Love how diverse you are in your musical tastes. As I always say, there are no bad genres in music only bad music in all genres... And the more you allow yourself to push yourself out of your comfort zone the more great music you’ll find! Thank so much for your modesty, knowledge and Passion!
The compilation “Deutsche Elektronische Musik - Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-83”, from Soul Jazz records, is a great introduction to many of the bands mentioned in the video.
Wonderful selections and great to get your perspective on music of your homeland. Beautiful music and some of my most favorite albums you've shown. Neu and Can are the pinnacle but I'm also a huge fan of Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster, the Roedelius solo works and a few more obscure ones like Gunter Schickert and Kalacakra. Wonderful video!
Thanks to Bureau B and Grönland Records (and others) I was able to get many of the rare releases i great quality. What is sad is that Kraftwerk will not repress the two traffic cone releases nor the Ralf & Florian album. I’d really like to get some official remasters instead of the pirate pressing I have now.
Great video. A band from this time that is always left out when considering such considerations is TRIUMVIRAT. They did great Prog Rock in the vein of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Her albums "Illusions on a double dimple" and "Spartacus" are outstanding. We could make a lot more videos to go with 🇩🇪extraordinary music from the 70s. Thanks for that. Grüße aus Hannover
Thanks for this video. I have only recently discovered Krautrock. While I had heard the term, I had not heard any before about a year ago, when my Roon radio started playing some Faust, and then some Can. I was gobsmacked. I can’t believe that I have missed it for so long as it really appeals to me. I am now building my Krautrock collection, starting with Can, Faust and Neu!
Michael thank you for the great insight. Not a genre I’m familiar with but I’m definitely going to check out Neu and Kluster. It was really interesting to understand the social background in Germany at the time.🙏
Great video man. I love this period of rock. Very influential and experimental. Big fan of Faust, Neu and Kraftwerk. Can and Tangerine Dream also. Thanks for doing this!
Great video Michael...I lived in a "squat" in Dusseldorf during the R.A.F times and one day the police raided the appartment block with dogs and submachine guns....it was exciting!
Very much enjoyed this episode - particularly nice to hear you speak of the youth culture in the 60's and 70's that led to the evolution of K-Rock. Thank you. Looking forward to a future installment where you can discuss Faust and maybe some Ash Ra Temple and Harmonia. Pretty shocked at the prices of Faust on Vinyl - uncertain where to begin other than perhaps the 1st LP.
I can feel your pride while speaking about Krautrock. That time frame produced a real renaissance of German artistic creativity with all of those Krautrock groups. Michael Rother is a favorite. Julian Cope wrote a nice primer on Krautrock. Also, Wim Wenders, Warner Herzog and Fassbinder directed some of the most inventive independent films of the day, all had great soundtracks.
Most of this Pilz, Ohr and Bacillus stuff was recorded in my village in the Dierks Studios. some good Krautrock must own for me are: MURPHY BLEND - First Loss, Armaggedon - Armaggedon, Out Of Focus - Wake Up, Out Of Focus - Out Of Focus, Twenty Sixty Six And Then - Reflections On The Future, Eloy - Mülltonnencover, Emergency - 1. Album 1971, Dull Knife - Electric Indian, HAZE - Hazecolor-Dia, Light Of Darkness - von 1971, die 3 LPs von den Schweizer Krokodil, Weed - von 1971 , WIND - Seasons , Blackwater Park von 1972, die ersten 3 Birth Control, alle Frumpy/Atlantis, My Solid Ground von 1968, Night Sun - Mournin, Tomorrows Gift, die beiden Message, Jeronimo, Hairy Chapter aus Bonn...and so on and on...
Tolles und sehr informatives Video - ich bin ja auch einige Jahre jünger als Du. KrautROCK ging so ziemlich komplett an mir vorbei. Tangerine Dream habe ich etwas mitbekommen- interessant fand ich „Ego on the Rocks“
Great video, Michael! Krautrock has been the leading genre of what I have been seeking out the past several years. My collection is still somewhat small (a lot of reissues) but I love all of the bands your mentioned. Guru Guru Känguru and Wallenstein Mother Universe are very high on my want list. I'd love for you to continue on. I'm also interested in how some of these bands changed over time some going into more progressive rock some deeper into electronic, ambient, etc. In your opinion is there a cut off year where krautrock ends? I'd love to see more of your Krautrock collection.
Servus Michael, Thanks for that. Never been into krautrock. Maybe ~8 years too young, but listen to your enthusiasm i think i'll give it a try👍 Greetings from austria
I currently have Guru Guru, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Popol Vuh, Amon Düül, Grobschnitt, Faust. There is so much more as well. All these people made just awesome music.
Big fan of Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk , as Terry Kemp wrote , they were both pretty big in the UK. Also with the TD connection, love Klaus Schulze, his Dark Side of the Moog series is great. Michael, if it’s not too much trouble, if would be useful if you listed the albums you show as often I want to listen to them and sometimes I don’t catch the title/artist
In the seventies when i was a teenager in the netherlands i listend a lot to kraftwerk, tangerine dream, klaus schulze ... and yes i hated german schlager music like heino und danny christian. Good to hear a little peace of german history and germany was also divided at that time. Grtz 🇳🇱
Love the video. I got into Krautrock back in 2011 when I was 17. Just got a copy of Kollektiv SWF Sessions 5 on vinyl today (That cover is amazing). Me and my brother used to get high in the woods and listen to that one back in the day.
I love Faust and was listening to all the Henry Cow records at the same time. They seem good 'book ends'; I can't imagine someone loving one and not the other. Dagmar Krause from Henry Cow was born in Hamburg, so maybe she is part of the Krautrock story? Thanks for the video, great review.
Hello Michael. I wondered what you called Krautrock in Germany and now I know lol. I'm a huge fan of Manuel Gottsching especially the E2-E4 album. I actually discovered it first by hearing the remake by Sueno Latino in the late 1980's and later realized that was actually a cover version. Also yes I know schlager music, I don't know why but a lot of the LP's seem to end up in English charity shops. I will buy them and send you them all back if you want Michael lol!
If you compare the drum sound of Neu with that of Never Mind The Bollocks you will notice: Klaus Dinger was not only the Godfather Of Techno. And concerning this topic: Not only Mr. Bowie but generations of bands have loved and absorbed the sound and made all the Krautrock bands even more popular.
Krautrock was never my kind of music but you are absolutly right on the background history and how important this music was in changing Germany to a modern state. (and Austria too). We all hated Schlager so much :-) and hate it still to this day....
Germany has always had some fantastisc bands that had made a huge contribution to the world music scene. You are right to put that in that context. I got into it a long time ago after a show on Swiss television with some new german more electronic bands: i saw Rheingold who inpressed me extremely (They are somehow related to Kraftwerk), i also got that neue deutsche welle compilation. I only really got into Kraftwerk after seeing them I. Montreux like 15 years ago. The book by Julian cope opened my mind and When i did my fellowship in Boston a friend made me discover Tangerine Dream. Then i got into Neu! With that weird Neu4! I Think it was called on captain trip records. All the stuff is just great. All that Plank did was very special. I always look into german stuff When i go from switzerland to sweden.There is always some great stuff. I had some difficulty with can But guys like the krupps and einsturzende do great stuff and There is even more. Oh and There was x-mal deutschland: That was my first new wave concert in Geneva, they played after Pete SHELLEY of yhe buzzcocks and i lost quite a bit of hearing there. Simply great stuff. Also that e2-e4 by what’s his name is mind blowing. Keep up the great stuff!!!!!
Hero is good. I like that. Yes, Bowie should have promoted the German bands during the Berlin Trilogy releases. I'll get the first three by Neu! The Kraftwerk records on colored vinyl are well done.
That was really great. Can you please do a follow up/multi part deeper dive into this? I'm a huge Bowie fan and only know a little about this genre and would like to know which pressings I should buy. kindest regards
Du scheinst nichts anderes mehr zu machen als zu posten. Hammer. Wahnsinn. Respekt. Wir sind extrem beeindruckt. Wir stehen noch ganz am Anfang mit der Aufmerksamkeit unserer Follower. Seufz. Dafür bleibt der FC in der ersten Liga. Freude schöner Götterfunken. Liebe Grüße aus Köln über den Zaun. ❤️
Glückwunsch zum Verbleib in der 1. Liga. Aber nicht gleich wieder von Europa träumen. Was euch hätte auch passieren können, seht ihr an meinen 96igern.
Brought home yesterday the Can record you mentioned before, with the purple cover (I knew it but had it only digital). Great stuff. I never called krautrock to Can, Kraftwerk and others. Also I thought krautrock was associated with… huh… bad taste, like Scorpions. And last but not least, I thought krautrock was somewhat offensive or at minimum not exactly good music… Your intro was great to me and to put the music in the context. Enjoyed it very much.
Believe it or not. Krautrock was really big here in the UK. I have Faust's first LP with the transparent sleeve and LP. Can, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk Neu were my electronic hero's..
Thanks for the video, some of my favorite bands, but also some I’ve never heard of. I wondered what are the reissue labels to look out for to get a nice pressing from this genre?
Other heroes? Harmonia, Ash Ra Temple / Ash Ra/Manuel Göttsching, Klaus Schulze, Witthüser + Westrupp, Cosmic Jokers, Lucifer's Friend,.... One other thing.... There is a third album from La Düsseldorf called "Individuellos", released in 1980. I think it is great!!
Hi, I love your channel, this is my first time commenting on any of your videos, but I found you through Norman Mazlov. I enjoy most of the bands you mention in this video. A newer, and by newer I mean mid 1980s and beyond) krautrock band that I love is Pink Turns Blue, they had an amazing album called If Two Worlds Kiss released in 1987 then in the early 90s they became a bit more goth but have since returned more to the gritty krautrock sound that they started out with. Anyhow, if you haven't heard them, you should check them out.
my only situation with kroutrock is....after a while i think..ok..i get it..move on to next. but I guess thats what the bands want us to think, ...........rock /Krout on Michael.
Michael, as always thank you for sharing your music. To be honest, I purchased a copy of Neu! '75 because I was very curious about your thoughts concerning the song 'Hero' and its implications. First off, I've known about Neu! for years but never took the dive. I'm very glad I did. I now have to go and get more of their catalog so BIG thanks for that. Second, although I understand the sharing of the word "hero" and the apparent irony of that concerning how huge David Bowie's version was but I think you're being a little too sensitive about the issue. When I first put the record on I was expecting a sustaining drone (like Bowie's) but instead I heard a great song titled 'Hero' by Neu! I don't think it really matters that Bowie chose 'Heroes' as his title. Again, if the music was more of a direct ripoff of Neu's I would be sympathetic to your resentment but, again, I think you may be just a little geographically sensitive. Keep sharing!
So where does Heino fit in, LOL! I've always had a passable knowledge of Krautrock, but you've really expanded it for me with this video. A very cool genre that goes much deeper than I initially thought. I've been a little reticent about using the term Krautrock as it sounds a bit dismissive. I tend to refer to it as German Progressive Rock when talking to people about it. Is that an acceptable term for Germans? Any way, thank you, this was great.
Michael, I love Can, Kraftwerk and Neu! Which band should I try next? Which is the next best of the rest, in your opinion? Faust? I don’t like the really slow ambient stuff like Cluster.
Try Cluster again. The lp’s prior to the Eno collaborations have that great motorik drumming and spacey sounds indicative of the best of krautrock. Hans-Joachim Rödelius (1/2 of Cluster) has also released dozens of beautiful lp’s.
I'm of German ancestry in Texas (my ancestors left Germany around 1852 for Texas) My mom drove me crazy when I was a child with a cassette tape of Schlager music called "All the Best From Germany". Horrible!!!! I later discovered Kraftwerk when I was 16 and never looked back. But thanks to your video, I'm not getting into Can and Ammon Duul and rediscovering Tangerine Dream. Thank you so much, Michael. 👍🙂
Michael, do you have the David Bowie boxsets that came out the last couple of years and can you do a video on them if you do? And review the quality of the pressings?
Folks if I may. We all try to respect each other in the VC. And we respect and respond to fair and honest makers and sellers of our favorite records. By all mean do not patronize directaudio out of Texas. I was told a lp that was supposedly on hold for me was being sold to those who spent more than I. Disgusting. Thx for your attention.
@@Michael45RPM Michael I hope it wasn’t a breech in etiquette to leave that comment. This person has lied to me about a hard to find qrp pressing. He said he was holding it for me and when I tried to follow up he said he did not want to sell it to me because he put a priority in those who spent “buku bucks”. So I don’t have my own channel so I’m spreading the word about this seller. I think it’s despicable. I’ve never done this on a channel before. If you don’t wish it up I understand. I will however contact acoustic sounds next week and share my experience with this seller of qrp products. Thx.
Thanks for this video Michael, very interesting perspective on the whole Krautrock scene. I'd love to get some Tangerine Dream records, maybe some of their soundtracks, and specially the Tangram album. Can you recommend any reissues? Best wishes from Chile!
I can not believe you did not include Kraan in this video. Definitely my favorite German band since 1978. If you haven't already, listen to Andy Nogger..right now.
Michael thank you for this video awesome break down how the German Progressive music of the Beginning . Hey Michael have you seen my Video on Krautrock I showed my collection I collected over the years love those musical scene. Michael this was awesome.
You were talking about Schlager. At least I live in America and spared from it but I heard a little and it's awful, the kind of stuff to find its way into the Eurovision Song Contest. While not exactly Krautrock, but the Scorpions wanted Frank Bornemann of Eloy to produce their second album Fly to the Rainbow because they were scared a producer known for Schlager was going to produce the album. Luckily Frank did produce the album but he wasn't credited due to label reasons (Eloy was on EMI/Harvest, Scorpions were on RCA).
Love how diverse you are in your musical tastes. As I always say, there are no bad genres in music only bad music in all genres... And the more you allow yourself to push yourself out of your comfort zone the more great music you’ll find!
Thank so much for your modesty, knowledge and Passion!
Very interesting! More, please.
The compilation “Deutsche Elektronische Musik - Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-83”, from Soul Jazz records, is a great introduction to many of the bands mentioned in the video.
Great video Michael. All great bands and so many others from that incredible era like Ash Ra Tempel. :)
Thank you for this one Michael! Super important to talk about and make more ppl become aware of this beautiful bands.. :) Cheers from Berlin
Wonderful selections and great to get your perspective on music of your homeland. Beautiful music and some of my most favorite albums you've shown. Neu and Can are the pinnacle but I'm also a huge fan of Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster, the Roedelius solo works and a few more obscure ones like Gunter Schickert and Kalacakra. Wonderful video!
Love Can, Harmonia, Cluster, Kraftwerk, NEU!, Amon Duul ii, Guru Guru, Popl Vu. Such wonderful groups, making such amazing music.
Thank you for the ‘local’ insights around some of my favorite music. Fascinating!
Thanks to Bureau B and Grönland Records (and others) I was able to get many of the rare releases i great quality. What is sad is that Kraftwerk will not repress the two traffic cone releases nor the Ralf & Florian album. I’d really like to get some official remasters instead of the pirate pressing I have now.
Great video. A band from this time that is always left out when considering such considerations is TRIUMVIRAT. They did great Prog Rock in the vein of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Her albums "Illusions on a double dimple" and "Spartacus" are outstanding. We could make a lot more videos to go with 🇩🇪extraordinary music from the 70s. Thanks for that. Grüße aus Hannover
Double Dimple is a Masterpiece.
Great video! Fantastic music docu - Urvater des Techno.
Thanks for this video. I have only recently discovered Krautrock. While I had heard the term, I had not heard any before about a year ago, when my Roon radio started playing some Faust, and then some Can. I was gobsmacked. I can’t believe that I have missed it for so long as it really appeals to me. I am now building my Krautrock collection, starting with Can, Faust and Neu!
Michael thank you for the great insight. Not a genre I’m familiar with but I’m definitely going to check out Neu and Kluster. It was really interesting to understand the social background in Germany at the time.🙏
I just streamed La Düsseldorf’s first album. As Michael would say, fantastic one! I see what you were saying about the drums
Just saw it!!! NEU!??! Speechless! Fantastic! Thanks! 💓🇩🇪 Krautrock timeless music
great content - a vinyl focused dive into an obscure area of music history
Great video man. I love this period of rock. Very influential and experimental. Big fan of Faust, Neu and Kraftwerk. Can and Tangerine Dream also. Thanks for doing this!
Great video Michael...I lived in a "squat" in Dusseldorf during the R.A.F times and one day the police raided the appartment block with dogs and submachine guns....it was exciting!
Puuh i can imagine David.....
Very much enjoyed this episode - particularly nice to hear you speak of the youth culture in the 60's and 70's that led to the evolution of K-Rock. Thank you. Looking forward to a future installment where you can discuss Faust and maybe some Ash Ra Temple and Harmonia. Pretty shocked at the prices of Faust on Vinyl - uncertain where to begin other than perhaps the 1st LP.
Great episode! Love krautrock. Neu! is also one of my favorite bands.
I can feel your pride while speaking about Krautrock. That time frame produced a real renaissance of German artistic creativity with all of those Krautrock groups. Michael Rother is a favorite. Julian Cope wrote a nice primer on Krautrock. Also, Wim Wenders, Warner Herzog and Fassbinder directed some of the most inventive independent films of the day, all had great soundtracks.
Do you like Popol Vuh? Some of my favorite music and their albums explore many different sounds. Hosianna Mantra is my favorite
Yes i really like them they are great
Most of this Pilz, Ohr and Bacillus stuff was recorded in my village in the Dierks Studios.
some good Krautrock must own for me are: MURPHY BLEND - First Loss, Armaggedon - Armaggedon, Out Of Focus - Wake Up, Out Of Focus - Out Of Focus, Twenty Sixty Six And Then - Reflections On The Future, Eloy - Mülltonnencover, Emergency - 1. Album 1971, Dull Knife - Electric Indian, HAZE - Hazecolor-Dia, Light Of Darkness - von 1971, die 3 LPs von den Schweizer Krokodil, Weed - von 1971 , WIND - Seasons , Blackwater Park von 1972, die ersten 3 Birth Control, alle Frumpy/Atlantis, My Solid Ground von 1968, Night Sun - Mournin, Tomorrows Gift, die beiden Message, Jeronimo, Hairy Chapter aus Bonn...and so on and on...
Some great bands in the mix. Great music.
A.R. & Machines "die grüne Reise" is my milestone
Tolles und sehr informatives Video - ich bin ja auch einige Jahre jünger als Du. KrautROCK ging so ziemlich komplett an mir vorbei. Tangerine Dream habe ich etwas mitbekommen- interessant fand ich „Ego on the Rocks“
Great video, Michael! Krautrock has been the leading genre of what I have been seeking out the past several years. My collection is still somewhat small (a lot of reissues) but I love all of the bands your mentioned. Guru Guru Känguru and Wallenstein Mother Universe are very high on my want list. I'd love for you to continue on. I'm also interested in how some of these bands changed over time some going into more progressive rock some deeper into electronic, ambient, etc. In your opinion is there a cut off year where krautrock ends? I'd love to see more of your Krautrock collection.
Servus Michael,
Thanks for that. Never been into krautrock. Maybe ~8 years too young, but listen to your enthusiasm i think i'll give it a try👍
Greetings from austria
Thanks for this. I have been intrigued by these bands for some time, and I am beginning to explore this music. It is very rewarding so far.
Vol. 2 of Strain Crack & Break was in my mailbox today! Loving it so far.
I currently have Guru Guru, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Popol Vuh, Amon Düül, Grobschnitt, Faust. There is so much more as well. All these people made just awesome music.
Kraan ; Andy Nogger.
I forgot to say Manuel Gottsching was in the Ash Ra Tempel which were a great band!
Such an interesting video, thanks Michael
Big fan of Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk , as Terry Kemp wrote , they were both pretty big in the UK. Also with the TD connection, love Klaus Schulze, his Dark Side of the Moog series is great.
Michael, if it’s not too much trouble, if would be useful if you listed the albums you show as often I want to listen to them and sometimes I don’t catch the title/artist
In the seventies when i was a teenager in the netherlands i listend a lot to kraftwerk, tangerine dream, klaus schulze ... and yes i hated german schlager music like heino und danny christian. Good to hear a little peace of german history and germany was also divided at that time. Grtz 🇳🇱
Love the video. I got into Krautrock back in 2011 when I was 17. Just got a copy of Kollektiv SWF Sessions 5 on vinyl today (That cover is amazing). Me and my brother used to get high in the woods and listen to that one back in the day.
Great video 👍
..... and yes you could start a mini series with this whole genre!
Thank you! I have been educated and I’m enjoying many more bands that I was previously oblivious of. Really good stuff! 👍
By the way, Klaus and Thomas Dinger released a good 3rd album "Individuellos" in 1980 with La Düsseldorf.
I love Faust and was listening to all the Henry Cow records at the same time. They seem good 'book ends'; I can't imagine someone loving one and not the other. Dagmar Krause from Henry Cow was born in Hamburg, so maybe she is part of the Krautrock story? Thanks for the video, great review.
I would think she definitely is. Henry Cow isn't for everyone, but I had two Sock albums, along with a few Firth and Kaiser.
Love this video Michael, but where is Niagara?
Nice vinyl collection I have order my new Miles Davis kind of blue uhqr box set
Hello Michael. I wondered what you called Krautrock in Germany and now I know lol. I'm a huge fan of Manuel Gottsching especially the E2-E4 album. I actually discovered it first by hearing the remake by Sueno Latino in the late 1980's and later realized that was actually a cover version. Also yes I know schlager music, I don't know why but a lot of the LP's seem to end up in English charity shops. I will buy them and send you them all back if you want Michael lol!
If you compare the drum sound of Neu with that of Never Mind The Bollocks you will notice: Klaus Dinger was not only the Godfather Of Techno. And concerning this topic: Not only Mr. Bowie but generations of bands have loved and absorbed the sound and made all the Krautrock bands even more popular.
Krautrock was never my kind of music but you are absolutly right on the background history and how important this music was in changing Germany to a modern state. (and Austria too). We all hated Schlager so much :-) and hate it still to this day....
La Dússeldorf had another album in 1981 called "individuellos"
Germany has always had some fantastisc bands that had made a huge contribution to the world music scene. You are right to put that in that context. I got into it a long time ago after a show on Swiss television with some new german more electronic bands: i saw Rheingold who inpressed me extremely (They are somehow related to Kraftwerk), i also got that neue deutsche welle compilation. I only really got into Kraftwerk after seeing them
I. Montreux like 15 years ago. The book by Julian cope opened my mind and When i did my fellowship in Boston a friend made me discover Tangerine Dream. Then i got into Neu! With that weird Neu4! I Think it was called on captain trip records. All the stuff is just great. All that Plank did was very special. I always look into german stuff When i go from switzerland to sweden.There is always some great stuff. I had some difficulty with can But guys like the krupps and einsturzende do great stuff and There is even more. Oh and There was x-mal deutschland: That was my first new wave concert in Geneva, they played after Pete SHELLEY of yhe buzzcocks and i lost quite a bit of hearing there. Simply great stuff. Also that e2-e4 by what’s his name is mind blowing. Keep up the great stuff!!!!!
THX so much for sharing Lovblad
Hero is good. I like that. Yes, Bowie should have promoted the German bands during the Berlin Trilogy releases. I'll get the first three by Neu! The Kraftwerk records on colored vinyl are well done.
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass!!!!
Cabbage Rock 😂…aber definitiv interessant etwas zum Hintergrund zu erfahren. Danke Michael 😉
That was really great. Can you please do a follow up/multi part deeper dive into this? I'm a huge Bowie fan and only know a little about this genre and would like to know which pressings I should buy. kindest regards
When you recommend German Kroutrock as well, I am game..
1965-1975 😍
Du scheinst nichts anderes mehr zu machen als zu posten. Hammer. Wahnsinn. Respekt. Wir sind extrem beeindruckt. Wir stehen noch ganz am Anfang mit der Aufmerksamkeit unserer Follower. Seufz. Dafür bleibt der FC in der ersten Liga. Freude schöner Götterfunken. Liebe Grüße aus Köln über den Zaun. ❤️
Glückwunsch zum Verbleib in der 1. Liga. Aber nicht gleich wieder von Europa träumen. Was euch hätte auch passieren können, seht ihr an meinen 96igern.
@@theheepster danke. oh ja. Warnung genug. 👍
Brought home yesterday the Can record you mentioned before, with the purple cover (I knew it but had it only digital). Great stuff. I never called krautrock to Can, Kraftwerk and others. Also I thought krautrock was associated with… huh… bad taste, like Scorpions. And last but not least, I thought krautrock was somewhat offensive or at minimum not exactly good music…
Your intro was great to me and to put the music in the context. Enjoyed it very much.
Believe it or not. Krautrock was really big here in the UK. I have Faust's first LP with the transparent sleeve and LP. Can, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk Neu were my electronic hero's..
Like their 1st album with clear sleeve and vinyl, Faust “So Far” is also a breakthrough with one painting for one track!
Amon duul ...
...👌Sound to roll a huge one...😎
Thanks for the video, some of my favorite bands, but also some I’ve never heard of. I wondered what are the reissue labels to look out for to get a nice pressing from this genre?
Other heroes?
Harmonia, Ash Ra Temple / Ash Ra/Manuel Göttsching, Klaus Schulze, Witthüser + Westrupp, Cosmic Jokers, Lucifer's Friend,....
One other thing.... There is a third album from La Düsseldorf called "Individuellos", released in 1980. I think it is great!!
Hi, I love your channel, this is my first time commenting on any of your videos, but I found you through Norman Mazlov. I enjoy most of the bands you mention in this video. A newer, and by newer I mean mid 1980s and beyond) krautrock band that I love is Pink Turns Blue, they had an amazing album called If Two Worlds Kiss released in 1987 then in the early 90s they became a bit more goth but have since returned more to the gritty krautrock sound that they started out with. Anyhow, if you haven't heard them, you should check them out.
Thx for the recommendation Michael
my only situation with kroutrock is....after a while i think..ok..i get it..move on to next. but I guess thats what the bands want us to think, ...........rock /Krout on Michael.
did someone mention BRÖSELMASCHINE ??!^ their first album is fantastic "!
Michael, as always thank you for sharing your music. To be honest, I purchased a copy of Neu! '75 because I was very curious about your thoughts concerning the song 'Hero' and its implications. First off, I've known about Neu! for years but never took the dive. I'm very glad I did. I now have to go and get more of their catalog so BIG thanks for that.
Second, although I understand the sharing of the word "hero" and the apparent irony of that concerning how huge David Bowie's version was but I think you're being a little too sensitive about the issue. When I first put the record on I was expecting a sustaining drone (like Bowie's) but instead I heard a great song titled 'Hero' by Neu! I don't think it really matters that Bowie chose 'Heroes' as his title. Again, if the music was more of a direct ripoff of Neu's I would be sympathetic to your resentment but, again, I think you may be just a little geographically sensitive.
Keep sharing!
Gah! Where is Agitation Free?
So where does Heino fit in, LOL! I've always had a passable knowledge of Krautrock, but you've really expanded it for me with this video. A very cool genre that goes much deeper than I initially thought. I've been a little reticent about using the term Krautrock as it sounds a bit dismissive. I tend to refer to it as German Progressive Rock when talking to people about it. Is that an acceptable term for Germans? Any way, thank you, this was great.
Michael, I love Can, Kraftwerk and Neu! Which band should I try next? Which is the next best of the rest, in your opinion? Faust? I don’t like the really slow ambient stuff like Cluster.
Try Cluster again. The lp’s prior to the Eno collaborations have that great motorik drumming and spacey sounds indicative of the best of krautrock. Hans-Joachim Rödelius (1/2 of Cluster) has also released dozens of beautiful lp’s.
@@paulspanbauer4125 thanks for this, Paul. I will check it out. Is there an LP I should start with?
@@slistone1940 Sowiesoso!
Here’s an episode of my podcast devoted to Cluster: www.mixcloud.com/macchiaroni/easy-synesthesia-episode-37-cluster/
Kraan. First heard them in 1978, Andy Nogger is probably their best.
Knew "Heroes" was a new direction for Bowie when released.
It was revealed Bowie was going for German via Eno influenced music.
kraan, my favorite, 1976
I'm of German ancestry in Texas (my ancestors left Germany around 1852 for Texas) My mom drove me crazy when I was a child with a cassette tape of Schlager music called "All the Best From Germany". Horrible!!!! I later discovered Kraftwerk when I was 16 and never looked back. But thanks to your video, I'm not getting into Can and Ammon Duul and rediscovering Tangerine Dream. Thank you so much, Michael. 👍🙂
Ash Ra Tempel!! Popol Vuh!!
Michael, do you have the David Bowie boxsets that came out the last couple of years and can you do a video on them if you do? And review the quality of the pressings?
Folks if I may. We all try to respect each other in the VC. And we respect and respond to fair and honest makers and sellers of our favorite records. By all mean do not patronize directaudio out of Texas. I was told a lp that was supposedly on hold for me was being sold to those who spent more than I. Disgusting. Thx for your attention.
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@@Michael45RPM Michael I hope it wasn’t a breech in etiquette to leave that comment. This person has lied to me about a hard to find qrp pressing. He said he was holding it for me and when I tried to follow up he said he did not want to sell it to me because he put a priority in those who spent “buku bucks”. So I don’t have my own channel so I’m spreading the word about this seller. I think it’s despicable. I’ve never done this on a channel before. If you don’t wish it up I understand. I will however contact acoustic sounds next week and share my experience with this seller of qrp products. Thx.
All good he can put his statement here to if he likes so all same chances :-)
Thanks for this video Michael, very interesting perspective on the whole Krautrock scene. I'd love to get some Tangerine Dream records, maybe some of their soundtracks, and specially the Tangram album. Can you recommend any reissues? Best wishes from Chile!
And do not forget Rastakrautpasta!!!
I must do a video on krautrock myself.
What keeps you from doing so? :-)
@@Michael45RPM Time... not enough of it... but I will start writing it today.
I can not believe you did not include Kraan in this video. Definitely my favorite German band since 1978. If you haven't already, listen to Andy Nogger..right now.
arent they Dutch?
arent they Dutch?
@@Michael45RPM From Germany, Easy to Google.
Helmet Hattler has long been one of my favorite Bass players.
Do you know if any of these reissues are AAA?
SFF...SUNBURST
Michael thank you for this video awesome break down how the German Progressive music of the Beginning . Hey Michael have you seen my Video on Krautrock I showed my collection I collected over the years love those musical scene. Michael this was awesome.
Thx Lovell, please link your Video here so other people who are interested may see it
@@Michael45RPM th-cam.com/video/I7sRWLjHy7w/w-d-xo.html Michael here’s my krautrock collection
You were talking about Schlager. At least I live in America and spared from it but I heard a little and it's awful, the kind of stuff to find its way into the Eurovision Song Contest. While not exactly Krautrock, but the Scorpions wanted Frank Bornemann of Eloy to produce their second album Fly to the Rainbow because they were scared a producer known for Schlager was going to produce the album. Luckily Frank did produce the album but he wasn't credited due to label reasons (Eloy was on EMI/Harvest, Scorpions were on RCA).
Bowie always stole ideas and styles. He was a svengali of sorts.