Search results
Characteristics. Krautrock has been described as a broad genre encompassing varied approaches, [10][20] but commonly drawing on psychedelia, avant-garde collage, electronic sounds, and rock music, while typically featuring "improvisation and hypnotic, minimalistic rhythms." [12] .
Krautrock is that wonderful, cosmic expression of music that emerges in the late 1960s. One of those interesting tributaries that feed into that oceanic swe...
- 22 min
- 20.2K
- Classic Album Review
Jan 11, 2024 · For a so-called genre, krautrock is defined as much by what it's not than what it is. Apart from an inclination for long, hypnotic, repetitive rhythms, it actually has no clear established...
- Can – “Father Cannot Yell” (from Monster Movie, 1969) 1968 apparently wasn’t ready for Can: When they shopped a session they cut that year, Prepared To Meet Thy Pnoom (eventually released in 1981 as Delay 1968), it was rejected by every label they gave it to.
- Amon Düül II – “Archangels Thunderbird” (from Yeti, 1970) Amon Düül originally formed as a commune of radical leftist artists based in Munich, taking on the name of an Egyptian god a la Sun Ra (though the “Düül” part was less immediately definable) and working to invent a new German identity as a clean break from everything, especially war, that had come before it.
- Embryo – “You Don’t Know What’s Happening” (from Opal, 1970) Krautrock’s stylistic breadth meant that even a contentious genre name wasn’t nearly enough to make bands in the scene easy to pigeonhole.
- Guru Guru – “Girl Call” (from UFO, 1970) A band that leavened its spacey, jam-heavy tendencies with an unholy guitar squall worthy of Paranoid or Fun House, Guru Guru’s first album hit the same year as those epochal Sabbath and Stooges LPs and damn near outdid them in pure chaos and noise.
Jun 23, 2021 · Pure brilliance that will inspire artists for decades to come. We are taking a look back at one of the most innovative musical movements of all time, Krautrock, and picking out the 10 best albums of the scene.
Jun 17, 2014 · If you like krautrock, check out our picks for the best krautrock albums of all time.
People also ask
What is krautrock music?
Is Krautrock a genre like punk rock?
When did krautrock come out?
Why is krautrock so popular?
Nov 11, 2022 · Krautrock is truly an exciting spacious form of rock music that really cross-pollinated an American and English approach to their German identity and culture. The are hundreds of bands that have come out of Europe that can wear the Krautrock label.
