The Krautrock Space

 

I would disagree a slight bit here. And it is not difficult when you check out the instructors that were in the Berlin Conservatory of Music and how many students were involved, many of which we listen to and appreciate. But it's like saying that the music training that 3 members of CAN had is not important, and neither is where Agitation Free, and so many others also were ... that helped give rise to the whole thing. And again, it was not only in music, as we know and have seen that Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog and Rainer Fassbender were also around these people, as were a couple of playwrights, at the very least.

 

In many ways, the special that is in 6 parts out there, is an excellent primer on this history, and massive as it shows/explains some of these things, but hearing Jaki say that his instructor said ... "not repetitive enough" ... might give us pause to wonder why someone would say that ... and specially a "professor" ... fun? ... satire? ... not musical? ... but it does show ... a nice side to experimenting with sounds and music ... that I think was very vital to that time and place, AND many other places. And we will nto exactly agree what the differences are, but for me LA was drugs, SF was sex and trip, NY was hustling? (don't know what else to call it!), and London was ... probably a lot more intelligent and valuable in that they did not exactly ignore it, and I credit the likes of Melody Maker and their press with helping develop it all and give it some credibility ... the American version "Rolling Stone" was never about the music ... it was always about the star ... how Hollywood'ish this is!

 

But, again, Europe has hundreds of years of music history ... and study, and seeing it in the scope of it all, for me, is where its value lies ... and it is stronger than many well known "composers" of the 20th century and I say it's about time we give them credit for their work ... and all the bands that we love here, belong in that group, not just krautrock!

 

Yeah, this time, posting about it the way I did was not quite right ... but the intent was not to mis-interpret the comments or to mis-direct the readers and the appreciation of the music ... it was, actually, again, to elevate it. And I will always do that and continue to harp on that importance.