Music Banter - View Single Post - how do YOU go about appreciating difficult music?

Reckless Eric · 05-25-2015, 03:56 PM

I have been listening to a lot of experimental German music from the 70s. I won't use the term "Krautrock", as 1. The groups/artists don't like that term and 2. Because the groups that are usually banded together under that label are so diverse and I really don't like most of them.

But stuff like Cluster, Neu, Harmonia, Conrad Schnitzler, I love. Often, there isn't a beat or anything to hold onto right through a track.
So what I tend to do, is just enjoy it in the moment.
I just focus on the sounds as they happen and just listen.
I then find that I return to certain tracks and they become my favourites.

Those guys wanted to work so outside what Anglo or American music was doing, that the norms were rejected.
So, it can be challenging trying to listen to this experimental stuff having grown up on guitar riffs that circle around a steady beat and bassline.
I find it thrilling.

05-25-2015, 03:56 PM	#31 (permalink)
Reckless Eric Groupie Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24	I have been listening to a lot of experimental German music from the 70s. I won't use the term "Krautrock", as 1. The groups/artists don't like that term and 2. Because the groups that are usually banded together under that label are so diverse and I really don't like most of them. But stuff like Cluster, Neu, Harmonia, Conrad Schnitzler, I love. Often, there isn't a beat or anything to hold onto right through a track. So what I tend to do, is just enjoy it in the moment. I just focus on the sounds as they happen and just listen. I then find that I return to certain tracks and they become my favourites. Those guys wanted to work so outside what Anglo or American music was doing, that the norms were rejected. So, it can be challenging trying to listen to this experimental stuff having grown up on guitar riffs that circle around a steady beat and bassline. I find it thrilling.