KRAUTROCK Listening Klub! - New Albums Every Wednesday

I forget which I liked best as it's been so long. I remember reading an anti krautrock thing on perfect sound forever that hated cosmic jokers especially

http://www.furious.com/perfect/krautrock.html

Florian Fricke of Popol Vuh comes off even worse in the article

It didn't seem that way to me--more that the author of whatever article misrepresented or oversold Fricke.

he kept slagging him off!

Was there more to the article than just that one page?

The most funny thing was that a man who is known for literally HATING electronics from about 1974 until recently, Florian Fricke (of "Popol Vuh"), was called THE EXPERT of electronic instrumentation in that magazine. Disgusting. The same author was named as "authority" and "adviser" when a German film company asked us to take part in a TV film about "Krautrock". We said no. As long as this man was a "authority" for them, we didn't want to participate in a film like that. Ask the people who were present, and who have no interest to make promotion, who are not just (foreign) fans, and who tell the simple truth. Today, all musicians tell the press that they used "electronics" since ages just because "electronic" has finally won. And who want to be the loser?

I have a German friend like the guy who wrote that article - "Ach! These bands, they are a joke in Germany! You crazy English kinder!" (and then proceeds to exoticise the Canterbury scene). Thing is, we actually got him to admit he was an idiot and that Faust were great, once he got over the fact that other Germans didn't like them.

anyway, Individuellos is the best album *runs away*

YOU OF ALL PEOPLE are not allowed to speak such heresy.

(The first time I ever heard of La Dusseldorf was when you showed me, with much glee, the title/tracklisting/credits list of the first side of La Dusseldorf. It's all your fault.)

haha! seriously tho Menschen 1 to Sentimental on Individuellos is as good as anything on the 1st & 2nd albums. side 2 isn't too hot tho. I AM OLD, I TALK ABOUT SIDES.

I read with much surprise that Stylus review suggesting that side 2 of La Dusseldorf is its crowning glory. I mean, wtf?

Will have to give Individuellos more of a listen. I remember liking it quite a bit when I first picked it up, but if I'm feeling Dusseldorfy I'll go for the first, and my mates only ever play Viva, so it gets neglected.

Viva forever

but this can only be settled by emil.y doing a poll

guess i better listen to that Brainticket album then, i've nearly bought it twice (once from Loz of VTB!) but somehow i've managed to avoid listening to the damn thing. until now, dun dun DUN!

I am a bit shy of starting polls. Maybe after this has run its course we can poll all the albums and decide a winner (I'm guessing this thread has a limited lifespan - there aren't THAT many krautrock albums. It's not even that late on and we're already cheating a bit).

Also, man, how have you failed to hear Brainticket? It is AWESOME.

but someone will pick all 367675066 stereolab albums before it ends

But, I must warn you, a) after listening to this record your friends won't know you any more, and b) don't listen more than once a day - your mind could be destroyed!

(Genuine words of warning from the record sleeve, there.)

xpost to zappi

im just worried someone might post albums by scorpions or frumpy or hairy chapter

Inga Rumpf was in a band with Dagmar Krause at one point, so can't be all that bad. I'm sure there's at least one Frumpy track that's good (though I remember them being more bluesy-soul, is that right?)

i cant really remember, i didn't get through the whole thing and we're talking back in the days of napster here where it took a long time to get an album yet i still couldnt play it through.

this was the one i heard
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfexqu5ld0e

cant see the hairy chapter album i heard. tom d probably owned them all.

hi krautrockers, i would do a week if anyone is still inerrested. thinkin' progressive german folk-rock/psych stuff, which ya'll don't seem to discuss too much.. Kalacakra record is great, so are some Witthuser & Westrupp moments. Def worth listening to imo.

been enjoying reading along with this thread too.

Yeah, that review sounds pretty close to what I remember - not normally my sort of thing, but the guy who played it to me is one of those crate diggers who will find the gems if they are there to be found. Whereas I usually just go 'meh' and tune out.

xpost re: Frumpy

thinkin' progressive german folk-rock/psych stuff, which ya'll don't seem to discuss too much..

Not a bad idea if we're going to extend this thing out a bit. I thought about Emtidi for my week, but wasn't sure if it was close enough to the remit.

W&W always seem to be counted as 'canon krautrock', though, which I am dubious about, but will save those comments.

Witthuser & Westrupp

yeah that stuff is good. some great youtube footage abound

7/07 - Matt #2
14/07 - Alan N
21/07 - pfunkboy

Ian you can take my week and I'll do the week after. Emil.y or anyone want another shot?

I won't book in yet but I might do another one at some point.

Was possibly this one http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/albumofthemonth/150 I probably read this.

tbh I totally would post Hairy Chapter's "Can't Get Through" if I had a week.
Reality has gotta DIE

then take a week. Maybe I'll like hairy chapter and frumpy now even if i hated it some years ago. Wont be the first.

I was considering picking the first Scorpions album "Lonesome Crow", it's the nearest they ever got to Krautrock but in reality it's more post-Hendrix psychy hard rock.

Inga Rumpf was in a band with Dagmar Krause at one point

And here's the proof...

http://www.citypreachers.de/images/1970.jpg

That Klaus D. Mueller guy is famous Krautrock troll. Germans I met, before Krautrock got hip, were generally dismissive of what they considered to be a load of old hairy hippy music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J87aCyjxavQ

any chance i could snag a week too? there will be no stereolab or scorpions, honest

sure i'll bump you up ahead of myself again

7/07 - Matt #2
14/07 - Alan N
21/07 - Ian
28/07 psychgawsple
04/08 pfunkboy

Anyone else want to book in? (just dont forget when it's your turn.)

sweet! tho i must say i totally would have chosen that conrad schniz album if it wasn't already a 'bonus' (that deuter is also a p good record)

Do we get a 2nd bite of the cherry too?

of course. book away

11th August suit you?

Any time, let others who haven't had a go yet go first

i dont think anyones left who hasnt had a shot that wants one
7/07 - Matt #2
14/07 - Alan N
21/07 - Ian
28/07 - psychgawsple
04/08 - pfunkboy
11/08 - Tom D

i'll have a go, sirrah

11/08 or 18/08 ?

either are fine by me

so i've been poking around for stuff on mutant sounds and other kraut-y blogs, and stumbled across some comments that basically insinuated that a bunch of stuff 'rereleased' on pyramid in the '90s, including that golem record, were actually recorded in the '90s and that it was all some type of hoax where people wanted to cash-in on the rare-krautrock-reissue madness. or something. anyways, feel free to dispel the rumors in these comments if you know them not to be true... http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2007/12/ultimate-spinach-mind-flowers.html

... heard those rumours before, and avoided all that stuff for that reason