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Topic: 10 more Krautrock or Krautrock-styled tracksPosted By: Logan
Subject: 10 more Krautrock or Krautrock-styled tracks
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 05:17
The poll I made over a year ago was recently revived: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132140" rel="nofollow - https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132140 and had these ten tracks:
NEU! "Isi" (NEU! '75, 1975) Brainticket "Feel the Wind Blow" (Psychonaut, 1972) Cluster "Hollywood" (Zuckerzeit, 1974) Agitation Free "Malesch" (Malesch, 1972) Amon Düül II "Kanaan" (Phallus Dei, 1969) A.R. & Machines "Globus" (Die grüne Reise, 1971) Can "Vitamin C" (Ege Bamyası, 1972) Faust "Picnic On A Frozen River, Deuxieme Tableux" (Faust IV, 1973) Brave New World "Lenina" (Impressions on Reading Aldous Huxley, 1972) La Düsseldorf "Silver Cloud" (La Düsseldorf, 1976)
In this poll there are ten more Krautrock or Krautrocky or Ktrautock relkated (Kosmische) tracks from ten different acts:
Popol Vuh "Kyrie" (Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte, 1976) Harmonia "Deluxe (Immer wieder)" (Deluxe, 1975) Ashra "Sunrain" (New Age of Earth, 1977) Dom "Introitus " (Edge of Time, 1972) Stereolab "Metronomic Underground" (Emperor Tomato Ketchup, 1996) Os Mundi "Missile" (43 Minuten, 1972) Kraan "Sarah's Ritt durch den Schwarzwald" (Kraan, 1972) Kosmischer Läufer "Lichtgeschwindigkeit" (The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83: Volume Four, 2018) Embryo "Warm Canto" (Rocksession, 1973) Gila "Kommunikation" (Gila, 1972)
Stereolab, say, is not a Krautrock band, but was influenced by Krautrock, and the track I chose is imitative and/or evocative of Krautrock. Kosmischer Läufer also is imitative and/or evocative, and brilliantly so (one of my favourite modern projects -- love every KL album). I was to go with Ash Ra Temple, but wanted something shorter, but is not Krautrock in the same way with Ashra (that is Progressive Electronic, Ambient, Berlin School).
Here is a playlist that contains the tracks in this poll (if some don't work for you, a youtube search should find ones that do). I generally tried to keep the track in both polls on the not very long side:
Please choose one that you like and mention as many as you like. Comments are appreciated.
------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
Replies: Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 05:26
While I like everything this time as well, I feel stronger about these five than the rest (and voted for De Luxe):
Deluxe (Immer wieder) Sarah's Ritt durch den Schwarzwald Lichtgeschwindigkeit Warm Canto Introitus
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 05:36
^ Very nice choices. After fresh listening to all of these, I most feel like going with Popol Vuh's "Kyrie" off Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte. Voted for that.
------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 06:13
Popol Vuh and Os Mundi are my favorites on this list.
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 10:07
I like most of these, but it's an easy vote for Ashra.
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 10:34
Kosmischer Läufer "Lichtgeschwindigkeit"
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 11:16
Another vote for Kosmischer Läufer. We built a house inside Curly's pipe structure.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 11:18
Ashra
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 12:58
While I of course like all of these, it's nice to see to see the two votes and comments for Kosmischer Läufer. I'm a big fan of that project, but other than from myself and Saperlipopette!, I have not seen it get much attention from people. Martin Zeichnete and the story behind the project may be fictitious (well, is), but that does not take away from the music, which I think wonderful.
And Manuel, the Popol Vuh and Os Mundi were two of these that I most enjoyed returning to and "got" to me on relistening.
------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 14:52
Harmonia : Deluxe + Popol Vuh Stereolab
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 15 2024 at 21:15
This is a tough one. It boils down to Kraan and Embryo for me with Gila third. None of these have votes right now either. I haven't heard the two tracks that aren't from the 70's. I'm going with Kraan with Hattler bringing it hard with the bass on that one, plus that main melody is so good. But come on that Embryo piece is 10 minutes of bliss.
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