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Hey guys, I listen to a lot of psychadelic rock & just recently discovered Krautrock. I prefer more the "psychadelic rockish" side of Krautrock, from my first experience I really like Tago Mago by CAN, UFO by Guru Guru and Ash Ra Temple. Is there a album you would recommend me based on my preferences? (Especially something like Ash Ra Temple, but maybe a little more ambient and chill)

Thank you in advance!

You wouldn't ask Karl Bartos about the secret because he was instructed to keep the secret, even though he thinks it's the stupidest shit.

You wouldn't ask Wolfgang Flür because he's dopey and never got told about it.

And Florian is dead, even if he's the one that thought it up, and Ralf is too much of a semi-intellected ass at the heart of the prohibitive (and litigious) secrecy itself. But Ralf would never write a memoir anyway, so all you can do is look elsewhere.

I have made an extensive study including two Kraftwerker's memoirs and I believe there is an obvious secret called the "Kling-Klang" (which happens to be the name of Kraftwerk's studio). Kling-Klang would refer to "a pair of exactly two musicnotes", and the philosophy would suggest that Kraftwerk music is modeled after hallucination, because hallucinations are always comprised of Kling-Klang pairs.

Wha-hey! What a cool epiphany to have had, while Florian Schneider was tripping acid in 1971.

So, the way it went down seems to be: Wolfgang Flür never got told about it, so he didn't say it in his memoir but he said too much about the custom Klanging percussion machine, and was therefore sued repeatedly. Karl Bartos took notice of this, and when he split off from the band he tread much more carefully.

Karl's memoir is more professional and weirdly written at times, as if to suggest the Kling-Klang philosophy as obviously as possible without saying it. Since percussion is no exception to the Kling-Klang rule, here is my favorite snippet of all:

It was 'Magic Fly', the French band Space's summer hit, that captured my attention the most. The instrumental sounded like it came from a French branch of Kling Klang. ... We were curious, and took a look at the frequencies of 'Magic Fly' in the spectrum analyser. I found it interesting that the bass drum also showed up in the upper middle range.

"I found it interesting" indeed!

Now, I'm an obsessive fellow and also a hallucinator of music. I've used this rule to bring my music to life once I realized it was the rule, and I've let myself become a little obsessed with the little Kraftwerk secret I've found.

I guess I should give myself an opportunity to be told if it's not true.

Is it?

A kraut-inspired track we DIYed 2 years ago with my duo VAUTRE. Hope you will like it, I'm curious to get your feedback :)

https://vautre.bandcamp.com/track/krautz

I’ve bought the volume 1-5 and 7-8 vinyls 2 years ago or so. I know there are 11 volumes. I saw a few volume 6 for sale on discogs, but that’s about it, can’t find volume 9-10-11 anywhere. Any advice on where to look?

Because it mixes the influences of several projects and artists who did amazing things, to form something amazing that had a considerable impact in its field, and then sparked the creation of more amazing things (BCS and El Camino in the case of Breaking Bad / post-punk, gothic rock and new wave in the case of krautrock). I like to see things that way.

Constant and powerful rhythms, weird way of singing, Stockhausen/John Cage style tape loops, guitar with a bluesy/psychedelic Hendrix-style atmosphere...

For me it's like the US Tago Mago.

I love krautrock like can,kraftwerk And neu and many more But popol vuh I never listened to but don't know best albums best songs or vinyl pressings

Thank you for your help

anyone got any suggestions for some ominous, scary, disturbing, etc.. krautrock ? i know a handful of tracks that kind of fit this bill and i need more !