I could write something horrible with "kraut" (like sauerkraut) in it. i'll spare you.

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Blumen Des Exotischen Eises tracks from the album Karawane Der Mystiks:
Das Rot Der Ampelhure
Xyrryx
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Started my new radio show off with this bottom track here last night. and i got a phone call from a man who was a "messenger." i already love that someone calls and says "i am a messenger" because i'm thinking what kind of message is he going to send me. and he asks if i'm going to play anything else. like what? well, anything besides this. sure, plenty of stuff. no, i mean i'm coming home from work and i don't want to hear crap like this. this is all you can get in NY. *click*
actually, it's what you can get from Mr. Alfred Otterstaetter from 1986 (he had started in the late 70s). during the krautrock era, he had released a bunch of different improvised records under various bandnames, all being homemade, some with friends & some just by himself with overdubs. a man of mystery, certainly with different musical "pennames" and such. it's hard not to see some kind of eastern influence here--very much like Ravi Shankar meets Amon Duul I. and from the guy's reaction above, i know it's not for everyone.

And as a bonus--keeping with the "I heart krautrock" theme of the day, here are some lords of the genre, Faust. There's a tendency to praise Jennifer and Krautrock and It's a Bit of Pain on this record. But a few times, i've blasted this album and always come to this track, saying what is THIS? yes, the other ones are equally as amazing, but i have a certain passion for this underdog that no one ever speaks of:
From Faust IV, Lauft...Heisst Dad Es Lauft Oder Es Kommt Bald...Lauft
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