You're Goddamn Right My Kid's Gonna Lean About Krautrock!

I think a good gauge of how much of a music snob I am is that not only do I know about Krautrock, but I prefer the term Kosmische Musik.

Episode #6: Shake Eternity and Lick Creation

Playlist

1. Flight from Ashiya- Kaleidoscope
2. Helicopter- Sand
3. Introitus- Dom
4. Osamu's Birthday- The United States of America
5. Wellen- Stolle & Member
6. Vom Himmel Hoch- Kraftwerk
7. Galactic Joke (a)- The Cosmic Jokers
8. The Flower- Sun City Girls
9. Aumgn- Can

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Krautrock-Doc

This is a really wonderful documentary, not only because it is a tribute to music that I love (however dubious it is as a "genre"), but because it shows how important music can be in healing a culture.

Episode #4: Interplanetary Music Digs Its Own Groove

Playlist

1. House of Mirrors- David McCallum
2. Black Sand- Brainticket
3. He's Gonna Step On You Again- John Kongos
4. Instant Whip- Tremeloes
5. Vagando En Las Tinieblas- El Fin
6. Bad Tune- Earth, Wind and Fire
7. Ruckzuck- Kraftwerk
8. Stepping Stones- Johnny Harris
9. The Beat Goes On- Gabor Szabo
10. Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter- Nina Simone
11. The Taking of Pelham 123- David Shire
12. Cosmic Sea- Mystic Moods
13. Andy Nogger- Kraan
14. Goin' to See My Baby- The Fatback Band
15. Cavern- Liquid Liquid
16. Din Daa Daa- George Kranz
17. Fire- Flames
18. The Number Song- DJ Shadow
19. Say Leroy (The Creature from the Black Lagoon is Your Father)- Jimmy Castor Bunch
20. The Gumbo Variations- Frank Zappa


 

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Episode #1: Interplanetary Music Blasts Off!

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Playlist

1. Blast Off!- The Monks
2. Rocket USA- Suicide
3. Rocket #9 Takes Off for the Planet Venus- Sun Ra
4. Starship- MC5
5. Astronomy Domine- The Pink Floyd
6. Interstellar Overdrive- The Pink Floyd
7. Kometenmelodie 1- Kraftwerk
8. Yes! I am a Long Way from Home- Mogwai
9. We Travel the Spaceways- Sun Ra
10. Nepture, the Mystic- Gustav Holst
11. Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs, & Orchestra- Gyorgy Ligeti