In a similar rubbish-situations-leading-to-good-stuff way, the depressing post-war environment of Germany in the late 1960s led a whole load of bands to produce some of the most interesting music in Europe. Bands like Amon Düül II, Can, Faust, Kraftwerk, Neu and Tangerine Dream all worked to form a genre of music that wasn't tainted by Germany's holocaust and Nazi-uprising. The result was a completely indescribably form of experimental classical-jazz-rock fusion that was free of association with anything else. By the time these bands started hitting England they were not-so-affectionately termed 'Krautrock'. Here's a live version of Kraftwerk's flute-freakout Ruckzuck because it's easy to forget Kraftwerk's output from before when they completely changed the face of electronic music:
Monday, 24 March 2014
Post-War Tuberculosis Grooves
Not-So-Happy Monday everyone! It's World Tuberculosis Day, which is pretty much the most depressing theme for any day of the year. But sometimes terrible events can kick start people to really great stuff, like the work the Stop TB Partnership do to fight against the millions of people that don't receive proper treatment for Tuberculosis.
In a similar rubbish-situations-leading-to-good-stuff way, the depressing post-war environment of Germany in the late 1960s led a whole load of bands to produce some of the most interesting music in Europe. Bands like Amon Düül II, Can, Faust, Kraftwerk, Neu and Tangerine Dream all worked to form a genre of music that wasn't tainted by Germany's holocaust and Nazi-uprising. The result was a completely indescribably form of experimental classical-jazz-rock fusion that was free of association with anything else. By the time these bands started hitting England they were not-so-affectionately termed 'Krautrock'. Here's a live version of Kraftwerk's flute-freakout Ruckzuck because it's easy to forget Kraftwerk's output from before when they completely changed the face of electronic music:
In a similar rubbish-situations-leading-to-good-stuff way, the depressing post-war environment of Germany in the late 1960s led a whole load of bands to produce some of the most interesting music in Europe. Bands like Amon Düül II, Can, Faust, Kraftwerk, Neu and Tangerine Dream all worked to form a genre of music that wasn't tainted by Germany's holocaust and Nazi-uprising. The result was a completely indescribably form of experimental classical-jazz-rock fusion that was free of association with anything else. By the time these bands started hitting England they were not-so-affectionately termed 'Krautrock'. Here's a live version of Kraftwerk's flute-freakout Ruckzuck because it's easy to forget Kraftwerk's output from before when they completely changed the face of electronic music:
