Showing posts with label Krautrock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Krautrock. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Gila

Gila was a German progressive rock band, best known as one of the early and most important contributors to the Krautrock movement in the late-60s and early-70s. The band was from Stuttgart and managed just two studio albums before splitting. Their guitarist leader Conny Veit will be known latter as collaborator of both Popol Vuh and Guru Guru. Read more here. 

Friday, March 15, 2013

Silberbart

Silberbart was an underground heavy psychedelic/krautrock power trio from Germany that recorded a legendary collector’s item entitled 4 Times Sound Razing, originally published in 1971 on Philips. Read more here.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Krautrock

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Krautrock (also called "Kosmische musik") is a German avant-garde/experimental rock movement that emerged at the end of the 1960's. It was intended to go beyond the eccentricities developed by the wild psychedelic rock universe of the US, by giving a special emphasis to electronic treatmentssound manipulation and minimal motifs continuing the style of "musique concrete" and minimalist repetitive music but within a more accessible environment. Read more here.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Ainigma

Ainigma was a german heavy psychedelic/krautrock band active during 1972 to 1974. The band consisted of Willy Klüter on organ and lead vocals, Wolfgang Netzer on guitar, bass, and backing vocals, and Michael Klüter on drums. Ainigma's guys were quite young (15 to 17 year-old) when they recorded and released their only studio album Diluvium in 1973, which is a rare collectors item today. Read more here.