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KRAUTROCK - MARSHALL GU KARTONIERT (TB)

Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global
reach belie the common culture from where it emerged. This is a band-by-band history. In May
1945  the Allies defeated Nazi Germany  putting an end to the European front of World War II
and the Third Reich. In the immediate aftermath  German youth were tasked to create their own
culture. Krautrock is this unlikely success story  as hundreds of bands-including Kraftwerk and
Can-seemed to sprout overnight in the early 1970s  forging a unique and experimental sound that
was different than American or British rock. The major innovation of krautrock is not only its
motorik beat  the steady click-click of Can's Jaki Liebezeit or monolithic stomp-stomp of
Neu!'s Klaus Dinger  but also how the musicians relate to each other. In krautrock  no musician
is given more focus than any other  and listening to these bands is to witness interplay common
in jazz music. Thus  krautrock represents German politics reflected in music: a dictatorship
replaced by democracy. Krautrock explores the history and methodology of the genre  charting
its influences and innovations  its more mainstream acts (like Faust  Kraftwerk  and Can) as
well as the less universally known (including Harmonia  Popol Vuh  Embryo  and Ash Ra Tempel) 
and how the genre developed in post-war Germany and what it means to today's listeners.

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