Krautrock is one of my all-time favourite 'genres' of music. I've been collecting it for years. I had the pleasure of meeting Damo Suzuki of Can many years ago and interviewed him for the webzine I used to write for. I also interviewed Holger Czukay via email. Fascinating personalities.
I've been a Can and Krautrock fan since 1979, and have seen many music paper articles and, latterly, online documentaries about the subject. I can safely say that Stella's take on the subject is one of the best I have ever seen 😍
You've missed Tangerine Dream. They started off as a Krautrock band (LPs Cosmic Meditation through Atem), invented trance and minimal techno (LPs Phaedra and Rubycon) in the process - before eventually becoming the dippy new age music act they're to this day. But that's okay since you did include the best krautrock bands (Can, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Cluster/Harmonia in that order).
Stella never fails to impress. Her knowledge of music, art, and history is encyclopedic. And all dosed out in a different language and at such a young age. And she’s quite funny.
I’m a record dealer/collector.. I recommend checking out these releases- Organisation Tone Float, Faust (self), Can Future Days, as well as US based Silver Apples (self) and early electronica Moondog Streets NY, Tom Dissevelt Electronic Movements❤
I discovered Can this year. I've been a huge fan of a newer band called Thee oh Sees, and when I found out that many of their songs were inspired by a band named Can, I had to check them out. It was definitely worth it!
Oh man, your journey is just beginning. Prepare yourself for the temptation of arriving at the conclusion that they were effectively the peak of 'bands' as a human enterprise. I know, I know, it sounds like laying it on too thick... but when you take into account how long they sustained active proximity to what they set about meaning to achieve theoretically, you have to think about it...
@@StellasEncounter Hopefully you still may see them. They had a lot of props on stage, including a misshapen cement mixer with a ball in it the was generating a rhythm for one song. The also had metal strips and angle grinders and a chainsaw which was used at the end to destroy a massive polystyrene prop.
Bravo!! great video. without a doubt, one of the most extensive, visionary and uninhibited music scenes ever. innovative. Thanks to the Nurse With Wound list I met many of these and other incredible bands (I recommend that you look for that list and listen to the recommendations, to this day I continue to discover treasures! In addition, logically, to the dreamlike work of NWW). As for other bands, I love Anima (the wonderful Limpe Fuchs project), Annexus Quam, Et Cetera, A.R & machines, Gunter Shickert, etc etc The wonderful thing is that it is such a varied scene! Greetings from Argentina! Thanks for this precious channel,have a nice sunday Stella! postscript: long live Faust!
Extensive visionary, uninhibited and innovative! That is very high praise indeed! I couldn't summarize it better. The NWW list you referred to is brilliant meta project. I think I will be spending a good deal of time to work through it, thank you for the other recommendations too. As always, than k you for taking the kind time to reply. Warm regards from China, have a great Sunday.
Eberhard Schoener's "Bali-Agung" is a wonderful album. Merging a krautrock band formula with an Indonesian traditional music orchestra. My favourite songs on it are "Nadi" and "Ketjak". It's worth a shot!
As a big krautrock fan I miss important groups as Tangerine Dream, their album Alpha Centauri (according to Melody Maker in 1972: They took off where Pink Floyd stopped) and Nektar (A Tab in the Ocean is a must have album) and dont forget Amon Duul II..Wolf City. Ah this was a time when the Germans made great music....
I think about Eulenspygel, Guru Guru, Frumpy, Kin Ping Meh, Eloy, Jane, Kraan and others. Some had may been only local heros. I grewup in that time it was a great time with alot of wonderful music. I miss it.
you can't talk about Krautrock without mentioning the mighty Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schultze, Ash ra Tempel, Kluster, Cluster, Harmonia, La Dusseldorf, Kraan.... Julian Cope's 'krautrocksampler' book is must have for any fan of the genre....
Cope's book was suggested to me when I was asking around for research pointers. I chose not to list it in my references as a lot of the research I did overlaps. For example, a good portion of the Wikipedia page draws on his work. Thanks for replying, i hope you have a great day!
Man, I love all of this music! Big influence on me over the past fifteen years or so, especially Neu!, Can, Tangerine Dream and Cluster/Harmonia. And I love love love Popol Vuh (and Werner Herzog). Andy and I have played a couple of Krautrock tribute shows, we did a cool Cluster and Eno song and a Can song medleyed with the Scorpions (I’m half German but can’t be accused of not having a sense of humour haha). I have to say, your cheerful delivery could brighten the darkest of hearts Stella. Another big thank you for a job well-done.
I am glad that you are covering this! I wish more people knew about them. I started listening in my teens (late 80s) and realized I had so much to catch up on (Neu!, Can, etc...)
This is my motivation (time period of your teens and mine notwithstanding obv). But yes, I agree its an important, and influential genre that warrants on-going recognition. Thanks for taking the time to reply kindly. Have a great rest of your weekend!
Thank you for this introduction of this kind of music in Germany. I can see how it influenced music in the future. I am big fan of Tangerine Dream and Kaus Shultz.
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! And I agree Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schultz are both unquestionably great. Thanks for the kind comment, have a great day!
This is a great presentation xxx I have lived with the music of Amon Duul and Can for 45 years and still enjoy their music. I would love to discuss this fascinating topic further.
Thanks for the video! It’s a good summary I think.. Also a band worth mentioning is Circle from Finland (my home country also!). They started in the 90s and have been present ever since. I think their kraut influences can be heard best in albums such as Prospekt and Alotus. In the early 2000s they moved to heavier and more diverse direction. At the same era a spin-off project Pharaoh Overlord was born which still continues their more motorik and repetitive side. Also worth checking out!
Big thanks Stella for a great introduction video to a hugely influential movement - and a shout out to all the Club Kosmiche attendees hosted at the Garage in Islington in the late 90s - a place that proved you could dance to a lot of these great bands and it wasn't just the oldies that were listening in : )
Great video! One of my favorites is A.R. & Machines. The A.R. is Achim Reichel and he experimented a lot with delay effects on his guitar, kind of creating a blue print for the repetitive rhythms and sounds of later Krautrock bands. Faust were particularly important as they very much influenced indie rock. Embryo is another incredible band, experimenting with world music. I also love Wolfgang Dauner and Et Cetera. Tangerine Dream and Adelbert von Deyen share similar qualities, but are distinctively great. There are soo many great German bands. One band from Belgium in the Krautrock vein is Brainticket. They started out as pure psychedelic then gradually became more electronic. One band from Australia is Cybotron and another from Spain is Neuronium, both incredible and very much Krautrock in spite of not being German.
Autobon initially captured my attention when I first heard it from the get go and got me into Kraut rock long before I even what is was. And eventually became fascinated with Tangerine Dream, particularly the early material. Excellent break down of this genre of rock.
Ingo Koester Thanks for the video! Krautrock can also be described as the German way to catch up with British Prog Rock. It failed to get high international attention (apart from GB) mainly because of (a) the lack of interest from international music labels, (b) sometimes too experimental approaches, (c) too many instrumental pieces and song parts, (d) surprinsingly weak singing, (e) on average weaker melodies and harmonies compared to the best in AngloSaxon prog rock, and sometimes (f) German lyrics. However, some great music evolved from that scene. I recommend strongly the album "Frumpy 2" by Frumpy. If you consider all criteria of good prog rock, this production from 1971 comes closest to the Canterbury Scene. Other bands that haven't been mentioned in this video worth checking out: Novalis, Birth Control, Michael Rother (solo), Triumvirat, Eloy, Ramses, Manuel Göttsching (solo). Others have already been mentioned in the commentaries (sorry for not checking out all of them and some redundancy).
Dzyan is really good too! And one modern group that's steeped in krautrock is Acid Mothers Temple. I highly recommend them to anyone who loves the subgenre. They've done collaborations with Guru Guru as Acid Mothers Guru. I was fortunate enough to see Mani Neumeier of Guru Guru open for Acid Mothers Temple around a decade ago in Philadelphia. And open for Einstürzende Neubauten years before that, also in Philadelphia. Both times it was an amazing experience. Funny thing was, I had no idea he was performing at either show!
An essential band you missed: EMBRYO (ethnic-flavored fusion & psychedelic band from Munich, also with amazing musicianship). Also CONNY PLANK was an extremely important figure as a producer for many bands, including some non-German ones such as Eurythmics. For a young person, though, you really do know a lot about Krautrock. Nice job
Always love your kind comments too! I'm glad the vid had an extra resonance for you via your Tee. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to reply. Have a great day!
I LOVE this video, I just came across it today. Its an excellent introduction to Krautrock. I'm a huge fan of Kraftwerk, having heard most of their records . I was always intrigued by Krautrock because they have influenced a lot of my favourite bands in the 70s and 80s, so I've learned so much today. Thank you.
Great video. My first encounter with Kraut rock was due to my love for Stereolab. Lab fans kept telling me Tim borrowed heavily from Can, Kraftwerk, and Neu so I decided to check them out. Neu had an enormous influence on Stereolab. Krautrock is not really widely known in the US aside from music aficionados. When I went to Berlin I hoped to discover some Kraut rock museum or see it's influence, but unfortunately I really didn't find many memorials to Kraut rock. But this is kind of the German way - they do hold on to some of their traditions but Germany(at least Berlin) seem very forward thinking. Also interesting to note that Tim Gane has lived in Germany for many years. I heard him comment that Berlin is similar to London in the early 90s.
Hans Zimmer recently paid for a plaque to be erected on the site of The ELECTRONIC BEAT STUDIO in Wilmersdorf where early lineups of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Agitation Free and Klaus Schulze rehearsed.
@@AndyKing1963 very cool. I was there in 2018 so maybe after I was there. You could still feel the essence and spirt of Berlin and see how it influenced Krautrock. I imagine there is probably a good music scene there but we were just there for a few short days and there is quite a lot to see.
@@louisharris9130 I've been to Berlin many times and to be honest most of the sites are barely worth looking at - eg the site of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab is one of the dullest places on earth - but of course historically very important
@@AndyKing1963 Yah, that's the place I was thinking of that I read about when I was looking for places to visit that paid homage to Krautrock. I recall it didn't sound very interesting. Berlin reminded me a bit of Atlanta, Ga. A place with deep history but also a place looking to move forward from it's past. Lot of shiny new buildings.
Thanks! Haha yeah most germans don't really know the krautrock bands other than Kraftwerk. It's avant-garde, experimental music after all, so not much mainstream appeal. I think it's similar in the US regards to that.
Embryo my favourite Kraut Rock band were a heady mix of Jazz /Prog Rock / Ethnic , World music . Their most productive period was their '70's output . Truly inventive and original check them out .
Great video! So many things to say about this. Most of these I stared hearing about in the early 80s in my teens. You mentioned being more of a rock person, once I started finding I found myself going between rock and electronic music. Some of my all time favorites are Tangerine Dream and Ramones, Brian Eno(his ambient and post rock work) and Aphex Twin.
@@StellasEncounter No problem at all. I’ll probably get round to watching some other videos at some point. Have a great Sunday yourself 😊 Where are you from if it’s ok to ask ?
Please do, I've had a great time making them, and I do learn while I do so. I'm in China. Once things settle down, I'll be trying to travel a bit more. Thank you again!
Very interesting and very cool! I've been a listener of prog bands for for many years, but mostly the UK groups. I've heard of these groups but really appreciate your introduction to the music!
Hi Stella, another great video from you and I really enjoy your sense of humour. When someone starts delving into the wonderful and often strange world of krautrock there is so much to discover. Groups like Amon Duul absorbed the counter culture happening elsewhere in the world to shake off the enclosed mono culture of Germany's past and celebrate freedom and creative diversity. I wanted to mention a possible krautrock influence, which is the British improvising group AMM who didn't belong to any particular scene but shaped these amazing soundscapes from free improvisation. Definitely worth checking out. The group was admired by Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, another group whose psychedelic free flights would also have been checked out by many krautrock groups. Recently, the Mute label released a number of Can live albums 'Live in Stuttgart 1975' and 'Live in Brighton 1975'. Both are totally funky, amorphous and completely improvised. The sheer inventiveness and devotion to creating new sounds is incredible. You would like these. Anyway, really good video and your recent videos are resonating with music fans given the number of views they have had. Looking forward to your next one on post punk!
Your kind comments are always well received, thanks for taking the time. I'm eyes deep in the edit for the next video at the moment, but as soon as I re-surface, I'll take the time to look up your recommendations, they too, are always well received. I hope you're having a great day. If you can find the time, hit the link in my banner please, join my discord and we can escape the YT comment thread format. :)
Grew up with most of these bands, NEU is my favorite. Great of you, to share this information with the unaware. Hat’s off to you! Faust lps have skyrocketed in price, over the last 5 years. I’m glad I still have mine
Honestly, as a genre I would be remiss if I ignored it. I am, of course, wholly jealous that you have original Faust in your collection. Thanks for taking the time to reply kindly, is appreciated. Have a great day!
unfortunately the Düsseldorf CREAMCHEESE which opened in 1967 (first psychedelic club in mainland Europe) and can easily be considered as the birthplace of the so called Kraut Rock, as well as Organisation (predecessor of Kraftwerk) and Pissoff are not mentioned - all are most important influences to the forming of the genre. Conrad Schnitzler (student of Joseph Beuys) went from Düsseldorf to Berlin opening the Zodiak basically transplanting the concept of the CREAMCHEESE. Artist Joseph Beuys performing at the CREAMCHEESE 1968: ruclips.net/video/E2xFiGSd5rc/видео.html Radical Disco - documentation of the CREAMCHEESE: ruclips.net/video/BU1fdtWuuAo/видео.html
GILA - FREE ELECTRIC SOUND 1971 is my favorite Krautrock album . A real masterpiece. Also Emergency, Thirsty Moon, Robert Schroeder, Grobschnitt, Eroc, Edgar Fröse and Jane are very good Bands/Artists.
There are hundred of bands that (arguably) count as Krautrock. I think Embryo is a particularly significant one that doesn't usually get mentioned enough - jazz/rock/funk/world music fusion and still going. Other ones well worth your time: Gomorroha (heavy psych rock), Sand (difficult to describe minimalist synth rock), Floh de Cologne (anarcho German language polit rock), Witthuser & Westrupp (acid folk), Silberbart (Hendrixy rock with noise component), Deuter (Spacey electronics), Tomorrow's Gift (idiosyncratic psych rock), Necronomicron (particularly berserk eco psych rock)
Lol! I'm 100% I've mullered an embarrassing number if names/terms but I'm okay with having had a try. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, I can appreciate a kind lie. Have a great rest of your weekend. Thanks again.
@@StellasEncounter you made German sound cute which is nearly impossible, so well done ! If you ever come to Sai Gon, I'll invite you for sauerkraut hahaha. Thank you for your videos.
Jean-Herve Peron of Faust said in an interview that it was Virgin Records publicist Simon Draper who came up with the term "Krautrock" in order to help promote Faust's music, as they were one of the first bands to be signed to Virgin. I tend to believe this more than other attributions (like Ian McDonald etc.). After all, Jean-Herve was one of the originators, and Faust recorded the magnificent track "Krautrock" for their fourth LP.
The term did cause some fuss in the comments, and, honestly, it wasn't the fun discussion I wanted to engage in. Here's the thing, I knew the term had some contentiousness to it. I ran with it anyways, because, I feel that we're at the point where I think that the animosity (if there was any) is long passed. I hope that's cool without being dismissive. Thanks for taking the time to be cool, and to respond kindly, its appreciated. Have a great day, apologies for the delay in my reply.
Been loving your content recently! Would love to see you cover the Japanese noise scene at some point (e.g. Les Rallizes Dénudés, Keiji Haino, Boris, Gerogerigegege)
Very nice, but you left out my favorites! Kraan, Grobschnitt, Guru Guru, Schwoissfuass, Helmut Hattler, Eroc and Spliff. But it was nice nonetheless. These bands were all far less electronic than what you covered but were still very much part of the Krautrock scene. Sort of hippie music with elements of space rock and jazz.
I honestly feel like I did mention 'some' of those things, but, maybe not with a huge amount of detail. I have to concede that it's just not possible to include everything in a genre video. The boundary overlaps get problematic very quickly and (lol) the comments are usually quick to reflect the fact ;) I'm glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for taking the time to comment kindly. Have a great day!
Richard Wagner is in many ways a musical and visionary precursor to the Krautrock genre. Klaus Schulze has often cited him as an influence in his music, and Popol Vuh's album Sei Stille ich bin features the choral piece Wehe Khorazin which has a Wagnerian choral grandiosity paired to the acoustic delicate ethno-spiritual instrumentation of Florian Fricke and Daniel Fischelscher.
Ich liebe Krautrock, insbesondere Can und das hier erwähnte Halleluhwah, Hoelderlin (Traumstadt-Album) und die Rockpalast-Version von Grobschnitts Solar Music. Und Amon DüüL 2 sehe ich nicht als Krautrock-Hippies; die hatten eigentlich die härtesten, gängigsten, coolsten Riffs der Branche und überhaupt (Archangel Thunderbird; Between The Eyes). Meine Bandempfehlung für dieszeitige Musik: MaidaVale. Hört euch die mal an!^^
Check for example this rare German bands with amazing tracks from their albums: Streetmark - Dreams ruclips.net/video/JIvTz5_eGTY/видео.html Wind - What do we do know ruclips.net/video/9WBLfNFs82o/видео.html Gila - Aggression ruclips.net/video/I3VVnR8GfCs/видео.html
This year I was listening to a lot of Can, Neu!, and Tangerine Dream again in particular over the summer. The music of this era was quite innovative and remains very influential to this day. You did a great job of covering the major bases of the genre! I was also glad to see the work of Popol Vuh get a brief mention, as their work with Herzog is some of the best film scoring of the era. Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo are two of my favourite films. I also love Wim Wenders. I recently watched Paris, Texas again which might be my favourite film of his. I'd be curious to know yours since you said he's your favourite director. :)
Thanks for watching and your comment! Paris, Texas is easily my fav film of all time, and recently Wenders did an exhibition in my city so I revisited some of others too (Wings of desire, faraway, so close, the state of things). I still need to catch up with Herzog - maybe Fitzcarraldo to start?
@@StellasEncounter Fitzcarraldo may be my favourite Herzog film so that's definitely a very good place to start in my opinion (for his fiction films at least, several of his documentaries are also amazing!) You have as good taste in movies as you do in music if Paris, Texas is your favourite movie. When people ask what I think the best performances in the history of movies are I always bring up Harry Dean Stanton's performance in that brilliant film. I really need to re-watch some of those titles you listed, especially Wings of Desire. Always nice to talk to a fellow lover of good films! :)
@@danmorgan7775 Thanks for the rec!! Harry Dean Staton's performance is outstanding indeed. And the soundtrack too - such a bittersweet melancholic soundtrack!
@@StellasEncounter Ry Cooder's guitar playing is absolutely sublime. Such a unique sounding soundtrack. I also forgot to mention if you do end up liking Fitzcarraldo a lot there is a documentary about the making of it called 'Burden of Dreams'. Maybe the best 'movie about a movie' I've seen. That Wim Wenders retrospective sounds amazing. I wish that had come to my town! :P
ssssh - Sausage rock was a place holder because I forgot the name for the South African and Polish sausages (Boerewors, Kielbasa), don't tell anyone! I can't believe I missed Ramen Rock & Sushi Roll - sitting right there for the taking! I'm a one-man-band at the moment, at least until I can afford to pay for some help. But, my research team thanks you. Herzong and Wenders are both very high up on my to-do list. While the channel is still in its infancy and growing, I don't want to mess with a winning formula just yet. This month has been focussed on getting the Patreon & Discord thing running. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to reply. I genuinely laughed. Have a great Monday!
I'm quite sure mine is not that accurate, but I'll take the kindness of the compliment anyways. I had the most fun with FSK, so much so I singled it out here: ruclips.net/video/8TvH3hLlGFc/видео.html Thanks for the kind reply, have a great day!
Ah, I see you've added some funny video graphics to liven things up! This was one of your best. (I tend to say "German Rock" to avoid any WW2 connotations.) I know Kraftwerk were influential in the disco and hiphop genres here in the US. My other favorite band of that era was Triumvirat, who worked with producer Conny Plank and included horns and strings on their "Illusions on a Double Dimple" album.
CAN's name is actually a point of contention- from their book All gates open, the communism nihilism anarchism is only given by Jacki, a man of few words, but I've seen most of the other members relating it more to Andy Warhol's pop art can (Irmin had been to New York to 'corrupt' him) and the additional Turkish meaning which is just 'life'. Germany has a lot of Turkish people and consequently a lot of Turks like CAN. Thanks for this video, just thought I'd throw this in here as CAN are an enigma with many contradictory myths (the naming of Tago Mago in another example). The reason I bring this up is because CAN were politically non-political- not wanting to be part of the German media frenzy which would sanatise any message they had. They were definitely affected by 1968, but in the words of Holger "we were not like 'its 1968 time to start a band'" Instead of being politically pointed, the act of making the music for can was the politics. Not the outlet Really really great video, btw!!
These are the insights that I really enjoy receiving. Thank you for that. I can't comment to the veracity beyond saying that I think it sounds entirely plausible. I suppose without a personal relationship to the artists we are bound to the predominant narratives that succeed. Thanks for taking the time to reply thoughtfully and kindly, its very appreciated. Have a great day!
Just found your video,I love krautrock, You did a great job mentioning the band's that are essential listening. Have you hear of Yatha Sidhra-A Meditation Mass I recommend that, also mostly anything on the BRAIN Label.
That's a great suggestion. I may make a follow up, part II at some point because the comments in this thread have suggested a number of areas that are very worthy but didn't fit "a brief history" type thing. Have a great weekend.
excellent work...I LOVE Krautrock bands Can and Neu!
Krautrock is one of my all-time favourite 'genres' of music. I've been collecting it for years. I had the pleasure of meeting Damo Suzuki of Can many years ago and interviewed him for the webzine I used to write for. I also interviewed Holger Czukay via email. Fascinating personalities.
Fascinating stories you have too! Thanks for the comment!! :)
I've been a Can and Krautrock fan since 1979, and have seen many music paper articles and, latterly, online documentaries about the subject. I can safely say that Stella's take on the subject is one of the best I have ever seen 😍
You've missed Tangerine Dream. They started off as a Krautrock band (LPs Cosmic Meditation through Atem), invented trance and minimal techno (LPs Phaedra and Rubycon) in the process - before eventually becoming the dippy new age music act they're to this day. But that's okay since you did include the best krautrock bands (Can, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Cluster/Harmonia in that order).
Stella never fails to impress. Her knowledge of music, art, and history is encyclopedic. And all dosed out in a different language and at such a young age. And she’s quite funny.
Very kind and very generous of you.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Have a great day!
Embryo/Ash Ra Tempel/Fusioon are outstanding krautrock bands
I’m a record dealer/collector.. I recommend checking out these releases- Organisation Tone Float, Faust (self), Can Future Days, as well as US based Silver Apples (self) and early electronica Moondog Streets NY, Tom Dissevelt Electronic Movements❤
I'm familiar with some of those. Thanks for taking the time to reply with your recommendations.
Have a great day!
@@StellasEncounter you’re welcome! Thanks for your video! Organisation was early Kraftwork
"When you have nothing to lose, you might end up winning"! What an awesome episode - thanks Stella!
You're very welcome, it's my pleasure! I enjoy researching and making them.
Thanks for taking the time to reply with a kind comment.
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I discovered Can this year. I've been a huge fan of a newer band called Thee oh Sees, and when I found out that many of their songs were inspired by a band named Can, I had to check them out. It was definitely worth it!
Hell ya brother
Jaki Liebezeit, the greatest drummer ever.
Check out 70s Miles Davis too :-)
Oh man, your journey is just beginning. Prepare yourself for the temptation of arriving at the conclusion that they were effectively the peak of 'bands' as a human enterprise. I know, I know, it sounds like laying it on too thick... but when you take into account how long they sustained active proximity to what they set about meaning to achieve theoretically, you have to think about it...
LCD Soundsystem were/are very much influenced by Can. If you like Can, you should check out LCD.
This video is awesome, I’m glad people nowadays are getting into krautrock, it’s from my country 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 Germany is a very important place in music
Great coverage of the genre. I saw Faust about 10 years back, they put on an amazing and surreal performance.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I'm a little jealous, I'm sure their performance was incredible!
Have a great Sunday!
@@StellasEncounter Hopefully you still may see them. They had a lot of props on stage, including a misshapen cement mixer with a ball in it the was generating a rhythm for one song. The also had metal strips and angle grinders and a chainsaw which was used at the end to destroy a massive polystyrene prop.
I'm genuinely laughing. That sounds like so much fun. A visual riot.
@@StellasEncounter It was very art rock with a weird sense of humour. Not taking themselves as seriously as maybe Einstürzende Neubauten would
Bravo!! great video. without a doubt, one of the most extensive, visionary and uninhibited music scenes ever. innovative. Thanks to the Nurse With Wound list I met many of these and other incredible bands (I recommend that you look for that list and listen to the recommendations, to this day I continue to discover treasures! In addition, logically, to the dreamlike work of NWW). As for other bands, I love Anima (the wonderful Limpe Fuchs project), Annexus Quam, Et Cetera, A.R & machines, Gunter Shickert, etc etc The wonderful thing is that it is such a varied scene! Greetings from Argentina!
Thanks for this precious channel,have a nice sunday Stella! postscript: long live Faust!
Extensive visionary, uninhibited and innovative! That is very high praise indeed! I couldn't summarize it better. The NWW list you referred to is brilliant meta project. I think I will be spending a good deal of time to work through it, thank you for the other recommendations too.
As always, than k you for taking the kind time to reply. Warm regards from China, have a great Sunday.
Eberhard Schoener's "Bali-Agung" is a wonderful album. Merging a krautrock band formula with an Indonesian traditional music orchestra. My favourite songs on it are "Nadi" and "Ketjak". It's worth a shot!
As a big krautrock fan I miss important groups as Tangerine Dream, their album Alpha Centauri (according to Melody Maker in 1972: They took off where Pink Floyd stopped) and Nektar (A Tab in the Ocean is a must have album) and dont forget Amon Duul II..Wolf City. Ah this was a time when the Germans made great music....
Alpha Centauri is very good. Also Atem (which is my favorite) and their double album, Zeit.
I think about Eulenspygel, Guru Guru, Frumpy, Kin Ping Meh, Eloy, Jane, Kraan and others.
Some had may been only local heros.
I grewup in that time it was a great time with alot of wonderful music.
I miss it.
you can't talk about Krautrock without mentioning the mighty Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schultze, Ash ra Tempel, Kluster, Cluster, Harmonia, La Dusseldorf, Kraan....
Julian Cope's 'krautrocksampler' book is must have for any fan of the genre....
Cope's book was suggested to me when I was asking around for research pointers. I chose not to list it in my references as a lot of the research I did overlaps. For example, a good portion of the Wikipedia page draws on his work.
Thanks for replying, i hope you have a great day!
Klaus Schulze is awesome.
How cool to see such an energetic intro to one of the most venerable genres out there!
Great video! All your genre-introduction videos are so well made!
I'm really glad you've enjoyed them, I enjoy making them.
Thanks for taking the time comment, it's appreciated.
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Kraut Rock 😣, I never understand the genre or never know how to describe it... until this day, thanks for your video, have a nice day 😊✌️
Am glad I was able to help.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I hope you have a great day too!
Feel Tangerine Dream are due a mention.
Tangerine Dream can't miss...
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Impossible to not love these videos. Your introductions to all these genres are always so insightful.
Thanks for the flattery! Very kind of you!
Man, I love all of this music! Big influence on me over the past fifteen years or so, especially Neu!, Can, Tangerine Dream and Cluster/Harmonia. And I love love love Popol Vuh (and Werner Herzog). Andy and I have played a couple of Krautrock tribute shows, we did a cool Cluster and Eno song and a Can song medleyed with the Scorpions (I’m half German but can’t be accused of not having a sense of humour haha). I have to say, your cheerful delivery could brighten the darkest of hearts Stella. Another big thank you for a job well-done.
I am glad that you are covering this! I wish more people knew about them. I started listening in my teens (late 80s) and realized I had so much to catch up on (Neu!, Can, etc...)
This is my motivation (time period of your teens and mine notwithstanding obv).
But yes, I agree its an important, and influential genre that warrants on-going recognition.
Thanks for taking the time to reply kindly.
Have a great rest of your weekend!
Thank you for this introduction of this kind of music in Germany. I can see how it influenced music in the future. I am big fan of Tangerine Dream and Kaus Shultz.
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! And I agree Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schultz are both unquestionably great.
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Awesome video, Stella! Thank you for the intro to Krautrock, I'll have to start checking out some of these bands 👍
This is a great presentation xxx I have lived with the music of Amon Duul and Can for 45 years and still enjoy their music. I would love to discuss this fascinating topic further.
Thanks for doing this! ❤ My favourite are Can, Neu!, Amon Düül 2 and Agitation Free.
Thanks for the video! It’s a good summary I think.. Also a band worth mentioning is Circle from Finland (my home country also!). They started in the 90s and have been present ever since. I think their kraut influences can be heard best in albums such as Prospekt and Alotus. In the early 2000s they moved to heavier and more diverse direction. At the same era a spin-off project Pharaoh Overlord was born which still continues their more motorik and repetitive side. Also worth checking out!
Thanks for the recommendation. Am not familar with finnish rock personally but excited to check it out! :D
Big thanks Stella for a great introduction video to a hugely influential movement - and a shout out to all the Club Kosmiche attendees hosted at the Garage in Islington in the late 90s - a place that proved you could dance to a lot of these great bands and it wasn't just the oldies that were listening in : )
Great video! One of my favorites is A.R. & Machines. The A.R. is Achim Reichel and he experimented a lot with delay effects on his guitar, kind of creating a blue print for the repetitive rhythms and sounds of later Krautrock bands. Faust were particularly important as they very much influenced indie rock. Embryo is another incredible band, experimenting with world music. I also love Wolfgang Dauner and Et Cetera. Tangerine Dream and Adelbert von Deyen share similar qualities, but are distinctively great. There are soo many great German bands. One band from Belgium in the Krautrock vein is Brainticket. They started out as pure psychedelic then gradually became more electronic. One band from Australia is Cybotron and another from Spain is Neuronium, both incredible and very much Krautrock in spite of not being German.
Autobon initially captured my attention when I first heard it from the get go and got me into Kraut rock long before I even what is was.
And eventually became fascinated with Tangerine Dream, particularly the early material. Excellent break down of this genre of rock.
Stella the umbrella ...knows some stuff
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Thanks for the video! Krautrock can also be described as the German way to catch up with British Prog Rock. It failed to get high international attention (apart from GB) mainly because of (a) the lack of interest from international music labels, (b) sometimes too experimental approaches, (c) too many instrumental pieces and song parts, (d) surprinsingly weak singing, (e) on average weaker melodies and harmonies compared to the best in AngloSaxon prog rock, and sometimes (f) German lyrics. However, some great music evolved from that scene. I recommend strongly the album "Frumpy 2" by Frumpy. If you consider all criteria of good prog rock, this production from 1971 comes closest to the Canterbury Scene. Other bands that haven't been mentioned in this video worth checking out: Novalis, Birth Control, Michael Rother (solo), Triumvirat, Eloy, Ramses, Manuel Göttsching (solo). Others have already been mentioned in the commentaries (sorry for not checking out all of them and some redundancy).
One of my favorites
Release music orchestra , their album slapstick,the intro just gets into your head and will stay there
Love Krautrock. Just came across Achim Reichel’s work today for the first time. Awesome stuff.
I'm glad you're enjoying the genre.
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I never knew of this genre but as a German Brazilian that eats sauerkraut everyday, I am intrigued.
Dzyan is really good too! And one modern group that's steeped in krautrock is Acid Mothers Temple. I highly recommend them to anyone who loves the subgenre. They've done collaborations with Guru Guru as Acid Mothers Guru.
I was fortunate enough to see Mani Neumeier of Guru Guru open for Acid Mothers Temple around a decade ago in Philadelphia. And open for Einstürzende Neubauten years before that, also in Philadelphia. Both times it was an amazing experience. Funny thing was, I had no idea he was performing at either show!
An essential band you missed: EMBRYO (ethnic-flavored fusion & psychedelic band from Munich, also with amazing musicianship). Also CONNY PLANK was an extremely important figure as a producer for many bands, including some non-German ones such as Eurythmics. For a young person, though, you really do know a lot about Krautrock. Nice job
Always love your videos stella, found this today as i happen to be sporting my Neu! t-shirt. I can feel the Krautrock sampler influence on this video.
Always love your kind comments too!
I'm glad the vid had an extra resonance for you via your Tee.
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This was a very summary of some of my favorite bands, thanks!
Wonderful history, especially the details you gave surrounding the war. Very nice channel.
thanks so much!
I LOVE this video, I just came across it today. Its an excellent introduction to Krautrock. I'm a huge fan of Kraftwerk, having heard most of their records . I was always intrigued by Krautrock because they have influenced a lot of my favourite bands in the 70s and 80s, so I've learned so much today. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. My first encounter with Kraut rock was due to my love for Stereolab. Lab fans kept telling me Tim borrowed heavily from Can, Kraftwerk, and Neu so I decided to check them out. Neu had an enormous influence on Stereolab. Krautrock is not really widely known in the US aside from music aficionados. When I went to Berlin I hoped to discover some Kraut rock museum or see it's influence, but unfortunately I really didn't find many memorials to Kraut rock. But this is kind of the German way - they do hold on to some of their traditions but Germany(at least Berlin) seem very forward thinking. Also interesting to note that Tim Gane has lived in Germany for many years. I heard him comment that Berlin is similar to London in the early 90s.
Hans Zimmer recently paid for a plaque to be erected on the site of The ELECTRONIC BEAT STUDIO in Wilmersdorf where early lineups of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Agitation Free and Klaus Schulze rehearsed.
@@AndyKing1963 very cool. I was there in 2018 so maybe after I was there. You could still feel the essence and spirt of Berlin and see how it influenced Krautrock. I imagine there is probably a good music scene there but we were just there for a few short days and there is quite a lot to see.
@@louisharris9130 I've been to Berlin many times and to be honest most of the sites are barely worth looking at - eg the site of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab is one of the dullest places on earth - but of course historically very important
@@AndyKing1963 Yah, that's the place I was thinking of that I read about when I was looking for places to visit that paid homage to Krautrock. I recall it didn't sound very interesting. Berlin reminded me a bit of Atlanta, Ga. A place with deep history but also a place looking to move forward from it's past. Lot of shiny new buildings.
Thanks! Haha yeah most germans don't really know the krautrock bands other than Kraftwerk. It's avant-garde, experimental music after all, so not much mainstream appeal. I think it's similar in the US regards to that.
Embryo my favourite Kraut Rock band were a heady mix of Jazz /Prog Rock / Ethnic , World music . Their most productive period was their '70's output . Truly inventive and original check them out .
Great video! So many things to say about this. Most of these I stared hearing about in the early 80s in my teens. You mentioned being more of a rock person, once I started finding I found myself going between rock and electronic music. Some of my all time favorites are Tangerine Dream and Ramones, Brian Eno(his ambient and post rock work) and Aphex Twin.
An excellent introduction to the genre . Extremely well researched
Thanks for taking the time to comment, and for the compliment.
Have a great rest of your weekend!
@@StellasEncounter No problem at all. I’ll probably get round to watching some other videos at some point. Have a great Sunday yourself 😊 Where are you from if it’s ok to ask ?
Please do, I've had a great time making them, and I do learn while I do so.
I'm in China. Once things settle down, I'll be trying to travel a bit more.
Thank you again!
@@StellasEncounter A pleasure to chat to you today. Your ready know your music . Fantastic job
Yay you did it! Great video!
Listen to German Oak! They are a fantastic hard rocking krautrock band
this is great! so helpful and straightforward. thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Very interesting and very cool!
I've been a listener of prog bands for for many years, but mostly the UK groups. I've heard of these groups but really appreciate your introduction to the music!
Hi Stella, another great video from you and I really enjoy your sense of humour. When someone starts delving into the wonderful and often strange world of krautrock there is so much to discover. Groups like Amon Duul absorbed the counter culture happening elsewhere in the world to shake off the enclosed mono culture of Germany's past and celebrate freedom and creative diversity. I wanted to mention a possible krautrock influence, which is the British improvising group AMM who didn't belong to any particular scene but shaped these amazing soundscapes from free improvisation. Definitely worth checking out. The group was admired by Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, another group whose psychedelic free flights would also have been checked out by many krautrock groups. Recently, the Mute label released a number of Can live albums 'Live in Stuttgart 1975' and 'Live in Brighton 1975'. Both are totally funky, amorphous and completely improvised. The sheer inventiveness and devotion to creating new sounds is incredible. You would like these. Anyway, really good video and your recent videos are resonating with music fans given the number of views they have had. Looking forward to your next one on post punk!
Your kind comments are always well received, thanks for taking the time.
I'm eyes deep in the edit for the next video at the moment, but as soon as I re-surface, I'll take the time to look up your recommendations, they too, are always well received.
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Just discovered your channel - looks great so I subscribed - so many interesting things here. Looking forward to more new posts.
welcome!!! :)
You forgot Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze
I'm pretty sure I didn't.
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Have a great day (and another watch).
Love it how she says "Kraftwierk"!
Very cool video! I really like future days by can and hosianna mantra by popol vuh, gonna check out neu now :)
I hope you enjoy at least as much as I did. Thanks for taking the time to comment, have a great day!!!
Great work as always Stella!!!💙💙💙
Neu! and Can are fabulous. Krautrock is sadly underrated despite inspiring so many bands that a lot of people love.
Excellent analysis of the genre!
Grew up with most of these bands, NEU is my favorite. Great of you, to share this information with the unaware. Hat’s off to you! Faust lps have skyrocketed in price, over the last 5 years. I’m glad I still have mine
Honestly, as a genre I would be remiss if I ignored it.
I am, of course, wholly jealous that you have original Faust in your collection.
Thanks for taking the time to reply kindly, is appreciated.
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Glad u out “Jennifer” in the video! Such a wonderful song I forgot about.
I'm glad to have reminded you, and I agree, a wonderful song!
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And now im in the mood for a reuben sammy! ;)
A good Reuben is worth its weight in gold!
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@@StellasEncounter Videos about niche genres are also worth their weight in gold. Many thank you's!
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Check out Colour Haze! One of their albums is literally called 'Los Sounds de Krauts'. My personal favourite of their albums is Periscope.
YES to Krautrock. I support this content!
unfortunately the Düsseldorf CREAMCHEESE which opened in 1967 (first psychedelic club in mainland Europe) and can easily be considered as the birthplace of the so called Kraut Rock, as well as Organisation (predecessor of Kraftwerk) and Pissoff are not mentioned - all are most important influences to the forming of the genre. Conrad Schnitzler (student of Joseph Beuys) went from Düsseldorf to Berlin opening the Zodiak basically transplanting the concept of the CREAMCHEESE.
Artist Joseph Beuys performing at the CREAMCHEESE 1968:
ruclips.net/video/E2xFiGSd5rc/видео.html
Radical Disco - documentation of the CREAMCHEESE:
ruclips.net/video/BU1fdtWuuAo/видео.html
Tangerine Dream played there in 1968
GILA - FREE ELECTRIC SOUND 1971 is my favorite Krautrock album . A real masterpiece. Also Emergency, Thirsty Moon, Robert Schroeder, Grobschnitt, Eroc, Edgar Fröse and Jane are very good Bands/Artists.
thanks for your knowledge!
Always the best presentations!
Glad you think so! Thanks for taking the time to comment kindly.
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Great video! You really did your homework! I will subscribe!
Awesome! Thank you!
I really can recommend the band 'camera' which is (neo-)krautrock mostly influenced by the style of Neue
There are hundred of bands that (arguably) count as Krautrock. I think Embryo is a particularly significant one that doesn't usually get mentioned enough - jazz/rock/funk/world music fusion and still going. Other ones well worth your time: Gomorroha (heavy psych rock), Sand (difficult to describe minimalist synth rock), Floh de Cologne (anarcho German language polit rock), Witthuser & Westrupp (acid folk), Silberbart (Hendrixy rock with noise component), Deuter (Spacey electronics), Tomorrow's Gift (idiosyncratic psych rock), Necronomicron (particularly berserk eco psych rock)
My favorite krautrock bands is:
Grobschnitt, Jane, Ramses, Tanderine Dream, Eloy, Novalis, Nektar.
A very well researched and presented video. Thank you. 😀
Kind of you to say so, thank you.
Have a great day!
Another brilliant video, Stella - and perfect German pronunciation.
Lol! I'm 100% I've mullered an embarrassing number if names/terms but I'm okay with having had a try. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, I can appreciate a kind lie. Have a great rest of your weekend. Thanks again.
@@StellasEncounter you made German sound cute which is nearly impossible, so well done ! If you ever come to Sai Gon, I'll invite you for sauerkraut hahaha. Thank you for your videos.
Faust! One of the most underrated and eclectic Kraut Rock bands i've listened to since i was a small kid, (Faust - So Far (1972))
Thank You! There is not many young content creators as You, whose approach to this subject is as interesting and enjoyable like yours... Kudos!
respect for dropping La Monte Young!
*bro fist*
Jean-Herve Peron of Faust said in an interview that it was Virgin Records publicist Simon Draper who came up with the term "Krautrock" in order to help promote Faust's music, as they were one of the first bands to be signed to Virgin. I tend to believe this more than other attributions (like Ian McDonald etc.). After all, Jean-Herve was one of the originators, and Faust recorded the magnificent track "Krautrock" for their fourth LP.
The term did cause some fuss in the comments, and, honestly, it wasn't the fun discussion I wanted to engage in.
Here's the thing, I knew the term had some contentiousness to it. I ran with it anyways, because, I feel that we're at the point where I think that the animosity (if there was any) is long passed.
I hope that's cool without being dismissive.
Thanks for taking the time to be cool, and to respond kindly, its appreciated.
Have a great day, apologies for the delay in my reply.
Been loving your content recently! Would love to see you cover the Japanese noise scene at some point (e.g. Les Rallizes Dénudés, Keiji Haino, Boris, Gerogerigegege)
Great idea thank you!
Thanks for doing this. One of my favourite genres!
My pleasure, it's one of mine too!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
@@StellasEncounter Same to you!
Great synopsis! I'd add Embryo, and Walter Wegmuller's Tarot
Good call!
Very nice, but you left out my favorites! Kraan, Grobschnitt, Guru Guru, Schwoissfuass, Helmut Hattler, Eroc and Spliff. But it was nice nonetheless. These bands were all far less electronic than what you covered but were still very much part of the Krautrock scene. Sort of hippie music with elements of space rock and jazz.
I honestly feel like I did mention 'some' of those things, but, maybe not with a huge amount of detail. I have to concede that it's just not possible to include everything in a genre video. The boundary overlaps get problematic very quickly and (lol) the comments are usually quick to reflect the fact ;)
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Richard Wagner is in many ways a musical and visionary precursor to the Krautrock genre.
Klaus Schulze has often cited him as an influence in his music, and Popol Vuh's album Sei Stille ich bin features the choral piece Wehe Khorazin which has a Wagnerian choral grandiosity paired to the acoustic delicate ethno-spiritual instrumentation of Florian Fricke and Daniel Fischelscher.
Thanks for your comment about Wagner & Krautrock!!
Ich liebe Krautrock, insbesondere Can und das hier erwähnte Halleluhwah, Hoelderlin (Traumstadt-Album) und die Rockpalast-Version von Grobschnitts Solar Music. Und Amon DüüL 2 sehe ich nicht als Krautrock-Hippies; die hatten eigentlich die härtesten, gängigsten, coolsten Riffs der Branche und überhaupt (Archangel Thunderbird; Between The Eyes).
Meine Bandempfehlung für dieszeitige Musik: MaidaVale. Hört euch die mal an!^^
Check for example this rare German bands with amazing tracks from their albums:
Streetmark - Dreams ruclips.net/video/JIvTz5_eGTY/видео.html
Wind - What do we do know ruclips.net/video/9WBLfNFs82o/видео.html
Gila - Aggression ruclips.net/video/I3VVnR8GfCs/видео.html
All good calls!
Thanks for taking the time to reply with cool recommendations!
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krautrock is the ultimate frontier for those who love genuine rock'n'roll. Superb and wonderful.
I'd say my favorite Krautrock album is probably Alpha Centauri or Zeit by Tangerine dream
Both very solid choices!
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Zeit is their first masterpiece IMHO
i clicked on this video VERY fast
and I've replied as fast as a I can manage too!
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This year I was listening to a lot of Can, Neu!, and Tangerine Dream again in particular over the summer. The music of this era was quite innovative and remains very influential to this day. You did a great job of covering the major bases of the genre! I was also glad to see the work of Popol Vuh get a brief mention, as their work with Herzog is some of the best film scoring of the era. Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo are two of my favourite films. I also love Wim Wenders. I recently watched Paris, Texas again which might be my favourite film of his. I'd be curious to know yours since you said he's your favourite director. :)
Thanks for watching and your comment! Paris, Texas is easily my fav film of all time, and recently Wenders did an exhibition in my city so I revisited some of others too (Wings of desire, faraway, so close, the state of things). I still need to catch up with Herzog - maybe Fitzcarraldo to start?
@@StellasEncounter Fitzcarraldo may be my favourite Herzog film so that's definitely a very good place to start in my opinion (for his fiction films at least, several of his documentaries are also amazing!)
You have as good taste in movies as you do in music if Paris, Texas is your favourite movie. When people ask what I think the best performances in the history of movies are I always bring up Harry Dean Stanton's performance in that brilliant film. I really need to re-watch some of those titles you listed, especially Wings of Desire. Always nice to talk to a fellow lover of good films! :)
@@danmorgan7775 Thanks for the rec!! Harry Dean Staton's performance is outstanding indeed. And the soundtrack too - such a bittersweet melancholic soundtrack!
@@StellasEncounter Ry Cooder's guitar playing is absolutely sublime. Such a unique sounding soundtrack. I also forgot to mention if you do end up liking Fitzcarraldo a lot there is a documentary about the making of it called 'Burden of Dreams'. Maybe the best 'movie about a movie' I've seen. That Wim Wenders retrospective sounds amazing. I wish that had come to my town! :P
Phaedra is probably the reason I make electronic music nowadays, incredible album.
It is a touchstone for many of us who make electronic music.
Sausage Rock = ?
Ramen Rock/Sushi Roll😂
Cool vid, your research team's on fire 🔥
Looking forward to the Herzog peice
Hey! , only 17 more sleeps 🎉
ssssh - Sausage rock was a place holder because I forgot the name for the South African and Polish sausages (Boerewors, Kielbasa), don't tell anyone!
I can't believe I missed Ramen Rock & Sushi Roll - sitting right there for the taking!
I'm a one-man-band at the moment, at least until I can afford to pay for some help. But, my research team thanks you.
Herzong and Wenders are both very high up on my to-do list. While the channel is still in its infancy and growing, I don't want to mess with a winning formula just yet. This month has been focussed on getting the Patreon & Discord thing running.
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to reply. I genuinely laughed. Have a great Monday!
@@StellasEncounter i help for free
thank you for this good video. I like if you say "Sauerkraut" 😊
"pardon my pronunciations"
*proceeds to pronounce Kraftwerk better than 90% of people*
I'm quite sure mine is not that accurate, but I'll take the kindness of the compliment anyways. I had the most fun with FSK, so much so I singled it out here: ruclips.net/video/8TvH3hLlGFc/видео.html
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Hi Stella, I just discovered your channel, enjoying ir very much.
Thanks. Welcome to journey!
Ah, I see you've added some funny video graphics to liven things up! This was one of your best. (I tend to say "German Rock" to avoid any WW2 connotations.) I know Kraftwerk were influential in the disco and hiphop genres here in the US. My other favorite band of that era was Triumvirat, who worked with producer Conny Plank and included horns and strings on their "Illusions on a Double Dimple" album.
Thank you and thanks for sharing your knowledge!
CAN's name is actually a point of contention- from their book All gates open, the communism nihilism anarchism is only given by Jacki, a man of few words, but I've seen most of the other members relating it more to Andy Warhol's pop art can (Irmin had been to New York to 'corrupt' him) and the additional Turkish meaning which is just 'life'. Germany has a lot of Turkish people and consequently a lot of Turks like CAN. Thanks for this video, just thought I'd throw this in here as CAN are an enigma with many contradictory myths (the naming of Tago Mago in another example).
The reason I bring this up is because CAN were politically non-political- not wanting to be part of the German media frenzy which would sanatise any message they had. They were definitely affected by 1968, but in the words of Holger "we were not like 'its 1968 time to start a band'"
Instead of being politically pointed, the act of making the music for can was the politics. Not the outlet
Really really great video, btw!!
These are the insights that I really enjoy receiving. Thank you for that.
I can't comment to the veracity beyond saying that I think it sounds entirely plausible.
I suppose without a personal relationship to the artists we are bound to the predominant narratives that succeed.
Thanks for taking the time to reply thoughtfully and kindly, its very appreciated.
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Great stuff
My favourite has to be Faust, they just really stick out to me
Just found your video,I love krautrock,
You did a great job mentioning the band's that are essential listening.
Have you hear of Yatha Sidhra-A Meditation Mass I recommend that, also mostly anything on the BRAIN Label.
That's a great suggestion.
I may make a follow up, part II at some point because the comments in this thread have suggested a number of areas that are very worthy but didn't fit "a brief history" type thing.
Have a great weekend.
Nice reviews and a beautiful presenter.
nicely done! please check out Embryo, another seminal KR band, and Nektar
I’m happy you included kraftwerk in here ;)
And I'm happy you're happy!
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