krautrock

SUPER fun conversation with Chinese national Jiang Zi Xiu (Klaire) of the Shanghai band GUJI about one of her favorite records: 'Monster Movie' by the German experimental band CAN!
"You made a believer out of me..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Can Dialog - The Can Project (Irmin Schmidt with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre, London 2017); I Like To Hang Out In China, Judgement Day - GUJI; Billy - Round Eye; Come sta, La Luna - Can; I Can't Stand It - The Velvet Underground; Zyklus für einen Schlagzeuger (Zweite Version, 1959) - Karlheinz Stockhausen; Father Cannot Yell - Can; Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Mediaeval Baebes; Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground; Mary, Mary So Contrary - Can; Ballad of North Henan Province - Yu Hongmei; Outside My Door, Yoo Doo Right - Can; Build A Friend For Me, My Mao Suit - GUJI

Swinging back with psych from Europe, the Far East, South America and the US.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17640958/Searching-For-A-Thread

German ambient & rock with some modern-day fourth world experimentation.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17413026/Searching-For-A-Thread

We interrupt this podcast's regularly scheduled programming for a SPECIAL REPORT:

We've made a Krautrock Playlist.

The original idea was to have a "song draft": having dug deep enough into Krautrock, we would take turns claiming songs for ourselves.  We figured this way we'd learn what each of us likes in particular, and what we like best.

What happened is we came up with a list of 44 songs -- FORTY-FOUR -- that generally holds together not just as a cohesive cross-section of the genre (with apologies to Popol Vuh), but also as one hell of a mix to queue up on Spotify.

Did we hit all the good stuff?  Hell, no, and we know we have much more to learn and explore.  But we made a good start.  

Some stats, for those who are interested:

Song counts by artist: Can (7!), Kraftwerk (5), Neu! (5), Faust (4), Harmonia (4), La Düsseldorf (4), Amon Düül II (2), Cluster (2), Guru Guru (2), Moebius + Plank (2), Agitation Free (1), Amon Düül (1), Ash Ra Tempel (1), Brainticket (1), Holger Czukay (1), Tangerine Dream (1), Xhol Caravan (1).

Song counts by credited musicians: Klaus Dinger (11), Holger Czukay (10), Michael Rother (10), Dieter Moebius (8), Hans-Joachim Roedelius (6).

Heklina meets with Marc Kate for the 27th episode of Why We Listen to listen to and discuss:

My Bloody Valentine – ‘Honey Power’
Kraftwerk – ‘Computer Love’
Roxy Music – ‘Mother of Pearl’

Heklina is the producer and host of the legendary drag club Trannyshack and the new club Mother.

Thanks for listening.

Springy bounce and some head-nodding jams.
Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17153053/Searching-For-A-Thread

Far reaching spacerock, cosmic minimalism, interstellar experimentalism and far-out rock. Ya know in s p a c e.

Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17038017/Searching-For-A-Thread

Record store owner and self-professed 'music geek' David Lewis (Elizabeth's Records - Columbus, OH) thinks we should never stop discovering new (to us) music. He's right. Around 10 years ago he came upon the 1972 debut album by German experimental rock group Agitation Free, 'Malesch'. A mysterious fusion of psychedelia, experimental krautrock and world music, it's a fascinating snapshot of a band working together to create a trippy, ethereal and unique wall of sound.

Songs featured in this episode: Laila III - Agitation Free (Live in Paris ORTF Studio, 1973); Future Games - Fleetwood Mac; Hallogallo - Neu!; Phaedra - Tangerine Dream; Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath; Winning - The Sound; You Play For Us Today, Sahara City - Agitation Free; New Dawn Fades - New Order; Ala Tul - Agitation Free; Supernaut - Black Sabbath; Outside Tokyo - The Stranglers; Pulse - Agitation Free; Departure From The Northern Wasteland - Michael Hoenig; Pruit Igoe - Philip Glass; Khan El Khalili - Agitation Free; Jessica - The Allman Brothers; No One Is There - Nico; V-2 Schneider - David Bowie; Malesch - Agitation Free; Utopia III (excerpt) - Thomas Kessler; Malesch, Rücksturz - Agitation Free; Emka - My Education; Music Factory - Agitation Free (Live Mainz Germany, 1972)

BENNY THE BUTCHER "NO INSTRUCTIONS"

TIM HECKER "SONG OF THE HIGHWIRE SHRIMPER"

RAS G "SIKE YA LIFE"

RAS G "GREEN CURRY"

RAS G "TIMES COLD"

NUNO CANAVARRO "CAVE"

FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB FEAT DANNY BROWN "HIGH"

JAMES WAVEY "LAND OF MAGIC"

HERBIE MANN "B.N. BLUES"

AMPS FOR CHRIST "OSCILLIN"

THE THREE SOUNDS "TAMMY'S BREEZE"

HAWKWIND "SPIRIT OF THE AGE"

BRIAN ENO "BECALMED"

PORTISHEAD "ROADS"

STEREOLAB "PAUSE"

SCIENTIST "PLAGUE OF ZOMBIES"

Some rock and related before evolving into sonic tapestries and home recorded oddballs.

Spacebound music, taking off and setting sail.

Returning to some heavy 60s and 70s hard rock n psych sounds from the US, UK and Germany.

Fondé à Cologne à la fin des années 90, puis basé à Berlin de 2003 à 2011, avant de poser ses valises à Perpignan, Staubgold est un label ayant pour philosophie « Music out of place » explorant au départ les musiques electroniques, minimal, ambient, krautrock, et comptant dans son catalogue plus de 150 réfèrences, et des noms comme The Flying Lizards, David Cunningham, Faust, ou To Rococo Rot, le label s’est ensuite ouvert à un large éventail de styles et de genres derrière lesquels se cache la sensibilité d’un homme, Markus Detmer. 

Arrivé dans la capitale des P-O, il créa Cougouyou Music, sous label de Staubgold réservé aux disques d’artistes catalans, et il y ouvrit en 2014 un disquaire du même nom. 

Vous allez entendre dans cet épisode ma rencontre avec ce mélomane éclairé dans sa boutique, une visite qui coïncidait avec la sortie de la dernière compilation qui l’a mise sur pied:

Back from the Canigó Volume Two - Country Punks & City Rockers Perpignan 

1999-2010

Un double lp illustré par monsieur Pascal Comelade  star catalane internationale proche du label, au même titre que Les Limiñanas, mais la Catalogne du nord renferme bien d’autres talents à découvrir d’urgence.  

🎶 Crédits des morceaux diggés 🎶

Jean-Pierre Sabar - Vai Vai

Groenland Orchester - Tonika Oase

Pascal Comelade & Les Limiñanas - The Nothing Twist

Les Bellas - Belladelic

Altın Gün - Yüce Dağ Başında

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🎶 Musique utilisée pour l'habillage 🎶

Patrick Vian (le fils de Boris)-  Oreknock (extrait de l'album Bruits et temps analogues réédité par Staubgold en 2013)

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Enregistrement le samedi 11 décembre 2021 

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Pour un bref aperçu du reportage en photos: 

https://www.instagram.com/jirai.digger.chez.vous_podcast/

#digginàcougouyou

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Pour suivre l'actualité de Cougouyou Music:

https://www.cougouyou-music.com/

https://www.facebook.com/cougouyou/

Pour explorer le catalogue de Staubgold:

https://www.discogs.com/seller/cougouyou_music/profile

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NB La compilation Tchic Tchic de Born Bad Records dont est extrait le premier morceau diggé explore la bossa nova en France de 1963 à 1974