How much do you listen to Krautrock?

I can't stop listening to it. It's a medical condition.

^ You must remedy this immediately. 

Edited by Dayvenkirq - April 15 2013 at 16:43

I didn't like it for a long time, mainly because I had only really checked out Ash Ra Tempel. However when when I finally branched out to some Popol Vuh and some Amon Duul II, I grew to love it. I voted in the quite a bit category.

Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ You must remedy this immediately.  Better yet, start with ADII. Get Yeti.

Making a trip to the record store tomorrow. I'll look for that one.

Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ Well, in that case, grab more than one CD, maybe one from each of the bands: ADII, Can, the Vuh, ... well, the big names.

That I will. I don't have anything else in mind yet.

Any specific suggestions, or just grab the prettiest covers? I'll probably give the Krautrock page a quick look too for the popular ones.

^ I think of Symph and K-rock separately.

Metalmarsh89 wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ Well, in that case, grab more than one CD, maybe one from each of the bands: ADII, Can, the Vuh, ... well, the big names. That I will. I don't have anything else in mind yet. Any specific suggestions, or just grab the prettiest covers? I'll probably give the Krautrock page a quick look too for the popular ones.

The big album names, ... can't really recommend anything as it is my belief that second-guessing you would be a pointless thing to do. Some really dig Can, some really dig Popol Vuh, etc. A quick tip: ADII are more along the psych rock-n'-roll side of things; Can, Faust, and Neu! are big on experimentation; and Popol Vuh's music was grounded in electronic minimalism until Florian Fricke had a change of heart in favor of the acoustic ways (the "spiritual music"). TD are arguably a K-rock collective (electronic minimalism and ambient).

The choice is yours. Just read the reviews if that helps.


Edited by Dayvenkirq - April 16 2013 at 00:24

Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ I think of Symph and K-rock separately. Metalmarsh89 wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ Well, in that case, grab more than one CD, maybe one from each of the bands: ADII, Can, the Vuh, ... well, the big names. That I will. I don't have anything else in mind yet. Any specific suggestions, or just grab the prettiest covers? I'll probably give the Krautrock page a quick look too for the popular ones. The big album names, ... can't really recommend anything as it is my belief that second-guessing you would be a pointless thing to do. Some really dig Can, some really dig Popol Vuh, etc. A quick tip: ADII are more along the psych rock-n'-roll side of things; Can, Faust, and Neu! are big on experimentation; and Popol Vuh's music was grounded in electronic minimalism until Florian Fricke had a change of heart in favor of the acoustic ways (the "spiritual music"). TD are arguably a K-rock collective (electronic minimalism and ambient). The choice is yours. Just read the reviews if that helps.

Thanks for the info, much appreciated!

I try to avoid reading reviews before I check out an album/band. I do this because I want to listen to the music fresh, with as little knowledge of the music as I can. I'll look at ratings to decide what I should pursue/purchase, but I save the reviews until after I hear the music.

I wonder how many fans of the group CAN didn't really like them that much at first.  That's probably true of me.  I bought "Ege Bamyasi" first and was a little disappointed because their music is so repetitive and jam-oriented, not as conventionally "composed" as most other prog rock, and not heavy nor psychedelic in the conventional manner either.  It really grows on you, though.  Twenty years on, they're second only to Magma as my favorite prog band. 

Tom Ozric wrote:  GURU GURU -

Think I'm gonna get myself a piece of their action on at least one CD. I really don't want to get Hinten. Either Kanguru or Dance of the Flames.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - April 16 2013 at 12:06

Dayvenkirq wrote: Tom Ozric wrote:  GURU GURU -  Think I'm gonna get myself a piece of their action on at least one CD. I really don't want to get Hinten. Either Kanguru or Dance of the Flames.

Hinten is my favorite, in spite of the butts.