Tag Archives: Holger Adam

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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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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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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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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Bernd Witthüser – Lieder von Vampiren, Nonnen und Toten

Posted on July 31, 2013 by YorkshireNed

“If I’d perform in front of miners and sing about how we’d sweat because of the exhausting mining-work the miners they’d laugh about me, since I haven’t gone to work for more than two years.” Bernd Witthüser refused to be … Continue reading →

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Ash Ra Tempel – Schwingungen

Posted on July 29, 2013 by YorkshireNed

“Schwingungen”, released in 1972 on Ohr, is an exceptional Ash Ra Tempel record. Especially the guest-vocals by John L. make a big difference – and the record has sort of a concept or at least a leading theme to itself. … Continue reading →

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German Oak – s/t

Posted on July 20, 2013 by YorkshireNed

This is by far the scariest Krautrock record of all. Recorded 1972 in an air-raid shelter in Düsseldorf it is sort of channeling the German past. On the back of the record there’s a note: “As we played down there … Continue reading →

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Klaus Schulze – X

Posted on July 20, 2013 by YorkshireNed

Klaus Schulze’s gift to himself to celebrate his tenth release is a 16-page-libretto included in this double-abum. Time for Klaus to look back on his career so far: from the early days in various groups to his adventures as a … Continue reading →

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Popol Vuh – Brüder des Schattens, Söhne des Lichts / Nosferatu

Posted on July 16, 2013 by YorkshireNed

These are the two records that both contain the same music: the original soundtrack to Werner Herzogs “Nosferatu”, both released on Brain records in 1978 – actually it is one release with one catalogue-number but two different covers. (There’s also … Continue reading →

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