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OST-KRAUT: A two-volume double CD series -- the long overdue complement to our KRAUT! edition... more

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Various - Kraut!: Teil 2 - OST-KRAUT! - Progressives aus den DDR-Archiven 1976-1982 (2-CD)

OST-KRAUT: A two-volume double CD series -- the long overdue complement to our KRAUT! edition -- comprehensively documents the history of progressive rock in the GDR for the first time with studio and live recordings!

2-CD (digisleeve) with 76-page booklet, 28 tracks. Total playing time approx. 140 min.

PLEASE, NOTE: liner notes in German

Progressive rock from the German Democratic Republic! Never before has the GDR scene been so extensively honored with studio and live recordings.
Bear Family Records® documents what was happening in GDR rock away from the mainstream by means of well-known rarities and some never before released on record.
'Progressives from GDR Archives' collects on a total of four CDs the cream of the rock scene of the GDR and socialist foreign countries at that time with recordings for AMIGA and the German Radio Archive (DRA).
The tracks on this second and final installment were recorded between 1976 and 1982 and were stylishly compiled by journalist and East rock connoisseur Marcus Heumann.
Recordings by the Stern-Combo Meissen, City, electra or Lift are just some of the many highlights of this double CD.
The 76-page booklet with numerous illustrations, photos and biographies of the bands and musicians vividly reflects the history of progressive rock in the GDR.
Also available: Ost-Kraut! Part 1 - Progressive Food from GDR Archives 1970-1975 (BCD17625).

After the tremendous success of the four-volume edition 'KRAUT! The innovative years of Krautrock 1968 -1979' on Bear Family Records®, it was obvious to also honor progressive music from the former GDR for the first time in a similarly elaborately designed, two-part CD edition!

While the first volume covers the history of progressive rock music in the GDR between 1970 and 1975, the second part deals with the period from 1976 to 1982.

The second half of the 1970s and the early 1980s see the AMIGA concept albums of the Stern-Combo Meissen ('Weißes Gold', 'Reise zum Mittelpunkt des Menschen'), electra's one-and-a-half LP side-filling homage to the Sixtinische Madonna, the fifteen-minute art and jazz rock synthesis Meeresfahrt by LIFT and, of course, City's mega hit Am Fenster, which also stormed the charts in Western Germany and Greece, among other places.

Certainly inspired by the legendary Tangerine Dream show at the Palast der Republik in 1980 and its release on an AMIGA LP, a new genre of music developed, which in the GDR was labeled 'electronics' by the media.

This meant instrumental tracks that were composed and performed - using exclusively electronic instruments - mostly by a single artist.

Often the concepts of these (mostly overlong) compositions were created during months of tinkering in private and home studios of musicians, which became more and more established - much to the suspicion of the monopolists radio and records.

In 1982, AMIGA released Reinhard Lakomy's 'Das geheime Leben', the first 'electronics' LP, followed by others in the years that followed.

The spillover of the New German Wave into the GDR (labeled there as 'New Dance Music') led to stylistic uncertainty and hectic lineup changes for many formerly progressive bands starting in 1982.

Progressive rock music in the last five years of the GDR took place almost exclusively in the musical underground or semi-legal gray areas, as part of a scene that was eventually dubbed 'The Other Bands' by the media and - carefully filtered - also produced and broadcast in nightly niche programs.

The second part of the edition 'Ost-Kraut - Progressive Kost aus DDR-Archiven' gathers on 2 CDs the crème of the then rock scene from the GDR and the former socialist foreign countries with recordings for AMIGA and the Deutsche Rundfunkarchiv (DRA).

All titles were recorded between 1976 and 1982 and have been stylishly and competently compiled by East rock connoisseurs Marcus Heumann and Christian Reder.

The 76-page illustrated booklet, richly furnished with rare photos, describes and appreciates them in detail.

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Various - Kraut! - Teil 2 - OST-KRAUT! - Progressives aus den DDR-Archiven 1976-1982 (2-CD) CD 1
01	Alte Bänder	Magdeburg
02	Der Eisberg	WIR
03	Der Alte	Stern Combo Meißen
04	Haus der Kindheit	Bayon
05	Das Monster	Karat
06	2’10	SBB
07	Sieben Meter Seidenband	Prinzip
08	Morgendämmerung/Herzallerliebstes Mädel	Passion
09	Kinderlied	Kleeblatt
10	Himalaja	ZOE Band
11	Der Tätowierte (Single-Version)	City
12	Entweder oder	Karussell
13	Einmal unsichtbar sein	Electra
14	Meeting	Modern Soul Band

Various - Kraut! - Teil 2 - OST-KRAUT! - Progressives aus den DDR-Archiven 1976-1982 (2-CD) CD 2
01	Planetenwind	Pond
02	Licht in das Dunkel (Studioversion)	Stern Combo Meißen
03	Stadtgesicht	Reform
04	Aus der Ferne	City
05	Der Rock’n’Roll King aus dem Thüringer Wald	Bernd Dewét & Horst Krüger Band
06	Auf die alten Tage	Jürgen Kerth
07	Ouvertüre aus „Die Schlacht” / „Der Traktor”	Bayon
08	Sturmflut	Transit
09	Große Landschaft	Lift
10	Mammon	Gong
11	In den Kosmos	Stern Combo Meißen
12	Drachenfliegen	Dina Straat & Kleeblatt
13	Rock ’n’ Roll	Reform
14	Träume wie Segel	4 PS

KRAUT! is a fine Krautrock cross-section in four editions, sorted by region - North, Central,... more

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"Various - Kraut!"

KRAUT! is a fine Krautrock cross-section in four editions, sorted by region - North, Central, South and Berlin, with the greatest hits, much long forgotten music and the most important songs.

At the end of the 60s, the Federal Republic of Germany developed a very individual and unique soundtrack to the social upheaval that was taking place at the same time. A large part of the young generation at that time revolted against the bourgeoisie, against the determining opinion sovereignty of the Springer press, against the bias of the media, against the muff under the gowns and against the general US-American guardianship. The breaking away from the Republic of the parents, but also the rejection of the real-existing socialism of the GDR, was accompanied by an additional resistance against the existing cultural values. Driven by the idea of finding a new path to a German identity in modern pop culture with penetrating curiosity and naive openness, musicians all over Germany went in search of a soundtrack that would be absolutely unique.

The social and musical roots of Krautrock lie in the time of the student revolt in the mid-1960s. With the emergence of psychedelic rock, hard rock and progressive rock, new special forms of rock music emerged worldwide - even sound visionaries like Karlheinz Stockhausen had a great influence. There were certainly overlaps with British prog rock bands. However, the creative approach of the Krautrock bands, who wanted to free themselves from international role models as well as fixed schemes of music making, was completely different. In general, it was a progressive basic idea, which expressed itself in strongly structured and freely improvised forms.

But the term 'Krautrock' was also a synonym for rock music from Germany, which did not want to give in to the mere imitation of rock 'n' roll or beat models from the English-speaking world. For a long time, 'Krautrock' was rather a collective term and a disparagingly used expression for everything that stomped Teutonic, i.e. wooden and bulky. The English music press also wanted to make fun of the growing self-confidence of German rock bands. Krautrock' stood for Teutonic meticulousness, ponderousness, pathos and rhythmic cramps in the German bands of the time. Nobody really had an exact definition, but everyone knew what was meant when it was mentioned - everything German was Kraut!

In the mid 70s the Krautrock boom ended as suddenly as it began and it took more than two decades to remember the qualities of that time. For since many techno musicians in the second half of the 90s referred to the Krautrockers' desire to experiment, Krautrock experienced a renaissance. The revival was nourished by various re-releases of old records.

Burghard Rausch, born in 1947, born in Berlin: DJ, radio presenter, author and music journalist - among others for RIAS-Berlin, Radio Bremen and ByteFM - vinyl collector and drummer (Agitation Free, Bel Ami), co-author of 'Stationen - Die Trends der Rock-Epoche Mitte der 80er' (with Joachim Deicke), co-author of the 'Rockmusik- Lexikon' (with Christian Graf), editor, compiler, biographer and author of the four-part CD series 'NDW - Aus grauer Städte Mauern' (NDW - From grey cities walls)

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