It's kind of mental, you've got all these jazzy, glitchy drum rolls for about 90 seconds, and then it just falls into motorik loveliness.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the dark - Electricity
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 July 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
was listening to B-52's "Aint it a Shame" and that almost makes the cut, surprisingly...
― t. s. idiot (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 9 July 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
2. [04:37] Velvet Underground - I’m waiting for the man (1967)
Totally disagree with this one. It doesn't have a backbeat at all, just a steady, even pulse on every beat.
― click here if you want to load them all (Hurting 2), Monday, 9 July 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah it's not Motorik, but I can see a case for it being proto-Motorik. The insistent evenness I think is the key.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 9 July 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
^yeah I agree with this post. "Waiting for the Man" is too much of an important first step, even though it probably predicts "It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl" more than anything Neu! did
― t. s. idiot (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 9 July 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
contemporary motorik beat: beak, the band of portishead's geoff barrow (btw they have a new album out). somehow i have the impression they bring something new to the table. they are obviously heavily influenced by neu etc, but they have their sound and lots of interesting ideas. the motorik beat is also played by the bass here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoKWLo_f-rA
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 9 July 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI2o-BuQ8eE
― am0n, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
Can I nominate this as the post-speeding-down-the-autobahn version of the motorik, very definitely in an unexpected place (the very underrated Francisco's 'Cosmic Beam Experience')?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IouesruWdVI
― Soundslike, Sunday, 15 July 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LsPyuUHeNU
― dsb, Sunday, 15 July 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
Beak! Bought >> and it is pretty awesome. It is just krauty grooves for the sake of it, seemingly, but oh wow.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
^^ it is awesome
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 September 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
Kraftwerk, "Ohm Sweet Ohm"
... could this be deliberate on their part?
― Tom D is secretly an important person (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
!
― willem, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
Portishead - Chase the Tear
― anonanon, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/01702-motorikpop-a-secret-history-spotified
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 July 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr7mo4AdqBE
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 1 July 2013 10:08 (ten years ago) link
Röyskopp, Alpha Male
(close enough)
― ledge, Friday, 19 July 2013 13:57 (ten years ago) link
Espanto - Rock'n Roll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIJ1if08VM
"I Feel Love" with a motorik beat + fuzz guitars? this is glorious
― when skrillex just stood there (unregistered), Thursday, 9 January 2014 04:44 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77zfF3u98Q
― andrew m., Monday, 27 January 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
yessss
― charitable remainder unitrust (crüt), Monday, 27 January 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
The vid's rip doesn't really do it justice. On my copy the drums are so big. Caveman style.
― andrew m., Monday, 27 January 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
more more more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 15 April 2016 01:45 (seven years ago) link
15-60-75 - Animal Speaks (????? might only be motorik in my memory)
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 15 April 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4aM61Lcnk
― stirmonster, Friday, 15 April 2016 10:16 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDHUtZ4WoE4
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 April 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
thank you for posting that! it led me to read this, and the special note to drummer is so awesome, esp "anyway, you get the idea, you'll do great"http://www.rhyschatham.net/g3english/GuitarTrioScore.pdf
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 15 April 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRUkLnsRWBc
― andrew m., Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4PGlThRRMQ
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgcSWqlWoD8
― andrew m., Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhlSvVxLYjw
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Thursday, 18 August 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOiqWLyGgnI
― everything, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJBQlesGPXk
― MaresNest, Sunday, 30 September 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
so good
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Sunday, 30 September 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
oh ok wow
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 1 October 2018 04:41 (five years ago) link
songs with a "motorik" beat that aren't by either Neu! or Stereolab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym8JTVNXNCQNot entirely Stereolab-free tbh.
― oder doch?, Friday, 5 April 2019 10:56 (four years ago) link
That is a really excellent band and this song is amazing!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 5 April 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
Tried it (on) here:
https://constantlight.bandcamp.com/track/nothings-left
― S-, Tuesday, 7 January 2020 03:39 (four years ago) link
That Motorik Beat
Glad this image is still up here. I think about it a lot.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
Me too! Sadly I moved out of that flat and even though we've done up the bathroom in the new place I wasn't allowed to make it motorik ;_;
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 09:08 (four years ago) link
k-x-p with the muscular biz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=291&v=0kEI21-Yy3E&feature=emb_logo
― andrew m., Wednesday, 8 January 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
Chrisma, "C Rock". Not sure this has a motorik beat as such but is nonetheless a Neu! ripoff blatant enough to make Stereolab blush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0detsfxKN3Q
― (includes digression on farting) (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu7xWwMZBFM
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 June 2020 13:09 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/vK31yVrXz84
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 14 June 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
clean-related, here's one of my absolute favorite david kilgour jams with the heavy eights, "waveboarder," a total surf motorik cruiser.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gov24YPRDYM
and to reiterate something i posted years ago, the clean's vehicle is, with the exception of the 2 side-ending acoustic tracks, straight motorik joy.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 July 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
replacing a dead link from a few years ago:
blizzard, "keep a knockin'/get back/etc."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRUkLnsRWBc
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 July 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
Great call on that David Kilgour album, my absolute favorite from him precisely because of that motorik groove!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
Pulls on to the autobahn nearly three minutes in but then you get those Rother wakka wakkas so you know it's proper, and when the alternating Battlestar Galactica riffs hit you must salute.
https://howlinbananarecords.bandcamp.com/track/trapezohedron
― Basil Ker-ching (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
help me find a thread for this but debut album Fugue State (2022) by Swedish "ambient blues" outfit Weils is simply fantastic, album opener "To Apeiron" 23 minutes of slow-motorik bliss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8x7m9D80To
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 9 February 2024 10:28 (one month ago) link
excellent, extremely my kind of thing
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 9 February 2024 10:40 (one month ago) link