rushgoober Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 (edited) Ok, I've started this thread for two reasons: 1. To shamelessly promote my radio show on Thursday, June 4th, 2009, which is a Krautrock theme show. More info on the show HERE. 2. To talk about this awesomely cool sub-genre of music... Krautrock (I know, it's a horrible term, but I didn't make it up) was a sub-genre of music that existed roughly from 1969-1975 or so in Germany, even though many claim albums that were in the late 70's and beyond as also part of the genre. Most of the acknowledged classics of the genre, however, came from that period. Krautrock was kind of a mixture of late 60's psychedelic and 70's progressive rock, but more psych than prog, and with a unique German weirdness that was rarely heard elsewhere. It's almost as if they took early Pink Floyd and space rock and mutated into something "other" featuring a lot of the early keyboard sounds the German's would become famous for. Basically you have to hear some of this stuff to decide whether you'd like it or not, as it's tough music to describe. It's weird stuff for sure, but also some of the most original music you'll come across. While there was a certain "Krautrock sound," most of the major groups didn't really sound much like the others. It should also be noted that there are German groups from the period who made progressive rock like Novalis, Grobschnitt, Epidaurus, Nektar, etc. These groups, while great, and while German, really sounded more like UK prog than anything else, and didn't really have that unique Krautrock feel. Some of my fave groups of the genre: Agitation Free Amon Duul II Ash Ra Tempel Can Cluster Faust Kraftwerk Neu! Popol Vuh Klaus Schulze Tangerine Dream Some essential titles IMHO: Agitation Free - Malesch Agitation Free - Second Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei Amon Duul II - Yeti Amon Duul II - Dance of the Lemmings Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel Ash Ra Tempel - Join Inn Can - Ege Bamyasi Can - Tago Mago Faust - Faust Faust - The Faust Tapes Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk II Kraftwerk - Rolf & Florian Neu! - Neu! Neu! - Neu! 2 Neu! - Neu! 75 Popol Vuh - In Den Garten Pharaos Popol Vuh - Seligpreisung Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra Popol Vuh - Einsjager & Seibenjager Popol Vuh - Aguirre Popol Vuh - Das Hohlied Salomos Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Edited June 3, 2009 by rushgoober 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I recently started listening to Krautrock and I must say I enjoy what I've heard very much! So far my favorite albums are: Can - Ege Bamyasi Faust - Faust IV Neu! - Neu! '75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jun 3 2009, 03:08 PM) I recently started listening to Krautrock and I must say I enjoy what I've heard very much! So far my favorite albums are: Can - Ege Bamyasi Faust - Faust IV Neu! - Neu! '75 It's really interesting and unique stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jun 3 2009, 06:25 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jun 3 2009, 03:08 PM) I recently started listening to Krautrock and I must say I enjoy what I've heard very much! So far my favorite albums are: Can - Ege Bamyasi Faust - Faust IV Neu! - Neu! '75 It's really interesting and unique stuff. They are full of great hooks! I can't help but be pulled in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Can Faust Amon Duul II Kraftwerk These are my Krautrock buddies, Amon Duul is quite the possibly the most weird yet keenly endearing music I've ever heard. Mad as a box of frogs on speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Jun 3 2009, 04:35 PM) Can Faust Amon Duul II Kraftwerk These are my Krautrock buddies, Amon Duul is quite the possibly the most weird yet keenly endearing music I've ever heard. Mad as a box of frogs on speed. The first three Amon Duul II albums are completely essential. If you're talking pure weirdness though, nothing compares with Faust. That stuff is OUT THERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) If I HAD to choose one Krautrock album as the most important album of the genre, it would be one that would be very inaccessible to a lot of people. Basically this is one insanely weird mindf*ck of an album. It has a quality to it that I've always admired and have rarely heard done well, and that is for the music to be a continually shifting and changing sound collage. It's a no holds barred celebration of music and insanity that sounds like nothing else. Supposedly this album was released in the UK for the price of a single, enough to make it chart pretty highly, even though many people must have hated it. This album might even be weirder than Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica - certainly it's far less structured. I would love to play a full album side from this album sometime on my radio show, but I fear I'd lose half my listeners - this shit is OUT THERE, man! Anyway, it's 1973's The Faust Tapes by Faust. http://christophersvensson.org/work/recent/empathy/images/faust_tapes-bridget_riley.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e85/rushgoober6/faust.jpg Edited June 4, 2009 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 no other fans of the genre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturalsciences101 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Maybe you'll draft a few of us this evening. Vill their be Veiner Shnitzel in the Green Room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 QUOTE (naturalsciences101 @ Jun 4 2009, 01:47 PM) Maybe you'll draft a few of us this evening. Vill their be Veiner Shnitzel in the Green Room? bratwurst and sauerkraut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Have been on a major Krautrock phase of late. Lot of Neu!, Popol Vuh, La Duesseldorf, Cluster, Harmonia, Tritonus, Michael Bundt, Guru Guru......and so on. You can see why Eno and Bowie f*cked off to Berlin in the mid-70's. These artists were WAY ahead of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilderness_of_Mirrors Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 ive only really listened to Neu, Can, Popul Vuh and a little bit of Faust..... but i really love it...ill check out some of those "essentials" though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushHour Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) The title of this thread is insulting. No one uses the word "kraut" anymore. It's a pejorative term. It's like using the N word or calling an Italian-American a "guido." Edited January 4, 2011 by RushHour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 QUOTE (RushHour @ Jan 4 2011, 01:26 PM) The title of this thread is insulting. No one uses the word "kraut" anymore. It's a pejorative term. It's like using the N word or calling an Italian-American a "guido." It's not meant to be insulting. It's far from a great term, but it is the accepted term for the genre - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krautrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (RushHour @ Jan 4 2011, 04:26 PM) The title of this thread is insulting. No one uses the word "kraut" anymore. It's a pejorative term. It's like using the N word or calling an Italian-American a "guido." Its not like Rushgoober made up the term to offend anyone. Its a genre from the past and that is what it was called. Edited January 4, 2011 by tick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 QUOTE (RushHour @ Jan 4 2011, 03:26 PM) The title of this thread is insulting. No one uses the word "kraut" anymore. It's a pejorative term. It's like using the N word or calling an Italian-American a "guido." Then shouldn't they be referred to as the "K" word and the "G" word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Anyway, the genre speaks for itself - it's got some fantastic and innovative music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adace1 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 :bump:I've been in a Krautrock mood lately and found this great band. (There's also good stuff in the related column.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXBNbYN4De4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Laydees an' Gennulmen, to these ears, the finest piece of Deutsche Electronische Musik ever performed. By the way, the compilation this comes from is a fantastic gateway to all things K-rock. I believe part 2 is out now. Edited March 21, 2013 by Hatchetaxe&saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Laydees an' Gennulmen, to these ears, the finest piece of Deutsche Electronische Musik ever performed. By the way, the compilation this comes from is a fantastic gateway to all things K-rock. I believe part 2 is out now. Very cool, and something I've never heard before, which is always welcome! I wouldn't classify it as among the best ever in Krautrock, but it's very cool and I'll pursue his work. Here's some German sonic mind candy to blow your mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010jns1VcfU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKfo3LDI1Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Laydees an' Gennulmen, to these ears, the finest piece of Deutsche Electronische Musik ever performed. By the way, the compilation this comes from is a fantastic gateway to all things K-rock. I believe part 2 is out now. Very cool, and something I've never heard before, which is always welcome! I wouldn't classify it as among the best ever in Krautrock, but it's very cool and I'll pursue his work. Here's some German sonic mind candy to blow your mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010jns1VcfU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKfo3LDI1Q Have those, anything else? I need something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I haven't listened to much krautrock but I like what I've heard (Popol Vuh, Faust, Neu etc). I'll listen to those videos tonight, when I have computer access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Have those, anything else? I need something new. Wow, you sure asked for it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxi68g9VxMI Actually, the whole album is amazing and will f*ck with your head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-LDUsxIOS4 More posts coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7OQzi9j_xk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRX3tqpeRNs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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