1. Konrad "Conny" Plank was a German record producer and musician.
16 Facts About Conny Plank
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Conny Plank is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s.
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In mid-to-late 60s, Conny Plank attended new-music courses at the Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne, taught by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio, Henri Pousseur, and Earle Brown.
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Conny Plank served as engineer for Alexander von Schlippenbach's album The Living Music, which was released in 1969, the first of a long list of engineering and production credits.
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In 1977, through Brian Eno, Conny Plank recruited Dave Hutchins from Island Studios, as house engineer.
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Conny Plank was a member of the short lived band Liliental, contributing guitar, keyboards, and vocals.
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Conny Plank worked on pop and rock productions with artists such as Scorpions, Clannad, Play Dead, and Gianna Nannini.
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Conny Plank became sick while touring South America with Dieter Moebius, Arno Steffen and Detlef Wiederhoeft performing music from Ludwig's Law.
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Conny Plank's studio established at his home on the southern outskirts of Cologne continued to be run by his widow Christa Fast and their son until her failing health and the general change in the music business forced them to offer its contents for sale in May 2006.
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The 56 channel desk was a custom design and has a number of unique features, including a specially designed equalization section that conformed to Conny Plank's own preferred EQ settings, as well as a section that could be removed and fitted into a converted military van adapted for remote recording.
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Conny Plank praised the work of the Jamaican producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, admiring its simplicity and minimal technology usage.
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Conny Plank favored sometimes harsh-sounding effects and contrasting audio for each element in the mix.
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Conny Plank used combinations of echo, reverberation and other electronic, mixing, editing and tape-based effects to create mixes.
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Conny Plank, who began his career as soundman for Marlene Dietrich, was an ardent believer in the possibilities of electronic music and electronic soundscapes.
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Conny Plank was known for blending them with conventional sounds, or natural sounds given unconventional treatments, such as using large metal containers and other industrial objects as percussion instruments.
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Conny Plank was involved with the following chronological list of albums, either as a direct contributor or because his studio facilities were used.