June 2009
6 posts
A.R. & Machines - Die grüne Reise
Artist: A.R. & Machines Album: Die grüne Reise Year: 1971 Genre: Kraut Homepage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achim_Reichel Spotify: Here!
Note: This album prefigures “acid” trips of krautrock guitar / minimal electronic explorers like Manuel Gottsching. The guitar freakouts and the weird imagination of the first effort continue to prevail in the following inspired, confused and various Die...
Edgar Froese - Stuntman
Artist: Edgar Froese Album: Stuntman Year: 1979 Genre: Electronic Homepage: http://www.edgarfroese.com Spotify: Here!
Note: Narrowing the gap between psychedelia and electronica, Tangerine Dream frontman Edgar Froese looks to the future in this clean and mostly satisfying release; all in all an important turning point for the artist. If nothing else, it marks a departure from his band’s...
Klaus Schulze - Drive Inn
Artist: Klaus Schulze Album: Drive Inn Year: 1984 Genre: Kraut, Electronic Homepage: http://www.klaus-schulze.com Spotify: Here!
Note: Drive Inn is a series of e-music albums designed for the rush and feeling of “white line fever.” The first in the series is by Klaus Schulze and Rainer Bloss, it features heavy synth washes and catchy hooks. (allmusic)
Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things
Artist: Fujiya & Miyagi Album: Transparent Things Year: 2006 Genre: Indie, Kraut Homepage: http://www.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi Spotify: Here!
Note: The group has found something that works and does it well, with consistently enjoyable results, so much so that songs on which they break away from that, the lighter, indie rock-esque “Cylinders,” for example, are more distracting...
Ashra - New Age Of Earth
Artist: Ashra Album: New Age Of Earth Year: 1976 Genre: Progressive Electronic, Minimalism Homepage: http://www.ashra.com Spotify: Here!
Note: By this point Manuel Gottsching was well into his electronic phase, the jam freakouts of the earliest albums replaced by a clean, crisp electronic bed. Unlike the rigorous pulse of fellow Krautrock pioneers Kraftwerk, though, Gottsching generally favored...
Wire - 154
Artist: Wire Album: 154 Year: 1979 Genre: Post-Punk, Experimental Homepage: http://www.pinkflag.com Spotify: Here!
Note: If Wire`s previous recordning “Chairs Missing” was a transitional album between punk and post-punk, 154 is squarely in the latter camp, devoting itself to experimental soundscapes that can sound cold and forbidding at times. However, the best tracks retain their...