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Krautrock (also called kosmische Musik, German for "cosmic music") is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It originated among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electronic music, among other eclectic sources.
- Late 1960s, West Germany
- Kraut
- Kosmische musik, elektronische musik, Teutonic rock
Nov 24, 2021 · ( Classic Rock ) published 24 November 2021. Krautrock runs a truly revolutionary gamut from avant-garde dance to proggy space rock to minimalist electronica and beyond – and these are its best albums. Neu!, Harmonia and early Kraftwerk guitarist Michael Rother(Image credit: Ellen Poppinga - K & K/Getty Images/Pixabay)
- Can - Tago Mago (1971) Debate will continue over which is the essential Can album, but their 73-minute-long second covers the most diverse territory and is often cited as one of the most influential albums ever made.
- Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974) An unlikely crossover single edit of the 22-minute title track saw Krautrock infiltrating the UK pop charts. A year earlier, Faust’s The Faust Tapes had visited us like a more eccentric John The Baptist (Branson’s Virgin had evangelically charm-bombed Blighty with that album, flogging 50,000 copies at a loss-leading 49p each).
- Neu! - Neu! 75 (1975) Any Neu! album is key to Krautrock’s ascent, but it was their white hot third which nailed the way the genre can use repetition to hypnotise you higher and higher.
- Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (1975) Rippling out from the West Berlin underground art scene, Tangerine Dream, led by Edgar Froese, had been making strange subterranean noises since the late Sixties.
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Jun 23, 2021 · Unlike punk or hip hop, Krautrock — quite sarcastically labelled so by the British press — does not follow a set formula. In fact, it relies on its lack of formula to be the common thread linking all of the below bands and artists together.
Krautrock is that wonderful, cosmic expression of music that emerges in the late 1960s. One of those interesting tributaries that feed into that oceanic swell that is progressive rock. But...
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Jan 11, 2024 · In West Germany in the early 1970s, a collection of experimental rock bands revolutionised music. Born out of a radical time in the history of post-war Germany, this loosely connected group of ...
