EURO-ROCK (Incorporating Kraut-Rock & Contemporary)

In this department you will find a variety of recordings selected from our main database of over 2,500 worldwide available titles. We have listed a wide selection of material that draws from where it all began back in the early 1970's, when pioneering ‘Kraut-Rock’ bands like Amon Duul II, Ashra Tempel, Can, Cluster, Faust, Grobschnitt, Guru Guru and others started to release and sell lots of albums. Parallel to this ran the ‘Euro-Rock’ genre, which was mainly French in origin, with bands such as Gong, Heldon, Magma, Pulsar and Shylock leading the field - Much of their music derived from lengthy guitar, bass & drums jams, through electronic rock and electronics/guitar improvisations to prog fusion, and you will find plenty of that in this department too. This genre was been given a whole new lease of life in the 90's, leading to a whole new explosion of (chiefly) American based bands and labels furthering the pioneering spirit and originality of the genre that was born in the 70's. Now, labels such as Kranky, Noise Factory and the UK based outfit: Ochre, plus groups such as Circle, Subarachnoid Space, Land Of Nod and Escapade to name but a few, are now playing fantastic music that is so much in the spirit of what has gone before, and stretching out the boundaries once again.