The Cambridge companion to Krautrock / edited by Uwe Schütte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schütte, Uwe, 1967- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to music

Cambridge companions to music. Composers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Krautrock (Music)--History and criticism.

Krautrock (Music).

Popular music--Germany--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 323 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This Companion is the first academic introduction to the 1960s/70s 'Krautrock' movement of German experimental music that has long attracted the attention of the music press and fans in Britain and abroad. It offers a structured approach to this exceptionally heterogeneous and decentralized movement, combining overviews with detailed analysis and close readings. The volume first analyzes the cultural, historical and economic contexts of Krautrock's emergence. It then features expert chapters discussing all the key bands of the era including Can, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Neu!, Faust, Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster and Amon Düül II. The volume concludes with essays that trace the varied, wide-ranging legacy of Krautrock from a variety of perspectives, exploring in particular the impact of German experimental music in the Anglosphere, including British post-punk and Detroit Techno. A final chapter examining the current bands that continue the Krautrock sound closes this comprehensive overview of the Krautrock phenomenon.

Contents:

Introduction / Uwe Schütte

Part I. Context. Krautrock : Definitions, Concepts, Contexts / Ulrich Adelt ; Krautrock and the Radical Politics of 1968 / Detlef Siegfried ; Krautrock in the British and American Music Press / Alexander Simmeth ; Infrastructure of the German Music Business / Jan-Peter Herbst ; The Sound of Krautrock / Heather Moore

Part II. Music. Kraftwerk / Uwe Schütte ; Can / Patrick Glen ; Tangerine Dream / Sean Nye and Michael Krikorian ; Neu! / David Stubbs ; Faust / Alexander Henkle ; Cluster/Harmonia / David Pattie ; Popol Vuh / Sascha Seiler ; Ash Ra Tempel, Manuel Göttsching and Klaus Schulze / Pertti Grönholm ; Amon Düül II / Ryan Iseppi ; The Flip Side of Krautrock / Jens Balzer

Part III. Legacy. Krautrock and German Punk / Jeff Hayton ; Krautrock and British Post-Punk / Alexander Carpenter ; Krautrock and German Free Jazz, Kraut Fusion, Detroit Techno / Marcus Barnes ; Krautrock Today / Alex Harden.

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ISBN:

9781009036535 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

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