There'd be no Kraftwerk without.............

Organisation.

For those of you who are unaware, electro-pioneers Kraftwerk would never have existed if Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider had not firstly delved into avant-garde in 1967. Organisation held the key to both pre-Kraftwerk members in discovering their place within the music world, and what a discovery it WAS!

With only one album released entitled Tone Float, Organisation held a very early experimental Krautrock sound. While songs such as Silver Forest bravely submit a horror soundscape, leaving pale-faced fans to feel shivers down their spines in a traditional goth fashion. Other avant-works such as Rhythm Salad and Tone Float opt for a less sinister view and more tribal affect. With varied use of percussion and little else, it's easy to see how the pathways to the likes of Nurse with Wound were built. Though Milk Rock certainly seems to be the beginning of Krautrock, with use of progressive guitars and odd Indian-sounding flutes providing the backbone to Hutter's organ precision.

Kraftwerk's iconic traffic cone logo is also present on Tone Float, providing the driving force forward, onto Kraftwerk and Kraftwerk 2, which seemed to mature the Krautrock sound a little more. Especially Ruckzuck.


I LOVE Ruckzuck!!!