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27 Sep 2024

What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 3 of 3)

Continued from Part Two… In Perfect Harmonia (continued) A subsequent performance would yield more positive results. “We once played in Hamburg,” he recalls. “That was 1974, and there was a […]

26 Sep 2024

What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 2 of 3)

By Bill Kopp

interview, krautrock, reissue

Continued from Part One… Something Neu! (continued) For his part, Rother played multilayered electric guitar parts that skittered around, over and under a repetitive, often one-chord musical structure. The meter […]

25 Sep 2024

What Was Old is Neu! Again (Part 1 of 3)

By Bill Kopp

interview, krautrock, reissue

A pair of 2024 releases on vinyl refocuses a well-earned spotlight on an important corner of modern music. A deluxe version of Musik von Harmonia, the 1973 debut album from […]

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