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    Posted: October 30 2005 at 07:10

I Already own:
AMON DÜÜL II – Tanz der Lemminge
AMON DÜÜL II – Phallus Dei
CAN – Ege Bamyasi
CAN – Tago Mago
CAN – Monster Movie
ERLKOENIG – Erlkoenig
FAUST – Faust IV
KRAFTWERK – Autobahn
KRAFTWERK – Ruckzuck
KRAFTWERK – II
KRAFTWERK – I
NEU! – NEU! ’75
NEU! – NEU!
POPOL VUH – Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte

And love all of them, I need some more krautrock! 

Already on wish list:
AMON DÜÜl II - Yeti
AMON DÜÜl II - Wolf City
KRAFTWERK - Ralf & Florian
GROBSCHNITT - Grobschnitt
GROBSCHNITT - Rockpommel's Land
GROBSCHNITT - Solar-Music Live
POPOL VUH - In Den Gärten Pharaos
POPOL VUH - Hosianna Mantra
POPOL VUH - Affenstunde
POPOL VUH - Seligpreisung
FAUST - Faust
CAN - Future Days
GURU GURU - Guru Guru
GURU GURU - UFO.

Any other suggestions(preferably from the 70's)? Any must-have krautrock albums I've missed?



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A pretty good selection there. You could add

Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centaurai, Atem, Zeit

Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra tempel, Schwingungen, Join Inn, Seven Up

I'm sure that the Bald Angels and Phillippe will be able to add a few more recommendations.
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I have the TD albums, just don't consider them krautrock, same with Schulze...

Ash Ra Temple sounds interesting, don't think I've ever heard of them...   
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Agitation Free are essential in my opinion.(looks left)

Get:

Malesch
Second
Last
At The Cliffs of the River Rhine
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The Tangerine Dream and Schulze albums have just a hint of Klautrock...

go for Ash Ra!
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A good selection. "Solar Music - Live" is fantastic, you must buy this album now. You'll maybe like Jane - their first album, "Here We Are" and "Jane III" are all good albums.
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Originally posted by lovecraft lovecraft wrote:

Agitation Free are essential in my opinion.(looks left)

Get:

Malesch
Second
Last

Sonds interesting, but also very expensive 

I go exclusively for vinyl, generally kraut is very expensive, sadly  



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Amber Soundroom and Arkana have released a load of really good Krautrock on good quality vinyl - and it's  cheap, compared to the originals. These include Agitation Free, Tetragon, Kaputter Hamster and Guru Guru. There's a seller on eBay called face-the-dawn who charges high postage, but is very reliable - I've bought from him many times.

I'd recommend Kraftwerk's 1st album - it's nowhere near as electronic as its successors, and it really madly inventive minimalist Krautrock - I think it's brilliant!

I don't know Ash Ra Temple's music, but I've been given the heads up on them so many times, they're on my "hit list".

If you can handle the rawness of it, and can track down a copy, I'd recommend Necronomicon's "Tips Zum Selbstmord" (don't even think about getting an original - they change hands for £1,000 or more). The guitarist is distributing a limited run repress, courtesy of Amber Soundroom (limited to 500, like the original). Be careful not to end up with a cheap 1970's Mexican repress though - apparently the sound quality is even worse than the original (it was all done onto a TEAC 4 track). The music is great - and original, though.

 

 
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just send PM if you want recommendations & extracts from me: my knowledge covers a large part of krautrock from the most notorious bands to real obscurities...

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I'll make a little list of thigs you can't go without:

Älgarnas Trädgård - Framtiden Ar Ett Svavande Skepp
Achim Reichel - Echo
Bröselmaschine - Bröselmaschine
Cluster - Cluster
Cluster - Cluster II
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
 Conrad Schnitzler - Rot
 Conrad Schnitzler - Blau
The Cosmic Jokers - The Cosmic Jokers
The Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket
The Cosmic Jokers - Planeten Sit-in
The Cosmic Jokers - Sci-Fi Party
 Deuter - D
 Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen
 Xhol Caravan - Electrip

This, and all the others that were already reminded in this topic. I'm not a big specialist in this genre, btw. Oh, my favorite Prog band, in any genre, it's Tangerine Dream. So get their full discography, and all the related stuff (like Klaus Schulze, Edgar Froese wonderful solo career, etc...).
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Originally posted by ummagumma08 ummagumma08 wrote:

I Already own: AMON DÜÜL II – Tanz der Lemminge AMON DÜÜL II – Phallus Dei CAN – Ege Bamyasi CAN – Tago Mago CAN – Monster Movie ERLKOENIG – Erlkoenig FAUST – Faust IV KRAFTWERK – Autobahn KRAFTWERK – Ruckzuck KRAFTWERK – II KRAFTWERK – INEU! – NEU! ’75 NEU! – NEU! POPOL VUH – Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte


And love all of them, I need some more krautrock! 


Already on wish list:AMON DÜÜl II - YetiAMON DÜÜl II - Wolf CityKRAFTWERK - Ralf & FlorianGROBSCHNITT - GrobschnittGROBSCHNITT - Rockpommel's LandGROBSCHNITT - Solar-Music LivePOPOL VUH - In Den Gärten PharaosPOPOL VUH - Hosianna MantraPOPOL VUH - Affenstunde POPOL VUH - SeligpreisungFAUST - FaustCAN - Future Days GURU GURU - Guru GuruGURU GURU - UFO.


Any other suggestions(preferably from the 70's)? Any must-have krautrock albums I've missed?



Pretty good selection for start .

I would add:
- CAN Soundtracks (with essential 15 minute freak-out jam "Mother Sky")
- GURU GURU Kan Guru
- FAUST So Far and if you dare Faust Tapes (< see my avatar )
- AMON DUUL II offshoot UTOPIA, their only eponymous album

and depending on whether you consider them krautrock (heavy rock with psyche organ and guitar):
- JANE At Home Live
- BIRTH CONTROL Operation and Hoodoo Man
- BRAINTICKET Cottonwoodhill
- FRUMPY Frumpy II

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YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO WALENSTEIN
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no prog, no good life
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Solar music live a must-have for sure

You Should try agitation free too as said ..

I would also recommend:

Novalis - Sommerabend
Guru Guru - Live
Eroc - Eroc
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation ( crazy thing)

And Eloy ( Ocean , Floating, etc..) even if it isn't really "kraut"..
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Originally posted by philippe philippe wrote:

just send PM if you want recommendations & extracts from me: my knowledge covers a large part of krautrock from the most notorious bands to real obscurities...

Why won't you share them with us ? Ca serait sympa..
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Originally posted by ummagumma08 ummagumma08 wrote:

Originally posted by lovecraft lovecraft wrote:

Agitation Free are essential in my opinion.(looks left)

Get:

Malesch
Second
Last

Sonds interesting, but also very expensive 

I go exclusively for vinyl, generally kraut is very expensive, sadly  



I used to be exclusively vinyl myself at one point. Then I realised that my time on this planet was finite and that I needed to hear everything I wanted to hear..
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Solo-work of Dieter Moebius (one half of Cluster) and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (the other half I think)

Tangerine Dream - Encore, Rubycon, Ricochet, Stratosfear, Zeit,
Novalis - Wer schmetterlinge lachen hort

Some other names I know but don't have any records from (only some incidental music)
Eloy
Triumvirat
Nektar
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Or just check out http://www.krautrock.com
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My favourite bands: GÄA and RUFUS ZUPHALL!
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Some obvious artists and albums have been mentioned already; I won't repeat them. Other suggestions:

Amon Düül 2 - Yeti
Amon Düül 2 - Carnival in Babylon
Amon Düül 2 - Wolf City
Amon Düül 2 - Vive la Trance!
Kraan - Kraan
Kraan - Wintrup
Kraan - Lvie 75 (one of the best live albums ever)
Embryo - Rocksession
Embryo - Opal
Embryo - Steig Aus
Embryo - Embryo's Reise
Dzyan - Time Machine
Dzyan - Electric Silence
Between - Einstieg
Between - Dharana
Between - Hesse Between Music
Guru Guru - Guru Guru (contains their most famos track, "Der Elektrolurch")
Guru Guru - Live (another excellent live album)
Faust - Faust
Grobschnitt - Ballermann
Neu - Neu!
Neu - Neu 2
Brainstorm - Smile a While
Brainstorm - Second Smile
Aera - Humanum Est
Aera - Hand und Fuß
Aera - Live
Bunka, Roman - Dein Kopf Ist ein Schlafendes Auto
Highdelberg - Super Session
Liliental - Liliental
Froese, Edgar - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Baumann, Peter - Romance '76
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass
Birth Control - Hoodoo Man
Sahara - Sunrise
Hoelderlin - Hoelderlin's Traum
Hoelderlin - Clowns and Clouds
...

I could go on endlessly ; if you have any questions just PM me .

Nektar are NOT a German band, by the way (they are British), and neither is Brainticket (Switzerland); both sound a lot like Krautrock though.

Oh, and not to forget the album that started Krautrock:
Amon Düül - Psychedelic Underground



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