I'm going to kill myself (drum, rock, vinyl, debut album)

cardboard adolescent · 04-02-2006, 07:01 PM

if people keep ignoring my threads.

Just kidding, that's only happened a couple times.

But to the point- I just purchased Neu!'s debut album on vinyl, and I am sitting here, listening to it, and coming to the realization that these krauts really had it going on!

So yeah. Neu!. Krautrock. A lot like Kraftwerk except maybe even more minimalistic. They sound a bit more like a metronome than Can, but that does set them apart, in fact their music is pretty hypnotic and... spacey... I can't really describe it. Imagine a solid drum beat, with a solid unwavering bassline, and then just a fleeting guitar either soloing or playing variations of a single note, with waves of synth gently layered on top of it... and that's Neu!

I guess it's probably not for everyone. But it's certainly doing it for me.

Here's some streaming audio if you want to hear for yourself

And here's a huge image of the cover of the album I got, which I feel represents the style of music quite well:

04-02-2006, 07:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511	I'm going to kill myself if people keep ignoring my threads. Just kidding, that's only happened a couple times. But to the point- I just purchased Neu!'s debut album on vinyl, and I am sitting here, listening to it, and coming to the realization that these krauts really had it going on! So yeah. Neu!. Krautrock. A lot like Kraftwerk except maybe even more minimalistic. They sound a bit more like a metronome than Can, but that does set them apart, in fact their music is pretty hypnotic and... spacey... I can't really describe it. Imagine a solid drum beat, with a solid unwavering bassline, and then just a fleeting guitar either soloing or playing variations of a single note, with waves of synth gently layered on top of it... and that's Neu! I guess it's probably not for everyone. But it's certainly doing it for me. Here's some streaming audio if you want to hear for yourself And here's a huge image of the cover of the album I got, which I feel represents the style of music quite well: