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Krautrock - The Rebirth of Germany

philip-random — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:37:56 -0800

Krautrock - the movie Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war. (download info in some of the comments)

Kraftwerk

empath — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:11:39 -0800

Kraftwerk and the Electronic Music Revolution. (amazon) A 3 hour long documentary detailing Kraftwerk's influences and career. Influences and friends: Amon Duul II (wiki) Can 2 (wiki) Pierre Schaeffer (wiki) Karlheinz Stockhausen wiki Tangerine Dream 2 (wiki) Kluster (wiki) Ash Ra Tempel (wiki) Popol Vuh (wiki) Forbidden Planet (wiki) Klaus Schulze (wiki) Harmonia (wiki) Of course, lots of Kraftwerk links: Their first group, Organisation (wiki) These are roughly in chronological order: Ruckzuck Von Himmel Hoch Kling Klang Strom Tanzmuzik Ananas Symponie Autobahn Radioactivity Trans Europe Express Hall of Mirrors Das Model Metropolis The Robots Numbers Pocket Calculator Those that came after: David Bowie & Eno 2 Eno & Cluster Georgio Moroder 2 (wiki) Jean Michel Jarre (wiki) Yellow Magic Orchestra (wiki) Human League (wiki) Soft Cell (wiki) Gary Numan wiki Afrika Bambaata (wiki) Not enough electronic music history? Follow up with these excellent documentaries: High Tech Soul (the history of techno music) Pump up the Volume 2 3 The history of house

R.I.P. Klaus Dinger, the king of motorik

porn in the woods — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:08:49 -0800

Klaus Dinger, drummer and co-founder of Krautrock titans Neu! (with Michael Rother) and drummer on the first Kraftwerk LP, has passed away at age 61. A sad day for motorik fans. Great post from February about the KraftNeu! collaboration.

Roger Mainwood's 1979 animated film of Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn', plus other assorted forward-thinking clips featuring the same music and/or theme

Item — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:06:59 -0800

Autobahn, a 12 minute animated film by Roger Mainwood, was commissioned by Kraftwerk's record label in 1979 to be released on one of the first ever laser discs. Here's a quick 'making of' featurette, a short interview with the filmmaker, and several live versions of the epic and innovative track. Bonuses: Die Mensch-Maschine - 1982 Austrian television documentary on the group: one, zwei Undated piece featuring interviews with former members Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür: eins, two

Rock out with your Kraut out

cloeburner — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:39:46 -0800

Krautrock: From the hypnotic rhythms and melodies of Can, to the revolutionary electronics of Kraftwerk. Krautrock was a genre that spawned many genius acts. The communal bands like Amon Duul II and Siloah that were soon to be emulated by cult-like restaurant owners, Ya Ho Wha . There were the obscure acts like Zweistein whose sound evokes thoughts of current bands like Animal Collective and Wooden Wand. And there were albums the ground-breaking albums like Tangerine Dream's dark, ambient, Phaedra and the Manuel Gottsching record E2-E4 which is considered to be the first techno album ever produced. Needless to say, Krautrock's influence has been lasting and monumental.