Der Plan

Der Plan is a German electronic group formed in Düsseldorf at the end of the 1970s by Moritz Reichelt and Frank Fenstermacher, soon joined by Kurt Dahlke (Pyrolator). Running their own label, Warning Records, later Ata Tak, they were among the first acts of the Neue Deutsche Welle, moving from industrial-sounding experiments to a synth pop known as electronic Schlager. The debut Geri Reig (1980) showed the influence of The Residents, and the single Da vorne steht 'ne Ampel became one of the first hits of the new German wave. Normalette Surprise followed.