Czukay was so far ahead of his time that today’s “different sounders”, “sound tinkerers” and “production geniuses” should only kneel down in awe.
– Jürgen König (radioeins)

Holger Czukay about Conny Plank and the project “Les Vampyrettes”:

Conny Plank was definitely one of the most unusual producers I've ever met and it took a few years before we met in person. One day he told me how amused he was by an article he read in a music tech magazine where I had argued how best to fire a recording engineer to save money.Conny said "you're right".

This was the beginning of a close friendship. At that time Conny's Studio in conjunction with the Can Studio was the number 1 address among bands and musicians who were looking for unknown horizons.

It was no problem for the clever Conny with musicians of the past such as Duke Ellington and Bert Kempfert as well as with younger bands like Ultravoxx!, Devo, Eurythmics, DAF and the Scorpions.

At the same time, they often took the opportunity to try out the differences between the two studios. Especially when Conny with his Üwagen rolled up to convert it into a functioning complete studio.

Les Vampyrettes was born out of deep friendship and by chance

One day he left his “coach seat” in his own studio to Can Studio to pass by with his trumpet. Together with the Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit and Tommy Engel of the Black Föss he gave the dancing New York artist Pop Top groove support for his chain mail made from Coca-Cola caps.

A whole series of other artists have stopped by the studio. The list of collaborators includes names such as Brian Eno, Killing Joke, or Jah Wobble (Public Image Ltd).

Often Conny's Kitchen became a meeting place for musicians who had never met before. I remember one lousy afternoon in November when I showed Conny a new series called “Horror with Comfort”. We immediately started working on some texts when a gentleman from New York, who was a member of the “Bread and Puppet Theater”, dropped in. And so "biomutants" … It is about a driver who has an engine breakdown on the edge of a slimy garbage dump, from where he is attacked by previously unknown monsters.

After that, I never met a partner as creative as Conny again.