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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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNeu Klang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e'In \u003cem\u003eNeu Klang\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 that all krautrock fans should read.' \u003cstrong\u003eJean-Hervé Péron, Faust\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'If you are into krautrock and would like to know what some of the genre's key players told Christoph Dallach about their aspirations and motivations for their work, then I can highly recommend this book to you.' \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Rother, Neu!\/Harmonia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e'Christoph succeeds in capturing the common spirit of awakening of a bunch of very different musicians with very different concepts' \u003cstrong\u003eIrmin Schmidt, Can\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e'Featuring interviews from those within bands such as Kraftwerk, Neu!, Faust, Can, and others, it paints a holistic picture of the krautrock movement...'\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehe Wire \/ Music Press Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e'A thorough, mosaic-like look at a revolutionary era. Christoph Dallach lets the musicians, pioneers, and observers tell their own story in an incredible oral history.'\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary Review Summary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'R\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eevelatory and propulsively arranged.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555569733890,"sku":"BK-FAF-NKDHK-001-HI","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_1495_66b445cd-3740-497b-83fe-41e2bf726fbc.jpg?v=1793804478"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/collections\/faber-faber.oembed?page=2","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}