They're reissued all the Neu! albums
like they did with the Can ones a couple of years ago.

Fucking magic.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 11:32, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

yes
shame about klaus dinger dying a few years back, a Neu! reunion would have been incredible.

I picked up the Neu! albums in Selectadisc, Nottingham back in 1994 and was blown away, still am, if truth be told. They were high quality bootlegs from vinyl.

I read the the SACD Can re-issues sound bloody marvellous, however they could be 'dangerous' if listened to in an altered state of consciousness, particularly the much maligned and frequently skipped, 'Aughm'.

Faust are my faves though, such a variance of styles, effortlessly switching from blissed out ambience to angels of death in the space of one track. Highly recommended!
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 11:44, Reply)

do you have Julian Cope's Krautrocksampler book?
It is invaluable for info - and actually quite valuable too as I believe there are no plans to reprint it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 11:52, Reply)

yes, i do,
it is a fine read. good reference piece as well. prolly wouldn't sell it though, hand it down to my son, who at 13, doesn't too badly on the music front.

have you heard the first 3 kraftwerk albums, the pre-autobahn stuff?
quite possibly the three most overlooked albums of all time, stunning stuff
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 12:04, Reply)

I don't think I have
I must remedy this immediately. Even without knowledge of these LPs I rate them enormously. 'Numbers' is the finest electro (in the 80s breakdance sense) tune ever - apart from 'Clear' by Cybotron, I reckon.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 12:27, Reply)

The first three albums
are quite a bit more organic, none of the, 'we ar ze robots', style posturing.

Kraftwerk 1 - Contains 'Rucksuck', one of the best 'flute techno' tracks you will ever hear, also quite possibly their best ever track.

Kraftwerk 2 - Foreboding electronic ambience, decades ahead of its time. May take a bit of getting into to be fair!!

Ralf und Florian - Prepare for take off!! Contains 'Tanzmusik' (Dance Music), where handclaps and euphoric voices propel you into the stratosphere.

I envy you not having heard them, a bounty of revelations await. Listening to them really does give the rest of their catalogue more depth and meaning. 99% of folk will assume they started with Autobahn.

And how could i forget about 'Tone Float', their VERY first album. Purists kinda disregard it, but the concept is there, and Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger of Neu! fame played with them in this incarnation. Probably the weakest of teh pre-autobahn stuff, but still worth a listen.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!!
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 12:42, Reply)