Señor Coconut, the maniac who dared to make an album of Latin krautrock covers
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Krautrock
Lost David Bowie, krautrock and Sly Stone outtakes FOUND in fab Philly funk soul archive
A few months back online record club Vinyl Me, Please and Drexel University’s student-run MAD Dragon Records released Laugh To Keep From Crying by the…
Stellar unreleased music from Michael Rother of krautrock greats Harmonia and NEU! (a DM premiere)
My favorite of the so-called German “krautrock” groups from the 1970s has always been NEU!. The band was formed by Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger…
Aamok: Legendary Krautrock producer released deranged anti-Christmas single in 1973
One of the oddest Christmas records of all time came out in 1973 under the name Aamok. The single was put out by the label…
Les Vampyrettes’ perfect Krautrock song for your Halloween party
Anyone who is looking to celebrate Halloween but insists on being totally “Kosmisch” (cosmic) about it, there’s a curious release that you’ve got to hear…
Krautrock master Klaus Schulze’s porno soundtracks for ‘Body Love’ and ‘Body Love, Vol. 2’
Klaus Schulze is an important figure in the development of the “kosmische musik” known popularly as Krautrock, being one of the founding members of Ash…
Eurythmics go krautrock (and the Throbbing Gristle connection)
When Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart left The Tourists to form Eurythmics in 1981, they traveled to Cologne to work with noted German producer Conny…
‘Cottonwoodhill,’ the acid-damaged Krautrock LP that can ‘destroy’ your brain
Cottonwoodhill (1971) by Brainticket Unless the CAT scan shows lasting damage, I am forever indebted to my friend Aaron Aldorisio. You see, when we were…
‘Tarot,’ a Krautrock tour of the Major Arcana
Walter Wegmüller is a 79-year-old artist and tarotist from Switzerland. Though you can still find copies of his New Age Tarot and Gipsy Tarot decks,…
Can go all disco-krautrock at the BBC, 1976
Seemingly searching for a new musical identity, Can–Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Michael Karoli, Holger Czukay–performed their jaunty, jittery disco-fied “I Want More”—their only hit single…