Düsseldorf Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Music and nightlife=== [[File:Sensation White 2008 Silvester - LTU Arena, Düsseldorf.jpg|thumb|[[Sensation White]] New Year's Eve party, [[Merkur Spiel-Arena|Esprit Arena]]]] Düsseldorf has been home to a number of influential music artists and bands, particularly in the [[Electronic music|electronic]] and [[krautrock]] genres, with [[Kraftwerk]] being the most prominent example. As one source describes, "This is the place where [[Neu!]] conceived the motorik beat, [[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia]] dreamed up ambient, [[Die Krupps]] expanded the idea of industrial, and where those brilliant mensch-maschines Kraftwerk, declared: 'We are the robots'."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollow |first=Christopher |date=2015-06-05 |title=How Dusseldorf became the birthplace of modern electronica |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/how-dusseldorf-became-the-birthplace-of-modern-electronica-20150602-13194w.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> Since the 1950s the "[[Kom(m)ödchen]]" has been one of the most prominent political cabarets of Germany. The city's best-known contribution to the culture of modern [[popular music]] is the influential avant-garde [[electronic music|electronic]] band [[Kraftwerk]]. Formed by two Düsseldorf-born musicians, [[Kraftwerk]] is internationally known as the most significant band in the history of [[post-war]] [[Music of Germany|German music]] and as pioneers in electronic music.<ref name="graun_kraftwerk">[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/25/artsfeatures.popandrock Desperately seeking Kraftwerk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326150515/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/25/artsfeatures.popandrock |date=26 March 2020 }}; "Kraftwerk [was] so far ahead of [its] time that the rest of the world...spent 25 years inventing new musical genres in an attempt to catch up. Another famous Synth-pop band to come from the city was [[Propaganda (band)|Propaganda]]. House, techno, hip-hop, trip-hop, synth-pop, trance, electroclash: Kraftwerk's influence looms over all of them. It's difficult to imagine what rock and pop music would sound like today if Kraftwerk had never existed", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 24 July 2003; accessed 8 December 2014.</ref> Other influential musical groups originating from Düsseldorf include [[Neu!]], formed in 1971 by [[Klaus Dinger]] and [[Michael Rother]], after their split from Kraftwerk,<ref name="The_Great_Rock_Discography">{{cite book|first=Martin Charles | last=Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DE9qW3YfHG4C|year=2002|publisher=Canongate|isbn=978-1-84195-312-0|page=687}}</ref> and [[La Düsseldorf]], also formed by Dinger in 1976 shortly after Neu! disbanded. Both groups had a significant influence on a variety of subsequent [[rock music|rock]], [[post-punk]], and [[electronic music]] artists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/neu!-mn0000387815/biography|title=Neu! {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-01-05|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505163439/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/neu%21-mn0000387815/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> Internationally known [[power metal]] band [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] was formed in Düsseldorf in 1982. Its frontwoman, [[Doro (musician)|Doro Pesch]], had a successful solo career in Europe and Asia since [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] ended. The [[punk rock|punk band]] [[Die Toten Hosen]], the electronic act [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|D.A.F.]], as well as the electronic/industrial pioneers [[Die Krupps]], all originated in Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf appears in several songs, including ''Düsseldorf'' by the British indie band [[Teleman]] and ''Wärst du doch in Düsseldorf geblieben'' by Danish singer [[Dorthe Kollo]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page