Amon Düül II Pt I

Amon Düül II Pt I

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An Introduction to Krautrock / Amon Düül II Pt II

Marcus and Carolina continue our Deutsch voyage through the German Experimental Rock revolution, picking back up in the late 1960's with Amon Düül II and the leadup to the release of one of the most groundbreaking records of the Krautrock movement, the psychedelic masterpiece Yet ...  Show more

Can Pt I

Carolina Hidalgo and Marcus Parks return to the world of Krautrock with the formation of a group whose mix of avante-garde music and jazz would pioneer the genre and help set a precedent for what Krautrock would become, the German Experimental Psychedelic Rock group Can. Follow M ...  Show more

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