Krautrock: 10 Definitive Albums

byES Staff
March 13, 2025

From Amon Düül II to Popol Vuh – essential krautrock gems to plug into

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Halina Rice: Divine Rice

byMat Smith

Producer Halina Rice creates immersive, audiovisual environments where music, art and technology intersect. Her second long-player, ‘Elision’, takes you on a deep journey into abstract soundscapes

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11 minute read

50 Key Modular Artists

byBob Fischer

Our pick of the modular artists – some of them recognisable names, but most of them new – that you need to know about

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8 minute read

Mogwai: The Devil’s in the Detail

byDavid Pollock

Think you know what to expect from this lot? Think again, because over the last two decades a subtle sound evolution has been at work. We lift the lid on the secret electronic life of Mogwai

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9 minute read

Kim Gordon made her name with US rock giants Sonic Youth, but her second solo album ‘The Collective’ continues her intriguing exploration of fractured hip hop beats and “abstract poetry fucked-up shit”

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10 minute read

EMS: The Ambassador

byMark Roland

Robin Wood, from teaboy to salesman to CEO

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9 minute read

Belbury Poly: The Fairy Hikers

byBob Fischer

For his latest release as Belbury Poly, Jim Jupp has assembled a Ghost Box supergroup with a mid-Atlantic feel. Gathered together for the first time, they discuss ‘The Twilight Zone’, flat-roofed pubs and the fairy folklore that inspired the new record

Krautrock: 10 Definitive Albums

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Halina Rice: Divine Rice

50 Key Modular Artists

Mogwai: The Devil’s in the Detail

Kim Gordon: Only Connect

EMS: The Ambassador

Belbury Poly: The Fairy Hikers

Richard D James

Fred Deakin ‘The Staunton Lick’

Ron Trent

Bob James Trio

Andy Votel: A Tribe Called Votel

Leonore Wheatley

Thomas Dolby: The Appliance Of Science

Sleaford Mods: Grim Tales

Krautrock: 10 Definitive Albums

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