Neue Deutsche Welle

This article is about the musical genre. For the Fler album, see Neue Deutsche Welle (album).
Not to be confused with Deutsche Welle.

Neue Deutsche Welle
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1970s, West Germany
Typical instruments
  • Electric guitar
  • drums
  • bass
  • keyboard
Other topics

Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW, pronounced [ˈnɔʏə ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈvɛlə], "new German wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave with electronic influences. The term was coined by Dutch radio DJ Frits Ritmeester on the nationwide radio station Hilversum 3, which was very popular among German listeners. Soon after that, the term was used in a record-shop advertisement by Burkhardt Seiler in an August 1979 issue of the West German magazine Sounds. It was then used by journalist Alfred Hilsberg in an October 1979 Sounds article about the movement, titled Neue Deutsche Welle — Aus grauer Städte Mauern ("new German wave—from the walls of grey cities").

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