Japandorf

Japandorf is the second solo album by Klaus Dinger.

Background
After the breakup of La! Neu?, Dinger was introduced to a group of Japanese musicians who were living in Düsseldorf. After meeting these musicians, Dinger decided to hold a festival at his Zeeland studio. This festival contained performances from many of the Japanese musicians, as well as many of Dinger's collaborators from 1966 onwards. At the festival, he met his future wife Miki Yui (who he married in 2002).

After the festival, Dinger and the Japanese musicians began to record two albums simultaneously - one called 'Pre-Japandorf' and one called 'Viva Remix' (a remix of the second album by La Düsseldorf). Both of these albums are currently unreleased. After the completion of Viva Remix in 2003, the japanese musicians formed a band called 'sub-tle.'.

In 2007, the band returned to the Zeeland studios in order to record a third album with Dinger. Around this time they recorded the tracks 'Immermanstraße', 'Udon' and 'Spacemelo', which Dinger had written between 2003 and 2007. The group re-convened in Spring of 2008, where 'Cha Cha 2008', 'Sketch No. 4' and 'Karnival' were recorded.

However, on the 21st March 2008, Dinger passed away, leaving the Japandorf project nearing completion. He left his entire state to his wife, who began to compile the various tracks and made additions to some of them (for example, during this time she wrote and recorded her vocal part for 'Spacemelo').

From 2008 to 2010, Yui mastered 'Pre Japandorf', 'Viva Remix' and 'Japandorf'. She also collaborated with Michael Rother to facilitate the reissue of Neu! 4 and the Neu! Vinyl box.

On the 25th March 2013 (5 years after the death of Dinger) the 'Japandorf' album was released.