Kraut-Rock Resources & Links
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Topic: Kraut-Rock Resources & Links
Posted By: avestin
Subject: Kraut-Rock Resources & Links
Date Posted: October 28 2006 at 12:31
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Hi everyone,
To those who are into Krautorck, I want to give some links to sites (including PA) which give info on specific bands as well as on the genres as a whole:
PA article by Philippe Blache: http://www.progarchives.com/Krautrock-introduction.asp - http://www.progarchives.com/Krautrock-introduction.asp
A thorough and extensive guide by the owners of the Ultima Thule store - Steven and Alan Freeman - The Crack In The COsmic Egg
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ultimathule/krautrockers.html - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ultimathule/krautrockers.html
An article on the genre by Klaus D. Mueller in Perfect Sound Forever:
http://www.furious.com/perfect/krautrock.html - http://www.furious.com/perfect/krautrock.html
Sites dedicated to the genre:
http://www.phinnweb.org/krautrock/index2.html - http://www.phinnweb.org/krautrock/index2.html (articles and band index)
http://mitglied.lycos.de/MartinPruckner/kollektion.html - http://mitglied.lycos.de/MartinPruckner/kollektion.html
http://www.scaruffi.com/history/german.html - http://www.scaruffi.com/history/german.html (Scaruffi gives an historical oveview)
http://www.midsuffolk.unisonplus.net/ - http://www.midsuffolk.unisonplus.net/
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/krautrock/ - http://www.angelfire.com/planet/krautrock/
http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/progrtop.htm - http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/progrtop.htm
http://progressive.homestead.com/GERMANYPROG.html - http://progressive.homestead.com/GERMANYPROG.html (Excellent resource)
Books:
Cope, Julian: KRAUTROCKSAMPLER: One head's guide to the great Kosmische Musik - 1968 onwards. Lצhrbach 1995, ISBN: 0-9526719-1-3. 3rd edition 1996, ISBN: 3-925817-86-7.
Matsumoto, Masayuki (ed.): Marquee Encyclopedia of European Rock 2. Germany 1969-1994. (cover title: Encyclopedia of German Rock: Marquee Special Edition). Tokyo 1994. No ISBN.
Asbjרrnsen, Dag Erik: Cosmic Dreams at play: A guide to german progressive and electronic rock. Glasgow 1996. ISBN: 1-899855-01-7. - http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/progrtop.htm - http://tmachine.chat.ru/germ/progrtop.htm
Stump, Paul: Digital Gothic. A critical discography of Tangerine Dream. Wembley (UK). 1997. ISBN: 0-946719-18-7.
Schmidt, Hildegard/Wolf Kampmann: Can Box Item II: Book. Mnster 1998. ISBN 3-933642-01-09.
Akashi, Masanori: Doitsu no Rokku Ongaku [Rockmusik aus Deutschland] matawa Can, Faust, Kraftwerk. Tokyo. 1st ed. 1997. ISBN: 4-89176-349-3. 2nd ed.: 4-89176-486-4.
In those sites you will also find links to other genres as well.
Enjoy
Assaf
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Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: October 28 2006 at 13:05
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Anyone who has any personal impresssions of the genre aas a whole or a specific band is welcome to post them here.
Anymore links are also welcome.
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Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: October 28 2006 at 16:09
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no music has hit me quite as hard as krautrock, i definitely prefer the rock bands over the electronic, but either way it is the most free music i have ever heard that for some reason doesn't carry the pretentiousness you find in many other prog genres Aaron |
Posted By: anael
Date Posted: October 31 2006 at 22:25
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http://www.geocities.com/krautrockgroup/ - http://www.geocities.com/krautrockgroup/ this site is excellent too!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 01 2006 at 01:46
I was just going to say that  |
anael wrote:Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: November 01 2006 at 09:45
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A nice and expansive site about Necronomicon:
http://www.necronomicon-1972.de/intro_e.htm - http://www.necronomicon-1972.de/intro_e.htm
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Posted By: Bilek
Date Posted: November 01 2006 at 10:00
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sorry; I don't know any links apart from those already given  .------------- Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret: Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!) |