Krautrock
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Krautrock

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Krautrock

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Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global reach belie the common culture from where it emerged. This is a band-by-band history. In May 1945, the Allies defeated Nazi Germany, putting an end to the European front of World War II and the Third Reich. In the immediate aftermath, German youth were tasked to create their own culture. Krautrock is this unlikely success story, as hundreds of bands-including Kraftwerk and Can-seemed to sprout overnight in the early 1970s, forging a unique and experimental sound that was different than American or British rock. The major innovation of krautrock is not only its motorik beat, the steady click-click of Can's Jaki Liebezeit or monolithic stomp-stomp of Neu!'s Klaus Dinger, but also how the musicians relate to each other. In krautrock, no musician is given more focus than any other, and listening to these bands is to witness interplay common in jazz music. Thus, krautrock represents German politics reflected in music: a dictatorship replaced by democracy. Krautrock explores the history and methodology of the genre, charting its influences and innovations, its more mainstream acts (like Faust, Kraftwerk, and Can) as well as the less universally known (including Harmonia, Popol Vuh, Embryo, and Ash Ra Tempel), and how the genre developed in post-war Germany and what it means to today's listeners.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2023
ISBN
9798765103302
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music History & Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Future Days: CAN
  9. 2 The German Beatles: Faust
  10. 3 Out of the City and into the Forst: Cluster and Harmonia
  11. 4 Marmalade Skies: Tangerine Dream
  12. 5 The Ancient Heavenly Connection: Ash Ra Tempel
  13. 6 Haunted Island: Agitation Free
  14. 7 Electric Junk: Guru Guru
  15. 8 Universal Believer: Popol Vuh
  16. 9 Made in Germany: Amon Dßßl II
  17. 10 World Fusion: Embryo
  18. 11 A Beat That Lasts FĂźr Immer: NEU!
  19. 12 We Are the Robots: Kraftwerk
  20. 13 Off the Autobahn and onto the Trans-Europe Express: Krautrock’s Legacy
  21. Ten Essential Tracks
  22. Notes
  23. Copyright