ROMANTIC WARRIOIRS IV: KRAUTROCK, PART 2

The husband and wife dynamic team of Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder have enthusiastically been seeking out golden age prog heroes for quite some time now in order to create some excellent documentaries about prog's golden age before and extracting their stories before these pioneers leave our Earthly world and take their show to a different realm. The ROMANTIC WARRIORS series has been instrumental in telling the forgotten tales of a classic era from decades with the 2019 edition ROMANTIC WARRIORS IV: KRAUTROCK PART I exploring the massive psychedelic scene from Germany's big bang of unlimited creativity.

Two years later in 2021 the sequel ROMANTIC WARRIORS IV: KRAUTRCOK PART 2 has finally been completed and in it's 123 minutes of playing time serves as the second installment in The Krautrock Trilogy as well as the sixth overall edition of the ROMANTIC WARRIORS documentary series. This edition features bands from Southern Germany and includes interviews with members of Guru, Amon Düül II, Xhol Caravan, Kraan, Witthüser & Westrupp, Popol Vuh and Electric Orange. Footage includes classic period performances as well as modern festivals.

Individual band members interviewed include Skip Van Wyck III, Mani Neumeier, Chirs Karrer, Daniel Fichelscher, Hellmut Hattler, Jan Fride, Walter Westrupp and an animated chat with Renate Knaup. Once again the stories dig deep into the wellspring of creativity that emerged in the late 60s and flourished throughout the 70s and provided incalculable influences for artists to come. The cities of Germany covered are Munich, Wiesbaden, Ulm and Heidelberg. The third upcoming installment will cover bands from Berlin and Hamburg which will include Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Günter Schickert, Agitation Free, Conrad Schnitzler, A.R. & Machines, Nektar and some contemporary bands such as Robert Rich & Markus Reuter and Coolspring and is slated for 2023.

In this two hour journey into the world of KRAUTROCK, we are treated to the insight of some of the key players that share their experiences and how they fit into the scene that took Germany by storm and forever changed the music terrain for eternity. The scenes are well paced with interviews of individual members of the select bands juxtaposed next to live concert footage and other relevant trips down memory lane to paint a picture that has been unseen by the public for far too long. While primarily focused on the classic golden era of KRAUTROCK, it's refreshing to see a more modern band like Electric Orange included as it displays how newer generations have continued the tradition and brought these experimental sounds into the next millennium.

These documentaries are truly addictive as it only makes you want to know more and explore artists that you have heard of but possibly haven't actually heard. Guru Guru for example is a band i have heard a couple albums but haven't really explored thoroughly. Zeitgeist Media has produced nothing less than visual aphrodisiacs that will whet your appetite to explore the scene even further and if you were lucky enough to live through those glorious times, to transport you back to when the magic was in action and then reel you back to the present to find out where these musicians have landed in the brave new world. I love these so much and can only hope that this series continues to infinity because there are so many tales in the world of progressive rock to tell and nobody does it better than Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder. Bravo!