Krautrock was a mere generic name for the experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. But China? The male/female duo of Siutong So and Tin Leung, aka Metal Hat, pretty much made up the psychedelic rock scene of the Dingzhou province of China, still a very rural part of the country in 1967. Turns out they may have have spawned a sub-scene that predates the earliest embryonic bleeps and bloops of Krautrock. BBC DJ John Peel in particular is largely credited with totally fre : : : : : : : : : : : : SEXLAB : : : : : : aking out and cal : : : : : : SEXLAB : : : : : : ling Metal Hat's first album Reverse Rain "So brilliant!" to deaf ears of course. Seeing as how M : : : : : : SEXLAB CALLING : : : : : : etal Hat's first album pre-dates even the first formings of German groups Can and Faust, one has to wonder : : : : : : : : : : TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH : : : : : : : : : : : : IS ANYBODY OUT THERE? : : : : : : : : : : : : HELLO? : : : : : : : : : : : : HACKING INTO EARTH WFMU BLOG : : : : : : : : : : : REPEAT, HACKING WFMU BLOG HTML CODE : : : : : : : : : : : : TRADITIONAL INTERNET OUTLETS MALFUNCTIONING : : : : : : : : : : : : REPEAT : : : : : : : : : : : : MALFUNCTIONING : : : : : : : : : : : : IS THIS REACHING THE WFMU BLOG SOMEWHERE? : : : : : : : : : : : : WE'RE 300 MILES ABOVE EARTH : : : : : : : : : : : : SEXLAB CALLING : : : : : : : : : : : : TONIGHT AT 8PM ON WFMU.ORG : : : : : : : : : : : : IS ANYONE PICKING THIS UP? : : : : : : : : : : : : HELLO? : : : : : : : : : : : : TROUBLE TYPING ON MY SPACESUIT ARM KEYPAD WITH AIR-TIGHT NEOPRENE-COATED GORTEX GLOVES : : : : : : : : : : : : SEXLAB LIFTED OFF FROM EARTH BASE SEVEN DAYS AGO : : : : WE ARE...
where can i listen to this?
Posted by: charlie | May 22, 2009 at 02:24 PM
So I'm guessing this, um, doesn't actually exist.
Posted by: Dave | May 23, 2009 at 02:51 AM
Where's the Chinese krautrock?
Posted by: boil | May 23, 2009 at 03:49 PM
fascinating. what one learns on the wfmu blog. its amazing how a completely isolated people can create such similar music to a well known and much copied genre. the songs are amazing. thanks for the discovery. imgoing out and try to find as much chinese krautrock as i can. im sure my local record store has something i can pick up.
Posted by: chris | May 23, 2009 at 11:25 PM
I think you may be infringing on Saxlab, a VST for producing realistic saxaphone sounds. However, I enourage such infringement.
Posted by: Jim | May 25, 2009 at 07:13 AM