I can't get over how fresh this is. I was expecting some wierd hippy nonsense but found something clean, captivating and contemporary. It's almost the soundtrack to modernity itself, yet it reaches beyond that. We travel a superhighway perhaps, streaming parallel to penthouses and car parks which we glimpse in middle distance. Like living in a time-lapsed photograph of Euroland homogeny, all black marshes and red night. The Early Years of some other century.

From the pulsing psychedelic beats of Hallogallo, through the rowing boat tape loop of Im Gluck to the plaintive, lunatic lament of Leiber Honig, this album is an all-time masterpiece.

From the same stable as the mighty Kraftwerk, this duo foresook the electronic path to pioneer a new brand of guitar-based groove rock which still sounds fresh today. Neu! is German for New! If you haven't heard this band yet, get your head freshened here.