The Krautrock Space

Mellotron Storm wrote: presdoug wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: sagichim wrote: I always loved Thirsty Moon's first couple of albums especially their second. But honestly i wouldn't categorize them as krautrock. Well they are listed under Jazz/Fusion here as are EX-MAGMA that David just mentioned. On this thread we don't have a black and white attitude towards what's Krautrock and what's not, it's just us talking about anything that's even close, like Psychedelic/Space Rock and trippy Jazz/Fusion, especially if it's from Germany but not necessarily. Point taken though. Some excellent bands straddle more than one sub genre, like Dzyan, who are just as jazz-rock, really, as krautrock. Could call them either, i guess.Great and under-rated band. Have talked by phone to their guitar/sitar player Eddy Marron-nice chap.(and a brilliant musician) Have you guys heard the band  that Dzyan became called Giger, Lenz and Marron? They are totally awesome, and put out two records, Beyond and Where The Hammer Hangs Very good point about bands crossing the genre lines. On this site it's set up so a band can only be in one genre, but on for example the RYM site they are tagged often with multiple genre titles.   Also i have my music sorted by genre and because of that i might have some albums from a band in one section and others of their's in another because they've changed their style. Actually i have early Kraan in Krautrock and their later stuff in Jazz/Fusion. I'm very familiar with Eddy Moran from Vita Nova and Dzyan but i've not heard of that later project so i'll check them out. Thanks ! The man can play guitar.

Guldbamsen wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: presdoug wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: sagichim wrote: I always loved Thirsty Moon's first couple of albums especially their second. But honestly i wouldn't categorize them as krautrock. Well they are listed under Jazz/Fusion here as are EX-MAGMA that David just mentioned. On this thread we don't have a black and white attitude towards what's Krautrock and what's not, it's just us talking about anything that's even close, like Psychedelic/Space Rock and trippy Jazz/Fusion, especially if it's from Germany but not necessarily. Point taken though. Some excellent bands straddle more than one sub genre, like Dzyan, who are just as jazz-rock, really, as krautrock. Could call them either, i guess.Great and under-rated band. Have talked by phone to their guitar/sitar player Eddy Marron-nice chap.(and a brilliant musician) Have you guys heard the band  that Dzyan became called Giger, Lenz and Marron? They are totally awesome, and put out two records, Beyond and Where The Hammer Hangs Very good point about bands crossing the genre lines. On this site it's set up so a band can only be in one genre, but on for example the RYM site they are tagged often with multiple genre titles.   Also i have my music sorted by genre and because of that i might have some albums from a band in one section and others of their's in another because they've changed their style. Actually i have early Kraan in Krautrock and their later stuff in Jazz/Fusion. I'm very familiar with Eddy Moran from Vita Nova and Dzyan but i've not heard of that later project so i'll check them out. Thanks ! The man can play guitar. Great to have you back up in this place John And just like you said, we, at least some of us, work with a somewhat loose definition of Krautrock that opens up to a lot of different genres such as fusion, electronic and psych. I too have my early Kraan and Exmagma in the Krautlands of my collection Regarding RYM and the whole tagging thing, I think it could be interesting to have multi-tagging as well. We'd be facing a lot of Swedish acts in Kraut as well - such as Älgarnas Trädgard, Kebnekaise, Arbete och Fritid, International Harvester and Fläsket Brinner.

Thanks David !  It's good to be back after spending a month trying to make my reviews more readable. 

I just got this fabulous album called Gurumaniax, and what an album it is!!!

Damn that made me laugh like a little schoolgirl Steve...
Ax Gingrich.....

On topic: yep this is a fairly new release from 2010, and you're absolutely right about it sounding like Guru Guru. Great stuff indeed.
BTW I saw you talking about your affection of Canterbury in another thread, and I wondered if you have heard a German band called Nosferatu? They made one album back in 1970, which combines both Canterbury and Krautrock resulting in a very seductive groove. It's got a huge gorilla on the cover as well, but I can't show it to you right now, as I am writing this on my phone.

Don't know exactly in wiitch den I can mention the name of Mr David Axelrod. So i put it in the most atmospheric den.

hellogoodbye wrote: Don't know exactly in wiitch den I can mention the name of Mr David Axelrod. So i put it in the most atmospheric den. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3HKHYgYpGw   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHOPqwZ0q4I

Guldbamsen wrote: I just got this fabulous album called Gurumaniax, and what an album it is!!! Featuring both Mani and Ax this one is damn near as close to an original Guru Guru release - had it not been for the involvement of bassist extraordinaire Guy Segers off Univers Zero!!! Rrrrrraaauuww!! If anyone here thinks this sounds like a tasty combo, then here's a clip from the album:

I am so impressed with Gurumaniax. And i don't know why but the thought of Segers from Univers Zero playing in a Krautrock band is mind bending.  Great album though as i listened to it on the way to work, none of these guys have lost a beat.

John: I find it a tad suspicious that we quite often seem to go hand in hand musically. Are you by any chance spying on me you crazy man? Seriously though, I fully agree with you on that release - it is just mindblowingly sweet to hear these guys play together, and on the face of it one wouldn't really know that they're somewhere between 80 and 300 years old...

No problemo David, I like sampling new things I haven't heard, particularly if they're related to my favorite genre (Cuban Banjo Music Krautrock).  Keep em coming as you see fit, but I can't promise I'll like all of them.  I can promise I will give them a listen when I get the opportunity, and will try to respond in a thoughtful, honest manner, avoiding phrases like "it sucks" in favor of more constructive phrases like "my goldfish just died".