Under The Influence - Krautrock 

"this guy from the bronx sampled kraftwerk once" cool man

I got lots of KRAFTWERK or TANGERINE DREAM Album since I was a Child of 5 years old in 1974, hearded them on Radio . Now I am 49 and still a Fan of Krautrock . I forgot NEU and others .They changed my live UNCONSCIOUSLY IN DEPTH

The DIIV podcast brought me here.

Born out of the ashes of post-World War II, Germany came with one of the most original and influential genres in musical history, Krautrock. Watch More Episodes of *Under The Influence*: bit.ly/1PBJwub

They had me 'til they forgot to add the umlauts over the paired "U"s in Amon Düül at the end of this video!

Beautifully made. A distillation of Krautrock and its influences without dwelling on the historical details (which are interesting of course!)

I love that Paperhouse is playing in the background at 5:31.

Its seems today mor popular to diss people if they are different than to listen and open your mind to what they have to say. For me it was touching and informative.

I think Tim is a great narrator, rather have someone with a unique voice than someone with a boring, plain and proper voice. Hearing him trying to say those German band names at the end is hilarious though.

Wow, i´ve never watched a documentary less informative...good job noisey.

Why does this feel like Tim Armstrong is telling the class about a book he read this summer

That was great.

I'm really enjoying this series.

great doc if you don't want to learn anything about Krautrock other than it passed from rich German hippies to rich American hipsters

I've seen just about every music documentary on RU-vid. It took me 15 minutes to find this, but it was well worth it. I just wish I wasn't running out of music documentaries to watch

An "Iron curtain known as the Berlin Wall"??? This hasn't got off to a very good start!

Great episode! Krautrock influenced me to no end from 1974 on...Thanks!

More awesome stuff. Can't wait for the next one.

Thank You for this Upload !!! Very beautiful Documentary !!!!

Can is hands down one of my FAVORITE bands of all time. Bunch of my old friends got together last weekend and ate some 🍄's, was their first time hearing Can - Ege Bamyasi, Tango Mango; Glad I got to introduce it to them at that heightened auditory sense. If it's anything like when I heard them tripping for the first time, they'll never hear music quite the same again.

I was on psychedelic Rock, Can was so particular and changed perception of music also Public Image was a favourite and got similarities.

If you came here for Cole Smith: 15:10

People don't even know who the narrator is and don't understand that that's how Tim talks and makes a living through his music career...

This video is insanely good thank u noisey!

Wonderful documentary. It's great to hear peple with passion talk about the things they love, and the presentation of both krautrock itself and the musicians inspired by it was excellent. The narrator was neat. Here we are talking about exploring new sounds, trying different things and people just want the movie trailer voiceover. Pfff...

Nice doc, this is why I like noisey and vice.

another quality show, highly educational

Why is so difficult to understand that this serie is called "under the influence" and not "true (name of the genre)"

great upload, I'm always learning to appreciate different views on music, very enjoyable and superb music, :)

nice documentary enjoyed it never have been familiar with many German bands but am familiar with a few mentioned here so I am excited to check out some of these and more

great docu! thanks :)

8:18 we get inspirations from music from many different fields, lol; nicely edited.

should have spoken to members of Stereolab!

Excellent!

Several waves of innovative music have their origin in post-war Germany. First, schlager - schmalzy songs sung by truly adapted mostly German singers & singstresses, with the audience happily clapping away & feeling happy. This was a musical movement with its roots in the 3rd reich, where Goebbels gave the order to create 'German feelgood music' - schlager was the result of this. Second, electronic classical music - Karl Heinz Stockhausen, Hans Werner Hentze et al. created new musical dimensions never heard before. Third, Krautrock - an experimental movement to create something new and independent from English and American trends, a unique German sound. Krautrock is probably the most creative musical period in German musical history, radically breaking ties with tradition and constantly innovating. Fourth, in the 80ies the Neue Deutsche Welle redefined Schlager, merged it with Dancefloor & electronic music and created an alternative German-sung song repertoire. Fifth, rock - global phenomena like Scorpions or Rammstein brought German-made and German-speaking rock music into the world. Sixth, not uniquely German, but also: modern Jazz & Blues - Alexis Korner, Volkef Kriegel, Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Herbholzheimer, all excellent musicians in their own right. Last not least, the King of Easy Listening: James ' Hansi' Last & band who played everything a la Big Band that they could get hold of. Did I forget anything apart from our great classical composers ?

This is great.

Very nice!

I love Can.

Nice and interesting documentary. Most previous commentaries have complaints about it. I have none.

The iron curtain was the border between east and west Germany. The Berlin wall,as the name suggests, was around that part of the east German city of Berlin occupied by the west

I'm sorry, because I think I may have already addressed this once before, but honest to God, how anybody didn't listen back to Tim Armstrong's stroke-victim-sounding narration tracks and immediately just set fire to them is beyond reason.

Listen up. Follaczoid and a number of other bands seem to have a real scene going in Chile connected to labels in new york, amsterdam , london. Well worth researching.

A NEU! track called 'Super' from 1973 was used in the opening credits of kung-fu classic 'The Master of the Flying Guillotine', and it's punk as fuck.

I've been listening to Chui Wan after this. I really like them.

oh yes, and Jaki Liebezeit was the machine that drove Krautrock!

very cool! i love kraut bands like eloy amd ash.ra tempel. nice to see some.history recorded it its musique concrete aspect

omg lol at the dude from diiv failing at playing the neu! beat.

Great doc, when Tim isn't trying to speak.

welche band hat den Eingangstrack aufgenommen (schlagzeug klingt wie bei CAN ) der Rest eher nicht. Der beginnt wenn er sagt before there was music, there was only a beat

VOCAL FRY ALL OVER THIS

Playlist of bands inspired by Krautrock. Psychedelic rock is still going strong spoti.fi/1F8o6JV

I LOVE that they have the band Interpol representing the "modern" krautrock! They truly are amazing.

When I was 7yesrs old I would get terrible head migraines I played a record that had a skip the repetition of this skip put me in a altered state It was 53 years ago at 7 thought about an lp of locked grooves Ahead of my time with no influence 1969 the original thought of a kid with a migraine.

More "Under The Influence" pretty please.

Ok, I was initially disappointed with this documentary, as it’s not very in-depth about the roots and history of Krautrock. As an indication of who it’s influenced, and where it’s going, I love it!

So THAT'S what it sounds like when a San Franciscan tries to sound like a New Yorker or a Bostonian? blimey...

There is a possible mistake in the description saying Hop Hop i'm sure you meant hip hop but i could be wrong...

wow. amazing documentary. anyone knows what the last song playing is?

"let's do a documentary on 'Krautrock'!" "Ok!" "we can't get hold of hardly anyone from real bands from then." "Eh....just interview a bunch of hipsters on how much they love 'Krautrock' That ought to do."

Why does Tim Armstrong talk like Dr Steve Brul?

3:51 I remember that graffiti in 2013. And how I thought it illustrated my life then. Dark times.

God bless the Germans. A beautiful people. My fav krautrock band is Harmonia

Good stuff. :-)

17:24 what's that instrument?

4:28 What a cheerful couple of young lads

Quatwock

In English bands I think that the influence of krautrock is most apparent in postpunk bands such as Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, OMD.

Hahahha. People really dont get that Tim Armstrong was chosen for a reason?? Tims voice is like why 85% of Rancid fans liked Rancid so much. His voice is unique and fun. I mean.... you could have Johnny Depp narrate this with his semi-deep voice, but why not have a new narrator with dyslexia? I think its dope!

22:54 This bullshit needs to stop..you were a toddler in the 80's.

RIP jaki liebezeit

deconstruct to construct !

👍🏿 Subtitulos en español 😎 *!please!*

👍👍👍👍👍

Unsuprisingly, we like Neu! :-)

anyone know the backing track to the intro? thanks.

RIP Damo 😖

i didn't think i would enjoy this, but it did. and what that chinese guy said at the end about krautrock influencing psych rock, i would have to agree. also, that comment at the beginning about the beat feeling like an endless road, i was thinking that same thing. it's interesting how a "beat" can be considered a genre, because many different bands from different "genres" have used that same driving beat in their songs. there's this band called Jagwar Ma, i guess they're kind of like krautrock, but with melodic influences like the Beach Boys. check 'em out

Not to mention the primary influence of modern techno music

A documentary about German music from the 1960s and 1970s with over half its time given over to American hipsters from the 2010s. 👎

Best part was watching cole record. I could just watch/listen yo him talk all day. Also can't wait for is the is are. It's gonna be DIIV'S Nevermind.

What song is that please at 28:03 please its awesome

As someone who has had the great fortune of working with people who've collaborated with Stockhausen (and had the great fortune of speaking with Holger Czukay and Michael Rother as well), I didn't really 'learn' anything in this documentary that I didn't know already...however-THIS DOCUMENTARY ISN'T FOR THOSE WHO KNOW! This documentary is prepared for those who NEED to know their history. Boiled down and condensed (of course), but it gives the viewer just learning about the influences a place to start exploring. I'd rather see something like this aimed at millennials than an exploration into why (insert name of current favorite sons) are so 'cool.' If you're part of a generation that grew up listening to this wonderful work (and being influenced by it), this video won't serve you. But it does serve to illustrate that old saying in musicology that 'everything comes from somewhere.'

What's the name of the song that comes in @ 20:20 when caveman appears? Anybody? plz? looks kinda epic

More Kessler.

whats taking so long for the next under the influence?

whats the opening track?

The BBC Krautrock Rebirth of Germany doco is an hour long and so much better.

What song is playing at 14:38 ?

Brilliant film. This captures the essence of the Kraut rock scene, in a limited time frame. That being said, I would recommend that interested parties check out Romantic Warriors, Part IV. It covers similar ground, but in a more detailed manner. You won't regret it!

KREAM

Anyone know what song is playing at around the 26 minute mark?

What's the song over the intro? Sounds like Neu?

The hipster kid at 16:00 sounds like he was blatantly ripping off My Sharona...

Cool little documentary, horrible narrator.

Does anyone know of a camera program that guy used to make his visuals? Thanks

What's the name of the effekt 'instrument' at 17:14?

void of all spirit.

9:37 sick beat

Does anyone know the song that plays during the intro?

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