idea that a rhythm can drive without swinging is the one European contribution the Americans genuinely had to import.",
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        },
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      "artist": "Neu!"
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      "title": "Hallogallo",
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      "whyItMatters": "The one Britain heard. Every post-punk band that drives forward without swinging is playing Klaus Dinger's beat, usually without having been told whose it was.",
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      "artist": "Neu!"
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      "whyItMatters": "Ten minutes of one beat played perfectly. The idea that rhythm can drive without swinging is Europe's single largest export to this list.",
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