I need krautrock recommendations (please)

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...).

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.

 

 

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.

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

Get:

Malesch
Second
Last
At The Cliffs of the River Rhine

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.