krautrock

ok, so the groups i know of are can, faust, neu!, amon duul, cluster and ash ra temple. ive heard of some other groups, but havent actually listened to any of their music so im not going to list them.

which band is the ruler of all krautrock? i say can, followed closely by faust.

*im not sure kraftwerk fits on the list.. i dont know, i could be wrong..

faust are much more interesting to me than can.

ive heard people tell me this but i dont understand it. once can gets in their hypnotic groove, they really cant be touched by any other group imho

ps - fausts 'rien' released in 95 is simply amazing. i like it better than original faust

yes, kraftwerk.. from organisation to maybe 2.

but -rock.. thats a different story/thread, alltogether..

xhol caravan

organisation (try to find the live radio bremen broadcast, and tone float as well)

heldon

conrad schnitzler

guru guru

harmonia

you know, stuff like that

oh yes schnitzler! .. and of course harmonia as well..

but rock?

i once had a harmonia/eno album that was quite amazing... have to find that one again

i highly recommend this album. some of my favorite eno vocals

i find that a lot of "krautrock" bands from the early seventies are just basically prog.

frumpy, amon duul, xhol caravan.. they're more prog than anything.

true, it tends to blur, but the germans had that hypnotic beat thing down...

  cornelius (aka ben) said:

i find that a lot of "krautrock" bands from the early seventies are just basically prog.

I feel the same way. Neu were one of the first krautrock bands that I discovered and are still, probably, my favorite.

  mrx said:

  cornelius (aka ben) said:

i find that a lot of "krautrock" bands from the early seventies are just basically prog.

I feel the same way. Neu were one of the first krautrock bands that I discovered and are still, probably, my favorite.

ive always liked neu, but for some reason i tend to get a little bored towards the end of their albums..

there is not such a thing as harmonia/eno.... but there is harmonia 76 (with eno)

but yes.. that and those begegnungens albums

and yes some of holger czukays solo output as well ..and maybe la dusseldorf as well (they were bit rocky)

also la NEU?'s 97 album was surprisingly good.

obviously some popol vuh too.. but not rock at all

and cluster solo projects...!

  tidbit said:

some of holger czukays solo output as well

 

obviously some popol vuh too

good call on czukays solo stuff. his first two albums are great

popol vuhs scores to some of herzog films are transcendent and amazing

let's cut out all this bullshit and get right down to the meat and potatoes of real music.

isnt magma italian?

Cluster doesn't get enough attention. They imo had more to do with ambient music than Brian Eno did in the 70s but are very rarely mentioned. edit: notice now Harmonia was mentioned, also really fucking good which is the band later formed by Cluster

http://www.discogs.com/Cluster-Cluster-II/release/325915

http://www.discogs.com/Cluster-Eno-Cluster.../release/261716

I love all the solo albums from the mid '70s to early '80s by Micheal Rother (guitarist of Neu former member of Kraftwerk too).

For some it might be a little to easy listening or new agey. Very melodic, definitely not prog.

Awesome fuzztone guitar, awesome synths.

These are all classics in my opinion.

Here's a mellower tack.

  ieafs said:

klaus schultz's 'cyborg' record is a double album of just incredibly prescient dark ambient.

fuckin a. great cover too

great cover too...'

also blackdance(!)

as far as krautrock goes, Faust IV is absolutely, hands down, the best record of it's era. [/Fact]

Only Krautrock I have is Tago Mago by Can and a Brainticket album

I dont listen to the Brainticket one a whole lot though, but the Can album's pretty fantastic

after tago mage go ege bamyasi, future days then soon over babaluma

then monster movie

krautrock is great sampling material. some of the drum recordings in older Faust are thick as fuck

yeah, sampling krautrock would be cool, but wouldnt the sample be too recognizable?