Krautrock

Krautrock is a genre of German experimental rock that emerged in the late 1960s and flourished throughout the 1970s. Characterized by hypnotic rhythms, repetitive melodies, and electronic manipulation of sound, krautrock drew on psychedelic rock, avant-garde, and world music influences. The genre's pioneers sought to break away from Anglo-American rock traditions, instead embracing a more motorik, or driving, rhythmic approach, often featuring prominent use of synthesizers, drum machines, and tape loops. This distinctive sound, combined with a DIY ethos and a fascination with the intersection of technology and art, allowed krautrock to transcend traditional rock boundaries, influencing a wide range of subsequent genres, from post-punk and new wave to ambient and techno.

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Acid Youth
Action & Tension & Space
Anika
Anthony Moore
Arik Lau
Ashra
Association P.C.
Atomic Rooster
Birth Control
Bjorn Vido and the Music in Space Experience
Black Helium
Bobby Zodiac and The Clairvoyants
Brian Eno
C.A.R.
CEM
CV Vision
Chaos Messerschmitt
Clúster
Colosseum
Conrad Schnitzler
Das Koolies
Deradoorian
Domkraft
Edgar Froese
Einseinseins
Eloy
Fomies
Fuckwolf
Gentle Giant
Giancarlo Schiaffini
Gnod
Goblin
Gong
Guru Guru
Harald Grosskopf
HarmoniA
Holger Czukay
Holy Scum
Ian Boddy
Irmela Roelcke
Jah Wobble
Jean-Pierre Decerf
Joachim Kühn
Joëlle Léandre
KLÄMP
Kanaan
Klaus Schulze
Koenjihyakkei
Kraan
Lars Fredrik Frøislie
Les Big Byrd
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete
MADMADMAD
MAQUINA.
Michele Marelli
Modern Nature
Moebius
Motrik
Mythologen
Nation of Language
Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge
Nurse With Wound
PSYCHEDELIC
Patche
Perzeptiverdampfkesselqualmtbesinnlich
Peter Baumann
Peter Hammill
Pharaoh Overlord
Phil Manzanera
Population II
Prolapse
Public Service Broadcasting
Radiohead
Rättö & Lehtisalo
S.Y.P.H.
Saeko Killy
Schlammpeitziger
Scorpions
Smote
Soft Works
Stereolab
The Dwarfs of East Agouza
The Fall
The Moonlandingz
Thorsten Quaeschning
To Rococo Rot
Tortoise
Toy
Toy
Trippy Space Gang
Ulrika Spacek
Vago Sagrado
Vespero
Vibravoid
Wallenstein
Wolfgang Flür
Yamo
Zaho de Sagazan
Zeus B. Held
pôt-pot
Radiohead
Scorpions
Zaho de Sagazan
Brian Eno
Stereolab
Kraftwerk
Glass Beams
Eloy
Tangerine Dream
Anika
Nation of Language
CAN
Camel
Kikagaku Moyo
Public Service Broadcasting
Wand
The Fall
Fujiya & Miyagi
Aphrodite's Child
Colonel Bagshot
Gentle Giant
Eloy
Electrelane
Tortoise
Klaus Schulze
Roedelius
HarmoniA
DAF
Cluster
Eloy
Bad Space
NEU!
Toy
Jah Wobble
Van Der Graaf Generator
Cluster
Gong
Goblin
Hanuman
Minami Deutsch
Colour Haze
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
Triumvirat
Ulrika Spacek
Popol Vuh
Faust
Nektar
Fomies
Peter Hammill
Magma
PSYCHEDELIC
Peaking Lights
Karl Hector & The Malcouns
Atomic Rooster
Der Hund Marie
Mouse On Mars
Steve Hillage
Michael Rother
Deradoorian
Ultimate Spinach
Cabaret Voltaire
Harmonia & Eno '76
Agitation Free
Rheingold
Gnod
Phil Manzanera
Curved Air
Les Big Byrd
Clúster
Ashra
Die Wilde Jagd
Moebius
Toy
Bo Hansson
Amon Düül II
Motrik
Dissidenten
Nurse With Wound
Thorsten Quaeschning
Anthony Moore
Harmonia
Esa Kotilainen
Subliminal Mind Expansion
MADMADMAD
Cavern of Anti-Matter
Von Spar
Birth Control
Zombie Zombie
The Moonlandingz
Joel Vandroogenbroeck
Holger Czukay
Bardo Pond
Colosseum
Joachim Kühn
Domkraft
Edgar Froese
Chaos Messerschmitt
Kraan
Wolfgang Dauner
To Rococo Rot