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    Posted: August 20 2024 at 17:53
I hope to discover Kraut Rock albums that I am not aware of.   I like Agitation Free, Can, Amon Duul II, Dom, and Dzyan. I like, but don't love Neu and Popol Vuh.  I'm into the folk, jazz, space, drums, Middle Eastern feel,  and the guitars of Kraut Rock.  Not the drones and electronica. 

Name your ten favorite Kraut Rock albums...even the drone and electronica-laden ones.  I hope to fill out my top ten with suggestions from you guys.Wink


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I wish I could help you out but unfortunately I haven't gotten very far with this subgenre yet. I have a bunch of the early Ash Ra Tempel albums and I've heard a little bit of Can but that's about it. The first Ash Ra Tempel album is really great though so if you don't know that one then definitely check it out. I also like Kraan but I guess they were more fusion or jazz rock and not really Krautrock. Eloy and Grobschnitt are great too but again not really Kraut but more like symph prog. I'm sure others will give you some proper top ten lists and you'll get some great recommendations. I'll be keeping an eye out too.
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Amon Duul II - Yeti
CAN - Tago Mago
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Klaus Schulze - X
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Agitation Free - Malesch
Ash Ra Tempel - s/t
Neu - s/t
Harmonia - Deluxe
Dzyan - Electric Silence
Faust - IV
Gila - s/t
Guru Guru - UFO
Cluster - II
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Hi,

Too many to count in my book ... but I seem to go back time and again to "Dance of the Lemmings" and "Yeti", and then "Wolf City" and then "Ege Bamyasi" and "Tago Mago" ... although I would never leave behind many others ... Guru Guru's first 4 albums deserve the mention. Eloy was very nice. Ash Ra Tempel. Popol Vuh. Grobschnitt. 

The hardest part is not including Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze in all this ... they are the absolute giants that will be forever remembered.
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I'll do a baker's dozen, and could be other choices...

Dom - Edge of Time
Brave New World - Impressions on Reading Aldous Huxley
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Faust - Faust IV
Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel
Holger Czukay - Movies
Popol Vuh - In Den Gärten Pharaos
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Sergous Golowin - Lord Krishna Von Goloka
Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
NEU! - NEU!
Agitation Free - Malesch
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass

And everything Kosmischer Läufer although I think of think of this Kosmische-take as fitter for Progressive Electronic.

I recommend you try Brave New World if you have not already.
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I know I'm breaking the rules here but here's the PA top 20 list of Krautrock albums (with a minimum of 20 ratings):



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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I know I'm breaking the rules here but here's the PA top 20 list of Krautrock albums (with a minimum of 20 ratings):
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Far out ... and I still have 16 of those albums ... have to look up and listen the other 4.
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Offering some less popular albums that i listen to a lot (not sure what my "faves" are, it changes daily)

AR & Machines - Die Gruene Reise
Amon Duul II - Tanz Der Lemminge
Brave New World - Impressions On Reading Aldous Huxley
Cornucopia - Full Horn
Pinguin - Die Grosse Rote Vogel

Silberbart - 4 Times Sound Razing
Orange Peel - Orange Peel
Lard Free - s/t
Mythos - s/t
Cluster - Zuckerzeit

Tons of others though: Can, Popol Vuh, Electric Sandwich, Dzyan, Cluster, Neu! etc


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^ I love AR & Machines' Die Gruene Reise and it could super easily be listed in my top faves.
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I could have listed ten other albums and still be pleased.

Can - Ege Bamyası (but any of the first six is a strong candidate)
The Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket
Faust - So Far
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Deuter - D
Agitation Free - Malesch
Popol Vuh - Nosferatu (Original Soundtrack)
Embryo - Steig Aus (but I could have gone with a handful of others by them)
Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel
Brave New World - Impressions on Reading Aldous Huxley

As for that Middle Eastern, Folk, Jazz etc... feel, I reccomend loads and loads of Embryo
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I forgot Kraan's self-titled debut!... and Kollektiv's archival release SWF-Sessions Volume 5...
Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Klaus Schulze - X
Harmonia - Deluxe
Cluster - II
If I hadn't excluded the electronic based, these would have been considered/included (I would have chosen Mirage and Zuckerzeit). Come to think of it, Deluxe is mostly pure Kraut/Motorik (same goes for Kraftwerk's first).

-now I've cheated and mentioned 16 albums. But while I'm here the trippy one off's by Dom (Edge of Time), Code III (Planet of Man)  and and Kalacakra (Crawling to Lhasa) are wonderful as well.
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only 10?Confused

14           Out of Focus      Out of Focus      Ger        1971     

14           Schulze, Klaus   Timewind           Ger        1975     

13           Hoelderlin          Hoelderlin's Traum         Ger        1971   

13           Grobschnitt       Solar Music Live               Ger        1978  

13           Out of Focus      Four Letter Monday Afternoon               Ger        1972     

13           Sahara  Sunrise                Ger        1973     

13           Tangerine Dream            Alpha Centauri Ger        1971     

13           Tangerine Dream            Ricochet              Ger        1975     

12           Agitation Free   Second                Ger        1973       

12           Amon Düül II     Yeti        Ger        1970     

12           Amon Düül II     Tanz der Lemminge       Ger        1971     

12           Bröselmaschine               Bröselmaschine               Ger        1971     

12           Can        Tago Mago         Ger        1971     

12           Can        Ege Bamyasi      Ger        1972     

12           Embryo                We Keep On      Ger        1973     

12           Gila        Gila (aka Free Electric Sound)    Ger        1971     

12           Grobschnitt       Grobschnitt       Ger        1972       

12           Missus Beastly  Missus Beastly Ger        1974     

12           Murphy Blend  First Loss             Ger        1970     

12           Out of Focus      Wake Up             Ger        1970          

12           Schulze, Klaus   Moondawn        Ger        1976     

12           Tangerine Dream            Electronic Meditation    Ger        1970     

12           Tangerine Dream            Zeit        Ger        1972     

12           Tangerine Dream            Phaedra              Ger        1974     

12           Tangerine Dream            Rubycon              Ger        1975     

12           Tangerine Dream            Stratosfear         Ger        1976     

12             Tangerine Dream            Force Majeure Ger        1979


here ya go!!! Big smileWink

I only named German bands, BTW, but there could be a few French releases in there.


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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

I hope to discover Kraut Rock albums that I am not aware of.   I like Agitation Free, Can, Amon Duul II, Dom, and Dzyan. I like, but don't love Neu and Popol Vuh.  I'm into the folk, jazz, space, drums, Middle Eastern feel,  and the guitars of Kraut Rock.  Not the drones and electronica. 

If you're looking for ethno-fusion, then's here's a Krautrock band for inclusion. Smile
 
BETWEEN       An international Krautrock band based in Munich with an intriguing blend of ethno-fusion that falls somewhere in Between ancient "serious music" and modern "popular music." It's ideal music for listening to whilst puffing away on a Turkish hookah pipe, although I didn't inhale. Tongue

 3 stars 1971: Between - Einstieg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yCJyb0OYBM
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 2 stars 1975: Between - Hesse Between Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQiokW-Ob9E
 3 stars 1980: Between - Silence Beyond Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJiqpFCD6vo
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Here's something like my top 10 without Progressive Electronic:

              Agitation Free  (D)  -  Malesch   (1972)

            Amon Düül II  (D)  -  Yeti, Wolf City   (70, 72)

             Ash Ra Tempel  (D)  -  Ash Ra Tempel   (1971)

             Can  (D) -  Ege Bamyasi   (1973)  

             Embryo  (D)  -  We Keep on  (1973)

             Faust  (D)  -  Faust IV  (1973)

             Gila  (D)  -  Gila  (1971)

             Guru Guru  (D)  -  Hinten  (1970)

             Kraan  (D)  -  s/t  (1972)

             NEU!  (D)  -  NEU!  (1972)
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

I hope to fill out my top ten with suggestions from you guys.Wink

I can especially recommend Gila's debut to you. Smile
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

I hope to fill out my top ten with suggestions from you guys.Wink

I can especially recommend Gila's debut to you. Smile



Thanks, David.  I'm looking forward to auditioning everybody's suggestions.  I own about a third of the suggestions... so far. Wink 
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I'm certainly going to fill a couple of holes in my collection from this thread, Dom & Sergous Golowin.
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^ That was a typo of mine, it should be Sergius Golowin. Wonderful albums, both.
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Thanks, David.  I'm looking forward to auditioning everybody's suggestions.  I own about a third of the suggestions... so far. Wink 

That's rather big Krautrock collection. 
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