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Old 06-10-2012, 04:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one particular scene, style, or movement, as many krautrock artists were not familiar with one another. BBC DJ John Peel in particular is largely credited with spreading the reputation of krautrock outside of the German-speaking world.


Largely divorced from the traditional blues and rock & roll influences of English and American rock music up to that time, the period contributed to the birth and evolution of electronic music, ambient music, alternative music and New Age music. Key artists associated with the tag include Can, Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel, Faust, Popol Vuh, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Neu!, and Kraftwerk.
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Krautrock is a term coined by the British music press, and is generally used to refer to the progressive and experimental groups of late 1960s and early 1970s Germany.

These groups combined a variety of influences and styles, including British and American psychedelic rock groups, the free jazz of Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler, experimental classical composers (most notably Karlheinz Stockhausen as well as the minimalists Terry Riley and Steve Reich). The desire to eschew conventional song structure and melody also led to some groups developing a more mechanical sound and feel for their compositions, which also often made use of early synthesizers and other electronic instrumentation.

Although they all differed in their approach to their music, the underlying link between all the Krautrock groups was the attempt to take the rhythm ("motorik" was the name given to the steady 4/4 beat used by many groups) and energy of American rock music and disassociate it as much as possible from its Rhythm & Blues roots, instead drawing inspiration from other sources.

Kraftwerk are far and away the most commercially successful of all the Krautrock groups, finding major commercial success when they developed their sound into a pioneering form of Synth Pop combining catchy synthesizer melodies with the motorik rhythm.
Critically, however, many Krautrock groups are held in high esteem by the vast majority of commentators. Albums by groups such as Amon Düül II, Can, Faust, NEU!, Popol Vuh and Tangerine Dream are regarded as classics in the experimental and progressive rock canon.

It should be noted that, although Krautrock has come to be accepted as the general term for the music of this style, it was (and is) percieved by some as a xenophobic or derogatory term, since "Kraut" is an ethnic slur against Germans. As a result, some of the so-called Krautrock groups have distanced themselves from the term, instead referring to their music as German Progressive Rock or Kosmische Musik.
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Old 06-10-2012, 05:09 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 06-10-2012, 06:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yes, all hail Tago Mago indeed


Can't forgot Amon Duul II and their greats


Nor Faust, one of the giants of the genre


Here's Sand, who I found through the Fast 'N' Bulbous Album Club


And what the hell, let's throw Neu! in the mix, shall we?


And Kraftwerk, even though they're not my favourite of the genre


And I'm putting Can twice because you can't leave out Ege Bamyasi in a Krautrock thread
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Old 06-11-2012, 12:07 AM   #4 (permalink)
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All classics, Frown! (Even if I'm not that big on Neu!)

I'll post this here to show how despite it's peak in the last 70's, Krautrock is alive and kicking today!
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Instead of pushing through the usual bands that those of us in the know are into how about a band obviously influenced by Krautrock but have upped the pace a little? I have posted this before and I will do again because they were such a great band:

Krautrock meets Mathrock?
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Old 06-13-2012, 10:58 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Great Choice jackhammer! That band IS very good & vey Kraut like.

I will offer up a similar band that I enjoy:


A live performance.





And a studio track.








And a bit jazzy for normal kraut, but this band is great too:


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Old 06-14-2012, 07:51 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I'm really getting into Agitation Free - one of the original Krautrock bands that aren't so well known. The reformed band was due to play in Manchester a few weeks ago but the gig was postponed until later in the year (mainly due to lack of ticket sales), so I hope it will eventually go ahead....

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Elektronische Staubband is a parallel Yann Tiersen project. This is the whole Route du Rock 2012 gig.

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Old 06-14-2012, 09:21 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Been digging La Dusseldorf's music lately... They were formed by Klaus Dinger of NEU! and focused on that fluid ambient style presented in NEU!'s music, but... added more pop-driven sensibilities into the mix. Really good stuff:


Then there's Cluster whose albums wander in and out of ambient and noise from time to time. Veritably dense and layered music... almost industrial in a way.


Of course, I've been on a huge NEU! kick. So I feel I should mention them as well... They often presented this kind of pastoral (as Iggy Pop puts it) and almost freeform psychedelia that was then juxtaposed by these steady, mechanical drum beats. Despite the contrast of the two, it works surprising well and forms a type of music that was not yet heard of at the time. Unfortunately, the contrasting personalities of the two members of the band caused it to end rather prematurely...

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