Krautrock Karnival
(2002, SAS Records SAS5)

The Karnival!
On 7 June 2002 this disc was released at the first Krautrock Karnival, held at Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre:

Circle
Finnish psychedelia, walls of electronic sound and chaos straight from the stratosphere to your ears - www.ektrorecords.com 

Airport 71
Futuristic Moog-driven, Kraut-inspired mayhem from Andy Tolley aka Airport 71 - www.mp3.com/airport71 

Appliance
A delicate structure builds and rocks forward as Bauhaus aestethics shine through - www.tangents.co.uk/appliance 

Ken Martin
Ken´s Kosmische roots are closer to Berlin than his native Basildon! - www.synthwizard.free-online.co.uk 

Foreign Spaces
A slice of inspired progressive rock and ambience with a Tangerine Dream hue, remastered by Eroc of Grobschnitt - www.foreignspaces.de 

Kubusschnitt
Flying straight out of the Berlin School, veterans of four Neu Harmony albums - www.kubusschnitt.de 

Cookin' With Kurt
Kurt's heady brew of Kraut-space-jazz rock currently resides at Innerspace Records - http://innerspacerecords.com 

Damo Suzuki's Network
Real passion and soul from the man who was there! From Metaphysical Transfer - www.damosuzuki.com 

Bluesausageinfant
Only the Devil himself can follow Damo! From Supple Supple, on Controled Records - www.mp3.com/bluesausageinfant 

Egg Yum Yum
Krautrock or Loutrock? A bangin´psych-rock workout from little old Exeter ...

Abunai!
Monster space-rock improvisations, straight from the heart of the Kraut Kosmos - www.abunai.com 

Nebula Drone
Kosmische for the 21st Century, chillout par excellence - www.nebuladrone.com 

Die Hunde der Quatsche!

12 tracks by 12 artists from across Europe (including Germany!) and the States, celebrating rock's wildest genre: Krautrock.
Covering a multitude of styles from high-energy rock to weird funk to post rock and chill out, Krautrock Karnival pays homage to the legacy left by seventies German rock music.

Opening our teutonic inspired fiesta, Circle hits you right between the ears with Dedofiktion, a banging psychedelic work out in the tradition of Can and Neu! It's then time to go supersonic on a heavy kraut-prog trip from Airport 71's Traffic Control - not for those of you scared of flying to new musical heights!

A delicately constructed, ever-building piece from Mute recording artists Appliance shows Krautrock's influence in today's post rock field.

It's space'n'synth time! Fans of Tangerine Dream and Ashra will not be able to resist any of these gems: Ken Martin's The Deal takes you through the Stratosfear (sic), way into outer space; Pheaton III - Utopia by Foreign Spaces sets in orbit around a strange Klaus Schulze-esque planet while the majestic force of Kubusscnitt's Almost X propels our senses through the cosmos of Kraut sounds.

Cookin' with Kurt's Soup Du Jour puts a funky-spacey-jazz take on the Kraut aesthetic - preparing the ground for one of the originals, the legendary Damo Suzuki from Can - and he's as strong and quirky as ever. With a great vocal workout over a lilting rhythmic build-up, fans of the Can will not be disappointed!

Now it's time to get heavy with the sinister sounds of The Devil Himself (part1) from Bluesausageinfant - irresistible if you are into Guru Guru, Faust and early Hawkwind. Egg Yum Yum's Ooh-Sky-Rah-Ket is one hell of an amphetamine fuelled sonic attack, and our ‘mayhem á trois’ is completed by psychedelic rockers Abunai!'s Earth Mover, a sonic juggernaut that shakes the ground from under our feet!

Bringing the proceedings to a close, Nebula Drone's Moon Down takes the ambience of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze firmly into the 21st Century. Chill out music par excellence, these guys should soon be giving The Orb and Mouse On Mars a good run for their money!

So, the whole, wide and wild Krautrock genre is covered in one fine disk put together as a collaboration between www.krautrocknet.com (the ultimate Krautrock portal) and music collective The St David's Ambience Society. Good vibes run through this disk from start to finish - you won't find a more exciting introduction to the wacky, weird world of Krautrock!

Nigel Pennington, Krautrocknet.com, 2002
Buy 'Krautrock Karnival' at: www.krautrocknet.com 

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