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December 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Michael Rother: Dreaming

Michael Rother Dreaming Groenland Records Michael Rother is, just casually, a superstar. Founding member of Neu! And in some people’s world that alone is enough. Add in his work as part of Harmonia, the fact he was in an early version of Kraftwerk and his 10 solo albums over the last 40 years – including […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dreaming, Electronica, Eno, Harmonia, Kraftwerk, Krautrock, Michael Rother, Michael Rother: Dreaming, Neu!, Sophie Joiner, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77: Holger Czukay – “Movie!”

I love CAN – but the thing about that band, and about Krautrock in general – it’s whole worlds; there’s so much there still for me to absorb, to even dip the toe in. I love CAN and yet many of the side-projects or related things (solo albums from members in particular) I haven’t ever […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Can, Holger Czukay, Holger Czukay - "Movie!", Instrumental, Krautrock, Movie, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77: Holger Czukay – “Movie!" ·

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April 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 55: Tangerine Dream – “Phaedra”

I had never really listened to Tangerine Dream and I don’t know why. I mean, beyond the fact that there’s nearly 200 albums across 50 years or whatever; hard to know where to start. Well, get this, I started, just recently, with a movie soundtrack from the 1980s – a completely random thing, just some […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1974, Ambient, German, Krautrock, Moog, Near Dark, Phaedra, Prog, Sequencer, Seventies, Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream, Tangerine Dream - "Phaedra", The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 55: Tangerine Dream – “Phaedra”, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Jaki Liebezeit

Jaki Liebezeit has died. He was 78. Best known as a founding member of CAN he also played on albums by Jah Wobble and Philip Jeck as well as Depeche Mode and Brian Eno (he’s one of a handful of magnificent drummers on Before and After Science). But it’s his work with CAN that resonates – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Can, Drummer, Drums, Eulogy, Jaki Liebezeit, Krautrock, R.I.P., R.I.P. Jaki Liebezeit ·

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July 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Dieter Moebius

Dieter Moebius has died, reportedly of cancer, aged 71. The Swiss-born Krautrock pioneer was a member of Kluster/Cluster and Harmonia, he worked with Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Asmus Tietchens and Conny Plank among many others. He was a soundtrack composer, producer, engineer, musician – he was sound-engineer and conceptual aural-artists as musician. And his works […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Asmus Tietchens, Brian Eno, Cluster, Conny Plank, Dieter Moebius, Eno, Eulogy, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Harmonia, Kluster, Krautrock, Moebius, Moebius + Tietchens, R.I.P., R.I.P. Dieter Moebius ·

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July 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Vermont: Vermont

Vermont Vermont Kompakt Germany You might know Danilo Plessow from his Motor City Drum Ensemble moniker. You might know , both are talented house music producers. Together they are Vermont – and this self-titled album project is a calming and lovely late-night/early-early-morning set of ambient ideas that has very little to do with house music […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Can, Danilo Plessow, Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, House, Innervisions collective, Kraftwerk, Krautrock, Marcus Worgull, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Vermont ·

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September 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Psychodeus: An Ode To The Numinous

Psychodeus An Ode To The Numinous Sonofmarketing.it/Bandcamp Psychodeus is a post-rock group from Naples, Italy. Their two-track EP is a free download at Bandcamp. It’s worth your time – for a start it’s two long tracks, so nearly half an hour of music (fair enough for it to be called an EP, this isn’t a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2-track, Album Review, An Ode To The Numinous, Bandcamp, EP, Free Download, Italy, Jakob, Krautrock, Mountaineater, Naples, Post-Rock, Psychodeus, Russian Circles ·

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June 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Moebius + Tietchens: Moebius + Tietchens

Moebius + Tietchens Moebius + Tietchens Bureau B The mind bubbles away processing these bubbles of sound, the bubbles burst and dribble and drip and this weighty – but mostly beat-less – set of strange/beautiful avant-garde electronica pieces feels like a creepy-movie soundtrack, a nature documentary score, a sci-fi flick’s musical accompaniment and a prototype […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Asmus Tietchens, Bureau B, Dieter Moebius, Electronica, Kraftwerk, Krautrock, Moebius + Tietchens ·

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April 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Karl Bartos: Off The Record

Karl Bartos Off The Record Bureau B A crucial member of Kraftwerk from 1975-1990, Bartos has, since then worked with Coldplay, released solo albums and performed solo shows, seeking out all manner of other collaborations too. Off The Record is his first solo album in a decade but it looks back as much as it […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bureau B, Daft Punk, Electronica, Karl Bartos, Kraftwerk, Krautrock, Moroder, Off The Record ·

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