With German youth crying out for their own brand of heroes, it was unsurprising that Philips signed Cluster in early 1971.
Having birthed the Ash Ra Tempel/Tangerine Dream scene in Berlin and supported Jimi Hendrix along the way, the duo of Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius were already legends.
In their first incarnation as Kluster, this seminal kraütrock outfit broke all kinds of rules, creating electronically manipulated collages of musical noise – and refusing even to title the tracks on their albums!
By the mid-70s their mainspring, Roedelius, was more inclined towards keyboard-based compositions. Still innovative and unconventional, they were easier on the ear, resembling avant-garde chamber music.
War War traces its roots back to a Californian high school band formed by bass player and keyboard player BB Dickerson,…
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Faust In the early seventies, Germany's progressive music scene became known in Europe and the US as 'Krautrock', a faintly pejorative…
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge was born in Lafayette, Tennesee, a small town outside Nashville, and began her musical career playing organ in…
Teardrop Explodes, The The Teardrop Explodes formed in 1978 with original members Julian Cope (real name Kevin Stapleton) on vocals and bass, Mick…
Kraütrock For those who were there in 1971, the shock of seeing Faust's eponymous debut LP remains starkly etched in the mind's…
Roogalator It was 1975, and the British music scene was in thrall to pub rock, the movement that would ultimately make superstars…
Tim Buckley Born on Valentine's Day 1947, California-raised Buckley's heroes were Nat King Cole and Johnny Cash, and his 1966 folk rock debut leaned heavily on psychedelia.…
