Conny Plank

Konrad 'Conny' Plank (frequently spelled Planck) (d. December 1987) was one of the most important record producers of the late 20th century. His creativity as a sound engineer and producer helped to shape some of the most importa

Konrad 'Conny' Plank (frequently spelled Planck) (d. December 1987) was one of the most important record producers of the late 20th century. His creativity as a sound engineer and producer helped to shape some of the most important and innovative recordings of postwar European popular music, covering a wide range of genres including progressive, electronic and avant-garde music. Plank was as much responsible as anyone else for defining the broad genre now known as Krautrock and is arguably the unifying link between most of its disparate productions. His work has also greatly influenced studio production and engineering techniques worldwide.

Plank and the bands he worked with in Germany had a strong influence on mainstream rock artists, some of whom were able to popularise aspects of his production technique and his highly distinctive sonic approach. In the 1980s the new generation of electronic pop bands were able to realise his ideas in performance as computerised electronic instruments became readily available.