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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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Musikalische Gruppen-Improvisation

Posted on January 29, 2014 by YorkshireNed

“This record contains various examples of ‚musical group-improvisations”. Yes it does. The self-explanatory title of the record and the first sentence of the accompanying notes are as precise as demystifying. It’s a bunch of people (not trained musicians, necessarily) improvising … Continue reading →

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Cosmic Jokers – Planeten Sit-In

Posted on January 21, 2014 by YorkshireNed

The criminally under-rated Cosmic Jokers project is often the subject of scorn and derision, perhaps because of their more jam-based structure as opposed to the song forms of many of their contemporaries. Perhaps it is because of the ambiguous legality … Continue reading →

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Djong Yun – Du sollst lieben / Ave Maria

Posted on December 8, 2013 by YorkshireNed

Djong Yun (daughter of the famous composer Isang Yun) contributed vocals to Popol Vuh records such as “Hosianna Mantra” and “Einsjäger & Siebenjäger”, for example. And maybe most Krautrock fans know her from performing “Kyrie“ together with Popol Vuh on … Continue reading →

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Embryo – Message From Era Ora

Posted on September 23, 2013 by YorkshireNed
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Reinhard Lakomy – Das Geheime Leben + Der Traum Von Asgard + (with Rainer Oleak) Zeiten

Posted on September 19, 2013 by YorkshireNed

This is cosmic music from the “other side” – literally. It’s electronic music from East Germany aka the GDR. Reinhard Lakomy (who died in March 2013) was already a very famous musician when he decided to record electronic music on … Continue reading →

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Can – Ege Bamyasi

Posted on August 26, 2013 by YorkshireNed

Can’s fourth studio album “Ege Bamyasi” was released in 1972.  Their previous albums had been recorded in Schloss Nörvenich, a 14th century castle near Cologne.   After having a hit single in Germany with “Spoon”, they moved into an old cinema … Continue reading →

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Organisation – Tone Float

Posted on August 11, 2013 by YorkshireNed

Frankly, I’m not much of a Kraftwerk fan, so to me the Organisation record is more precious than any of the music Florian Schneider and Ralf Huetter recorded in the years following. “Tone Float” (recorded as a five-piece-band with Basil … Continue reading →

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