Can - Queueing Down

live paris 1973 krautness from the masters themselves. great sound quality and half-hour jams with classic tunes like 'vitamin c', 'spoon' & 'one more night'. damo suzuki at his finest.

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Triosk meets Jan Jelinek - 1+3+1

The Australian electronic/jazz trio's debut album (2003). Jan Jelinek is a german electronic musician mostly associated with glitches and sampling. The electronic and jazz elements seem somewhat separate on this album, like jazz musicians experimenting within the borders of jazz form with electronic sounds in the background, as opposed to the integration demonstrated in the following albums, this is mostly due to the free drumming technique which was developed after this album. Moment Returns (2004) was released just one year later and already showcased a lot of progress in the concept of time and composition .

This album showcases good musicians interested in evolving and expanding their sound palette, it's a great step in the growth of these musicians, as demonstrated in the following albums.

Triosk meets Jan Jelinek - 1+3+1

The In-Kraut - Hip Shaking Grooves Made In Germany 1966-1974

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Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei

Props to Abe for uploading the seminal "Yeti". Download it and let those german freaks tear a hole the size of a pineapple can in your skull. And you can add this one to the sonic debauchery. "Phallus Dei" was the group's (Amon Düül II, the first one had released a couple of albums based on one demented and drug addled jam session, to be posted soon) first album and a sign of (lysergic) things to come. Top notch disorienting freakiness with more than a hint of darkness and paranoia. Cop it.

Phallus Dei

Amon Düül II - Yeti

My favorite Krautrock album and one of my fav albums of all time, period. Amon Düül II were "the second incarnation of the Amon Duul entity, originally a political commune in Germany that happened to record their extended, drugged-out jam sessions." Yeti's a double album that's one half composed music and one half improvised. It's extremely unique and still blows my mind every time I listen to it.... Wait till you hear the 18 minute long improvised title track.

Julian Cope's take on it:

"The definitive 'progressive' Krautrock double album. This album should be included in the top 50 albums of all time, ever. It destroys the credibility of so many of the so called 'great' progressive bands of this era. It should form part of a European national curriculum and be enshrined as part of our great musical constitution. It is a huge huge success and should be lauded as such. It is absolutely crammed with riffs and rolls without ever drifting into the realms of pretenious meaningless drivel. Think of the great sounds of the Kinks, Stooges, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, Can, Traffic etc, mix it all together and chuck it through a mincer and you end up with Yeti. If you think that you know about your musical history then you will need to own a copy of this album."

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Julian Cope's top 50 Krautrock albums.

Here's Mr. Cope's favorite krautrock albums along with a little info on each one. It includes a lot of the usual suspects like Can, Amon Duul II, Cluster, Faust, ext.... plus some more obscure artists. We'll be uploading some of these albums later on.

The list is here.