Worshipping Krautrock.

I have for some time now since the beginning of my twenties been a fond listener of the seminal German 'krautrock' act Can, during the period that the Nipponese street busker/free-form vocalist/Jehovah's Witness/lunatic Damo Suzuki was the mouthpiece of the band, from the end of the sixties until 1973. In addition to this was the duo NEU!, whose composition themes revolved around a droning minimalism and 4/4 'motorik' drums, often free of chord and technique changes in the guitar and bass playing.

Prior to that I have always been into the neo-romantic synthpop of Kraftwerk since my early teens, and having known of a wider German 'scene' that existed then, that acted almost as an early form of post-rock (especially in a structural sense) and the 'music that Brian Eno ripped off', I have after some time, though not regretting any delays, finally come round to giving the music of many of the subgenres more prominent acts a listen.

So of recent Amon Duul II, Tangerine Dream, Popol Vuh and Faust have been getting quite a lot of rotation on the speakers, and we may soon see some reviews written on these pages in honour of their works.