Krautrock

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   Can: Cologne band whose drummer Jaki Liebezeit held endless, funky grooves while the others improvised; much of their music was edited from long jams.

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   Neu!: Duo of Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger, both early Kraftwerk members; Dinger's relentless drumming is the definitive motorik beat.

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   Kraftwerk: Düsseldorf group who began in the krautrock scene with flute-and-organ jams, then moved into the electronic pop that changed music.

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   Faust: Chaotic, collage-minded group splicing rock, noise, tape edits and jokes; their fourth album opens with a track called 'Krautrock'.

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   Amon Düül II: Munich band that grew out of a commune, playing heavy, sprawling psychedelic rock with violin and wild vocals.

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   Tangerine Dream: Edgar Froese's Berlin group, whose 1970s albums used sequencers and synthesizers to build long, pulsing cosmic journeys.

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   Ash Ra Tempel: Manuel Göttsching's Berlin group, stretching guitar into long, spacey psychedelic jams before his later electronic work.

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   Cluster: Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, who went from harsh electronic noise to gentle, melodic miniatures that point toward ambient music.

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   Harmonia: Cluster plus Neu!'s Michael Rother, blending motorik pulse with warm, playful electronics; Brian Eno came to visit and record with them.

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    Stereolab: London band who fused motorik rhythms with sixties pop, analogue synths and Laetitia Sadier's cool vocals, carrying krautrock into nineties indie.

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    Beak>: Bristol trio co-founded by Portishead's Geoff Barrow, built on deep, hypnotic, live-in-the-room grooves.

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    Föllakzoid: Chilean band stretching the motorik pulse into long, trance-like pieces somewhere between psychedelic rock and techno.

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