For me all Conny Plank was involved with is the stuff I want... Conny Plank used to be a carpenter, way before he started his own studio. An inventive producer and engineer with a touch of his own... Working in the 40's for Marlene Dietrich but it was until he started working for Kraftwerk he really got into what you all are calling 'before Techno'. Being involved with Can, DAF, Devo, Grobschnitt, Guru Guru, Killing Joke, Kraan, Neu!, Ultravox, etc. and later got into the studio with Moebius and Brian Eno producing something I would call 'before Techno' in the late 70's early 80's like the most obvious one "Begegnungen". Most memorable recording I've ever heard was a tape recording of a jam session in the studio with Ultravox... distracts me immediatly when it is playing... A shame he is never mentioned... especially while this 80's revival is ruling the 'scene'.
He was always def. in my recordbox when I used to do my radioshow... Dr. Nutcracker.
