SoR Magazine #2 · Krautrock
Sources
The facts in this issue were checked against the sources below. The photos come from Wikimedia Commons and may be used under the licence given. The music fragments are previews from Apple Music.
1. The Year Zero
Consulted
Music
- Freddy Quinn, Heimweh (1956), from Die Gitarre und das Meer · Apple Music
- Tangerine Dream, Journey Through a Burning Brain (1970), from Electronic Meditation · Apple Music
- Amon Düül II, Archangels Thunderbird (1970), from Yeti · Apple Music
- Ton Steine Scherben, Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht (1970), from Warum geht es mir so dreckig? · Apple Music
- Faust, Krautrock (1973), from Faust IV (Deluxe Edition) · Apple Music
Photos
- Opening photo: Ludwig Binder / Stiftung Haus der Geschichte, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Women clear rubble near the Reichstag in Berlin, shortly after the war. The Germans called the moment of surrender the Stunde Null: zero hour: Otto Donath / Bundesarchiv, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
2. The Rhythm That Never Stops
Consulted
Music
- Can, Yoo Doo Right (1969), from Monster Movie (Remastered) · Apple Music
- Can, Halleluhwah (1971), from Tago Mago (40th Anniversary Edition) · Apple Music
- Can, Spoon (1972), from Ege Bamyasi (Remastered) · Apple Music
- Neu!, Hallogallo (1972), from NEU! · Apple Music
- Neu!, Hero (1975), from NEU! 75 · Apple Music
Film
- Can play Halleluhwah on Radio Bremen's Beat-Club: Beat-Club, Radio Bremen, Embed via YouTube
Photos
- Opening photo: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Michael Rother, guitarist of Neu! and later of Harmonia, on stage in 2007: Alex Ex, CC BY 3.0
3. The Man-Machine
Consulted
Music
- Kraftwerk, Autobahn (1974), from Autobahn (Remastered) · Apple Music
- Tangerine Dream, Phaedra (1974), from Phaedra · Apple Music
- Kraftwerk, Radioactivity (1975), from Radio-Activity (Remastered) · Apple Music
- Kraftwerk, Die Roboter (1978), from Die Mensch-Maschine (Remastered) [German Version] · Apple Music
- Kraftwerk, Computerliebe (1981), from Computerwelt (Remastered) [German Version] · Apple Music
Photos
- Opening photo: Ueli Frey, CC BY-SA 3.0
- A Minimoog in the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The knobs above the keyboard set the sound: Wolfgang Stief from München, Germany, CC BY 2.0
- The A61 autobahn in the Eifel, 1981. West Germany was proud of its motorways, and Kraftwerk made a song of it: Harald Hoffmann / Bundesarchiv, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Kraftwerk in Stockholm, 2004: four musicians behind their control panels, and on the screen the word Computerworld: Andréas Hagström, Public domain
4. From Berlin to Detroit
Consulted
Music
- Iggy Pop, Nightclubbing (1977), from The Idiot · Apple Music
- David Bowie, Warszawa (1977), from Low (2017 Remaster) · Apple Music
- David Bowie, V-2 Schneider (1977), from "Heroes" (2017 Remaster) · Apple Music
- Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force, Planet Rock (1982), from Planet Rock · Apple Music
- Cybotron, Clear (1983), from Clear · Apple Music
- Rhythim Is Rhythim, Strings of Life (1987), from Strings Of Life - Single · Apple Music
- Radiohead, The National Anthem (2000), from Kid A · Apple Music
Photos
- Opening photo: In3s, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The house at Hauptstraße 155 in Schöneberg. Bowie lived here from 1976 to 1978, and Iggy Pop lived in the same house for a while: Detmar Owen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The abandoned Michigan Central Station in Detroit. It became a symbol of the city in decline, in which techno was born: Bartosz Brzezinski, CC BY 2.0
5. Trans Europa Express
Music
- Kraftwerk, Trans Europa Express (1977), from Trans Europa Express (Remastered) [German Version] · Apple Music
Photos
- Opening photo: Joachim Seyferth, CC BY 4.0
- The Rheingold, one of the best-known TEE trains, at Koblenz station in 1985: Joachim Seyferth, CC BY 4.0
Cover
- Cover photo: Andréas Hagström, Public domain