NEU! - NEU!, 1972
I like
NEU! better than
Kraftwerk, the former is a more complete package.
Kraftwerk's earliest pure krautrock material is great, and so is their electro oriented music to come, but
NEU! do it all at the same time. It is amoebic.
Stereolab
Quite impossible to leave just one album here, so
Stereolab gets a full spot. Their music emanates a bliss so retro-contemporary and loving and warm. They're like a drug (Sha La La). They make time stand still to bless upon the soul a euphoria unattainable in the passing of seconds inside daily life, and leave you rejuvenated and glowing, knowing that no time has been wasted in the meantime, and life moves on a bit longer.
Flying Saucer Attack - Flying Saucer Attack, 1993
A force of great insurgence of neo-psychedelia and an almost enlightened journey. How anyone could listen to this and not experience anything short of aural ecstasy is beyond me. A sonically sacred descendant of
Spacemen 3 and the like, but this ritual has a deeper and organic message.