A.R. & MACHINES is the solo project of one Achim Reichel. The A.R. are of course his initials while the MACHINES are those elctronics and tape recorders he used to create this psychedelic sound.
Released in 1971, Amon Duul's only album for Ohr was a visionary slice of acid-folk, a magical mix of pastoral hippie vibes, stoned jams and ritualistic folk-rock. Includes the rare single-only tracks 'Paramechanical World'/'Eternal Flow' as bonus.
Can was founded in 1968 by Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli and Jaki Liebezeit who formed a group which would transcend all boundaries of music.
Ege Bamyasi drops the haze and hits with a sharp pang from the get-go. Often described as the “tense” Can album, Ege is actually the band at its most focused, bolstered in part by the excellent performance of the single “Spoon”.
Damo Suzuki's last album with Can as Vocalist. Only 4 tracks, but includes the astonishing 20-minute version of Bel Air and the 3-minute pop masterpiece Moonshake. This 1973 epic encapsulates everything great about Can then and now.
The 7th album from Can finds them playing around with a bigger tape machine while maintaining their freak scuzz intuition. "Vernal Equinox" alone is worth the price of admission.
Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt left behind their careers in academia to form the influential group in the late 60s. Together with Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit and Malcolm Mooney, they recorded Monster Movie in a castle near Cologne in 1968.
Cluster's self-titled debut was originally released by Philips in 1971; this edition is the first reissue to restore the track running order of the original Philips release. Includes liner notes by electronic avant-garde pioneer Asmus Tietchens.
Minimalist, yet neither formulaic nor automated, the album is a rhythmic tapestry of otherworldly electronic and acoustic elements - relaxed, organic and gentle ambience.
Originally released in 1974, Zuckerzeit marked a turning point for these seminal German space rockers. Recorded shortly after their move away from the metropolis of Berlin, it sees some of the abrasiveness of their earlier material slightly diffusing.
Holger Czukay, well known as a co-founder of the krautrock group, Can. Gvoon - Brennung 1 is a compilation of once lost tapes the musician recorded back in the 90s.
Originally released in 1973, Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock titans, Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Gold-certified in both the UK and US, the album features the single, "Jerusalem."
Legendary German post-rock band formed in 1971 by undisputed noise pioneer Uwe Nettelbeck, Faust garnered an immediate following due to it's extreme experimentations with music cut ups and other mixed sources hinging on cacophony and distortion.
These two albums range from minimal electronic pulses, ambient dreamscapes, vocal collages to heavy drone, ritualistic percussion and psychedelic grooves.
