Krautrock
Articles about Krautrock:
This excellent documentary looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.
Featured musicians include Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze and Faust.
You can view the first part above. See the rest on YouTube – while you can. Read more…
Synth music pioneer Klaus Schulze discusses and demonstrates his first synth, an EMS Synthi A analog synthesizer. Read more…
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany is a new documentary film that examines how a generation of” Krautrockers” built a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.
The documentary will debut Friday October 23rd on BBC 4 at 9pm. No word on when it will be available outside the UK.
Description:
Between 1968 and 1977, bands including Neu!, Faust, Can and Kraftwerk looked beyond Anglo-American pop to create some of the most radical and original sounds ever heard in the country.
The experiments of Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and Cluster would give the world its first taste of electronica.
By the late Seventies, some famous English and American ears took notice as David Bowie, Brian Eno and Iggy Pop decamped to Germany in an attempt to tap into the Zeitgeist. Meanwhile, in a studio overlooking the Berlin Wall, Iggy and Bowie would record Low, Heroes and Lust For Life, taking the sound and feel of Krautrock to the bank and to the world at large.
This is some fantastic vintage footage of a young Kraftwerk, in 1980, performing Das Modell on German TV. Make sure you check out the crowd shots!
Amazingly, their current performances are amazingly faithful, both sonicly and visually, to what’s captured here.
Can you imagine how this would have blown people’s minds thirty years ago?
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This is an unofficial cover version & video for Kraftwerk’s It’s More Fun To Compute – The Minimal Mix. Read more…
