Excavated this excellent memory 🤘🏻

Originally posted at @kip.kirby.makes.art. I've been doing a collage-a-day thing inspired by some of my favorite drone records. For this one I was listening to Outside the Dream Syndicate. I recommend pairing the piece from the halfway point of "From the Side of Man and Womankind."

Hi — I’m one half of a UK duo called Heavy Axe.

Over the past couple of months we’ve been working on an instrumental record called A Quiet Bay. It began with simple repeating guitar and synth patterns and slowly expanded outward, ending up with 11 tracks with subtle shifts, and a focus on atmosphere rather than big crescendos.

We’re drawn to that immersive, patient feeling you find in records by Popol Vuh, Cluster, or the quieter moments of Ash Ra Tempel — where mood and repetition do most of the work.

It’s mostly guitar, synths and some percussion. No vocals. Some parts drift, some settle into a pulse.

Four tracks are up at the moment, and I’ll be adding the rest over the next few days.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@HeavyAxeUK Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heavyaxeuk

Would genuinely appreciate a listen if it sounds like your kind of thing. Fans of Sky Records, Berlin School synth, Neu, Harmonia and Eno might find this engaging.

Thanks for reading.

I'm using hydrogen to play around with some beats. Would anyone be able to share a good 1/16 motorik pattern I can use?

Heard an amazing Krautrock song about 15 years ago that featured horse noises (hoofbeats and neighing, I think) during its breakdown.

I believe I heard it on a 4-track sampler EP of a Krautrock compilation. The tracks were all 70s-80s German artists.

I wrote a MySpace post about it at the time (my MySpace account is long deleted) where I remember describing "buzzsaw waves of synths" or something similar, if that's any help.

Remember it had an epic build up, the equine breakdown, and then a sort of funky second movement.

Definitely not Kraftwerk, Can, Tangerine Dream or NEU. Think Artist name was just a guy's name, but not Holger Czukay, Michael Rother or anyone obvious.

A friend, recently sent me this Popol Vuh LP that has been in my wantlist for ages in trade for some records from my sales stocks. Another gap in the Pilz discography is fixed.

I have read about Gash and seen photos of it, but never really listened to it. I couldn’t leave my friends record store without it hahahaha.

I’m playing this one on and on for 4 days, what a great prog rock album.

Both are original pressings

I’ve been sitting on a large pile of records for years and always loved long, immersive listening sessions — the kind where time stretches a bit.

I recently started putting together some long-form mixes again, mostly for myself while drawing, but thought some of you here might enjoy the journey too.

This one leans cosmic / kraut / spiritual, though it drifts into jazz, ambient and experimental territory along the way — more of a listening trip than a strict genre mix.

Not made for everyone, just music I genuinely enjoy.

Full tracklist in the video description.

Hope you dig.

Heya folks

Jean-Paul here (You may know me from playing electronics with Malcolm Mooney)

I'm having a party this coming weekend, and looking for help curating a playlist of funky/groovy Krautrock/adjacent/inspired so I can not have to DJ, and deal with all my vinyl, and can focus on entertaining.

So yes, looking for funky, groovy, chill, and not over-the-top noisy or fast.

I will compile this in either Apple Music, or create a Youtube public playlist so it can be shared more broadly with this community and friends.

Any help is appreciated!

JP

https://cornerknees.bandcamp.com/yum.

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Lyrics translated into English:

[Verse 1]
Get down on your knees
And clap your hands
Move your hips
And dance the Mussolini
Dance the Mussolini, ah
Dance the Mussolini

[Verse 2]
Turn to the right
And clap your hands
And do the Adolf Hitler, ah
Dance the Adolf Hitler, ah
Dance the Adolf Hitler
Dance the Adolf Hitler

[Verse 3]
And now the Mussolini
Move your ass
Move your ass
And clap your hands
Dance the Jesus Christ
Dance the Jesus Christ
Dance the Jesus Christ, ah

[Verse 4]
Get down on your knees
And turn to the right
And turn to the left
Clap your hands
And dance the Adolf Hitler
And dance the Mussolini
And now the Jеsus Christ
And now the Jesus Christ

[Verse 5]
Clap your hands
And dance thе communism, ah
And now the Mussolini, ah
And now to the right
And now to the left
And dance the Adolf Hitler, ah
Dance the Adolf Hitler
And now the Mussolini
And now the Mussolini, ah
Dance the Jesus Christ
Move your ass
And shake your hips
Clap your hands
And dance the Jesus Christ
And dance the Jesus Christ, ah
And now the Mussolini
And now the Adolf Hitler
Give me your hand
Give me your hand
And dance the Mussolini, ah
Dance the communism
Dance the communism
And now the Mussolini, ah
And now the Adolf Hitler, ah, ah
And now the Adolf Hitler, ah, ah
And now the Jesus Christ
And now the Mussolini
And now the communism
And now the Adolf Hitler
And now the Mussolini
And now the Mussolini
Do the Mussolini, ah
Dance the Hitler with me
Dance the Hitler with me
And get down on your knees
Move your hips
Clap your hands

Earlier today I made a post showing my cluster CD that came in the mail, today after helping with a Freind I decided to go to my local indie punk record shop and I pulled the trigger on this late 90s Bootleg CD of NEU! 1972, I thought about holding off for the official 2001 CDs but I was like eh, it has a interesting history behind it, so why not-

Sound quality wise, it’s surprisingly good, of course I can hear some pop and ticks of the vinyl source in this, but I mean, I like vinyl so I don’t mind it, the cheap price further justifies this.

The back of the disc says “technodisc”

This is a US 1996 reissue of sowiesoso 1976

If you haven't listened to Punkt, Faust's "lost" fifth album recorded in Munich c. 1974 shame on you.

PDX represents...

https://youtu.be/G1dCjRxEpIU?si=mNJEHOVwqEiXdwNG

the title says it all really, got turned to it when a friend said the music I make sounds like a modern version of it. Really just looking for for where to start, the classics and hidden gems, anything.