Krautrock
A Definitive Ranking of Every Can Album
From Monster Movie to Rite Time, here's a dissection of the entire Can discography. A Definitive Ranking of Every Can Album Jonah Krueger and Venus Rittenberg
Damo Suzuki, Pioneering Vocalist of Can, Dead at 74
Suzuki appeared on Can’s albums Tago Mago, Ege Bamyası, Future Days, and more. Damo Suzuki, Pioneering Vocalist of Can, Dead at 74 Jo Vito
R.I.P. Klaus Schulze, German Electronic Music Pioneer Dead at 74
Electronic music composer Klaus Schulze has died at the age of 74. According to a statement, Schulze passed away on Tuesday, April 26th. He had been suffering from an undisclosed illness, but his death was described as “sudden” by Frank Uhle, the managing director of his record label, SPV. “We were shocked and saddened to hear the news of Klaus Schulze’s sudden death,” Uhle said in a statement. “We lose and will miss a good personal friend – one of the most influential and important composers of electronic music – a man of conviction and an exceptional artist. Our thoughts in this hour are with his wife, sons and family. His always cheerful nature, his innovative spirit and his impressive body of work remain indelibly rooted in our memories.” A pioneer of the krautrock and techno genres, t...
How Kraftwerk and David Bowie Paved the Way for Music As We Know It Today
In 1976, David Bowie introduced his bravest new world yet. Zig-zagging across Europe and North America to promote his 10th studio album, Station to Station, he set the scene, night after night, with spliced footage from Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí’s surrealist masterpiece Un Chien Andalou. It was a strange yet enthralling scene for fans, but had the artist, then known as The Thin White Duke, had his way, four motionless Germans would have graced the stage instead. The request, of course, was made, but a firm yet friendly “nein danke” from Kraftwerk later led musical history to opt for another course. Midway through the Station to Station live run, also known as the “Isolar Tour”, Kraftwerk co-founders Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider met with Bowie at their Kling Klang Studio in their h...
