Kraut Fusion/Psych/Prog reccomendations

[fishmongerfunk]

Been listening to Embryo:s Surfin and some Can stuff and just bugging out on how tasty that shit is. Could you dudes reccomend similar krautish albums that are on par and along the same lines.

 

[PATX]

While we're on the subject, I'd like some Jap recomendations. Japrock, Japprog, anything Jappy or Jappish.

Also looking for Yidfunk, Frogbreaks, Bogtrotter loops and Chink Emo.

 

[Mike_Bell]

Only one I can think of off the top is Release Music Orchestra.

 

[Grope]

almost every german kraut or prog group recorded great first albums (mostly 1967 to 1973). amon d????l, petards, embryo, soul caravan, krokodil (swiss band?!), ton steine scherben (yes, even those dudes recorded nice kraut and prog), the early kraftwerk (dope!!!), i drive, frumpy, ash ra temple, i really like some efforts by emergency (great jazzy funk rock with superb singers), etc...

tons of good bands. i would recommend checking the early albums first. those were the best days for prog and kraut.

 

[Mike_Bell]

A lil' dude question for Grope:
Do you consider Niagara to be in the same genre as the bands that you just mentioned?

 

[Grope]

Only one I can think of off the top is Release Music Orchestra.

i only like two or three songs by that band. but their records are definitely worth a listen! their early records are currently overpriced, so watch out! i see those records for around 15-20 euros over here.

 

[Mike_Bell]

Only one I can think of off the top is Release Music Orchestra.

i only like two or three songs by that band. but their records are definitely worth a listen! their early records are currently overpriced, so watch out! i see those records for around 15-20 euros over here. Which ones? I spent 50 USD for Catch The Ball about 4 years ago.

 

[jaymack]

a mix i made:
http://rapidshare.de/files/25421126/psyche_mix.mp3

Neighb'rhood Childr'n-Long Years In Space
Quatermass - Punting
Ufo - Unidentified Flying Object
THE_GRODECK_WHIPPERJENNY__Put Your Thing On Me
IOTA__RIP
McDonald And Giles -Tomorrow's People
Pax -Exorcism
Manfred Mann - Snakeskin Garter
PHANTASIA__GIVE LIFE ANOTHER TRY
Sapphire Thinkers - There's A Woman
DEVIANTS__?
Stone The Crows - Ode To John Law
Jim_Sullivan-U.F.O
Impala Syndrome - New Love Time
Arzachel - Queen St Gang
Patto - You, You Point Your Finger
Annette Peacock - pony
Darius - DON_T_YOU_FEEL_ME
Secos e Molhados - Delirio
Ghetto Brothers-03-Got This Happy Feeling
Elektriktus - Electronic Mind Waves
The Love Depression - Gon??na Ride
Neon Pearl - Urban Ways

 

[Grope]

A lil' dude question for Grope:
Do you consider Niagara to be in the same genre as the bands that you just mentioned?

yes. although most of the niagara musicians were coming from jazz (niagara didn't have a fixed setup though)... but other prog/kraut bands too.

You will find Niagara either in the Jazz or Prog/Kraut sections over here.

 

[The_Hook_Up]

some favorites of mine

Achim Reichel and Machines "Echo"

Brainticket "Cottonwood Hill" (ok, they are Swiss/Italian, but get the passport stamp of Krautrock Approval apparently)

Harmonia "Deluxe"

Guru Guru "Der Elektrolurch" (kind of a "greatest hits")

Embryo "Steig Aus"

the aforementioned debut of Ash Ra Tempel

Gila "s/t"(aka Free Electric Sound)

Yathra Sidra "A Meditation Mass"

Agitation Free "Malesch"

Neu s/t and "2"

Faust "so Far" and "IV" (their most poppy and commercial, but very good IMO)

 

[Grope]

Only one I can think of off the top is Release Music Orchestra.

i only like two or three songs by that band. but their records are definitely worth a listen! their early records are currently overpriced, so watch out! i see those records for around 15-20 euros over here. Which ones? I spent 50 USD for Catch The Ball about 4 years ago.
all of them. currently left one behind for 20 euros. can't remember which one though. i think the one with the white frame on the fron cover. and a friend of mine just bought one for 20 in portugal. an early one. probably their first.

50 USD is still ok though, i think... i've seen copies online for 50 GBP

 

[Grope]

unfortunately i missed to record a tv show earlier this month. the german rock night. started to show live performances by all of those great german prog/kraut bands. i made it through 1968 to 1974... and fell asleep later on...

i'll upload some photos later on...

 

[hemol]

Future Days is a must from Can.

Faust the BBC Sessions.

You should also check out neu!, and Michael Rother's solo album that Jaki Liebzeit plays drums on.

Same vein, but a different game= That African funk band that Eno produced a record for.

 

[Grope]

Achim Reichel and Machines "Echo"

Brainticket "Cottonwood Hill" (ok, they are Swiss/Italian, but get the passport stamp of Krautrock Approval apparently)

Guru Guru "Der Elektrolurch" (kind of a "greatest hits")

Embryo "Steig Aus"

YES!!!

i really like the very early records. they tried to play some soul too.
i was kinda surprised by frumpy's version of "indian rope man" and emergency's live appearances (very very very very very good band - best one i've seen - way better than most can stuff)

 

[Grope]

here are some pictures from that krautrock/prog/rock night on a german tv channel. unfortunatley, i started to take pictures after all the good acts played. and i couldn't record that show. my bad!

early Kraftwerk playing drums, guitar and flute:

frumpy playing indian rope man:

another band:

in the meantime there were two good movies on other channels (They Call Me Mr. Tibbs and a weird UK thriller from the 60s with great music):

 

[sticky_dojah]

McDonald And Giles -Tomorrow's People

I heard the album once in a record store in munich but dude wanted 30???. Price czech? Also, what is the og press of this? US or UK? US i think, or? Dope, erm, phat music...

 

[hcrink]

some favorites of mine

Achim Reichel and Machines "Echo"

Brainticket "Cottonwood Hill" (ok, they are Swiss/Italian, but get the passport stamp of Krautrock Approval apparently)

Harmonia "Deluxe"

Guru Guru "Der Elektrolurch" (kind of a "greatest hits")

Embryo "Steig Aus"

the aforementioned debut of Ash Ra Tempel

Gila "s/t"(aka Free Electric Sound)

Yathra Sidra "A Meditation Mass"

Agitation Free "Malesch"

Neu s/t and "2"

Faust "so Far" and "IV" (their most poppy and commercial, but very good IMO)

Some good ones here^^^

I'd also add Early Kraftwerk (first 2 with the cones), Almost anything on OHR/Pilz (popol vuh, cosmic jokers, etc), Cluster 2, Amon Duul II (up to yeti)...

 

[sticky_dojah]

You will find Niagara either in the Jazz or Prog/Kraut sections over here.

To this day, I've never seen one of their records in the field over here...

also check out Rufus Zuphall from my hometown, they were actually part of that rocknacht thing on the German tele...interviewed the guitar player a few weeks ago. dude was superrelaxed and they still perform...there first one "weiss der teufel" is dope, but not available...OG's go for more than 150??? always...

 

[Mike_Bell]

McDonald And Giles -Tomorrow's People

I heard the album once in a record store in munich but dude wanted 30???. Price czech? Also, what is the og press of this? US or UK? US i think, or? Dope, erm, phat music... McDonald and Giles goes for approximately 15-25 USD.
I'm 99.9% sure that the OG is out of the UK.
Yes, it is DOPE!

 

[m_dejean]

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http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=692393&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1