# Neu! — Hallogallo

Neu!’s Hallogallo (1972) appears on 4 of our lists — Krautrock, Roots, The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 1 in Krautrock. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1972
- **Label:** Brain
- **On:** Krautrock, Roots, The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Neu!](https://waxonia.com/artist/neu/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/neu--hallogallo/

## What 4 lists say

### No. 1 in [Krautrock](https://waxonia.com/genre/krautrock/)

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.

### Picked by [Roots](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-desk-roots/)

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.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-krautrock/)

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.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)

Ten minutes of one beat played perfectly. The idea that rhythm can drive without swinging is Europe's single largest export to this list.

## Analysis

12 sections, no single moment the energy jumps to, 28% of it spent climbing.

- **Tempo:** 152 BPM — holds throughout
- **Dynamic range:** 4.9 dB — compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud
- **Length:** 10:08

- `0:00` A · **intro** (bar -10), instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: drums, other
- `1:56` A · **build** (bar 63), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, other
- `2:14` A · **lift** (bar 75), instrumental — a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build — playing: drums, other
- `2:46` A · **lift** (bar 95), instrumental — a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build — playing: drums, other
- `5:33` A · **build** (bar 201), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, other
- `6:10` A · **peak** (bar 224), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, other
- `6:36` B · **breakdown** (bar 241), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums, other
- `6:50` C · **build** (bar 249), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, other
- `8:19` C · **lift** (bar 306), instrumental — a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build — playing: drums, other
- `9:07` A · **build** (bar 336), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, other
- `9:32` B · **peak** (bar 352), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, other
- `9:51` B · **outro** (bar 364), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: drums

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Neu!%20Hallogallo) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zndpi8tNZyQ)

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