Krautrock - The beginning of the „Berlin School“ 1969 

Thank you for sharing this Wolfgang! Wonderful and worth it to be shown.

Thomas Kessler is a true visionary in this video. He spends time and effort to record sounds, to manipulate them with loops and electronic effects and then considers his work free to use for others. This concept predates the discussion on sampling and internet licensing models like Creative Commons by decades. Even Edgar seems to struggle with this approach in the discussion shown here. Also interesting that Edgar addresses Thomas Kessler with „Sie“ (the formal „you“) which shows that here we have a clear teacher-student relationship. Fascinating rare clip of this early incantation of the band.

Tausend Dank!! Wirklich ein Zeitdokument von unschätzbarem Wert!

Thanks enormously for sharing this fascinating video, I was quite struck by just how far out the musique concrete in juxtaposition with the live band sessions was, something Faust too would later on a much deeper level on albums like The Faust Tapes and Clear. Thomas Kessler really was doing something quite visionary at the time and came across as being very open to both sharing and allowing his work to recontextualised in a 'rock' setting. It was also very interesting to see Tangerine Dream in an very early incarnation seeming quite blown away by what the new musical possibilities being offered by tape and the studio were. This period in German musical history, for me, was one of those rare moments where there was an opening up of musical possibility due to technology, societal change and a rare belief in building something new, vital, and life-changing. It's quite wonderful to watch Edgar and Thomas grappling with what they were on the edge of.

Fantastic to see, thank you❤

This is amazing!

Thank you mr.Seidel!

It feels as if the young Edgar Froese had to be literally pushed towards electronic music. The creative potential of electronic sound production had not yet been seen in its full breadth and depth, and so it seems to me that his insistence on a separation of sound worlds was motivated by a concern for his own creative and semantic freedom. And indeed, in the recording at the end it is as if the electronic sound disturbs and slows down the flow of the musical thought - there was a lot to discover, still.

Great documentation. This was also the beginning of sampling

Thanks a lot for sharing this gem.

What a wunderbar times for a krautrockfan. Old new gems appears somewhere seems to me: this footage of early TD and Gilles Zeitschiff 2 will release next month just say!

Edgar Froeses … are you experience… Ich mag es sehr.

Literally the “Berlin School”! Cool to see Edgar Froese so young and already experimenting. I recognize Steve Jolliffe on the flute as well, but I don’t know the drummer, or anybody else in the video.

I had seen snippets before. Many thanks for sharing!

Fascinating stuff even though I don't understand German. I have 2 of those Akai take up reels featured in the montage!

A very young Edgar Froese and Steve Jollife.

still love it!!

Thank you so much

Wow, so very cool, thank you for posting this! Is that Steve Jolliffe on the flute? If so, I'll say that the first time I heard Cyclone (with his vocals) I wasn't too sure about it but I quickly grew to like it a lot. It's very different from the other usual suspects (Phaedra, Poland, Rubycon, Tangram, Stratosfear, Hyperborea, etc.) but equally interesting. Really amazing footage, thank you again.

Thanks, this is fascinating. Decades later, I'm still trying to fuse guitar with electronic sounds, which is discussed at one point (auto-translated subtitles say the 'hot medium' of beat music against the 'cold medium' of technically controllable electronics, which I found quite funny). Also, Edgar Froese and the drummer look absolutely blitzed. 😂

Donnerwetter, wo hast du das denn her? Ganz wunderbar! Und Edgar siezt Thomas Kessler!

Klangkakophonie? Yes please.

Fantástico

Amazing video ... I only wish I hadn't flunked my German language class (twice) in college! :/

Edgar Froese Pionier der Elektronik Musik!

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