RHEINGOLD

Real Name:
Bodo Staiger - Guitar,Vocal
Lothar Manteuffel- Text
Brigitte Kunze - Keyboards

Country :
Germany
City :
Düsseldorf
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop,N.D.W


























RHEINGOLD - Rheingold (1980)

Tracklist :

01 Rein (1:09)
02 Fluss (4:50)
03 Graffitis (3:44)
04 Himmelgeist (5:02)
05 Dreiklangsdimensionen (5:54)
06 Pirata (4:21)
07 International (3:53)
08 Rendezvous (4:01)
09 Rheingold Extra (4:21)
10 'Raus (1:30)

bonus tracks:
11 River (Englische Version) (4:52)
12 Triad Dimensions (Englische Version) (6:27)
13 Rheingold (Single) (4:09)
14 Staiger Walzer (Single B-Seite) (3:40)
15 Dreiklangsdimensionen (Single) (3:41)

Links to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=11149e212c53dbb6794b8b2bf96485c9 LP 192 kbs

http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=aabb017f29c602f993db0de665bcc8d2 Bonus 192 kbs

"Brilliant dance track from 1982 which has been remixed and rereleased. A hit then and still sounding good 20 years later."























R -'der Fan'-soundtrack(1982)

Tracklist :

01 Fan Fan Fanatisch (3:54)
02 Das Steht Dir Gut (4:36)
03 Augenblick (4:31)
04 F.A.N. (5:20)
05 Abfahrt (4:42)
06 Überblendung (2:21)
07 Stahlherz (11:30)
08 Fan Fan Fanatic (3:55)
09 Looks Good On You (4:35)
10 A Moment's Glance (4:30)
11 Stahlherz (Single) (4:20)
12 Das Steht Dir Gut (Alternative Version) (4:35)
13 Fluss ('82 Version) (4:51)
14 Dreiklangsdimensionen ('82 Version) (6:27)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=e4d6446b1d4a2b670b874b1fb746dd03 192 kbs

The second album released as a soundtrack for the scandal film- one of the few serious NDW films "Der Fan"(also on DVD appeared!). Bodo played the main roll beside Desirée.Musically the album similar to their first one,but in contrast to the debut album here the electronic portion in the music outweighs, particularly on the instrumental second side - "abfahrt" and "stahlherz" are absolutely typical for the German music of this time.The sound on the first side is less dark and minimalistic,as it was in their first album
There were two hits on it :"fan fan Fanatisch" and "da steht dir gut"( two more good NDW songs : "augenblick" and "Fan")




















DISTANZ (1984)

Tracklist :

01 Via Satellit (5:47)
02 Fantasie (5:34)
03 Nur Ein Wort (4:10)
04 Computerbeat (4:55)
05 Der Ton Macht Die Musik (1:26)
06 Distanz (4:28)
07 Strahlende Zukunft (9:00)
08 Digital (2:54)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=6930a3f132430a6e9c7f39ecebf04c2b 192 kbs

After the second album,the most people lost sight of the band,who they connected with two songs :„Dreiklangsdimensionen“ und „Fan Fan Fanatisch“.The German hitmakers dominated the NDW with such bands like Relax, Spider Murphy Gang and other projects.Just few people knew that the band released their third Lp,that disappeared undeservedly, as we can realize by hearing it.However it couldn't reach the standard of the previous albums,because they didn't develop,but they became more superficial.Obviously Bodo and the other musicians tried to follow the sound of 1984.Looking back it seems to be a mistake.In spite of that it contains several real hits,especially the song „Nur ein Wort“ sung by Brigitte Kunze from Ideal,and „Computerbeat“. How ever the album wasn't a great succes.

" Distanz is according to my opinion the weakest of the three albums, but nevertheless good NDW music."

Biography :
Rheingold was a top synth-pop band in the german new wave era from 1980 to 1986.The leader of the band was Bodo Staiger,who played together with Marius Müller-Westernhagen in Harakiri for two years before founded Rheingold.Their goal was making simply good music. The name of the band comes from the opera of Richard Wagner -Das Rheingold. Today Bodo Staiger works as a producer and sound engineer. Lothar Manteuffel has his own publishing house.

Bodo Staiger produced the solo project of Wolgang Flür ( Kraftwerk) : Yamo - Time Pie (1997)

Lothar Manteuffel with Karl Bartos "have formed Elektric Music to experiment with new ways to make the computer sing." : Esperanto (1993) .Later Lother left this project.