Editing Neu! (section)

==Musical style==
Neu!'s rhythms and sparse atmospherics have been widely influential on genres such as [[electronica]] and [[punk rock|punk]].<ref name="bg"/> Their sound was described as "a droning, hypnotic style made up of Mr. Dinger’s simple, perpetual-motion rhythms and Mr. Rother’s fluid guitar effects" by ''[[The New York Times]]'' critic Ben Sisario.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Sisario |first1=Ben |title=Klaus Dinger, Drummer of Influential German Beat, Dies at 61 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/arts/music/04dinger.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 April 2008 |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> Sisario called their first three albums "landmarks of German [[experimental rock]], a genre that was quickly labeled Krautrock by journalists and fans."<ref name="nyt"/> [[AllMusic]] noted their penchant for "minimalist melodies and lock-groove rhythms."<ref name="bg"/>

The band pioneered the "motorik" beat, a minimalist 4/4 beat often used by drummers associated with krautrock.<ref name="allmusic.com"/> It is characterised by a [[kick drum]]-heavy, pulsating groove, that created a forward-flowing feel.<ref name="allmusic.com"/> It was probably first used by the group on their debut album and was later adopted by other krautrock bands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sickmouthy.com/2012/06/19/top-ten-songs-with-the-motorik-beat/ |title=Top ten songs with the Motorik beat {{!}} Sick Mouthy |date=2013-08-06 |access-date=2017-01-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806095116/http://sickmouthy.com/2012/06/19/top-ten-songs-with-the-motorik-beat/ |archive-date= 6 August 2013 }}</ref> Dinger himself later referred to it as the "Apache beat".<ref name=":0" />