* " 3 A. M. at the Border of the Marsh From Okefenokee " is the name of a song by the Krautrock band Tangerine Dream.

Krautrock is a popularly accepted term for a form of highly experimental German post-Prog Rock of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Musicologist Julian Cope, in his book Krautrocksampler, says " Krautrock is a subjective British phenomenon ," based on the way the music was received in the UK rather than on the actual West German music scene out of which it grew.

Krautrock is an eclectic and often very original mix of post-psychedelic jamming and moody progressive rock mixed with ideas from contemporary experimental classical music ( especially composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, with whom, for example, Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay of Can had previously studied ) and from the new experimental directions that emerged in jazz during the 1960s and 1970s ( mainly the free jazz pieces by Ornette Coleman or Albert Ayler ).

Their propulsive rhythmic pulse was similar to Krautrock, but Thomas's yelping, howling, desperate singing was and still is peculiar when compared to most other rock and roll singers.

He is known to appreciate 1970s Krautrock band Can ; two of his books feature dedications to former band members ( Morvern Callar to Holger Czukay and The Man Who Walks to Michael Karoli ).

' 75 is the most diverse record available from the Krautrock scene.

Motorik is a term coined by music journalists to describe the 4 / 4 beat often used by " Krautrock " bands such as Neu!

While The Velvet Underground's influence on Krautrock is often mentioned, Moe Tucker's drumming has specifically been characterized as " proto-motorik.

Its work is mainly influenced by Krautrock and experimental music from the 1960s and 1970s.

Harmonia is a Krautrock supergroup from Germany.

" And concluding, " Without doubt Zeit is a Krautrock master work still capable of surprises without having to shock.

Jane is a German progressive rock Krautrock band, that was formed in October 1970 in Hanover, Germany.

The group is generally considered to be one of the founders of the Krautrock scene and a seminal influence on the development of it.

It is often cited ( alongside Can's Monster Movie ) as the original Krautrock album.

Soundtracks is a soundtrack album by the Krautrock group Can.

The German Krautrock band Amon Düül II released their first album in 1969 ( under the name Amon Düül II ), where Düül came from a fictive mythology-related word, ' dyyl ', created by another Canadian rock band

The first Tangerine Dream album, Electronic Meditation, was a tape-collage Krautrock piece, using the technology of the time rather than the synthesized music they later became famous for.

These three albums ( from Alles ist gut to Für immer ) were all produced by Konrad " Conny " Plank, who was renowned for his pioneering work both with minimalist-influenced Krautrock bands and other experimenters in the 1970s, and with electro-pop artists in the 1980s.

Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

Conrad's first musical release, and only release for many years, was a 1972 collaboration with the German " Krautrock " group Faust, Outside the Dream Syndicate, published by Caroline ( UK ) in 1973.

For instance, while one of the main groups originally tagged as krautrock, Faust, recorded a seminal 12-minute track they titled " Krautrock ", they would later distance themselves from the term, saying: " When the English people started talking about Krautrock, we thought they were just taking the piss ... and when you hear the so-called ' Krautrock renaissance ,' it makes me think everything we did was for nothing.

Krautrock must generally be regarded, however, as a primarily West German phenomenon ; the East German musical avant-garde may be argued to have been more genuinely represented by, for example, political singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann, whose work more aptly bears comparison to Woody Guthrie or early Bob Dylan than to any progressive rock artists.

Krautrock has also been an influence on Hawkwind, in particular Dave Brock who supposedly penned the sleeve notes for the British edition of Neu!

Post-punk laid the groundwork for alternative rock by broadening the range of punk and underground music, incorporating elements of Krautrock ( particularly the use of synthesisers and extensive repetition ), Jamaican dub music ( specifically in bass guitar ), American funk, studio experimentation, and even punk's traditional polar opposite, disco, into the genre.

Musically, the album reflected his interest in Krautrock ( though in a more electro-acoustic based form ) and his teenage fascination for Detroit hard rock.

Originally Krautrock was a form of Free art which meant you could receive Krautrock bands ' records for free at Free Art Fairs.

Post-punk laid the groundwork for alternative rock by broadening the idea of what punk and underground music could do, incorporating elements of Krautrock ( specifically the use of synthesizers ), Jamaican dub music, American funk, studio experimentation, and even punk's traditional polar opposite, Disco, into the genre.

Leopold was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Daniel Fichelscher, for many years guitarist and drummer of Krautrock group Popol Vuh.

Organisation was an experimental Krautrock band, that was the immediate predecessor of the band Kraftwerk.

Both releases, 1994's Queen Elizabeth and 1997's double-disc Queen Elizabeth 2: Elizabeth Vagina, consist mostly of half-hour long tracks which contrast experimental ambient music with short bursts of Krautrock.

Developing the funk and soul of Young Americans, Station to Station also prefigured the Krautrock and synthesiser music of his next releases.

Bauhaus combined a number of influences including punk music, glam rock, and Krautrock — even funk and dub — to create a gloomy and introspective sound which appealed to many fans left disillusioned by the New Wave that arose in the wake of punk's collapse.

In addition to the Protopunk of New York's The Velvet Underground and Suicide, and Detroit ’ s The Stooges and MC5, Kember's and Pierce's musical influences included: US 60s Psychedelic rock, such as The Thirteenth Floor Elevators ; US 60s Garage rock ; 60s British Invasion bands ; Rock n ' Roll ; Buddy Holly ; Surf music ; The Beach Boys ; early, seminal Electronic music, e. g. Silver Apples, Delia Derbyshire and Laurie Anderson ; Krautrock ; The Gun Club, The Cramps and Tav Falco ’ s Panther Burns ; early Chicago blues, e. g. Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and Howlin ’ Wolf ; early Delta blues ; gospel and early Staple Singers ; Otis Reading ; the production techniques of Brian Wilson, Joe Meek and Phil Spector ; and the avant-garde jazz and free jazz of Sun Ra and John Coltrane.

Forms of German-language music include Neue Deutsche Welle ( NDW ), Krautrock, Hamburger Schule, Volksmusik, Classical, German hip hop, trance, Schlager, Neue Deutsche Härte ( NDH ) and diverse varieties of folk music, such as Waltz and Medieval metal.

By the mid-late 1970s onward the terms electronic rock, electronic music, new instrumental music and new age have been used more often than Krautrock and Kosmische Musik, though the early scene continues still today to be regarded as a style in and of itself.

Automatic Man was an American 1970s progressive rock quartet from San Francisco which also featured elements of funk, space music, psychedelic rock, heavy metal, Krautrock, Musique concrète, art rock and Santana-inspired jazz fusion.

Their work centers on a cerebrally robotic, usually instrumental, semi-danceable, minimalistic format, with influences including Krautrock, heavy metal, hardcore punk, synthpop, electronic music, and folk music.

are retrospectively considered one of the founding fathers of Krautrock and a significant influence on artists including David Bowie, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, PiL, Joy Division, Gary Numan, Ultravox, Simple Minds, Negativland, Stereolab, Boredoms, Radiohead, The Horrors, Electrelane, and much of the current electronic music scene.

In 1974, Simply Saucer recorded a demo tape of music under the supervision of Robert Lanois which combined psychedelic, Krautrock and early punk influences ( Syd Barrett, the Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop have been cited as among the band's influences ).

Irmin Schmidt, founder of seminal German ' Krautrock ' group Can wrote an opera called Gormenghast, based on the novels ; it was first performed in Wuppertal, Germany, in November 1998.