LUDWIG'S LAW

LUDWIG'S LAW

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• Dieter Moebius
• Conny Plank
• Mayo Thompson - vocals

Ludwig's Law is the one and only album released by trio of Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, and Mayo Thompson. 

It was actually the fourth album recorded by the team of Moebius & Plank. In 1983 the duo recorded a series of electronic tracks using an Emulator, an early form of sampling keyboard that enabled them to duplicate other instruments without having to deal with the musicians who played them. Mayo Thompson of Red Krayola recorded a series of monologues and vocal tracks which were added to the music Moebius & Plank had recorded. According to the Earpiece website "topics include the fate of chickens owned by a 'farmer gabriel' and the effect of lack of sunlight on human intelligence."[2] Sky Records, which had released the first three Moebius & Plank album, rejected the master and Ludwig's Law was relegated to the vault. It was finally released on November 16, 1998 on the Drag City label.

Bill Meyer, who wrote the editorial review for Amazon.com, describes the album, in part: "The duo recorded a series of stately fanfares and brittle Talking Heads funk, over which Thompson narrated a series of skewed monologues about philosophy, art, history, and careless farmers."[3]

Despite the rejection of Ludwig's Law by Sky, Moebius & Plank did decide to tour and perform the music, albeit without Mayo Thompson. Conny Plank fell ill while touring in South America and finally succumbed to cancer in 1987.

Moebius / Conny Plank / Mayo Thompson - Ludwig's Law (1983)

Recorded in 1983 and released on Drag City on November 16, 1998. When the master tapes for Ludwig's Law were sent to Sky Records, the label which had released Moebius & Plank's prior three albums, they were rejected and vaulted. It took 15 years for the recordings to be issued officially on Drag City. Moebius & Plank played music from Ludwig's Law on tour between 1983 and 1987. Mayo Thompson is perhaps best known for his work with The Red Krayola, but he leads an impressive musical career in general. I highly recommend his 1969 solo LP "Corky's Debt to His Father". Tracklist 0:00 Scientists 0:38 Das Apartment 5:08 The Truth? 10:23 Ludwig's Law 14:43 42 18:27 Farmer Gabriel 23:19 Gestalt 28:03 Taras Bulba 33:09 Boy Boy Boy 

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