Krautrock Cosmic Rock and its Legacy - Couverture souple

Davis, Erik; Faber, Michel; Keenan, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906155666 ISBN 13 : 9781906155667

Editeur : Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Krautrock Krautrock charts the history of this influential music genre, from its roots in free jazz, psychedelia and the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, to the groundbreaking experiments of Faust, Kraftwerk and Can.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and its Legacy charts the history of this influential music genre, from its roots in free jazz, psychedelia and the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, to the groundbreaking experiments of Faust, Kraftwerk and Can. The late 1960s in West Germany was a period of profound breakthroughs, upheavals and reversals. Communes were spreading, protests organised throughout the entire country, the desire to begin everything anew permeating the young. Out of this climate, a music scene exploded that would forever change the face of western rock; at times anarchic, at others mystical, magickal, or utopian, it pushed rock beyond any known limits. Never a genre or a movement per se, Krautrock encompassed a very wild and diverse range of sounds, attitudes, and past musics, from free jazz to Karlheinz Stockhausen, from dada to Fluxus, from German Romanticism to the Mothers of Invention. The musicians operated outside any known categories, breaking new ground and turning their backs to both their country's past and the conventions of Anglo-American rock. Their vision fired the imaginations of generations of musicians after them: Cabaret Voltaire, Brian Eno, Nurse with Wound, PiL, DAF, Einstürzende Neubauten, to only name a few, have all acknowledged their debt to Krautrock's uncompromising, outsider ethics and far-out sounds. From the relentless drum beating of Amon Düül, to the eastern tinged mysticism of Popol Vuh and the sonic assaults of Conrad Schnitzler, Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and Its Legacy traces the history of this phenomenon. Illustrated with concert photos, posters, record cover art and other rare visual material, and also including essays by Michel Faber, Erik Davis, David Stubbs, Ken Hollings and testimonials from Gavin Russom (Delia and Gavin/Black Meteoric Star), Plastic Crimewave, Stephen Thrower (Coil/Cyclobe), and Ann Shenton (Add N to (X)) this is an essential compendium to a music whose spirit and ideas still vibrate through contemporary culture today.

Biographie de l'auteur

Erik Davis is a contributing writer for Arthur Magazine and the author of The Visionary State. Michel Faber is a writer for The Guardian and is the author of Under The Skin and The Fire Gospel. Ken Hollings is a writer for The Wire, Frieze and Sight & Sound and the author of Destroy All Monsters. David Keenan is also a writer for The Wire and is the author of England s Hidden Reverse, a biography of the bands Coil, Current 93 and Nurse With Wound. David Stubbs is a contributing writer for both the NME and The Wire, and is the author of Ace Records, part of Black Dog Publishing's Labels Unlimited series.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Black Dog Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906155666
• ISBN 13: 9781906155667
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Éditeur: Kotsopoulos Nikolaos