Navigating through Krautrock

zweistein... so shit.

and those "unknown deutschland" comps and psi-fi label 'reissues' were allegedly the work of a 'different' genesis p'orridge. heh. some of those were actually alright in a basement synth noodling sorta way.

I don't even trust my judgement

I googled, but couldn't find anything.

Wow, somebody else has heard Zweistein. It is shit, yes. The copy we had @ the record shop sold for a huge amount of money, nevertheless. If it were only a little better known, no doubt it would be legendary, & have a similar rep to metal machine music and the godz (ahem)

Try Amon Duul 2's "Yeti" and Popol Vuh's "Das Hoheleid Salomos", perhaps Nath?

xpost

Remember when we were 15 and still cared what was cool?

dudes, krautrock and hawkwind both OBV rule. i just wanted to stir up some controversy.

as for navigating, ive really been enjoying the more garage-y mooney can stuff lately. the combination of raw and psychedelic and hypnotic is exactly what the doctor ordered for me. that, i suppose, is also why ive been listening to so much hawkwind lately.

1st 5 can
All 3 Neu

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head, Nath.

Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Kraftwerk - Ralf and Florian/ Autobahn/ Radioactivity (plus everything else)

that i do not know, but D is fucking good.

Faust - s/t/ Faust Tapes/ Faust IV

Didn't mention later Kraftwerk because I assumed everyone has/likes them and aren't really considered 'krautrock'.

-- Tripmaker (tripmaker...), August 12th, 2005.

I think so, too, and wish someone would release the whole Johannes Vester solo album.

T Dream got way, way worse than amon duul ever did. The worst AD acheived was utter mediocrity, TD, early eighties onwards, are actually offensive to listen to. Also, not AD equivalent of the "dream mixes". I don't think you can go far wrong w/any /70's TD, though.

Whereas Amon Duul II's "Hijack", which came out in 1974, is rubbish

http://www.connollyco.com/discography/tangerine_dream/

Scroll down to "Hyperborea" which is probably the last one I could stand to listen to, and then see how much further you have to scroll down to to get to the bottom (metaphorically & literally!)

"Stratosfear" is one of my favourites, I must admit.

Can: Monster Movie; Tago Mago; Ege Bamyasi; Future Days; Soon Over Babaluma
Faust: The Wumme Years (Faust; So Far; Faust Tapes; 71 Minutes; BBC Sessions +); IV
Neu!: Neu!; Neu! 2; Neu! '75

Actually pashmina would love these shops.

please, someone, find me a genre this isn't true of.

following a lengthy, drunken and immensely enjoyable chat with my biopsychology tutor, during which i explained how my knowledge of krautrock is patchy as fuck, he presented me with a CD on wednesday containing the following albums:

amon düül II: yeti
ash ra tempel: seven up
can: future days
cluster: zuckerzeit
harmonia: deluxe
klaus schulze: blackdance
la düsseldorf: la düsseldorf
michael rother: radio (singles)
tangerine dream: poland (warsaw concert)

it is blowing my little mind. zuckerzeit ... i can't believe that was 1974. 1974! and right now i'm grooving happily, privately to michael rother.

i didn't realise how richly melodic so much of this was; i've always thought, aye, krautrock, chugga-CHUGGA-chugga-CHUGGA, nice one. but really, i feel whole new musical vistas are opening up here. surprisingly, the one i engaged with the least (which doesn't mean i didn't enjoy it; just that it didn't captivate me as much) was future days.

not listened to the acid-drenched ash ra tempel thing yet: really looking forward to that.

All those albums on one CD?

-rom, then. smartarse ;)

(although it did confuse the shit out of me at first when i looked at the tracklisting: he said he'd do me a krautrock sampler, and i thought it was going to be a mix.)