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Cargando... Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany (2014)por David Stubbs
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A superb examination of the West German music scene that not only places krautrock within the context of West German society, but also places each individual band within its own local context. To any fan of krautrock with the slightest curiosity about the history and context of the genre and its players, this is essential reading. ( ) As a volunteer DJ for a local community radio station (Richmond’s WRIR 97.3), I often go headlong into a music genre. This is no different for me when reading. Both come together nicely in this amazing history of West German rock music in the late 20th century. Future Days covers a lot of what you would expect, with creative biographies on groups like Kraftwerk and Can, but it also delves into the culture, politics, and day-to-day life of these post–World War II children. They sought to define themselves as entirely independent of their recent history, as well as of American and English music influences. This is a fascinating look into a type of music that has had an impact on a lot of what we hear, even today. More pictures would have been nice, but a solid read. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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West Germany following the Second World War was a country in shock: estranged from its recent history, and adrift from the rest of Europe. But this disorientating landscape proved fertile ground for a generation of musicians who, from the 1960s onwards, would develop the experimental and various sounds that became known as Krautrock. Eschewing the Anglo-American jazz/blues tradition, they took their inspiration from elsewhere: the mysticism of the East; the fractured classicism of Stockhausen; the pneumatic repetition of industry and the dense forests of the Rhineland; the endless winding of Autobahns. Faust, Neu!, Cluster, Ash Ra Tempel, Amon Duul II, Can and Kraftwerk. These may not all be household names, but the influence of their ruminative, expansive compositions upon Western popular music is incalculable. These groups were key to the development of postpunk, electronica and ambient music. Without them Bowie would not have made his Berlin trilogy, Talking Heads would have been a straight-ahead rock band, and the Pet Shop Boys would have a completely different stage act. Future Days is an in-depth study of this meditative, sometimes abstract, often very beautiful music and the groups that made it, throwing light on the social and political context that informed them. It's an indispensable book for those wanting to understand how much of today's music came about, and to discover a wealth of highly influential and pioneering musicians. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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