Kosmiche Musik/Krautrock
 

Self explanatory really... what are people's favourite artists/albums?

Also R.I.P. Klaus Dinger, who died last month: early Kraftwerk drummer, invented 'motorik' and ofcourse formed the axis of Neu! with Michael Rother in 1971.

I want Julian Cope's book

my favourites are Can by far. Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi and Future Days are all perfect albums to me.

I've read Japrocksampler by Julian Cope and it is excellent, gonna pick up Krautrocksampler soon.

not been able to find Krautrocksampler anywhere, only the German edition. It's well up for a re-print

only krautrock bands I know are kraftwerk, tangerine dream, can and neu!

love them all though

Here's the list of all 50 albums featured in Julian Cope's book....

1. Amon Düül - Paradieswärts Düül (1970)
2 Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei (1969)
3 Amon Düül II - Yeti (1970)
4 Amon Düül II - Carnival in Babylon (1972)
5 Amon Düül II - Wolf City (1972)
6 Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel (1971)
7 Ash Ra Tempel -Schwingungen (1972)
8 Timothy Leary & Ash Ra Tempel - Seven Up (1973)
9 Ash Ra Tempel - Join Inn (1973)
10 Can - Monster Movie (1969)
11 Can - Soundtracks (1970)
12 Can - Tago Mago (1971)
13 Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)
14 Can - Delay 1968 (1981)
15 Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
16 Cluster - Zuckerzeit (1974)
17 Cluster - Sowiesoso (1996)
18 Tony Conrad with Faust - Outside the Dream Syndicate (1972)
19 The Cosmic Jokers - The Cosmic Jokers (1973)
20 The Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket (1974)
21 The Cosmic Jokers - Planeten Sit-In (1974)
22 The Cosmic Jokers - Sci-Fi Party (1974)
23 Sternenmädchen & Cosmic Jokers - Gilles Zeitschiff (1974)
24 Faust - Faust (1971)
25 Faust - So Far (1972)
26 Faust - The Faust Tapes (1973)
27 Faust - Faust IV (1974)
28 Sergius Golowin - Lord Krishna von Goloka (1973)
29 Guru Guru - UFO (1970)
30 Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia (1974)
31 Harmonia - Deluxe (1975)
32 Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1972) [Compilation of first two albums]
33 La Düsseldorf - La Düsseldorf (1976)
34 La Düsseldorf - Viva (1978)
35 Moebius & Plank - Rastakraut Pasta / Material (1996) [Compilation]
36 Neu! - Neu! (1972)
37 Neu! - Neu! 2 (1973)
38 Neu! - Neu! '75 (1975)
39 Popol Vuh - Affenstunde (1970)
40 Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
41 Popol Vuh - Einsjäger & Siebenjäger (1974)
42 Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
43 Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
44 Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri (1971)
45 Tangerine Dream - Atem (1973)
46 Tangerine Dream - Zeit (1972)
47 Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (1972)
48 Klaus Schulze - Blackdance (1974)
49 Walter Wegmüller - Tarot (1973)
50 Witthüser & Westrupp - Trips und Träume (1971)

This list did originally come with rapidshare links to all 50 album done with 320 bitrate but the bastards took the whole lot down :(

Krautrock is pretty cool in general and I've been getting into more of it lately. I feel that Can and Amon Duul II were the best bands from the movement.

And I've met Damo Suzuki. :)

Good list, I love 'Monster Movie' with vocalist Malcolm Mooney (who according to the sleevenotes was a sculptor avoiding the Vietnam draft, who left can after having a nervous breakdown onstage, repeating the same mantra incessantly).
But the remastered 'Tago Mago' is probably my most cherished possession. Given a choice between losing that album and my penis I would probably save the album. It's really good.

Klaus Dinger was great and everything but Jaki Liebezeit was the guy who propelled Can into the stratosphere with his grooves. A very good example of that is seen here:



I think Can are in a league of their own in the sense that they're not a traditional band, but an organic musical symbiont of the four original members - the singers might as well be figments of their collective imagination

harmonia “musik von harmonia”
faust “rien”
can "delay 1968"

bastards, but chears for the list :beer:

have to look into these bands