Bröselmaschine – Bröselmaschine

Avoid the wah wah reissues. Ovbiously they come from digital sources

No, not every German band 1969-75 were playing Kraut Rock. For 45 years I've seen everything and anything from Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, via Birth Control and Jane, to Grobschnitt, Neuschwanstein and Hoelderlin being called just that. But Bröselmaschine never had any Kraut elements whatsoever. They were simply - as it says on their Profile here at Disocgs - a "German folk band from Duisburg". Simple as that. They sound(ed) just like any US or UK folk rock/pop and/or or acid folk around this album was released 50 years ago.

Once, circa 1970, a British reporter reviewed some German album or single and called it krautrock in a most demeaning way. For decades, only Brits could make pop, and only Brits could play football ("soccer") according themselves. But sometime when Faust adopted the moniker, and recorded the song 'Krautrock' on their iconic 1973 Faust - Faust IV album, most bands became proud to call themselves Kraut rockers. By then, both they and Amon Düül II had played live in London...

Even self-proclaimed Kraut expert Julian Cope himself has regrets on his bestselling, idiotic book (I refuse to even mention its name here...may it rest in peace). German musicians and other people in the music business who actually knew German (Kraut) Rock history laughed at it at best, and got straight out pi**ed off at worst (like Schulze's manager Klaus D. Müller). Nowadays, Juilian's just an "expert" on Detroit Rock, The Canterbury Scene and Tiny Tim...btw, this album is great! And Bröselmaschine are still active, ab und zu.

Jörg, Schweden

Didn't what kind of music I was about to listen when I first played the record. That's very good! Go for it, it's a must have.

This Reissue sounds really good, and isn't impossible to find.