The Krautrock Space

Guldbamsen wrote: I love those early Cluster albums too!! Especially the first one tickles my fancy like a squirrel up my trousers. If anybody´s interested in an ambient and slightly more mellow album by them, I highly recommend Sowiesoso from 76, which I absolutely adore On another note, Danish band PAPIR (which are featured here on PA in psych/space rock) have now found themselves a record deal, and I urge you guys to have a listen. I just reviewed their second album Stundum, and it is a pure joy from start to finish. Krautrock methinks... Here´s a small snippet of them playing live in Denmark: If you like it - there´s some other vids of them taken from the same concert on YouTube.

Sorry to be talking so much but Bamsen i saw your review of HARMONIA's live album and enjoyed it so re-visited their "Deluxe" album which was their final studio record and had to bump it up to 4 stars.I can hear why this is listed under Electronic but it's cool to have Mani from GURU GURU play on some tracks.That's a fun album to listen to.The two CLUSTER dudes plus Rother from NEU! make such a good team.

Guldbamsen wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: Sorry to be talking so much but Bamsen i saw your review of HARMONIA's live album and enjoyed it so re-visited their "Deluxe" album which was their final studio record and had to bump it up to 4 stars.I can hear why this is listed under Electronic but it's cool to have Mani from GURU GURU play on some tracks.That's a fun album to listen to.The two CLUSTER dudes plus Rother from NEU! make such a good team. I really love those 3 albums - I count in the live album I reviewed as well, because it´s one of those gems with all new material, - and I agree - they are quite the team I find it particularly funny, that a thing like the rhythm box, which back then was very one-dimensional and well what we today´d call kitschy - work so well within the music. Just like Journey by Arthur Brown´s Kingdom Come actually. As a drummer though, I´m always delighted to hear Mani play as he is one of the most original sounding percussionists BTW I´ve been listening to the live Gila record John Just got back from space... Jupiter says hello

glad to see this thread so alive, even if my metal side drains me of all my powers now, i will be back some day!

Guldbamsen wrote: Just a Poke is a wonderful record John It´s been a while though... I´m going to have a listen later on tonight that´s for sure. I was listening to Algarnes Tradgaard earlier and they truly sound like a Swedish Krautrock-band to me! I love both their albums, and recently I´ve been getting more into the second one. Psychedelic synth folk meets Viking jamming on mushrooms. I love it like I love a good stew of labrador retrievers.

Bonnek wrote: glad to see this thread so alive, even if my metal side drains me of all my powers now, i will be back some day!

I gather you´ve been posting reviews for MMA?
My metal side has been dormant for a looong time, and I find that a bit silly, seeing as I grew up listening to Cannibal Corpse, Obituary and Napalm Death. The only metal I listen to now are the likes of Neurosis and ZU. Anyway good to see you here Karl - I hope you and your metal loving offspring are doing well

I just finished Vive la Trance by ADll, and I know I´ve said it before, but man this album is so freakin great!!! Maybe just as brilliant as Wolf City, and that is saying something.
Just listen to this short track, and tell me that they lost their cosmic groove - diminished their wild past - went commercial Maybe along with Wolf City, they did write more concise pieces, but they never betrayed their sound. That is just rubbish! They evolved, I say and did what they wanted to do.
I just can´t get this little piece of music out of my head - sheer brilliance!!:

 

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Should be a pretty hectic job methinks...

Say, does anyone know of other albums comparable to In Den Garten Pharaos?  I've been really into dark, droning, pulsing kraut like that lately.
I haven't found anything else I consider on the same level as Pharaos

Although, one thing I've just discovered that is very cool is Mittelwinternacht '71






Edited by Triceratopsoil - November 06 2011 at 23:41

^ I would have rather posted Kluster than Cluster:

I still need to get the Kluster stuff...I see that there's now a release which contains the first two and Eruption, together for about $25...much better than the limited edition versions of the first two which are going for $35 each.