Artist	Song
Kraftwerk	Tour de France
from Tour de France (Remastered) (2009)
Can	I Want More
from Flow Motion (2006)
Amon Düül II	Mozambique
from Vive la Trance (2007)
Faust	Exercise (With Several Hands On a Piano)
from The Faust Tapes (2005)
Popol Vuh	Engel der Gegenwart
from Coeur de Vere (O.S.T.) (2005)
Sergius Golowin	Die Weisse Alm
from Lord Krishna Von Goloka (1999)
Witthüser & Westrupp	Besuch aus dem Kosmos
from Der Jesuspilz / Musik vom Evangelium (1999)
Xhol	Side I First Day
from Motherfuckers (1999)
Mythos	Hero's Death
from "I" (1999)
Wallenstein	The Theme
from Blitzkrieg (1999)
Hölderlin	Requiem Für Einen Wicht
from Hölderlins Traum (1999)
Annexus Quam	Osmose II
from Osmose (1999)
Gila	Aggression
from Mitten Ins Ohr (1999)
Mythos	Icarus
from Purity (2006)
Kraftwerk	Tour de France
from Tour de France (Remastered) (2009)
Can	I Want More
from Flow Motion (2006)
Amon Düül II	Mozambique
from Vive la Trance (2007)
Faust	Exercise (With Several Hands On a Piano)
from The Faust Tapes (2005)
Popol Vuh	Engel der Gegenwart
from Coeur de Vere (O.S.T.) (2005)
Sergius Golowin	Die Weisse Alm
from Lord Krishna Von Goloka (1999)
Witthüser & Westrupp	Besuch aus dem Kosmos
from Der Jesuspilz / Musik vom Evangelium (1999)
Xhol	Side I First Day
from Motherfuckers (1999)
Mythos	Hero's Death
from "I" (1999)
Wallenstein	The Theme
from Blitzkrieg (1999)
Hölderlin	Requiem Für Einen Wicht
from Hölderlins Traum (1999)
Annexus Quam	Osmose II
from Osmose (1999)
Gila	Aggression
from Mitten Ins Ohr (1999)
Mythos	Icarus
from Purity (2006)

Comment:

If you've made it this far down our [i]Krautrock[/i] Essentials, you probably know the names Kraftwerk, Neu!, and Can by now. But Xhol, Gila, and Mythos? No, those aren't the kind of artists you hear name-dropped on a daily basis. Let's change all that by exploring every groove of Germany's avant-garde, from the wilting strings of "Besuch aus dem Kosmos" and the laser-like keys of "Monza (Harmonia de Luxe)" to the minimal, lonesome chords of "Engel der Gegenwart" and "Die Weisse Alm." Elsewhere, funk textures get deep-fried ("Aggression," which is just waiting to get sampled by DJ Shadow) and drums ripple, tearing apart the fabric of time ("Hero's Death").

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