krautrock Archive

Take Five: Important Kraftwerk Tracks

When Kraftwerk began, it was an outgrowth of a project called Organisation, a highly experimental German group that released only one album, the avant-garde Tone-Float. After the demise of that […]

Book Review: ‘Krautrock Eruption’ by Wolfgang Seidel

The term krautrock is a fraught one. The label – applied to a type of music – carries a whiff of bigotry, as “kraut” was a pejorative slur used to […]

DVD Review: Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock Part 2

Once you accept that the term krautrock is a big-tent concept, one that encompasses a wide range of music, then you’re prepared to dive farther into an exploration of the […]

Album Review: Live Kraut: Live Rock Explosions from the Heyday of Krautrock!

I discovered this internet thing about nineteen years ago. Ever since then – more so once I became Editor in Chief for a now-defunct print magazine, and even more so […]