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BIZARRE: Krautrock - You Need To See This

“You see the guy at the back playing guitar and looking awkward? I can’t even tell you his name!” Krautrock icons Can and their brief interlude as British pop stars

Their one-off exploration of disco-pop, I Want More, featured lyrics written by a roadie and gave them a Top 30 hit in the UK. They took the short-term clamour in their stride

"A rousing counter-narrative to the usual depictions of Krautrock." New book shines different light on the kosmiche genre

"A rousing counter-narrative to the usual depictions of Krautrock." New book shines different light on the kosmiche genre

Krautrock Eruption has been written by former Eruption member Wolfgang Seidel

“He wasn’t like a mad scientist with all these live wires hanging around in the studio – the wires were all in his mind”: The prog credentials of pioneering producer Conny Plank

“He wasn’t like a mad scientist with all these live wires hanging around in the studio – the wires were all in his mind”: The prog credentials of pioneering producer Conny Plank

He helped create krautrock before his influence stretched round the progressive world via his belief that “craziness is something holy”

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“It was an unusual paradox: most acts keep recording stylistically similar albums… Porcupine Tree were being harassed for daring to not transform”: But Lightbulb Sun matters more than you may think

After veering too close to becoming a “new Pink Floyd,” their seventh album was a key moment in their development through psychedelia, classic prog, krautrock and pop rock to the truly progressive sound they made their own

Can share new live clip from 1977 line-up featuring Rosko Gee

Legendary krautrockers Can will release Live In Aston 1977 in May

“We were living with cockroaches, writing crazy concept albums and touring the planet”: how prog metal visionaries Voivod invented a whole new genre

Canadian prog metal icons Voivod released their classic second album Rrröööaaarrr on this day in 1986. Drummer Away looks back on a career like no other

A beginner’s guide to Krautrock in five essential albums

The genre with the joke name that stuck: With a sonic imprint still discernible in all corners of music, these are five albums that tell the story of Krautrock

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JeGong premiere video for brand new single KurkOM

Experimental krautrock duo JeGong will release second album The Complex Inbetween in June

Can: Tago Mago - Album Of The Week Club review

Can: Tago Mago - Album Of The Week Club review

Can's Krautrock masterpiece Tago Mago was an album that realigned rock, commencing countdown for 21st-century music

The War on Drugs review – cosmic WTF moments turn arena rock on its head

The War on Drugs review – cosmic WTF moments turn arena rock on its head

Their fanbase has grown but the Philadelphia rockers haven’t sold out, mixing dad rock with Krautrock to make an improbable but potent sonic cocktail

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