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Review - “Amon Düül And The Birth Of Krautrock 1968-1972" Author: Tobias Petterson Released: 2013 Buy:   motljud.com Writing a book about a band that has meant a lot to the krautrock-movement and inspired countless instrumental rock and post-rock bands and even the likes of U2, is not an easy operation. This book deals with both the birth of this mythological german band and the political and social context in which they grew up within and how all of these parameters affected the band which is known as “Amon Düül”. The Swedish writer and musician Tobias Petterson points out in the foreword that quote: “ This is an unofficial biography. It has not been authorized by any of the members of Amon Düül II, although during the writing of this book some of them have been interviewed at length, providing invaluable information. There are a lot of rumours surrounding Amon Düül II, and many things have been written and said about them. Many of these rumours are almost i...

Hidria from Finland has been around since 1999 and as of 2019 will celebrate 20 years as a band. They have also allowed tapers to tape their concerts and have as well released two live records up to this day, “Live  Eleven a.m.” and “Live at Heart”. Somewhere in between spacerock and folkrock this band can provide great jams as long as 15 minutes.                                                 Courtesy: Hidria. You are a band from the northern parts of our world. Many people associate Finland with various kind of metal and heavy rock, how come  you dug into the groove of space and folkrock? There are many different styles of bands coming from Finland, metal just happens to be most known. For example we have a vibrant electronic music scene and lots of artists that just do their own thing and don’t care about genres. Hidria is one of these band...

It´s hard to come across a band with such diverse and professional musicianship as the Swedish Gypsy-Folk-Rock band “Crash Nomada”. Fast, upbeat, slow, moody and with the roots of punk the band has reached their first album which is purely being sung in their native Swedish language. We sent over some questions to the band to see what influenced the band this time around. Singer and guitarist Ragnar Bey answered the questions for us.                                                        Courtesy: Crash Nomada First of all we were a bit late this time around compiling an interview for your latest release. The album has been out now for a while. Which reactions have you got this time around so far? Ragnar: The album has received good reviews and people have been very positive which is great. Although we had hoped at least some peop...