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Cluster – Konzerte 1972/1977

Posted on May 25, 2017 by YorkshireNed

My eyebrows raised when I saw this one announced – live vintage Cluster? The very notion flusters the brain because their albums mostly sound like the result of using the studio as an instrument. Yet, here it is and it … Continue reading →

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Popol Vuh – Kailash

Posted on April 19, 2016 by YorkshireNed
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Harmonia – Documents 1975

Posted on December 17, 2015 by YorkshireNed

When I heard that an album of unreleased Harmonia material was coming out I was really beside myself with excitement but when I found out it was to be part of a box set containing albums I already owned at … Continue reading →

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Neu! – Neu! 2

Posted on October 27, 2015 by YorkshireNed

This is one of my favourite album covers of all time. Which might seem strange at first but there is something audacious about it, a punk take on pop art that revels in its simplicity and minimalism. It was the … Continue reading →

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Amon Düül II – Yeti

Posted on October 19, 2015 by YorkshireNed

“Yeti” is an iconic album in every sense. It ticks all the right boxes from its cover artwork, which adorned the front of Julian Cope’s scene-stirring book “Krautrocksampler” to the timeless songs that regularly find their way into my DJ … Continue reading →

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Popol Vuh – Affenstunde

Posted on October 1, 2015 by YorkshireNed

It begins with the sound of a sunny day for a few moments and then after a big splash and a few drips we go down the electronic rabbit hole into a listening wonderland. For their debut album, Popol Vuh … Continue reading →

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Klaus Schulze – Body Love

Posted on September 22, 2015 by YorkshireNed

Popol Vuh soundtracked Herzog’s best films, Can leant their sounds to both underground arthouse films and to gritty mainstream thrillers but only Klaus Schulze, as far as we know, went and did the soundtrack to a pornographic movie. I do … Continue reading →

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Xhol Caravan – Electrip

Posted on September 7, 2014 by YorkshireNed

The artists formerly known as Soul Caravan relaunched themselves in 1969 as Xhol Caravan with this wild album that melds Soft Machine-style jazz prog with something a bit more rock n roll and something a bit weird. It keeps up … Continue reading →

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Kraftwerk

Posted on April 11, 2014 by YorkshireNed

The first three Kraftwerk albums have never been reissued and never remastered for CD (at least officially). Because of this, they feel like a secret history of the band, a very different Kraftwerk to the band that cut those classic … Continue reading →

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A.R. & Machines – Die grüne Reise

Posted on February 16, 2014 by YorkshireNed

When it comes to adopting international musical styles it’s easy to see that Achim Reichel was slightly ahead of his (German) times: He founded The Rattles, the ‘German Beatles’, in 1960, toured England briefly with The Rolling Stones and Bo … Continue reading →

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