never heard this before. listening now - it extremely owns
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
hell yes
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
I hadn't listened to it in a long time so I put it on now immediately my mood improved 100%. Thank you thread and Michael.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 February 2020 05:48 (four years ago) link
I listened to him constantly after Brexit Day - his albums (first 4) are a pure sugar rush.
― (includes digression on farting) (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 February 2020 09:25 (four years ago) link
He comes across in interviews as an extremely pleasant, positive and nice person - and his music mirrors his personality perfectly.
― (includes digression on farting) (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 February 2020 09:28 (four years ago) link
Tother is on most of my playmixes, he goes with everything
― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 February 2020 12:20 (four years ago) link
tom otm re: nice guy michael, i always feel bad for him that he had to play with certified bastard klaus dinger despite the magic of their work in neu!
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 6 February 2020 12:41 (four years ago) link
Perfect combination of personalities imo.
― (includes digression on farting) (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 February 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
The sober ying to Klaus' raging yang
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 6 February 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
Dude is supporting Einstürzende Neubauten in Denmark in a few months. I've been trying to persuade them to get Rother to join them onstage for a song, because wow, I think that could have a similar sober ying / raging yang dynamic. Blixa seems to like the idea, and he's actually thinking about it?
Like, the Düsseldorf school and the Berlin school colliding in such a pleasing and circle-completing way would make me so happy.
― Branwell with an N, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 07:22 (four years ago) link
Is he still hot af @ 69 yo?
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 07:25 (four years ago) link
Blixa or Michael? They are both still hottttt.
― Branwell with an N, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 07:41 (four years ago) link
Michael looks really spry and healthy, like he plays tennis every day. :D
― Branwell with an N, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 07:42 (four years ago) link
Wopp-Wopp, new album Dreaming. Can't find anything about it apart from the pre-order page on Grönland's webshop https://www.groenland.com/product/michael-rother-dreaming-lp/
― willem, Friday, 19 June 2020 10:22 (three years ago) link
aw hell yeah
― scampo, foggy and clegg (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 19 June 2020 10:46 (three years ago) link
Seven disc boxset yall
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
That’s all great news!
― michaellambert, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
As if on cue this morning, Spotify Hipster Boyfriend let me know that Michael Rother has a new album out called Dreaming.
The first track starts with a tangle of Cluster-esque electronics and soft NEU!-esque recordings of flowing water, and I am here for this!
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 09:27 (three years ago) link
If my recollection is correct, I believe there is a quote in that BBC documentary about Krautrock from Rother talking about living near a river his life being an influence upon their sound.
― earlnash, Friday, 4 September 2020 10:02 (three years ago) link
Yeah I can see that, music that both forges forward and shimmers when it's doing so.
― Matt DC, Friday, 4 September 2020 10:06 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I think he was talking about the river at Forst, where he records - which I think Roedelius later revealed was actually contaminated with nuclear power plant radiation? But also about the way that Düsseldorf was so centred around the Rhine.
I'm about 2/3 of the way through the album, and it is fantastic BTW. I remember reading an interview a while ago, about the new vocalist he was working with, but I cannot for the life of me remember her name. She does add a lovely intimacy to the record. I'm really digging it - Bitter Tang in particular is quite a good lockdown anthem.
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 10:15 (three years ago) link
Found the clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B8JF8CRoZc
― earlnash, Friday, 4 September 2020 10:15 (three years ago) link
Das ist kein Michael, das ist Ralfi! <3
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 10:22 (three years ago) link
Oh wait, no, there he is, indeed, talking about the flow of rivers.
Also YouTube suggestions, up next:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDEaJgZI6ZQ
(So frustrated, because I had tickets for that show, but was not able to go due to being very ill. Now I've no idea when I'll see him again - the shows with Neubauten have been delayed, too, so ...)
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 10:26 (three years ago) link
This is sounding perfect today: gently propulsive and soothing. Does anyone know who the female vocalist is?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:31 (three years ago) link
He did mention her in an interview he did fairly recently, but I can't find it on the thread, which means I'm going to have to dig through Tumblr to locate it... eeep.
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:51 (three years ago) link
Ha the algo served this up to me today as well, I assumed it was just something old repackaged as a chunk of the “new music” Spotify recommends is like 60 year old jazz albums and such so it was a pleasant surprise - was very unprepared for the singer lol
― Gab C. Nebsit (wins), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
https://www.self-titledmag.com/michael-rother-interview/
― willem, Friday, 4 September 2020 12:10 (three years ago) link
Ugh, well the link is there :)
that is the one:
Actually, the story of Dreaming goes back to 1995, ’97, when I met this British singer and cello player…. Sophie Joiner is her name.
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:17 (three years ago) link
I was gonna say Michael Rother only has one track - it's a great track of course - but all this talk of a singer has piqued my interest
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:25 (three years ago) link
New website:https://www.michaelrother.de/
― snakes & cookies (doo dah), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
wish he was on Bandcamp! this sounds cool.
― sleeve, Friday, 4 September 2020 14:11 (three years ago) link
man, i want to buy this, but with shipping it comes out to nearly $70. glad it's on spotify, but man that's disappointing.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 4 September 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
Thanks for posting that recent interview! What a sweet, charming man he is. I didn't realize until late in life just how many things I love have his fingerprints on them.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 4 September 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
but guys, get this: nothing matters and everyone else is crazy.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 4 September 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
concerning rivers not sure if it has been mentioned. eno's "by this river" was written when he was with michael rother and cluster in forst in 1974 i guess. the river of the song is the weser which apparently left a deep impression on eno. a great river & hilly countryside (weserbergland) anyways.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 5 September 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
This really isn't the album I was expecting, it's got that Rother melodic shimmer but it's also got a very strong Balearic beach vibe, some of the songs are like hearing a distinctive Michael Rother take on 'Flotation' or 'Barefoot In The Head'.
Also the use of space on the first few songs is amazing.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 5 September 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
a lot of great artists just have "one track"!
― sleeve, Saturday, 5 September 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
roedelius riffs on “by this river” here and there on at least one of the selbsportait things.. can’t remember specifically
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 September 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
There are four versions of it – one 14 minutes long – on the Tape Archives release Bureau B put out a few years ago.
― with hidden noise, Saturday, 5 September 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
Hey hey, now, Michael Rother has at least *three* tracks:
-there's the fast, driving motorik one that feels like flying-there's the soft, ambient, pretty one that feels like floating-there's the slow, stately, majestic but anthemic one with the awesome guitar riff
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Sunday, 6 September 2020 08:54 (three years ago) link
It was meant as an appreciation! But yeah that's probably fair
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 6 September 2020 09:14 (three years ago) link
The new album is really lovely. But vaguely suspicious I'll binge a few more times and then - to pursue the rive metaphor - it'll float on by.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 6 September 2020 09:41 (three years ago) link
This watery talk reminds me that there's a River Rother in Sussex (flows down from the Weald past Bodiam Castle and into the sea at Rye). Could do some nice walks along it just listening to Michael
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Sunday, 6 September 2020 10:13 (three years ago) link
Other suggestions for krautrock riverside walks:
Avon DuulAnnexus Cam
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Sunday, 6 September 2020 10:14 (three years ago) link
Don't forget Ash Ra Temepel and Tynegerine Dream.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 6 September 2020 10:23 (three years ago) link
Isi(s)Sowiesosouse
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 6 September 2020 10:34 (three years ago) link
Hallogallouse is probably betterer but it's a tough call.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 6 September 2020 10:36 (three years ago) link
can confirm Mr Rother was definitely amused when he was driven past the River Rother when he played ATP in camber sands... there may even be a photo of him next to a road sign.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Monday, 7 September 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link