KRAUTROCK - When German rock music learned to walk
When the term "Krautrock" is discussed, it can take on full-length dimensions. It was probably the British star DJ John Peel who was so enthusiastic about the wacky song title "Mama Düül und ihre Sauerkrautband spielt auf" by the Munich formation Amon Düül that he dubbed the new musical movement from the then FRG "Krautrock", as it were. But who or what falls under this term? In our six-part series, we look at the experimentalists who turned the rock music of the time inside out, questioned everything and created a new genre. Equally exciting are the many bands that enriched their rock approach with new "herbaceous" elements and also became part of the Krautrock movement...
STEVEN WILSON - A new challenge
He'll do it again: Steven Wilson will reinvent himself again and present his listeners with new tasks. "The Future Bites", the title of the upcoming album, sounds at first clearly more electronic than all his works before. But things are not that simple. It's not electronic music. When asked what his listeners can expect, the Englishman answers comprehensively: "It's certainly a challenge. It's a conceptual and experimental work. If you look at my last albums, they're a tribute to the past. 'Raven' was a tribute to the progressive era of the 70s. 'Hand. Cannot. Erase.' served the trade of the great classic concept albums. 'To The Bone' went back to the intelligent pop music of the 80s. But the new album is meant to exist only in the here and now. I wanted to break away from classic rock..."
AC/DC - "We're a band that still makes rock music for teenagers"
They are really under power again: "I feel great with the new album," says AC/DC guitarist and band leader Angus Young about "Power Up", a late work of the Australian rock legend hardly thought possible in this brilliance by most. "We all really enjoyed recording it immensely. From the beginning, our goal with this band was to make music that exuded a lot of energy and passion. As always, we went out of our way to capture that very special AC/DC feel." You only have to listen to the first single "Shot In The Dark", a crunchy catchy rocker, to know what Angus means: "The number really sparks, in a classic AC/DC way."
LUNATIC SOUL - Life, Death and Rebirth
With "Through Shaded Woods", the new work of his solo project, Riverside singer Mariusz Duda has managed a big surprise. On the last two Lunatic Soul albums he indulged in strongly electronic sounds, but now he comes up with extremely convincing sounds that evoke thoughts of a medieval forest hike: almost classical folk rock, mixed with elements of Scandinavian folk music and Pagan Metal borrowings.
STEVIE NICKS - A canvas-ready rock 'n' roll life
In the film "24 Carat Gold - The Concert", filmed on two evenings in 2017, Stevie Nicks spreads out her eventful life before the audience: Not only did she become the frontwoman of Fleetwood Mac, she also managed a highly successful solo career. Blessed with a unique smoky voice, the power woman in the Bohemian-Gypsy look enchants not only a generation of rock fans to this day. But where there is light, there is also shadow - be it drug problems, bereavement, relationship dramas or an abortion
MARK KELLY'S MARATHON - "It's not a keyboard album, it's a real band album"
What a surprise for Marillion fans: At the band's "Couch Convention" in October, keyboardist Mark Kelly introduced his new side project Marathon - with the video for the single "Amelia", which was recorded in Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios. Indeed, singer Oliver M. Smith's voice brings back fond memories of the former Genesis frontman. What is behind MARK KELLY'S MARATHON and the mysterious crashed plane on the cover of the eponymous debut album?
ELVIS COSTELLO - Spontaneity meets eclecticism
Declan Patrick MacManus aka Elvis Costello not only has 24 years of life ahead of his legendary namesake - with his new album "Hey Clockface" he also proves once again that he is, if not the "King of Rock 'n' Roll", then at least the Elvis who can lay claim to the title "King of Musical Diversity". But in the end he has much more in common with the smart Buddy Holly than with the man from Memphis.
PAUL McCARTNEY - The rediscovery of intimacy
The consequences of the pandemic are unpredictable: Who would have thought that forty years after "McCartney II," Paul McCartney would be recording a third installment in his do-it-yourself album series? "If I'm going to be locked alone in my studio," the now 78-year-old ex-Beatle figured during the spring lockdown, "I might as well make some music ..." On the occasion of the release of "McCartney III" on December 11, eclipsed sheds light on the story behind an idiosyncratic album trilogy.
JOHN LENNON - Comeback with an untimely end
On October 9, John Lennon would have celebrated his 80th birthday had he not been dramatically snatched from life almost exactly 40 years ago, on December 8, 1980. Shortly before, on November 17, he had released "Double Fantasy" together with Yoko Ono, his last album during his lifetime, which was supposed to be the beginning of a great comeback after a five-year retreat into private life. eclipsed goes on a search for traces in the fateful year 1980.
The HENRIK FREISCHLADER BAND is looking for missing pieces in the field of blues, funk, soul and rock
The multi-instrumentalist Henrik Freischlader from Wuppertal, who is mainly known as a guitarist and singer, loves the musical change of perspective: sometimes melodic pop-rock with an open visor and without blinkers ("Still Frame Replay", 2011), sometimes the big band variety ("Who 33", 2017); but also gladly as a trio ("Openness", 2016) or with Gary Moore glasses ("Blues For Gary", 2017) as a tribute to the musician who has always inspired Freischlader and brought him closer to the blues. More "oldschool-like", as he likes to call it himself, it then went from the big band variant in 2018 back to the core of blues and soul: "Hands On The Puzzle" was the name of the album.
NOISOLUTION - Quality pays off
Firewater, Scumbucket, Mother Tongue, Rotor, Coogans Bluff, Daily Thompson, The Flying Eyes, Jud ... What seems like the "Who's who" of alternative rock is actually part of the label roster of Noisolution, a music label that was founded exactly 25 years ago. So it's time for a eulogy, as there are not so many record companies that have done such a great job for alternative rock music in the last years as Noisolution. The mastermind behind it all is Arne Gesemann, who at the time of the founding wanted to live out his preference for punk rock in the first place, while the development over the years has naturally favoured that the Berlin label now also feels comfortable with other types of alternative rock. After all, the most recent releases make decent in Progressive (Kaskadeur) or Stoner Rock (Daily Thompson).
The neoprog pioneers SOLSTICE once again dare to make a comeback in a new guise
Solstice belonged to the pioneers of the neoprog scene in the 80s, but unlike their peers IQ, Marillion or Pendragon they had the status of an insider tip for a long time, even if they released a new album every now and then in the last 40 years. Now they have landed on the IQ label GEP. Andy Glass, the only constant member, welcomes us for a chat in the virtual chatroom ..
US band PUSCIFER sends their songs through the particle accelerator
Puscifer, you can read everywhere, is a side project of Tool. But hasn't it long been the other way round? The gaps between the Puscifer albums are getting bigger, but on the new CD "Existential Reckoning" Maynard James Keenan and Co. give an eloquent testimony of continuity.
Instead of staring at their own four walls, KADAVAR prefer to escape into spacey expanses
Travel bans, concert cancellations - the Corona crisis caught many bands and promoters ice cold. The Berlin stoner rockers can also sing a song about it, because actually they would have been on a world tour in spring. Guitarist and singer Christoph "Lupus" Lindemann tells us how an unplanned album with unusually calm tones emerged from the experiences of the lockdown
COMMUNIC are not at all remote on the album "Hiding From The World"
It seems almost idyllic when Oddleif Stensland describes where he is right now: at home in the countryside, less than an hour away from the Norwegian city of Kristiansand. There, where the children can play outside and go into the forest. A little less idyllic, on the other hand, is the music of his band Communic, whose sixth album, "Hiding From The World", continues to be in the realm of gray-colored progressive metal.
DARWIN features Simon Phillips as drummer and producer
One is a star, the other a virtually blank slate. Nevertheless, Simon Phillips and DarWin found each other. With "DarWin 2: A Frozen War" they have launched their second album. An unusual partnership. But what quickly becomes clear during the interview: Here two musicians meet at eye level.
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