That Motorik Beat

Load of suggestions 9and some crossover) here - http://thequietus.com/articles/01702-motorikpop-a-secret-history-spotified

Neu! – 'Hallogallo (1972)
The Modern Lovers - 'Roadrunner (1976)*
Iggy Pop - 'Funtime' (1977)
David Bowie - 'Red Sails' (1978)
Joy Division/Warsaw - 'Novelty (1978)*
PiL - 'Chant' (1979)
Human League - 'Seconds' (1981)
Ultravox - 'Dancing With Tears In My Eyes' (1984)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - 'Never Understand' (1985)
My Bloody Valentine – 'Honey Power' (1991)*
Spectrum - 'How You Satisfy Me' (1991)*
Stereolab - 'Crest' (1993)
The Fall - 'Touch Sensitive' (1999)
Boredoms - '♥' (1999)*
OOIOO - 'Be Sure To Loop' (2001)*
Broadcast - 'Pendulum' (2003)*
Secret Machines - 'Nowhere Again' (2004)
LCD Soundsystem - 'Jump Into The Fire' (2005)
Fujiya & Miyagi - 'Ankle Injuries' (2006)
Mercury Rev - 'Senses On Fire' (2008)
Manic Street Preachers - 'Marlon J.D.' (2009)
The Horrors - 'Sea Within A Sea' (2009)
Neu! - 'E-Musik' (1975)

I.O.U Love by Six.By Seven.

The Rip by Portishead isn't pure, but totally has the right feel.

Day 7 by The Notwist.

Angel by My Bloody Valentine.

Big Ideas by LCD Soundsystem.

Great Release, too. Albeit very quietly.

Mexican Grand Prix by Mogwai (not 100% but again the right feel)

This is my playlist as it stands:

Like Foxes Through Fences The American Analog Set Know by Heart 2001
Month Of May Arcade Fire The Suburbs 2010
Stammtisch Barbara Manning 1212 1997
Sleep The Clock Around Belle & Sebastian The Boy With The Arab Strap 1998
7～ (EW∃ Remix) Boredoms Super Roots 7 1998
(Heart) Boredoms Vision Creation Newsun 2000
Red Sails Bowie, David Lodger 1979
Station To Station Bowie, David Station To Station 1976
Pike In My Life Campag Velocet Bon Chic Bon Genre 1999
Mother Sky (Edit) CAN Anthology 2007
A Final Warning Caribou The Milk Of Human Kindness 2005
Bees Caribou The Milk Of Human Kindness 2005
Heiße Lippen Cluster Zuckerzeit 1974
Doors Unlocked and Open Death Cab for Cutie Codes and Keys 2011
Sons of Rother Death In Vegas Satan's Circus 2004
I Feel Love (12" Version) Donna Summer I Feel Love 1977
Bells Electrelane Axes 2005
Tram 21 Electrelane No Shouts, No Calls 2007
The First Cut Embrace I Wouldn't Wanna Happen To You 2000
Shoulder Pads 1 The Fall Bend Sinister 1986
Touch Sensitive The Fall 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats [Disc 2] 1999
Just Like Everyone Else Field Music Plumb 2012
Knickerbocker Fujiya & Miyagi Lightbulbs 2008
Monza (Rauf Und Runter) Harmonia Deluxe 1975
Veterano Harmonia Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1972-83 pt.1 1974
Jump Into the Fire Harry Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson 1971
Sea Within a Sea The Horrors Primary Colours 2009
Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express 1977
Rheinita La Düsseldorf Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1972-83 pt.1 1979
Great Release LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem 2005
Big Ideas LCD Soundsystem 21 OST 2007
Off Your Face My Bloody Valentine EPs 1988 - 1991 [Disc 1] 2012
Honey Power My Bloody Valentine EPs 1988 - 1991 [Disc 2] 2012
Angel My Bloody Valentine EPs 1988 - 1991 [Disc 2] 2012
Hallo Gallo Neu! Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1972-83 pt.1 1972
Negativland Neu! Neu 1 1971
Isi Neu! Neu! 75 1975
Hero Neu! Neu! 75 1975
After Eight Neu! Neu! 75 1975
Destination Tokyo Nisennenmondai Destination Tokyo 2009
Day 7 The Notwist Shrink 1995
The Rip Portishead Third 2008
Autobahn 66 Primal Scream Dirty Hits 2003
Shoot Speed/Kill Light Primal Scream Xtrmntr 2000
Regular John Queens Of The Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age 1998
Wasted Six.By Seven Left Luggage At The Peveril Hotel 2004
Wallflower Six.By Seven Left Luggage At The Peveril Hotel 2004
"Untitled" Six.By Seven Six.byseven:04 2004
I.O.U. Love Six.By Seven The Way I Feel Today 2002
Got Nuffin Spoon Transference 2010
Les Yper-Sound Stereolab Emperor Tomato Ketchup 1996
Hard To Explain The Strokes Is This It? 2001
Pric Super Furry Animals Dark Days/Light Years 2009
Burning Down The House Talking Heads Speaking In Tongues 1983
What Goes On The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground 1969
A Warm Front, Coming From The North Warm Digits Keep Warm... With The Warm Digits 2011
Spiders (Kidsmoke) Wilco A Ghost is Born 2004
Forever Working For A Nuclear Free City Working for a Nuclear Free City 2006

You should check out Ultravox - I Can't Stay Long, even if you think you hate Ultravox. Make sure it's the og version though, not the Midge Ure nonsense

Lali Puna - Grin and Bear
Flowchart - Do Oscillators Have Wings
The Emperor Machine - Emperor Machine

Ultravox (and Jonathan Richman) are on the list of stuff to investigate next.

Magazine - The Light Pours Out At Me (militaristic motorik)

Magazine - The Light Pours Out At oF Me, i mean

bit disappointed "reason is treason" got disqualified..

Anyways, what now for the playlist?

There are Strokes songs, or parts of them, that fit the bill here but titles are escaping me.

wow, amazing how much that Supremes song sounds like Stereolab!

There are a bunch of songs off of Sugar's Copper Blue album that seem like heavy versions of the motorik beat

I can't have Kasabian in the house.

Spotify playlist:

http://open.spotify.com/user/nathanwoolls/playlist/4MRKHpOR6zsjHTJiKKwvdI

xpost really? not even just that one track?

Where's Point That Thing Somewhere Else?

As mentioned above, "LA Woman"

Haven't read or thought about this thread in while but seems like it might be an interesting thought experiment to ponder why, say, The beat on Ramones songs is not quite motorik.

Right on. That's not a bad point, but atm all I have to offer are a couple more examples:

ST37, "Hallohero" (obv)
Dead Skeletons, "Lifou!/Live!"

Xp Too much cymbal action, drums not loud enough in the mix

That's a good start. Also seems to me that there is an extra big wait for the two and four, so I hear it as "and one and *big gap* TWO and three and *big gap* FOUR." I guess after the two and four as well. Maybe it feels like the eight note "ands" of the beat are all gravitating a hair closer to the one and three.

I mean that's what the motorik sounds like

maybe
Built To Spill - Goin' Against Your Mind
Holy Fuck - The Pulse

think there's another queens of the stone age track too but I can't remember it off the top of my head

Avon maybe?

Maybe I'm misremembering, but it seems to me Tommy Ramone's beats were pretty much just 1-2-3-4 on the kick drum, the 8th notes mostly came from Johnny's guitar. Where motorik beats are very precise with the 8th-note kicks. Also, motorik stuff deliberately pushes the beat forward, not quite getting ahead of it but almost. Which is why it feels so different from soul/R&B grooves, which tend to lay back and even drag the beat.

I have to re-listen to this to make sure it counts but:

Blue Oyster Cult - Hungry Boys

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

Kit and Holly by Echoboy! How did I only just remember that. The hi-hat occasionally moves out of motorik, but the essence is there pretty strongly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_SAMrDnXOE

i love this thread! but i gotta ask, will someone attempt a mega-mix of 3 or 4 hours with all these songs once the submissions slow down or will i have to do my best to do it with a dj software that takes care of the beat matching for me.

The Clean thirded.

I don't know if this qualifies in full but Hospitality mix some motorik into their cover of Rikki Don't Lose That Number. It's worth wading through the Starbucks ad and intro 'cos the cover is excellent.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/hospitality-covers-steely-dan,70705/

tempted to mention abacab/illegal alien by genesis. plenty of motorik action for phil at that time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrK05cNYfdg

http://sickmouthy.com/2012/06/19/top-ten-songs-with-the-motorik-beat/

Cheers all for input.

the snare hit falling on the third beat in the bar, and then being followed by three consecutive kick-drum hits, gives the illusion that the snare is falling on the end of the bar when it’s actually running ahead of the beat,

no offense dude, but i have no idea what this means. the snare is on 2 & 4, just like in...everything.

Shit yeah, I'm counting half beats. Serves me right for composing that bit in bed.

Also just not having a clue what I'm talking about.

Think he got confused but that discussion we once had about how to count reggae, Jordan.

haha

I think the "motorik beat" is a red herring. A motorik feeling is just as much about what the bass is doing, the actual sound of the drums (dry and tight), limited harmonic movement, and how the guitar, synths, or vocals are floating on top, as it is about the basic drum pattern. You can play that same drum pattern in a way that doesn't sound motorik at all, or you could make a song with a different drum beat that still sounds very motorik.

yeah i think it is about the interaction of instruments more than it is the drums.

I wouldn't say it's a red herring, but the beat is certainly only part of the motorik 'feel', and it's flexible; I was v. close to including stuff like There There or These Are My Twisted Words by Radiohead, which 'feel' like motorik to me but which use much jazzier (to my non-musician ears) drum patterns.

A "fake krautrock" playlist would include much more stuff that strays well away from the pattern outlined above, but feel just as 'of a piece'.

Any "motorik top 10" that doesn't include Stereolab is already false motorik to me, TBH