Revisiting Krautrock

[UKRuss]

These guys sure did freak out with their Kosmische music. I like the whole era of history in Germany at the time.

Neu!, Guru Guru, Harmonia, La Dusseldorf, Tangerine Dream, Popol Vuh, Agitation Free, and of course Can and Amon Duul I and II. Leading up to Kraftwerk of course.

That first Neu! album is unreal , fuck swing, straight is what it's all about: check

HalloGallo - Neu! on the tube, no links from worky.

I am also loving a lot, Popol Vuh - Einsjager und Siebenjager.

Insane hippy shit but great nonetheless!

[towers of silence]

I'm with you, I love krautrock. It's amazing how timeless some of those records sound now, especially the Neu! and Harmonia discs, they were really forward thinking, and I could easily pick one up now and assume it was contemporary. Good stuff...

[leedsquietman]

+1

Coolio. What up next ? A revival of GONG !!

'I'm a real Pothead Pixie
The green planet Gong is my home
I live everywhere but in case I'm not there
You can reach me by Radio Gnome
somebody somewhere has got to be high ...'.

[oblique strategies]

Popol Vuh made some of my favorite music ever: the soundtracks to Werner Herzog movies:

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Heart of Glass
Even Dwarfs Started Small
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Fitzcarraldo
Cobra Verde
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

[MacGuffin]

Neu! - Hallogallo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldJ4DZkwHIs


this is also one of my personal classics, I love that record.

in a way it's sort of proto-techno, jamming on one chord, steady repetitive beat, the mixing engineer is "playing" the console. amazing really.

[UKRuss]

It is a great track, just love the 'motorik' riddim.

Oblique...I didn't know that with the Werner Herzog movies and Popol Vuh, must check those.

[oblique strategies]

Oblique...I didn't know that with the Werner Herzog movies and Popol Vuh, must check those.

You will love it. Wonderful. It's some of the most perfect meshing of music & cinema I've ever experienced. Hypnotizes you & puts you into a dream...

[towers of silence]

Oblique...I didn't know that with the Werner Herzog movies and Popol Vuh, must check those.

You will love it. Wonderful. It's some of the most perfect meshing of music & cinema I've ever experienced. Hypnotizes you & puts you into a dream...

Yeah, the movies are great to begin with but Popol Vuh really adds a significant amount to the experience. Herzog is pretty awesome in general, though. And German, so he fits right in with the krautrock thread I suppose...

[UKRuss]

Niiiiice!

[dmcm]

If you haven't seen this BBC Krautrock documentary from last year, saddle up and enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B89-69icyc

[JuanSOLO]

a personal favorite would be Geld - by La Dusseldorf.

Love that song.

[Big V]

Kraan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOo58c7dQx0

[oddstep]

hollywood by cluster. Roughly four minutes holiday in utopia.

[steko]

http://www.youtube.com/user/molestik#g/ ... 8E10509F59

http://www.gawl.de/Dingerland/Talks/pop_int.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcmusic/200 ... n_the.html

http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2009 ... -float-to/

Cluster interviewed by Michael Stock (dublab/Part Time Punks) on Vimeo

Good read "KrautRockSampler" by spaced out Julian Cope (cheap in germany…): http://www.amazon.de/KrautRockSampler-H ... 468&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Krautrock-Sampler ... 0952671913

@oblique: +1 on Herzog - seen that one? YouTube - My Best Fiend (Herzog-Kinski-german anger )

[steko]

Ash Ra Tempel-Music Gallery

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=folker2006#g/p

http://www.groenland.com/2006/artists_neu.asp