Krautrock/Kosmische Musik and related

"There are loads of jazz-rock LPs from around 1980. So one could ask oneself why any more of them should be released on CD at all. "Übermorgen" ("The day after tomorrow") by Surgery, however, certainly belongs to the better ones of this genre...

This title is now out of print and is getting hard to find.

"The thirty fifth anniversary concert was a concert that found the band celebrating the recording of the landmark album Phaedra. The concert which was filmed on the 11th of June 2005...

This is the remastered, Super Bit Mapping "Definitive Edition" of this album. Brief history. Tangerine Dream were one of the earliest all electronic/synthesizer bands, and are one of the keystones of the hugely acclaimed Berlin scene of the 1970's....

Electronic Meditation is the quite wild first release by Tangerine Dream, recorded in 1969 and released in 1970 on OHR. Unlike their later albums, there are no synthesizers here, only lots of 'effects' and imagination. The band is a trio of Edgar Froese..

This is the remastered, Super Bit Mapping "Definitive Edition" of this album. Brief history. Tangerine Dream were one of the earliest all electronic/synthesizer bands, and are one of the keystones of the hugely acclaimed Berlin scene of the 1970's. The...

Well known 1911 Italian silent film based on Dante's narrative and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Dore. This has a new soundtrack specifically made for it by Tangerine Dream. "Inferno (1911), the first Italian feature film ever made, is a...

Like too many releases on the Voiceprint family of labels, this one is simultaneously an amazing release and a very frustrating one: The story on this apparently is that the film (which is unbelievably high quality) was shot for the BBC. Apparently...

I saw the band not long after this tour and was surprised at how good it was. It wasn't 'classic era' quality, but it was a good show and - imo - this is the end of the line for Tangerine Dream as anything other than music for behind the news broadcast...

"The album is dedicated to former Pink Floyd guitarist Syd Barrett who died in July 2006. The lyrics for each of the songs on the new album are adapted from English and American poets from 17th and 18th century literature by Bianca F. Acquaye...

This is the remastered, Super Bit Mapping "Definitive Edition" of this album. Brief history. Tangerine Dream were one of the earliest all electronic/synthesizer bands, and are one of the keystones of the hugely acclaimed Berlin scene of the 1970's. The...

This is the remastered, Super Bit Mapping "Definitive Edition" of this album. Brief history. Tangerine Dream were one of the earliest all electronic/synthesizer bands, and are one of the keystones of the hugely acclaimed Berlin scene of the 1970's. The...

This is the remastered, Super Bit Mapping "Definitive Edition" of this album. Brief history. Tangerine Dream were one of the earliest all electronic/synthesizer bands, and are one of the keystones of the hugely acclaimed Berlin scene of the 1970's. The...

This is the remastered, Super Bit Mapping "Definitive Edition" of this album. Brief history. Tangerine Dream were one of the earliest all electronic/synthesizer bands, and are one of the keystones of the hugely acclaimed Berlin scene of the 1970's. The...

"Paradiso" is the third part of Dante`s: La Divina Commedia. And was recorded with the Brandenburg Symphonic Orchestra at the Hans-Otto Theatre in Potsdam on the 18th and 19th of January 2006. The event was a truly successful artistic endeavour from...

"Tetragon, successor of Trikolon, were founded in Osnabrück (Lower Saxony) in the spring of 1971. They released their first and only LP, “Nature”, in that very year. It came out as CD on Musea in 1995. At the end of 1971, Tetragon recorded in a Hamburg...

"Tetragon, successor of Trikolon, were founded in Osnabrück (Lower Saxony) in the spring of 1971. They released their first and only LP, “Nature”, in that very year. It came out as CD on Musea in 1995. At the end of 1971, Tetragon recorded in a Hamburg...

The meeting of three expatriate Hungarian musicians who had been touring with the Hungarian Philharmonic when they jumped ship and stayed in Germany, with three German musicians. An appealing 1973-styled blend of progressive rock with classical, jazzy ...

First-ever legitimate reissue from mastertapes of Thirsty Moon's third album, originally released on Brain in 1975. "This is Thirsty Moon' s 3rd album, originally recorded in 1974, released early 1975 on famous German label Brain. All instruments were...

"In 1975 we got together with keyboardist and vocalist Gerd Lueken and bassist Heinz Sander so as to perform live once more as Thirsty Moon. Both musicians used to play in the Bremen band “Train”. Since our album “Blitz” had been published that year...

This is a surprisingly good sounding (but still of quite good bootleg quality only) document of Thirsty Moon late in their life. At this point, they were playing a rather jazz/rock influenced progressive and I totally enjoyed this disc and krautrock or...

From their first live performance in 1972, it was seven years before Tibet released their sole lp. By the time of their lp, they were a six piece: Klaus Werthmann (vocals), Deff Ballin (keyboards), Dieter Kumpakischkis (keyboards), Karl-Heinz Hamann (b...

Excellent instrumental quartet of keyboards, guitar, bass & drums playing a jammy-styled psychedelic spacerock. They refer to their music as 'heavy zen jazz' and while they certainly aren't a 'jazz band', this comfortably fits into the heavy/hard fusio...

Typically thorough reissue on Garden of Delights of the exceedingly rare (only 150 made) self-released 1969 album by a trio of organ/piano/trumpet/vocals, bass and drums. Obviously very influenced by The Nice and perhaps to a lesser extent early Soft M...

Triumvirat were an *extremely* ELP-styled band from Germany. This was their 2nd album, and is the one that established them in the USA. This is a lot of fun, but it really is very ELP sounding. This one came out in 1974 and is remastered, with 2 non-lp...

Triumvirat were an *extremely* ELP-styled band from Germany. This one, their first, was never released in the USA, if I remember correctly. This is from 1972, and this is remastered, with 3 bonus tracks. [EMI]

Triumvirat were an *extremely* ELP-styled band from Germany. This 1976 release has some changes, as Barry Palmer joined, replacing Helmut Koellen. Some folks think that this is one of their better ones, even though Koellen is missed. This remastered v...

This 1977 release was their final progressive rock-styled release before two final releases that tried to mine pop success. This is a concept work, and features some new members, both of whom were previously in Passport: Curt Cress & Dieter Pietereit. ...

Triumvirat were an *extremely* ELP-styled band from Germany. This was their 3rd album and is another one that old timers will really remember, along with Illusions. This is a lot of fun, but it really is very ELP sounding; if flashbacks to Trilogy or B...


"The Umsonst & Draussen festival has been an ongoing free festival in Vlotho, Germany since the mid-70s. Its still quite active. There were 4 very rare double album live compilations from each festival starting in 1975. This 4CD box set collects all of...

Billed as a "traditional hippie convention", this features the following artists' performances from the 2006 festival on disc one: Broselmaschine, Wicked Minds, Gotz Widmann, Uli Jon Roth, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Space Debris, Soft Machine Legacy...

This is a fine compilation of mostly 70s, pioneering German electronic, rock and electronic rock bands. Many/most of you already know this scene better than the compilers of this compilation, but if you are new to the 'Krautrock' scene and want to...

Taken from the WDR television series, this is almost 4 hours of live performances recorded in Germany in December, 2004 by Guru Guru, Amon Duul II, Jane, Kathargo, Epitaph and Birth Control. This features a lot of bonus material as well and the product...

First ever CD reissue of this heavy rock album 1975, reissued with an 11 minute bonus track. "Raw and hard-edged blues-rock from the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The original LP is a very rare collector's item. The band was living in England at...

The first album by this German band, recorded in Fall & Winter 1971, & originally released on Pilz. One of the few purely symphonic rock-styled German bands of the early 70's.

"Wallenstein play a sort of spacey symphonic rock on their debut...

With this, their 3rd, they made the move onto the Cosmic Couriers label, and they are continue their symphonic rock with slight space-rock touches ways. With Jurgen Dollase-keyboards/vocals, Bill Barone-guitar, Jerry Berkers-bass/vocals and Harald Gros...

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The 2nd album, also on Pilz, from Spring, 1972, & featuring Jurgen Dollase- keyboards/vocals, Bill Barone-guitar, Jerry Berkers-bass/vocals and Harald Grosskopf-drums. These guys also make appearances as part of the 'acid house' band on the Cosmic...

The same five piece who appeared on Cosmic Century appear here. By their fourth album, they are refering to themselves on the cover as "The Symphonic Rock Orchestra".

"Here Wallenstein went for a more song-oriented approach with a rather...

This is the first time that this 1971 Krautrock album has ever been released on CD legitimately!

"Originating as a beat group in the mid-60's, playing mainly at US air bases in Southern Germany. By 1969 (and after many name and personnel...

"Apparently, Witthüser+Westrupp came into being at the Essen "Podium" folk club where Walter Westrupp worked as a DJ. Bernd Witthüser was already known as a protest singer, Westrupp was playing in a skiffle band, and when the two met they realised...

"Beautiful, exact-repro double vinyl in gatefold sleeve of this German duo's fourth and final album, originally issued on Kosmische Musik in 1973. It features a variety of live material from the years listed, including early folk pre-dating their...

Xhol were one of the earliest Krautrockers, releasing their 1st in 1969. These guys were unknown & undiscovered until the recent Krautrock revival & are still underappreciated. This is over 80' of them at their jammy, jazz/rock, instrumental best...

"Xhol’s sound was a mix of jazz-rock and psychedelia. The band from Wiesbaden and former Xhol Caravan stood out for their pretty lengthy improvisations holding barely any vocals. The band became quite well-known with their two LPs released on Ohr...

Xhol were one of the earliest Krautrockers, releasing only 2 albums in their lifetime. This was their 2nd, which was recorded live in July 1st and 2nd, 1970 by Bob Woolford, who they hired their because of their admiration for his work with Soft machin...

Xhol were one of the earliest Krautrockers, releasing their 1st in 1969. These guys were unknown & undiscovered until the recent Krautrock revival & are still underappreciated. This is over 80' of them at their wild, jamming, krautrock peak, featuring ...

Xhol were one of the earliest Krautrockers, releasing their 1st in 1969. The band apparently broke up some time in 1970, as the writing on this one released in 1972 (their 3rd and last until the various archival thingies in the 90s and later), says...

Despite having been issued on the legendary and hip Brain label, until Laser's Edge reissued this in the early 1990's, this was one of the least known (and rarest) titles in the great Brain catalog. This stunningly beautiful, high quality release by...

"Yggdrasil from Munich named themselves after the world ash or yew tree of the Germanic tribes and played progressive rock of a calmer nature, with flute, violin, and English lyrics. They are hardly known, as their own LP, recorded in the Robert...

First-time ever reissue of this late, small classic of the Berlin school of electronic music! The CD includes 30' of previously unreleased bonus tracks!

"Very nice album of Berlin School electronic music. Harald Grosskopf produced and...