1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,500 Germany, 1945. Year zero. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,520 Everything from cities to culture lies in ruins. 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,560 It was time to rebuild. 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,960 This is the story of a generation of musicians 5 00:00:18,961 --> 00:00:20,960 born in the period post-war 6 00:00:20,961 --> 00:00:24,640 that would forge a new musical identity for Germany. 7 00:00:27,881 --> 00:00:31,800 Between 1968 and 1977, 8 00:00:31,801 --> 00:00:35,720 bands like Neu!, Can, Faust and Kraftwerk 9 00:00:35,721 --> 00:00:39,840 they would look beyond rock western, to create 10 00:00:39,841 --> 00:00:42,800 one of the most musical styles originals never heard before. 11 00:00:43,761 --> 00:00:46,440 They shared a common goal: 12 00:00:46,441 --> 00:00:50,520 the optimistic desire of transcend the German past. 13 00:00:52,721 --> 00:00:56,200 But this did not stop a press war-obsessed Englishwoman 14 00:00:56,201 --> 00:00:58,280 to call them "Rock Palurdo". 15 00:01:00,201 --> 00:01:03,640 Ladies and gentlemen 16 00:01:03,641 --> 00:01:07,360 Welcome to the sound of Krautrock. 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 KRAUTROCK: THE RENAISSANCE OF GERMANY 18 00:01:18,441 --> 00:01:22,560 In the late 60's this is what it sounded like German popular music. 19 00:01:40,001 --> 00:01:41,600 It was known as Schlager. 20 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:44,240 A harmless and light pop. 21 00:01:44,241 --> 00:01:47,960 Very different from reality that was lived in the German streets. 22 00:01:57,881 --> 00:01:59,360 1968. 23 00:01:59,361 --> 00:02:02,640 The year of the global youth revolution. 24 00:02:02,641 --> 00:02:04,680 And West Berlin was not the exception. 25 00:02:06,801 --> 00:02:09,720 way to get out of here 26 00:02:10,841 --> 00:02:13,800 27 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:17,200 Like his brothers in United States and England 28 00:02:17,201 --> 00:02:19,160 these guys were fed up with adults, 29 00:02:19,161 --> 00:02:22,880 but in Germany, the State I had more to answer. 30 00:02:22,881 --> 00:02:27,480 they drink my wine... 31 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:30,360 After the German performance, in 1945, 32 00:02:30,361 --> 00:02:34,040 the country had been divided for the victors. 33 00:02:35,761 --> 00:02:38,120 In West Germany, a foreign aid program 34 00:02:38,121 --> 00:02:40,680 culmin� with the economic miracle, 35 00:02:40,681 --> 00:02:43,400 an economic miracle with the which the community prospered 36 00:02:43,401 --> 00:02:45,280 in the 50's and 60's. 37 00:02:47,441 --> 00:02:51,600 But the people who drove this new and radiant Germany 38 00:02:51,601 --> 00:02:55,800 It was the same one that had been in power during the war. 39 00:03:01,841 --> 00:03:05,000 Nowhere was this so evident that in Bavaria, 40 00:03:05,001 --> 00:03:07,360 the heart of the South German Alps, 41 00:03:07,361 --> 00:03:11,480 an area with strong historical ties with National Socialism. 42 00:03:17,761 --> 00:03:20,960 Hitler had decided to start his revolution in Munich 43 00:03:20,961 --> 00:03:23,160 and when I didn't plan their Lightning Wars 44 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:27,840 the Fuhrer could be found relaxing in the mountains of Bavaria. 45 00:03:30,201 --> 00:03:31,320 For Amon D��l, 46 00:03:31,321 --> 00:03:35,240 a group-community of musicians from Munich, 47 00:03:35,241 --> 00:03:38,800 the past felt too close, in 1968. 48 00:03:40,881 --> 00:03:44,880 After the war, you couldn't 49 00:03:44,881 --> 00:03:48,040 erase everyone, or get rid of everyone, 50 00:03:48,041 --> 00:03:50,440 especially judges, or teachers, 51 00:03:50,441 --> 00:03:53,880 If they were Nazis, you had to take them 52 00:03:53,881 --> 00:03:57,440 because you couldn't throw them out and not having any teacher. 53 00:03:59,401 --> 00:04:01,200 Everything was still there 54 00:04:01,201 --> 00:04:03,560 but it wasn't that strong like before 55 00:04:03,561 --> 00:04:07,120 Nobody dared to talk about Hitler, 56 00:04:07,121 --> 00:04:09,040 The word "Jew" was... 57 00:04:09,041 --> 00:04:11,440 It was not in the German language. 58 00:04:13,001 --> 00:04:15,720 Our parents didn't talk really from Hitler, 59 00:04:15,721 --> 00:04:19,080 nor about the Jews nor of everything that happened. 60 00:04:19,081 --> 00:04:21,240 They simply remained silent. 61 00:04:21,241 --> 00:04:23,720 Nobody really talked about it. 62 00:04:23,721 --> 00:04:25,800 If I asked my father, 63 00:04:25,801 --> 00:04:28,400 he would never say "I was a Nazi." 64 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:33,120 If you go to Dachau, which is 30 km from here, 65 00:04:33,121 --> 00:04:34,640 you talk to people from there and they say: 66 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:36,840 "We didn't know anything about that." 67 00:04:42,081 --> 00:04:45,840 At that time I was all full of Nazis. 68 00:04:45,841 --> 00:04:47,360 And there was a rebellion against them. 69 00:04:47,361 --> 00:04:51,800 We had these spotlights revolutionaries in the 60's. 70 00:04:51,801 --> 00:04:54,680 All of Munich was in the streets fighting the police, 71 00:04:54,681 --> 00:04:57,320 against politicians, against all that. 72 00:05:04,641 --> 00:05:07,920 We had no weapons or tools to scare them away 73 00:05:07,921 --> 00:05:09,720 but we could make music 74 00:05:09,721 --> 00:05:13,400 and we could gather an audience, a group of people 75 00:05:13,401 --> 00:05:15,880 with the same understanding and with the same desires. 76 00:05:21,561 --> 00:05:25,280 Amon D��l sought to create acid and apocalyptic music 77 00:05:25,281 --> 00:05:28,920 that set your vision of a new world. 78 00:05:36,961 --> 00:05:40,800 Of course we didn't want make English or American music, 79 00:05:40,801 --> 00:05:43,120 nor did we want to do German Schlager music, 80 00:05:43,121 --> 00:05:45,440 so we had to get out with something new. 81 00:05:46,561 --> 00:05:50,360 The only thing we could do base was classical or folk music. 82 00:05:50,361 --> 00:05:54,040 Everything else was... 83 00:05:54,041 --> 00:05:57,360 England or the United States. 84 00:05:57,361 --> 00:06:00,000 We wanted to be international. 85 00:06:00,001 --> 00:06:03,840 We strive in not being anglophones 86 00:06:03,841 --> 00:06:05,200 and not sound German. 87 00:06:05,201 --> 00:06:08,680 So, space It was a solution. 88 00:06:23,241 --> 00:06:25,320 When you hear Phallus Dei... 89 00:06:25,321 --> 00:06:28,240 I'm not really singing, I'm... 90 00:06:28,241 --> 00:06:30,800 using voice like an instrument, 91 00:06:30,801 --> 00:06:32,440 doing crazy things. 92 00:06:35,841 --> 00:06:38,360 Some people They got very angry about it. 93 00:06:40,481 --> 00:06:44,200 My dad too. He told me, "This is not music!" 94 00:06:55,161 --> 00:07:00,200 Amon D��l was the focus of politics leftist and music in Munich. 95 00:07:00,201 --> 00:07:03,160 Between the lines of Amon D��l the founders were 96 00:07:03,161 --> 00:07:05,720 of the Baader-Meinhof group, 97 00:07:05,721 --> 00:07:08,840 Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin 98 00:07:08,841 --> 00:07:10,600 and Ulrike Meinhof. 99 00:07:11,841 --> 00:07:15,360 They thought that Amon D��l It didn't go far enough. 100 00:07:21,681 --> 00:07:24,640 One day, Andreas and Ulrike said... 101 00:07:24,641 --> 00:07:28,400 "They are not listening to us, They are not doing the right thing. 102 00:07:28,401 --> 00:07:31,080 We have to do something drastic, 103 00:07:31,081 --> 00:07:33,600 like... burn something... 104 00:07:33,601 --> 00:07:35,160 or set a bomb." 105 00:07:39,121 --> 00:07:41,320 They burned a warehouse 106 00:07:41,321 --> 00:07:43,480 And they caught them, of course, 107 00:07:43,481 --> 00:07:45,080 and they went to prison. 108 00:07:45,081 --> 00:07:48,080 When they got out of prison, when they were released, 109 00:07:48,081 --> 00:07:51,040 they thought: "Let's put together Amon D��l." 110 00:07:51,041 --> 00:07:54,200 Once out of prison, Baader and Meinhof 111 00:07:54,201 --> 00:07:55,960 They organized a criminal raid 112 00:07:55,961 --> 00:07:59,360 that turned them into the Germany's most wanted terrorists. 113 00:08:01,921 --> 00:08:05,840 We were on tour, and we came back home, to Herrsching... 114 00:08:05,841 --> 00:08:08,240 "I DO NOT BELONG TO THE BAADER-MEINHOF ORGANIZATION." 115 00:08:08,241 --> 00:08:11,520 He went to my room, and there were Ensslin and Baader. 116 00:08:11,521 --> 00:08:16,280 And above was Meinhof in Chris's room. 117 00:08:16,281 --> 00:08:20,120 And I told them "What the hell are they doing here?!" 118 00:08:20,121 --> 00:08:23,000 "Leave immediately!" 119 00:08:27,561 --> 00:08:30,120 It was hard. I didn't like it at all. 120 00:08:31,201 --> 00:08:34,600 It wasn't just the thoughts of radical politics and music 121 00:08:34,601 --> 00:08:36,920 those that emerged in the late '60s. 122 00:08:38,441 --> 00:08:41,840 One of the cameramen who captured this experimental performance by Amon D��l 123 00:08:41,841 --> 00:08:44,880 It was a certain Wim Wenders. 124 00:08:44,881 --> 00:08:48,360 Wenders was part of a radical generation of directors 125 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,920 that would reinvent German cinema. 126 00:08:52,881 --> 00:08:55,520 The most politicized of these directors 127 00:08:55,521 --> 00:08:57,320 was Rainer Werner Fassbinder 128 00:08:57,321 --> 00:09:00,920 seen here in a cameo in Die Niklashhauser Fahrt, 129 00:09:00,921 --> 00:09:03,720 a movie in which Amon D��l also appears. 130 00:09:05,041 --> 00:09:09,720 But the younger director Famous to emerge was from Munich. 131 00:09:12,401 --> 00:09:16,240 Werner Herzog would film movies exploring the extremes 132 00:09:16,241 --> 00:09:18,760 of the human condition. 133 00:09:18,761 --> 00:09:22,560 The soundtracks of his films They were written by Popol Vuh, 134 00:09:22,561 --> 00:09:25,320 a Munich band with relationships close to Amon D��l. 135 00:09:25,321 --> 00:09:31,280 This was led by the magical composer Florian Fricke. 136 00:09:40,201 --> 00:09:42,920 Let's see... Is human dignity required? 137 00:09:42,921 --> 00:09:45,320 That's right! Dignity! 138 00:09:49,561 --> 00:09:51,840 At that time, He also had his first job 139 00:09:51,841 --> 00:09:54,640 for Aguirre, with Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog. 140 00:09:59,441 --> 00:10:02,200 The reason why They got along so well 141 00:10:02,201 --> 00:10:04,040 Werner and Florian, 142 00:10:04,041 --> 00:10:09,960 It was that they had been friends. They knew each other since school. 143 00:10:14,761 --> 00:10:17,960 "I am the wrath of God." 144 00:10:18,041 --> 00:10:19,800 Aguirre, Zorn Gottes, 145 00:10:19,801 --> 00:10:22,400 I agree with you That sounds so tremendous. 146 00:10:22,401 --> 00:10:27,080 And... the choirs... those sounds, like voices. 147 00:10:27,081 --> 00:10:31,640 It was a machine that came from Vienna 148 00:10:31,641 --> 00:10:34,080 that they found it by accident. 149 00:10:34,081 --> 00:10:35,520 It was very useful. 150 00:10:49,681 --> 00:10:52,080 It has nothing to do with the metronome. 151 00:10:52,081 --> 00:10:55,280 It has nothing to do with the rhythm. 152 00:10:55,281 --> 00:10:59,480 Just... our heart, our emotions were time. 153 00:10:59,481 --> 00:11:00,880 Beautiful. 154 00:11:04,361 --> 00:11:09,640 Of course, the real music German was electronic music. 155 00:11:14,481 --> 00:11:18,240 When the West was fascinated with rock and the guitar gods, 156 00:11:18,241 --> 00:11:21,520 something very different was happening spawning in Germany. 157 00:11:21,521 --> 00:11:24,240 Electronic music was virgin. 158 00:11:24,241 --> 00:11:29,160 Neither tied to the past nor imported from England or the USA. 159 00:11:29,161 --> 00:11:32,160 In 1968, was being nurtured in Berlin, 160 00:11:32,161 --> 00:11:34,520 a unique city. 161 00:11:35,881 --> 00:11:39,280 First of all, you have to remember 162 00:11:39,281 --> 00:11:42,040 that Berlin was a place quite isolated. 163 00:11:42,041 --> 00:11:47,600 So you couldn't compare it with no other city in the world. 164 00:11:47,601 --> 00:11:49,600 It had a big wall around him. 165 00:11:54,961 --> 00:11:59,680 In the old days of Berlin Western, the world ended here. 166 00:11:59,681 --> 00:12:03,400 On the other side was Siberia. Or at least East Germany. 167 00:12:03,401 --> 00:12:10,280 That now seems like a place very calm and peaceful. 168 00:12:10,281 --> 00:12:12,000 It was the border. 169 00:12:12,001 --> 00:12:16,920 And... It was highly guarded. 170 00:12:20,521 --> 00:12:25,720 In case you want to know Which side of the border are you on? 171 00:12:25,721 --> 00:12:29,720 this floating hotel called Eastern Comfort 172 00:12:29,721 --> 00:12:32,240 and Western Comfort. 173 00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:39,160 It was a community that had to control oneself more or less 174 00:12:39,161 --> 00:12:41,080 to herself. 175 00:12:41,081 --> 00:12:44,800 So culture, or the underground, whatever you want to call it, 176 00:12:44,801 --> 00:12:48,400 It was a kind of center very, very specific meeting. 177 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:53,000 It was the signature of the city in the late 60's. 178 00:12:54,841 --> 00:12:58,960 The key underground site in Berlin was the Zodiak Free Arts Lab, 179 00:12:58,961 --> 00:13:00,160 founded in 1967. 180 00:13:00,161 --> 00:13:02,560 He was a magnet for musicians 181 00:13:02,561 --> 00:13:05,360 that they wanted to experience. 182 00:13:09,081 --> 00:13:11,280 Oh, I haven't been here in a long time. 183 00:13:13,121 --> 00:13:14,360 This is what remains. 184 00:13:14,361 --> 00:13:16,160 A normal coffee. 185 00:13:17,561 --> 00:13:20,560 This was quite different 40 years ago. 186 00:13:29,721 --> 00:13:31,720 at night, They opened the door. 187 00:13:31,721 --> 00:13:34,480 And we started to rehearse, so to speak 188 00:13:34,481 --> 00:13:36,080 but it was also a concept, 189 00:13:36,081 --> 00:13:37,800 because there was also an audience. 190 00:13:37,801 --> 00:13:40,320 It was kind of... 191 00:13:40,321 --> 00:13:44,720 a kind of center... of all music, the Zodiak Club. 192 00:13:46,281 --> 00:13:50,040 The owner said... 193 00:13:50,041 --> 00:13:53,600 "Do what you want here, yeah If they want, they can leave the instruments. 194 00:13:53,601 --> 00:13:57,520 "We close the doors at night." We played there every day. 195 00:14:06,521 --> 00:14:09,640 The idea came from a John Cage concert 196 00:14:09,641 --> 00:14:12,320 what did I say in a school of arts in Berlin 197 00:14:12,321 --> 00:14:15,640 when we were playing like 35 recorders 198 00:14:15,641 --> 00:14:18,480 with different sounds and music everywhere. 199 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:24,200 We thought it was a good idea to have in Berlin 200 00:14:24,201 --> 00:14:28,000 a place where that can be done see every day, 24 hours a day. 201 00:14:30,121 --> 00:14:33,280 It was like the ICA. 202 00:14:36,281 --> 00:14:40,040 In New York, it was The Factory. He had the same spirit. 203 00:14:42,481 --> 00:14:47,920 The Zodiak was co-founded by experimental artist Hans-Joachim Roedelius. 204 00:14:47,921 --> 00:14:50,120 Older than most of the Krautrockers, 205 00:14:50,121 --> 00:14:54,080 His vision was linked to their war experiences. 206 00:14:57,561 --> 00:15:01,920 I think all art It is based on life, 207 00:15:01,921 --> 00:15:03,680 not in making art. 208 00:15:03,681 --> 00:15:08,360 In life experience in many different aspects. 209 00:15:09,801 --> 00:15:12,520 The youngest part of the hitler youth 210 00:15:12,521 --> 00:15:14,240 It was called "Pimpfe". 211 00:15:14,241 --> 00:15:17,440 And what was being done there...? 212 00:15:17,441 --> 00:15:18,680 We had to do this... 213 00:15:18,681 --> 00:15:21,360 and all that shit. 214 00:15:21,361 --> 00:15:24,440 And they tried to 215 00:15:24,441 --> 00:15:28,440 discipline ourselves to that we followed Adolf. 216 00:15:32,121 --> 00:15:33,680 I had to use this anti-tank. 217 00:15:35,641 --> 00:15:39,160 But I never fired it, They never tried to make us soldiers. 218 00:15:39,161 --> 00:15:42,120 Fortunately the war I finished at the right time. 219 00:15:45,521 --> 00:15:47,280 Roedelius formed Cluster. 220 00:15:47,281 --> 00:15:50,640 They were the pioneers of environmental electronics. 221 00:15:53,121 --> 00:15:56,160 We checked simple tonic generators. 222 00:15:58,321 --> 00:16:00,080 And keyboards. 223 00:16:00,081 --> 00:16:03,920 And I had a... cello too. 224 00:16:03,921 --> 00:16:07,560 Just to use the sounds. 225 00:16:07,561 --> 00:16:09,640 I didn't know how to play the cello for nothing. 226 00:16:12,201 --> 00:16:15,520 Of course, Joachim is more or less... 227 00:16:17,401 --> 00:16:21,080 the one who does little melodies. 228 00:16:22,401 --> 00:16:27,000 And I am the one who creates the rhythm and sound effects. 229 00:16:35,881 --> 00:16:42,080 A good example of music made by non-musicians. 230 00:16:43,321 --> 00:16:46,240 They had a vision of... 231 00:16:46,241 --> 00:16:49,240 create a kind of 232 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:51,000 sonic utopia, 233 00:16:51,001 --> 00:16:55,080 a different world with different sounds. 234 00:16:57,441 --> 00:17:00,280 It's a kind of hope 235 00:17:00,281 --> 00:17:03,400 that there is an escape route of the society that surrounds us. 236 00:17:13,601 --> 00:17:19,200 The majority of Germans, 237 00:17:19,201 --> 00:17:22,440 I listened to classical music 238 00:17:22,441 --> 00:17:24,360 and Schlager. 239 00:17:38,241 --> 00:17:40,480 The Schlager They were stupid texts 240 00:17:40,481 --> 00:17:43,360 stupid melody and everyone liked it. 241 00:17:44,361 --> 00:17:46,600 Somehow, American hits 242 00:17:46,601 --> 00:17:48,960 They are also Schlager. 243 00:17:48,961 --> 00:17:51,040 Elvis Presley 244 00:17:51,041 --> 00:17:53,760 was a singer Schlager actually. 245 00:17:54,961 --> 00:17:58,400 Superficially, Schlager is not political at all. 246 00:17:59,721 --> 00:18:01,400 And that is precisely which makes it political. 247 00:18:04,521 --> 00:18:06,760 During the war, 248 00:18:06,761 --> 00:18:10,720 the propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels 249 00:18:10,721 --> 00:18:14,440 who was a very modern fascist, 250 00:18:14,441 --> 00:18:16,680 I invested a lot of money 251 00:18:16,681 --> 00:18:20,960 in creating a music industry to cover up his lies. 252 00:18:25,401 --> 00:18:28,960 The amount of Schlager music on radio programs 253 00:18:28,961 --> 00:18:30,880 increased drastically. 254 00:18:35,201 --> 00:18:38,080 There weren't many shapes for a... 255 00:18:39,721 --> 00:18:41,560 ...let's say, German rock musician 256 00:18:41,561 --> 00:18:44,560 to be able to play music 257 00:18:44,561 --> 00:18:45,720 and grow, 258 00:18:45,721 --> 00:18:51,280 without even thinking about it theoretical development of music, 259 00:18:51,281 --> 00:18:54,040 because there was no inheritance. 260 00:19:00,401 --> 00:19:03,280 And the Germans... they were... 261 00:19:04,761 --> 00:19:07,000 ...in a very bad situation. 262 00:19:07,001 --> 00:19:08,960 It couldn't be forgotten. 263 00:19:08,961 --> 00:19:12,760 We were so stupid and guilty... 264 00:19:13,921 --> 00:19:16,760 ...of starting two wars. 265 00:19:17,641 --> 00:19:19,160 And to lose them. 266 00:19:24,721 --> 00:19:26,480 But as horrible as it was, 267 00:19:26,481 --> 00:19:32,080 He had a, sorry to say, a positive aspect. 268 00:19:32,081 --> 00:19:35,160 There was nothing to lose. 269 00:19:35,161 --> 00:19:37,040 We had lost everything. 270 00:19:41,161 --> 00:19:44,040 So when we think about 271 00:19:44,041 --> 00:19:46,400 make music in a different way, 272 00:19:46,401 --> 00:19:49,560 We only think of the free form, in the abstract form. 273 00:19:54,361 --> 00:19:57,120 The electronic symphonies by Tangerine Dream 274 00:19:57,121 --> 00:20:01,160 They invoked a different world, very far from the German past. 275 00:20:01,161 --> 00:20:04,280 They, and other Zodiak artists, like Klaus Schulze, 276 00:20:04,281 --> 00:20:08,320 were the first to implement the newly invented synthesizer. 277 00:20:25,641 --> 00:20:28,680 When I started doing electronic music, 278 00:20:28,681 --> 00:20:32,960 the first question was "What is a synthesizer?" 279 00:20:32,961 --> 00:20:35,600 Can you imagine that today day no one would care 280 00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:37,520 because you see thousands of them. 281 00:20:37,521 --> 00:20:39,280 But at that time "What is a synthesizer?" 282 00:20:39,281 --> 00:20:41,200 And we tried to explain it. 283 00:20:47,681 --> 00:20:49,440 It was so new. 284 00:20:49,441 --> 00:20:53,040 So we thought "It's great. Let's try to do something with it." 285 00:20:55,041 --> 00:20:57,520 At that point we were... 286 00:20:58,681 --> 00:20:59,720 ...like guys. 287 00:20:59,721 --> 00:21:02,880 We were turning knobs without knowing what would come of it, 288 00:21:02,881 --> 00:21:05,200 but at least it sounded cool. 289 00:21:13,041 --> 00:21:16,240 While everyone is connected to each other, 290 00:21:16,241 --> 00:21:19,600 with every knob you turn, something happens 291 00:21:19,601 --> 00:21:25,120 But don't ask me. I've had this for over 30 years. 292 00:21:25,121 --> 00:21:28,240 I could never create the next day exactly the same sound. 293 00:21:30,641 --> 00:21:34,960 Munich and Berlin were not the unique experimentation centers. 294 00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:38,640 The true heart of the European electronic tradition 295 00:21:38,641 --> 00:21:40,400 was in Cologne, 296 00:21:40,401 --> 00:21:45,560 where the visionary composer lived avant-garde Karlheinz Stockhausen. 297 00:21:47,361 --> 00:21:50,360 Colony was, in the early 60's, 298 00:21:50,361 --> 00:21:54,680 the world center of modern music, you could say. 299 00:21:54,681 --> 00:21:57,480 And Stockhausen was one of the composers 300 00:21:57,481 --> 00:21:58,880 that was there. 301 00:21:59,761 --> 00:22:03,840 He gave a couple of readings and I told him: 302 00:22:03,841 --> 00:22:08,120 "Mr. Stockhausen, I can't do anything. 303 00:22:08,121 --> 00:22:09,800 "I failed all the exams." 304 00:22:09,801 --> 00:22:14,480 And he said, "What do you want to be?" 305 00:22:14,481 --> 00:22:16,320 I told him, "Composer, of course." 306 00:22:17,281 --> 00:22:18,840 And then he looked at me... 307 00:22:20,041 --> 00:22:23,280 "Your background sounds interesting. "I'm going to take you." 308 00:22:28,801 --> 00:22:30,600 I heard from a coffin seller 309 00:22:30,601 --> 00:22:34,800 that in his basement, he was doing a side project. 310 00:22:34,801 --> 00:22:39,200 with discarded studio equipment by the radio station. 311 00:22:39,961 --> 00:22:43,360 So he entered his shop. 312 00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:46,320 The coffins were there. 313 00:22:47,441 --> 00:22:50,920 "Come with me to my catacombs", he told me. 314 00:22:50,921 --> 00:22:53,520 And then I saw... 315 00:22:54,441 --> 00:22:57,880 ...generators that Stockhausen had used for the first time. 316 00:22:57,881 --> 00:22:59,720 And they were failed. 317 00:22:59,721 --> 00:23:04,320 I remember very well how he worked with them. 318 00:23:07,441 --> 00:23:10,400 Stockhausen got married with a rich woman. 319 00:23:10,401 --> 00:23:13,800 And I thought, "I'm going to do exactly the same." 320 00:23:13,801 --> 00:23:16,320 And he was having success. 321 00:23:16,321 --> 00:23:18,400 I was going to Switzerland 322 00:23:18,401 --> 00:23:20,720 to be a teacher. 323 00:23:20,721 --> 00:23:22,960 Or whatever, it didn't matter. 324 00:23:22,961 --> 00:23:25,720 And suddenly I was, um... 325 00:23:25,721 --> 00:23:27,200 I was committed, 326 00:23:27,201 --> 00:23:32,600 but instead of being interested for rich women 327 00:23:32,601 --> 00:23:37,800 There was a guitarist who wanted Give him some lessons. 328 00:23:37,801 --> 00:23:40,720 I realized how talented he was. 329 00:23:41,521 --> 00:23:45,760 So he finished school and together we form Can. 330 00:23:52,041 --> 00:23:55,960 As I always say, better a little bird in a hand 331 00:23:55,961 --> 00:23:58,080 than a dove on the roof. 332 00:24:03,521 --> 00:24:06,200 With five brilliant members, Can combined 333 00:24:06,201 --> 00:24:09,920 the influences of the European avant-garde, jazz and minimalism. 334 00:24:18,361 --> 00:24:20,200 Can was founded in '68. 335 00:24:20,201 --> 00:24:23,400 In that year there was a kind of 336 00:24:23,401 --> 00:24:25,520 student revolution in Germany. 337 00:24:28,161 --> 00:24:31,440 A mental revolution It happened at the same time. 338 00:24:31,441 --> 00:24:34,080 The war was over definitely 339 00:24:34,081 --> 00:24:37,040 and the way of thinking old it had to be... 340 00:24:37,041 --> 00:24:38,680 destroyed. 341 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,960 we didn't want play Rock and Roll. 342 00:24:47,001 --> 00:24:51,760 Because we knew that was not what we were born with. 343 00:24:51,761 --> 00:24:54,160 we had to find our own path. 344 00:24:55,801 --> 00:24:58,120 The key to Can's hypnotic sound 345 00:24:58,121 --> 00:25:00,520 It was Jaki Liebezeit's drums 346 00:25:00,521 --> 00:25:02,880 who had been the drummer number one jazz song in Germany 347 00:25:02,881 --> 00:25:04,640 until he had an epiphany. 348 00:25:05,401 --> 00:25:11,520 A guy came and told me, "You must play monotonously." 349 00:25:12,681 --> 00:25:16,920 He said it with a voice and with such an expression 350 00:25:16,921 --> 00:25:19,760 that I stayed quite impressed. 351 00:25:19,761 --> 00:25:23,920 I don't think there is been a strange guy. 352 00:25:23,921 --> 00:25:30,880 Maybe he was on an acid trip. I was completely...strange. 353 00:25:32,681 --> 00:25:35,200 I started thinking about that... 354 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:40,400 Play monotone. What did you mean by monotone? 355 00:25:40,401 --> 00:25:45,720 So I started to repeat things. 356 00:25:52,961 --> 00:25:56,040 We played live in Munich. 357 00:25:56,041 --> 00:26:00,080 We had a concert there, whose tickets were sold out. 358 00:26:00,081 --> 00:26:05,840 And I was sitting with Jaki Liebezeit, the drummer, in a cafe. 359 00:26:07,841 --> 00:26:13,800 And suddenly I saw someone in the street, in the middle of the street, 360 00:26:13,801 --> 00:26:18,100 and I was praying and bowing in the street. 361 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,760 He was behaving very strangely. 362 00:26:20,761 --> 00:26:25,840 And I said to Jaki, "Jaki, there." "There is our new singer." 363 00:26:28,761 --> 00:26:29,880 Damo Suzuki. 364 00:26:31,001 --> 00:26:34,520 I am a nomad. 365 00:26:34,521 --> 00:26:37,920 Nomad in the 21st century. 366 00:26:37,921 --> 00:26:39,560 Traveler... 367 00:26:40,641 --> 00:26:42,600 Hippy, but not really. 368 00:26:43,601 --> 00:26:45,400 Metaphysical transporter. 369 00:26:47,361 --> 00:26:49,000 Human being. 370 00:26:51,001 --> 00:26:55,840 I went to where Damo was and I said "What are you doing?" 371 00:26:55,841 --> 00:26:58,520 He said, "Oh, nothing, no "I have nothing to do." 372 00:26:58,521 --> 00:27:02,960 "Do you want to be a singer in a concert? "It's oversold." 373 00:27:02,961 --> 00:27:07,040 "Well, when do we rehearse?" 374 00:27:07,041 --> 00:27:12,000 "No rehearsal. Nothing else happened to the stage and sang. Don't worry." 375 00:27:12,001 --> 00:27:18,600 At first Damo was like a Samurai, but a very peaceful one. 376 00:27:18,601 --> 00:27:26,280 But suddenly, out of nowhere, It erupted like a volcano... 377 00:27:26,281 --> 00:27:27,320 378 00:27:27,321 --> 00:27:30,520 And the people became very aggressive. 379 00:27:30,521 --> 00:27:36,480 losing, losing your vitamin C... 380 00:27:38,481 --> 00:27:42,920 More or less 30 people remained, and one of them was David Niven. 381 00:27:43,961 --> 00:27:50,880 And they asked him, "Mr Niven, What do you think of this music?" 382 00:27:50,881 --> 00:27:54,680 And he said, "It was great, but I didn't know it was music." 383 00:28:03,041 --> 00:28:08,840 I don't have many memories because I was pretty hard at that point. 384 00:28:08,841 --> 00:28:11,080 And... nothing. 385 00:28:16,601 --> 00:28:22,200 30 km north of Colonia, On the highway, there is Dusseldorf, 386 00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:25,440 Liverpool, of Manchester that was Cologne. 387 00:28:27,921 --> 00:28:31,760 Dusseldorf gave the world the best german band. 388 00:28:31,761 --> 00:28:35,200 But in 1970, They were unrecognizable. 389 00:28:46,961 --> 00:28:51,080 This is the first performance Kraftwerk televised show. 390 00:28:51,081 --> 00:28:53,760 They were Florian Schneider and Ralf Hutter, 391 00:28:53,761 --> 00:28:55,800 two students classical music 392 00:28:55,801 --> 00:28:58,320 that formed the nucleus creative of the band. 393 00:29:05,201 --> 00:29:10,360 Kraftwerk was a Krautrock band. who also experimented with electronics, 394 00:29:10,361 --> 00:29:14,720 and they shared the same vision of German music. 395 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:21,700 For us the real problem was making music in West Germany 396 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:28,400 after World War II, When all the music disappeared, 397 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,800 and our generation had to start over. 398 00:29:35,201 --> 00:29:39,800 Ralph and Florian used what the world would later call "Musikarbeiter", 399 00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:41,480 musical workers. 400 00:29:44,561 --> 00:29:51,560 At that time he was 20 years old and He worked in a psychiatric hospital. 401 00:29:51,561 --> 00:29:56,280 And there was another type with the same job, 402 00:29:56,281 --> 00:30:01,280 who had invited him to join to a band called Kraftwerk in a studio. 403 00:30:01,281 --> 00:30:05,080 I asked myself, "Would you like to join too?" 404 00:30:05,081 --> 00:30:09,500 I didn't know the band, and I didn't have no other project at the moment, 405 00:30:09,550 --> 00:30:11,640 so I said, "Ok, I'll join." 406 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,199 When I played with Ralf Hutter, 407 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:19,760 It was evident that we both had the same ideal of melody and harmony, 408 00:30:19,761 --> 00:30:23,640 which definitely wasn't American, it wasn't blues. 409 00:30:23,641 --> 00:30:28,160 It was European music. 410 00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:34,200 There is a German expression that is "Stunde Null" (Zero Hour). 411 00:30:34,201 --> 00:30:36,099 And that was more or less my situation, 412 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:40,960 so I was really lucky in knowing those guys at that time. 413 00:30:43,361 --> 00:30:46,280 Rother and Kraftwerk drummer, Klaus Dinger, 414 00:30:46,281 --> 00:30:53,040 They would leave Ralf and Florian to form his own project in 1970, called Neu! 415 00:30:53,041 --> 00:30:58,480 The basic idea of ​​this accelerator movement 416 00:30:58,481 --> 00:31:02,680 was already with us when we played like Kraftwerk, 417 00:31:02,681 --> 00:31:08,000 But when Klaus and I started to record the first Neu! album, 418 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,080 We had a basic vision. 419 00:31:12,401 --> 00:31:14,600 I always lived near water. 420 00:31:14,601 --> 00:31:18,480 I lived near the water in Hamburg, where I was born, 421 00:31:18,481 --> 00:31:22,400 in Munich, right next to the Isar river, 422 00:31:22,401 --> 00:31:24,960 at Wilmslow, near the Bollin, 423 00:31:26,001 --> 00:31:27,520 the Bollin River, 424 00:31:27,521 --> 00:31:32,520 and in Pakistan, near the sea, and in Dusseldorf next to the Rhine. 425 00:31:32,521 --> 00:31:36,960 And I feel very comfortable around of the water, and with the water, and... 426 00:31:38,521 --> 00:31:44,880 It has... It has a... An effect that I cannot explain. 427 00:31:58,801 --> 00:32:04,120 It's like time, it has to do over time, over time. 428 00:32:06,001 --> 00:32:09,160 And, in a way, It is also an image of music 429 00:32:09,161 --> 00:32:11,240 moving... 430 00:32:13,241 --> 00:32:17,000 Like music... There are several parallels. 431 00:32:19,001 --> 00:32:22,960 Let's see, put Neu! in words... 432 00:32:22,961 --> 00:32:27,280 The drummer plays in... 433 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:33,880 ...in a way that when you hear it... 434 00:32:33,881 --> 00:32:37,520 makes your thoughts flow. 435 00:32:37,521 --> 00:32:42,560 It makes emotions... emerge from within, 436 00:32:42,561 --> 00:32:46,960 and occupy the active parts from your mind, I think. 437 00:32:46,961 --> 00:32:51,680 Let the beauty come... 438 00:32:52,841 --> 00:32:59,560 The guy found a way to free yourself from the tyranny of the stupid... 439 00:32:59,561 --> 00:33:04,240 ...blues, rock... all the conventions I've heard. 440 00:33:05,641 --> 00:33:06,960 A kind of... 441 00:33:08,681 --> 00:33:11,920 ...pastoral psychedelia. 442 00:33:14,561 --> 00:33:22,000 At that time we were still in the period of leaving German history behind. 443 00:33:22,001 --> 00:33:25,240 That is also part of the facts, the... 444 00:33:25,241 --> 00:33:29,950 the conservative remains from the post-war Nazi era 445 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,200 were still seen everywhere. 446 00:33:38,801 --> 00:33:41,040 I admired Willy Brandt, for example. 447 00:33:41,041 --> 00:33:45,280 It was a figure that I really appreciated it. 448 00:33:45,281 --> 00:33:47,000 Neu! once i touched for Willy Brandt. 449 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:51,640 Him, for the reconciliation of Germany with the Eastern countries 450 00:33:52,641 --> 00:33:58,320 he knelt in Warsaw, asking sorry in the name of Germany. 451 00:33:58,321 --> 00:34:02,080 That was something that really It caught my attention. 452 00:34:05,361 --> 00:34:08,000 Despite combining the spirit of sonic adventure 453 00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:10,800 with the desire to transcend the German past, 454 00:34:10,801 --> 00:34:15,800 none of these bands survived to winter in their own lands..... 455 00:34:17,161 --> 00:34:19,100 The Germans who I liked progressive rock 456 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,760 They simply bought CDs British and American bands. 457 00:34:27,081 --> 00:34:33,400 In the 60's the German record labels They looked for their own Beatles... 458 00:34:33,401 --> 00:34:34,640 without success. 459 00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:41,800 But in 1969, Uwe Nettelbeck, a sort of Teutonic Tony Wilson, 460 00:34:41,801 --> 00:34:46,120 was commissioned by Polydor for look for the Electronic Beatles. 461 00:34:46,121 --> 00:34:47,600 And this is what I found. 462 00:34:54,441 --> 00:35:00,160 Faust was formed in 1971. They are from Wumme, near Hamburg. 463 00:35:05,361 --> 00:35:09,640 Yes, Uwe was interested in revolutionary ideas, 464 00:35:09,641 --> 00:35:13,080 and I took that chance and... 465 00:35:13,081 --> 00:35:15,120 sold us, so to speak, like the New Beatles. 466 00:35:15,121 --> 00:35:16,360 But that's where it ended. 467 00:35:16,361 --> 00:35:20,700 He was very conscious, and all world except Polydor, was well aware 468 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,080 what we were doing experimental things. 469 00:35:24,081 --> 00:35:26,350 And they gave us a study, which was great, 470 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:31,000 with a sound engineer our disposition day and night. 471 00:35:31,001 --> 00:35:33,280 Which was great too. We were very privileged. 472 00:35:36,561 --> 00:35:42,440 Due to the social situation in the 60's and 70's, 473 00:35:42,441 --> 00:35:47,440 there were many revolutionary thoughts in the air, at all levels, 474 00:35:47,441 --> 00:35:53,200 So, I guess artists They are just a mirror of what happens. 475 00:35:53,201 --> 00:36:00,480 And rock was not enough for reflect all facets of what was happening. 476 00:36:10,921 --> 00:36:14,520 We are greatly influenced by whatever that is around us. 477 00:36:14,521 --> 00:36:20,240 So everything that sounds good, or it looks good to us, we use it. 478 00:36:20,241 --> 00:36:25,040 Everything is left to chance. 479 00:36:27,881 --> 00:36:34,040 Cement mixer, I like it, and I'm going to try to go deeper. 480 00:36:34,041 --> 00:36:38,200 You know, living is art, the art of live, life is art. 481 00:36:46,961 --> 00:36:51,720 In the town, quite tormented after they met us, 482 00:36:51,721 --> 00:36:54,520 they realized that we were pretty good. 483 00:36:54,521 --> 00:37:00,400 They visited us... How do they call them? 484 00:37:00,401 --> 00:37:03,200 Someone who is mentally simple. A small town idiot. 485 00:37:05,081 --> 00:37:09,840 When we played our music, we doped their heads. 486 00:37:27,961 --> 00:37:33,160 While the sounds of Faust They weren't so much what Polydor had in mind... 487 00:37:34,161 --> 00:37:39,440 ...them and the other German bands They were catching the attention of foreign ears. 488 00:37:41,241 --> 00:37:46,200 You're fooling me, Mr. Hitler 489 00:37:46,201 --> 00:37:49,000 490 00:37:49,001 --> 00:37:53,320 The British in the 70's They were still obsessed with the war. 491 00:37:53,321 --> 00:37:55,620 We win, they were still the enemy 492 00:37:55,621 --> 00:37:59,720 and the German jokes were part of our daily culture. 493 00:37:59,721 --> 00:38:02,800 And the music press Britain was not immune. 494 00:38:02,801 --> 00:38:08,600 They called the German groups experimental "Krautrock" (Rock Palurdo). 495 00:38:10,081 --> 00:38:13,960 The name Krautrock was cool. In fact we made a song with that name. 496 00:38:16,841 --> 00:38:20,400 I remember my father saying 497 00:38:20,401 --> 00:38:26,720 that the Krauts are coming. That's what I told them, for the Sauerkraut. 498 00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:29,440 499 00:38:32,441 --> 00:38:36,000 Krautrock, actually... I don't like it that much, 500 00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:39,040 because it's kind of an insult. 501 00:38:39,041 --> 00:38:41,800 Well, then who is this? 502 00:38:45,641 --> 00:38:47,800 It will make the walk fun! 503 00:38:47,801 --> 00:38:52,480 It actually makes me laugh, because I don't feel like I do Rock Palurdo, 504 00:38:52,481 --> 00:38:56,280 but of course you can say it's a terrible name. 505 00:38:56,281 --> 00:39:00,680 It's as if the French They said "Rock Faggot" or something like that. 506 00:39:00,681 --> 00:39:04,760 Damn! "I'm trying to cheer him up, stupid Kraut! 507 00:39:06,121 --> 00:39:09,120 And furthermore, there was really no no Krautrock scene. 508 00:39:09,121 --> 00:39:13,440 The bands came from all over Germany, and they didn't even know each other. 509 00:39:13,441 --> 00:39:16,920 Maybe the only intermediary Among them was Conny Plank, 510 00:39:16,921 --> 00:39:23,480 a visionary producer who had worked with Cluster, Can, Kraftwerk and Neu! 511 00:39:23,481 --> 00:39:24,800 It wasn't all bad, however. 512 00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:28,640 British interest translated in international album sales. 513 00:39:28,641 --> 00:39:33,480 Between the early and mid 70's the rise of prog rock occurred, 514 00:39:33,481 --> 00:39:36,080 and Krautrock bands They fit very well. 515 00:39:36,081 --> 00:39:41,120 The No. 1 progressive rock label In England, Virgin, signed with almost everyone. 516 00:39:41,121 --> 00:39:44,680 And, in one case, they bit more of what they could chew. 517 00:39:45,721 --> 00:39:51,600 Richard Branson... I bet. 518 00:39:51,601 --> 00:39:57,480 Said, "Let's go to Germany, "I put my bets on those." 519 00:39:57,481 --> 00:40:03,640 It didn't work with Faust, because we had the same attitude, 520 00:40:03,641 --> 00:40:05,280 We didn't commit. 521 00:40:05,281 --> 00:40:08,800 And they lost interest in us. 522 00:40:08,801 --> 00:40:13,680 Or I think we cause them problems, I don't remember, we smoke a lot. 523 00:40:34,700 --> 00:40:41,500 We also had problems with the food, with English dishes. 524 00:40:43,601 --> 00:40:44,640 Yes. 525 00:40:44,641 --> 00:40:46,480 what was the problem? - The food. 526 00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:51,400 It's very unusual for us, meat with mint sauce 527 00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:56,320 and we wanted our German cuisine. Maybe he felt insulted. 528 00:41:05,521 --> 00:41:09,400 Other Virgin bands They were more successful. 529 00:41:09,401 --> 00:41:14,600 Tangerine Dream became very popular in England in '74, 530 00:41:14,601 --> 00:41:18,680 after they were invited to play at Reims cathedral in France. 531 00:41:21,041 --> 00:41:24,560 When the concert started, there was 6 thousand people in the cathedral, 532 00:41:24,561 --> 00:41:30,160 2 thousand of them had the opportunity to enter standing 533 00:41:30,161 --> 00:41:34,560 not to sit, to stand. Can you imagine what the church looked like? 534 00:41:34,561 --> 00:41:36,480 when everyone came out. 535 00:41:36,481 --> 00:41:40,640 So it was a... tremendous disaster. 536 00:41:41,961 --> 00:41:46,120 And then, I received a letter from the Vatican, 537 00:41:46,121 --> 00:41:52,280 that said that we were prohibited play in any Catholic church. 538 00:41:53,281 --> 00:41:55,000 Then, more or less three weeks later, 539 00:41:55,500 --> 00:42:01,200 I received a letter from the Dean of the Liverpool Cathedral, England. 540 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:03,280 I had heard about that and he told me: 541 00:42:03,281 --> 00:42:08,280 "If they don't let you touch in none of its cathedrals, 542 00:42:08,281 --> 00:42:12,400 we invite you all our cathedrals, from all over the world." 543 00:42:16,961 --> 00:42:19,000 The country was great. 544 00:42:20,361 --> 00:42:22,480 we stay in a hotel in Coventry. 545 00:42:22,481 --> 00:42:25,800 I left the morning of the concert. 546 00:42:26,801 --> 00:42:32,200 In the lobby there was a kiosk of newspapers and I saw a photo of me. 547 00:42:32,201 --> 00:42:34,840 He read the headline. 548 00:42:34,841 --> 00:42:41,880 "40 years ago they came to bomb us, today they come with synthesizers." 549 00:43:01,641 --> 00:43:06,400 But the band that really What transpired was Kraftwerk. 550 00:43:09,641 --> 00:43:13,760 By 1974, Ralf and Florian had fully dedicated to electronics, 551 00:43:13,761 --> 00:43:17,500 Leaving aside guitars and drums, and hiring other Musikarbeiter, 552 00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:19,880 to work on your famous Kling Klang studio. 553 00:43:23,801 --> 00:43:27,920 This is the famous Mintropstrasse, where we are now. 554 00:43:27,921 --> 00:43:31,000 Right now, this place is not nothing interesting for common people, 555 00:43:31,001 --> 00:43:32,500 but the fans of electronic music, 556 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:36,960 They know what Mintropstrasse is because the Kling Klang studio was there. 557 00:43:50,841 --> 00:43:52,760 You can't see much here. 558 00:43:54,681 --> 00:43:59,080 There are some steps, They are going towards a door. 559 00:43:59,081 --> 00:44:03,760 And to the left was the entrance principal to the Kling Klang studio, 560 00:44:03,761 --> 00:44:06,360 what would become just these two windows. 561 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,300 They were good times. 562 00:44:34,161 --> 00:44:37,080 Germany developed more and more after the war. 563 00:44:37,081 --> 00:44:40,080 Everything had to be rebuilt. The new highway... 564 00:44:40,081 --> 00:44:42,960 And they built more highways and more highways, 565 00:44:42,961 --> 00:44:48,120 and we could drive on highways longer and faster. 566 00:44:48,121 --> 00:44:52,840 They were releasing more and more cars. beautiful with more powerful engines. 567 00:44:56,201 --> 00:45:02,440 Young people like us could give us the pleasure of buying those cars 568 00:45:02,441 --> 00:45:07,200 and we would take a car and go the highway, just for fun. 569 00:45:07,201 --> 00:45:10,920 120, 140, 150, it was fun. 570 00:45:10,921 --> 00:45:18,120 We opened the window and listened... 571 00:45:18,121 --> 00:45:20,680 And also the wind. 572 00:45:20,681 --> 00:45:24,280 And then we convert all those things in... music. 573 00:45:28,401 --> 00:45:31,760 Combining a technological vision and progressive of Germany, 574 00:45:31,761 --> 00:45:34,700 with electronic music, humor and romanticism, 575 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,640 Kraftwerk had transcended to Krautrock. 576 00:45:37,641 --> 00:45:41,000 They didn't even see each other like the misaligned Krautrockers. 577 00:45:42,521 --> 00:45:46,840 Ralph and Florian came from very rich and elegant houses. 578 00:45:46,841 --> 00:45:50,040 They could afford have handmade shoes. 579 00:45:50,041 --> 00:45:57,320 And Ralph and Florian leaned their noses in the windows of shoe stores 580 00:45:57,321 --> 00:46:01,160 where they bought, for a thousand marks, handmade shoes. 581 00:46:03,241 --> 00:46:07,400 We wanted to be different from England and the United States, 582 00:46:07,401 --> 00:46:13,160 that's why we had short hair, we wore elegant suits, 583 00:46:13,161 --> 00:46:16,200 custom made. 584 00:46:25,721 --> 00:46:28,240 I loved Radio-Activity. 585 00:46:29,721 --> 00:46:34,200 I would go to sleep listening al Geiger counter. 586 00:46:34,201 --> 00:46:35,240 The only thing it does is... 587 00:46:40,521 --> 00:46:46,680 ...as they zoom in and out the sensor of a radioactive material. 588 00:46:47,681 --> 00:46:51,600 589 00:46:54,881 --> 00:46:59,360 590 00:46:59,361 --> 00:47:06,040 I once went to buy asparagus con Florian Schneider. 591 00:47:06,041 --> 00:47:09,720 I met them both and he suggested me... 592 00:47:09,721 --> 00:47:13,520 "Well, if you want, It's asparagus season, 593 00:47:13,521 --> 00:47:18,440 I go to the market to select some. 594 00:47:18,441 --> 00:47:21,280 �Quer�s acompa�arme?" I said, "Yes, of course." 595 00:47:21,281 --> 00:47:25,640 And we had it very good doing that! 596 00:47:26,961 --> 00:47:30,400 597 00:47:30,401 --> 00:47:35,840 When will there be electricity in your veins instead of blood? 598 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:45,200 I don't know. The human body already has electric current. It can be seen on an ECG... 599 00:47:45,240 --> 00:47:50,500 ...that there is not much difference between humans and technology. 600 00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:56,240 For us they are together as a unit. 601 00:47:57,100 --> 00:48:01,370 What are they considered? �M�sicos o t�cnicos? 602 00:48:01,470 --> 00:48:05,610 We are music workers. We consider ourselves musical workers. 603 00:48:10,081 --> 00:48:14,360 I never felt like a Mensch Maschine, I was not a music worker, 604 00:48:14,361 --> 00:48:18,080 how to explain Ralph. 605 00:48:18,081 --> 00:48:21,440 I always corrected him. 606 00:48:21,441 --> 00:48:26,400 "Not me, Ralph! I don't feel..." "Don't say that anymore!" 607 00:48:26,401 --> 00:48:28,200 "I'm not a music worker." 608 00:48:29,681 --> 00:48:34,280 609 00:48:34,281 --> 00:48:36,720 It's always fun until it ends. 610 00:48:37,721 --> 00:48:40,080 But the ending is never fun. 611 00:48:41,241 --> 00:48:44,560 Because it's the end, right? it ends. 612 00:48:51,241 --> 00:48:54,440 The artistic vision of Kraftwerk transformed them 613 00:48:54,441 --> 00:48:56,560 in the only german band truly international. 614 00:49:01,401 --> 00:49:04,520 The same could not be said of their electronic peers, 615 00:49:04,521 --> 00:49:08,800 like the equally pioneering Cluster, who in the early 70's 616 00:49:08,801 --> 00:49:13,520 They decided it was time leave Berlin and return to the countryside. 617 00:49:15,801 --> 00:49:22,120 Roedelius and Moebius left an estate from the 16th century at Forst in Lower Saxony, 618 00:49:22,121 --> 00:49:26,600 where they joined the guitarist by Neu!, Michael Rother, 619 00:49:26,601 --> 00:49:27,840 to form Harmony. 620 00:49:47,001 --> 00:49:51,960 The first album of Harmonia was recorded here. 621 00:49:52,961 --> 00:49:56,840 You can see the room in that... 622 00:49:56,841 --> 00:50:02,200 In that photo on the wall, it is the part inside the first album. 623 00:50:02,201 --> 00:50:04,200 And you see that oven? 624 00:50:04,201 --> 00:50:09,520 It was the only thing that warmed to the studio in winter. 625 00:50:12,241 --> 00:50:14,760 Can you imagine the cold fingers and feet! 626 00:50:16,961 --> 00:50:19,000 It's very special have this view. 627 00:50:20,961 --> 00:50:24,960 In kilometers you can't see any human structure. 628 00:50:27,001 --> 00:50:31,760 In 1974, environmental electronics by Harmonia caught the attention 629 00:50:31,761 --> 00:50:35,520 of a British rocker in search of a new address. 630 00:50:35,521 --> 00:50:41,360 I had liked Roxy Music without having met Brian, 631 00:50:41,361 --> 00:50:44,080 and I said to myself, 632 00:50:44,081 --> 00:50:48,400 "What an extravagant guy and stupid it must be." 633 00:50:48,401 --> 00:50:51,000 At first impression. 634 00:50:55,161 --> 00:50:59,520 He came to a Harmonia concert in Hamburg in '74, 635 00:50:59,521 --> 00:51:01,040 He was very kind, 636 00:51:01,041 --> 00:51:05,640 and we said to him, "Come to our house and let's make music." 637 00:51:05,641 --> 00:51:11,320 Another two years passed before He would call and say, "Can I come see you?" 638 00:51:11,321 --> 00:51:13,120 And so he did it. 639 00:51:17,961 --> 00:51:21,400 Brian came to our house to learn from us 640 00:51:21,401 --> 00:51:27,640 and we never went to see him to learn from him. 641 00:51:27,641 --> 00:51:31,320 I think at that time He didn't know what to do. 642 00:51:31,321 --> 00:51:33,960 He had reached the end of the street. 643 00:51:36,001 --> 00:51:38,840 The idea was not to record an album. 644 00:51:38,841 --> 00:51:45,600 We just exchange ideas, We took walks and played Ping Pong, 645 00:51:45,601 --> 00:51:50,440 and things like that. It was a very pleasant stay. 646 00:51:50,441 --> 00:51:56,800 And in the end we had three tapes filled with music that Brian took. 647 00:51:56,801 --> 00:52:00,720 He had brought those tapes blank. we were poor, 648 00:52:00,721 --> 00:52:02,800 and we didn't have blank tapes... 649 00:52:04,921 --> 00:52:08,080 Didn't change too much our lives. 650 00:52:08,081 --> 00:52:10,700 But he told me once in the studio, 651 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:14,600 "Don't worry, Moeby, you "You're also going to be rich one day." 652 00:52:15,601 --> 00:52:17,280 But he's still not right! 653 00:52:19,681 --> 00:52:24,960 He abandoned Forst and the idea was to continue working together, 654 00:52:24,961 --> 00:52:31,040 but that didn't happen. He went to record... I think it was Low with David Bowie... 655 00:52:33,441 --> 00:52:38,520 In 1976, David Bowie began a new career in a new city. 656 00:52:43,841 --> 00:52:47,480 Bowie was famous for being in the right place at the right time, 657 00:52:47,481 --> 00:52:50,880 and in '76 I knew that Berlin was that place. 658 00:52:53,361 --> 00:52:57,120 Accompanied by Brian Eno, Bowie would record his albums Low and Heroes 659 00:52:57,121 --> 00:53:00,680 in the magnificent Hansa studio in Berlin. 660 00:53:14,201 --> 00:53:21,240 I remember that this room had very good acoustics. Maybe they can hear it. 661 00:53:24,881 --> 00:53:28,080 Can you hear those little ones echoes after my claps. 662 00:53:29,361 --> 00:53:35,600 And I think that's what he liked a lot of Bowie in this hall. 663 00:53:42,721 --> 00:53:48,320 The control room, now a bar, It had a view of the Berlin Wall. 664 00:54:00,041 --> 00:54:03,400 I'm sure they knew very good what was happening. 665 00:54:03,401 --> 00:54:11,320 When we sit in front of the console, with a couple of lamps, 666 00:54:11,321 --> 00:54:18,080 I pointed one of the lights to the policeman, and David and Tony 667 00:54:18,081 --> 00:54:22,440 They jumped on the console and they shouted, "Don't do that!" 668 00:54:24,201 --> 00:54:30,080 And I told them, "It's a joke. We don't can do anything anyway." 669 00:54:31,481 --> 00:54:36,120 Bowie would assimilate the environment Krautrock on both albums. 670 00:54:36,121 --> 00:54:40,640 The b side of Low would show the Cluster's influence on Eno. 671 00:54:40,641 --> 00:54:45,000 And originally Bowie wanted to record Heroes con m�sicos de Krautrock. 672 00:54:45,001 --> 00:54:46,040 673 00:54:48,161 --> 00:54:49,800 674 00:54:52,921 --> 00:54:54,840 675 00:54:56,521 --> 00:54:58,520 676 00:54:58,521 --> 00:55:04,280 David Bowie called me in '77 and it would have been interesting to record 677 00:55:04,281 --> 00:55:09,360 con Brian Eno y David Bowie in Berlin but something went wrong. 678 00:55:10,361 --> 00:55:11,640 679 00:55:13,561 --> 00:55:15,760 680 00:55:17,401 --> 00:55:24,080 He said there were two tracks of Neu! from '75 that were his favorites, 681 00:55:24,081 --> 00:55:26,360 Hero y After Eight. 682 00:55:26,361 --> 00:55:33,040 It is up to each one to deduce from where the title of the album came from. 683 00:55:35,761 --> 00:55:39,480 Released in '77, Heroes was a big hit for David Bowie. 684 00:55:40,481 --> 00:55:43,320 But the real ones heroes were the Krautrockers. 685 00:55:44,721 --> 00:55:46,000 686 00:55:47,761 --> 00:55:50,280 687 00:55:53,361 --> 00:55:55,120 688 00:55:56,241 --> 00:55:58,280 689 00:56:01,521 --> 00:56:03,080 690 00:56:04,921 --> 00:56:06,960 691 00:56:09,361 --> 00:56:11,240 692 00:56:13,441 --> 00:56:15,400 693 00:56:15,401 --> 00:56:17,880 The funny thing is... 694 00:56:18,881 --> 00:56:22,600 they are doing something that They call Krautrock again. 695 00:56:26,721 --> 00:56:30,000 So I have to decide, �ir� ah�? 696 00:56:30,001 --> 00:56:37,120 What I fear is that the only thing It has to do with the word, 697 00:56:37,121 --> 00:56:41,400 and not the music, and even if the music is similar, 698 00:56:41,401 --> 00:56:47,760 The most important part is missing, being Krautrocker as a social movement. 699 00:56:47,761 --> 00:56:52,240 You can play the discs again, but it won't happen again. 700 00:57:04,921 --> 00:57:08,840 Krautrock may be over, but this is not a sad ending. 701 00:57:11,401 --> 00:57:16,200 Today these artists are still active and as gloriously free as ever. 702 00:57:18,681 --> 00:57:21,120 But unlike the vast majority of their Anglo-American peers, 703 00:57:21,121 --> 00:57:25,120 they refused to convert in public figures. 704 00:57:30,761 --> 00:57:32,880 There are no Royal Knights here, 705 00:57:32,881 --> 00:57:36,080 only happy and experimental musicians.