books on krautrock in german

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I saw that there's a thread about books on krautrock that focuses on english language books. can anyone recommend some german language ones? I found that amazon.de has cheap copies of cope's book and the amon düül book, _tanz der lemminge_. just ordered them, but I'm hoping to find a full overview book that is written by a german.

― Dan Gr (certain), Thursday, 11 January 2007 05:47 (nineteen years ago)

You're just making it difficult for yourself!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 11 January 2007 09:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://kraut-team.blogspot.com/

ask over there. i get the impression that they will know..

― jon person (jon person), Thursday, 11 January 2007 09:57 (nineteen years ago)

I think most krautrock is in german.

― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Thursday, 11 January 2007 12:19 (nineteen years ago)

On the contrary, it's mostly in English

― Tom D. (Dada), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

If you want a real primary, essential text -- look for Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser's "Rockzeit"... you should be able to find it as a used paperback.

― JayBabcock (jabbercocky), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

are you sure that's the right name? a google search of it turns up nothing. there's also no entry for it in amazon.de, and they usually turn up even out of print books.

how is this making it more difficult for myself? I should think that a krautbook written from the german perspective would be less exoticizing and more on target.

― Dan Gr (certain), Saturday, 13 January 2007 07:50 (nineteen years ago)

never heard of that book either, but i found this:

In seiner ungebrochenen Aktivität hört Kaiser aber gleichzeitig auch nicht auf zu schreiben und ver- öffentlicht : Fabrikbewohner. Protokoll einer Kommune und 23 Trips (1970) , Die Gegenmedien. Neue Modelle von Kommunikation (1970), Frank Zappa (Hoorn, 1971) bei einem holländischen Herausgeber und 1972 Rock-Zeit. Stars, Geschäft und Geschichte der neuen Pop-Musik (Düsseldorf/Wien, 1972). "Rock-Zeit" ist nach Wolfgang Layer Kaisers längstes und kritischstes Werk über das ökonomische System, in dem die Untergrundmusik langsam verfault (Produkt, Promotion, Produzent, Profit) - ein System freilich, in dem Kaiser in mancherlei Hinsicht und durchaus mit Gewinn seine Rolle spielt...

― willem -- (willem), Saturday, 13 January 2007 09:10 (nineteen years ago)

forgot the link

― willem -- (willem), Saturday, 13 January 2007 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

so the full title is Rock-zeit. Stars, Geschäft und Geschichte der neuen Pop-Musik, to be accurate...

― willem -- (willem), Saturday, 13 January 2007 09:17 (nineteen years ago)

It's findable. A German friend got it last year. I don't know if amazon.de is has hooked up to used book dealers as amazon.com is, though.

― JayBabcock (jabbercocky), Saturday, 13 January 2007 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

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