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Points: 1354 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2007 at 22:10
ahahah maybe at most Can. 
 
its funny sometimes how little ppl know or care abt their own countrymen's stuff............. i met this German guy who was talkin abt his fav music, i mean his tastes are quite 'normal' & mainsteam but i asked him abt Can, krautrock even Einsturzende Neubauten and he gave me this look like wadda fook bwahahaha!!!!
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Are classic krautrock bands known by the average german joe?
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2007 at 18:12
Cheers Rottenhat.

Raunio is a freak of an album. You should check out  Guillotine which is their weirdest, druggiest and most experimental album to date. There are some seriously disturbing songs in that album as well as 10+ minute hypnotically rhythmic songs.

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Thanks for that video Chamberry :)
 
I'm listening to the strange live album Rainio. Rainio is Ruins in english.  
 
They should be banned for messing with people's heads :)
 
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2007 at 14:13
^^^^ Oh, how I envy you for seeing Circle live...

As you can see by my signature I'm a huge fan of Circle. I'm also a big fan of minimalism so that's why their music gets me hooked. I have to admit that I sometime spend weeks or even months without listening to them, but when they release a new album (they've released 7 in this year alone) or just want to listen to them again I get the Circle mania and I listen to their albums nonstop!

I was previously watching a Circle video down at  video.google.com and after it finished I quickly grabbed their debut and started playing it. I'm listening to it right now.Tongue The video isn't that interesting, but it made me want to play some of their albums again.

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Here's a better video of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FWftvvaVok
That song is from their Sunrise album, their most heavy metal influenced album they've made. More punkish and less spacey.



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Yeah!

My first encounter with Circle was a Live performance in Jakobstad, Finland, many, many years ago. I was into progressive rock then already, listening to Gong and Gentle Giant on the ride to the venue with my brother.
 
I fell in love with Circle's perfomance there, right on the spot. Weird instumentation and long hypnonic chanting and jamming. The consumed alcohol did have a positive effect also, I think :)
 
Strangely, it took many years after that before I got my hands on their studio recordings.
 
Now, I really love some of their recordings. But I still find that I have to be in the right mood to listen to them. They can be quite minimalistic and the groove just repeats over and over again in the classic motorik krautrock  style.
 
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Knowing your taste I'll recommend their most inaccessible album, Guillotine and also Forest  which is one of their most drugged-out records (and being mostly acoustic).

Sorry for the lack of reviews. It's a big discography and I'm only one guy taking a shot at it.

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Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:

How about you guys try some modern Krautrock?

CIRCLE (FIN)

I know that there are many conservative fans in the genre so I'll recommend their krautrockiest (hehe) albums of their discography:

Hissi
Guillotine
Forest
Empire
Pori

The rest of their albums are still Krautrock (or Krautrock at heart), but mixed with other genres like Heavy Metal, Punk, Black Metal, Jazz, Prog, even Zeuhl and many more! They've also delved into Progressive Electronic territory with Panic ,but the album also has Punk in it (or as they like to call it: speed kraut.) so beware if you're not into that kind of music.

Music fans with an eclectic taste will enjoy Circle's music. Thumbs%20Up



Sounds interesting!  Can you recommend one or two albums?  It's kind of hard to pick from a list of five when there are almost no reviews at all for them. 

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yes modern Krautrock indeed!!! if you like things more electronic and even more motorik gotta check out:
 
Kriedler
To Roccoco Rot
Radian
 
they carry on the spirit of Neu and Kraftwerk but with nods towards the postrock of Tortoise.............
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How about you guys try some modern Krautrock?

CIRCLE (FIN)

I know that there are many conservative fans in the genre so I'll recommend their krautrockiest (hehe) albums of their discography:

Hissi
Guillotine
Forest
Empire
Pori

The rest of their albums are still Krautrock (or Krautrock at heart), but mixed with other genres like Heavy Metal, Punk, Black Metal, Jazz, Prog, even Zeuhl and many more! They've also delved into Progressive Electronic territory with Panic ,but the album also has Punk in it (or as they like to call it: speed kraut.) so beware if you're not into that kind of music.

Music fans with an eclectic taste will enjoy Circle's music. Thumbs%20Up

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Are there are any modestly know bands doing Krautrock (in any of its sub genres) nowadays?
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Wonderful genre, Faust and Amon Duul II especially.
RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Points: 18292 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2007 at 12:23
Exiting genre! My favorite band is Ash Ra Tempel.
All i have on CD is "Faust IV", "NEU 2" & "Tago Mago", though!
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Anybody else hear the new Harmonia live album?  It's quite good, reminds heavily of NEU!.  

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The thing that bothers me about Can is Damo Suzuki's vocals. I like the music, don't get me wrong.

I liked Mooney's vocals better.
 
But as always,that's a matter of taste.
 
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Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

Originally posted by schizoid_man77 schizoid_man77 wrote:

Kraut? Dont know much or own much.
 
But Can's Ege Bamnassi is great!

Can's first five albums are all masterpieces to me.  Tago Mago is controvesial, but I loved it after a few listens and it was my first album by the band (even my mom liked parts of it and she has pretty subpar taste).

Anyway, I'll probably check out Faust's debut soon.  It's pretty essential stuff, I know, but I don't want to start with their 2-in-1 CD since I don't like those (I'm weird, yes), and am pretty much convinced that the LPs are way out of my price range.


I'd extrapolate that one and a half albums and say that the first SIX Can albums were masterpieces and number seven was damn close. 

Faust's debut is incredible, though quite different from Can.  I'd recommend the two-fer even if you don't like those, as you get two incredibly good Faust albums for a quite reasonable price. 

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Originally posted by electricsilence electricsilence wrote:

Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

Originally posted by electricsilence electricsilence wrote:

I guess I could say I like Kosmiche Music mostly; I'm not a big fan of Popol Vuh or Yatha Sidhra, they sound too much like new age to me. But I think some of TD's Alpha Centauri and Cluster's II are amongst the most the most impressive and original music ever made. I mean between them and Deuter the practically invented modern electronic music.

Is it just me or Electronic Meditation sounds a lot like Saucerful of Secrets at times? I mean I love the album and it certainly was a seminal record but some of the sonic landscapes sound like they were directly copied from Floyd's record at times.

The first two Popol Vuh albums are definitely not new age. Wink


Hosianna Mantra sounds like something a yoga instructor would play in some sort of relaxation excercise.

It's quite meditative, yes, but that would be some awesome yoga studio.
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Originally posted by schizoid_man77 schizoid_man77 wrote:

Kraut? Dont know much or own much.
 
But Can's Ege Bamnassi is great!

Can's first five albums are all masterpieces to me.  Tago Mago is controvesial, but I loved it after a few listens and it was my first album by the band (even my mom liked parts of it and she has pretty subpar taste).

Anyway, I'll probably check out Faust's debut soon.  It's pretty essential stuff, I know, but I don't want to start with their 2-in-1 CD since I don't like those (I'm weird, yes), and am pretty much convinced that the LPs are way out of my price range.
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What do you guys think about Asmus Tietchens' and Conrad Schnitzler's solo stuff? I'm a big fan of those two.
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Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

Originally posted by electricsilence electricsilence wrote:

I guess I could say I like Kosmiche Music mostly; I'm not a big fan of Popol Vuh or Yatha Sidhra, they sound too much like new age to me. But I think some of TD's Alpha Centauri and Cluster's II are amongst the most the most impressive and original music ever made. I mean between them and Deuter the practically invented modern electronic music.

Is it just me or Electronic Meditation sounds a lot like Saucerful of Secrets at times? I mean I love the album and it certainly was a seminal record but some of the sonic landscapes sound like they were directly copied from Floyd's record at times.

The first two Popol Vuh albums are definitely not new age. Wink


Hosianna Mantra sounds like something a yoga instructor would play in some sort of relaxation excercise.
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