Neu Klang

The Definitive History of Krautrock

Christoph Dallach

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Faber & Faber
30 July 2024

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West Germany, 1968. Like everywhere else in the Western world, the young generation is pushing for radical change, still suffering the after-effects of the Second World War. Many stream out of the lecture halls and onto the streets. Some into the underground. And some into the practice basements, in search of the soundtrack of the movement.

The unique and adventurous sounds that German bands like Can, Neu!, Amon Dl, Popul Vuh, Tangerine Dream, Faust, Cluster or Kraftwerk produced back then, now known as Krautrock, are considered a blueprint for modern rock music. And the stream of their creative admirers and continuators has been constantly widening since the first fans like David Bowie and Iggy Pop: whether Blur, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Radiohead or the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

In Neu Klang, Christoph Dallach interviewed its pioneers, including Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay of CAN; Neu!'s Michael Rother; Dieter Moebius of Cluster; Klaus Schulze of Tangerine Dream; Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk, Brian Eno and many others. Their answers combine to form an oral history that points far beyond the individual band histories: on the one hand, into the past, to Nazi teachers, post-war parental homes, free jazz, terrorism, LSD and extremely long hair; but just as much into the future, to global recognition, myth-making, techno or post-rock.

By: Christoph Dallach
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9780571377671
ISBN 10: 057137767X
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 30 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Christoph Dallach, born 1964, is a journalist who writes for Die Zeit, ZEITMagazin and Spiegel among others. He lives in Hamburg.

Reviews for Neu Klang: The Definitive History of Krautrock

"""If you would like to know about some of the genre's key players' aspirations and motivations for their work then I can highly recommend this book to you."" - Michael Rother, Neu, Harmonia, Kraftwerk ""In Neu Klang, Christoph Dallach has not only perfectly investigated and narrated the Faust Story, but also captured, understood and presented the entire Krautrock saga in all its crazy diversity. A book which all krautrock fans should read."" - Jean-Hervé Péron, Faust ""Christoph succeeds to capture the common spirit of awakening of a bunch of very different musicians with very different concepts."" - Irmin Schmidt, CAN"