The Krautrock Thread

talkin abt Popul Vuh, Supersilent's latest album 8 is very very Kraut from what i'm hearing thus far, just w a more improv-jazz slant to the whole thing. 

electricsilence wrote:

superprog wrote: electricsilence wrote: 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.     'Krautrock' def didn't appear by itself, the Floyd and Velvet Underground were very influential i.e. the space/psych-outs, the noise n' motorik etc........

Sand - Golem is a great album too.

Bluesaga wrote: 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.

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

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.

Bluesaga wrote: 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. 

Anybody else hear the new Harmonia live album?  It's quite good, reminds heavily of NEU!.  

Wonderful genre, Faust and Amon Duul II especially.

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.