A Plagiaristic Poetic Krautrock Playlist

Introduction

I thought I would create a Krautrock-based plagiaristic poem based on bands, albums and songs and follow it with a playlist of the songs chosen in the poem. Here are some of my previous pieces that reference the genre:

The thing is hardly any of these words are mine, they all come from band names, songs and album titles, so this is an almost perfect plagiaristic poem (details of the concept follow the songs). Hope you enjoy it.

I have maintained a syllable count and managed to keep rhymes although nine lines is not a standard length but that is the nature of an Acrostic poem. I have formed it as three triplets but I was unable to make all the lines rhyme based on the limitations I set myself, but it comes close.

The Poem:

Krautrock

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Kraftwerk Relentless On The Autobahn

Ruczuck, When Kraftwerk Were Once Flute Driven

Amon Düül II The Dance Of The Lemmings

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Upland Sound From Aqua By Edgar Froese

Tangerine Dream Flute Driven Sequence "C"

Rheinita La Düsseldorf So Stress Free

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One More Night With Can From Ege Bamyasi

Can with Gomorrah In The Lomg Lost Past

Krautrock By Faust, The One To End This List

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The Music:

Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"

The title track from their album was cut down from the twenty-minute album version and released as a single and was a hit. It was one of the few foreign language records to make the UK top twenty.

Here is a piece I did on the subject if you want to find a few more.

Kraftwerk - "Ruczuck" from "Kraftwerk"

Ruczuck is flute-driven backed by electronics so may surprise some, but is an absolute favourite of mine.

They formed in Düsseldorf in 1969 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. They began as part of West Germany's experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before fully embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders. Wolfgang Flür joined the band in 1974 and Karl Bartos in 1975, expanding the band to a quartet.

Amon Düül II - "Race From Here To Your Ears" from "Dance of the Lemmings"

I was introduced to Krautrock in my teens at school and I think I heard this song on a United Artists compilation called "All Good Clean Fun". The thing that struck me was the strange phasing effect on the guitar sound and the almost just shouted rather than sung words. This led me to buy the album "Dance of the Lemmings" and was dropped into an alternate universe of space rock to roughly quantify it, but I was impressed and wanted more.

There was lots of improvisation and some amazing unexpected sounds.

Edgar Froese - "Upland" from "Aqua"

Edgar Froese was a founder member of Tangerine Dream and this is from his debut solo album which was recorded using the "artificial head" or binaural process.

Tangerine Dream - "Sequence 'C'" from "Phaedra"

This is a video I did of a wonderful exhibition by my friend Jessica and I used this sequence by Tangerine Dream that seemed right for the images.

La Düsseldorf - "Rheinita"

I find this piece composed by Klaus Dinger quite beautiful and relaxing.

Can - "One More Night" from "Ege Bamyasi"

Can - "Gomorrah" from "Unlimited Edition"

Can are about absolute hypnotic rhythm. Coming from backgrounds in the avant-garde and jazz, the members of Can blended elements of psychedelic rock, funk, and noise.

The band were formed in Cologne in 1968 by the core quartet of Holger Czukay (bass, tape editing), Irmin Schmidt (keyboards), Michael Karoli (guitar), and Jaki Liebezeit (drums).

The group cycled through several vocalists, most prominently the American-born Malcolm Mooney (1968–70) and the Japanese-born Damo Suzuki (1970–73).

Faust - "Krautrock" from "Faust IV"

I will admit I bought their first album because it was in a clear sleeve with a hand X-ray and on clear vinyl, and is in my vinyl collection.

I was surprised by the first song that opened with radio interference and faded in and out on a couple of Beatles and Rolling Stones songs.

They often use heavy-duty tools and drills on stage, often threatening to bring buildings down.

This twelve-minute slab of industrial Krautrock is from the album "Faust IV" and takes no prisoners, and concludes this Krautrock plagiaristic poetry playlist.

The Plagiaristic Poetry Mission Statement

I know that sounds awfully pretentious but if you want to know more it's here.