Future Sounds of Kraut Vol.1’ features 16 modern kraut-ish electronic tracks inspired by Kraftwerk, CAN, Neu, Rother, Klaus Schulze, curated and compiled by Compost Records artist Fred und Luna. Their selection (with six exclusive tracks) shows how well younger artists are revitalizing the Kraut scene. The better known ones, like Pyrolator, Sankt Otten, I:Cube and more. The collage on the cover was exclusively made by the fantastic artist Norika Nienstedt from kraut-metropole Düsseldorf. 

It is not easy nor impossible to define “Krautrock” or “Kraut”. Nevertheless Compost Records and Fred und Luna strike out on the path to find the diverse elements of German electronic music of the 1970s and 1980s and their effects on the newer German and international music scene. 

So, as a first approach, this volume of “Future Sounds Of Kraut” includes the music of up-to date artists primarily influenced by bands representing the repetitive character of German Electronica: Kraftwerk, Can, Neu!, Harmonia and Cluster, just to name a few. 

Feel free to listen and get krautified!

Fred Und Luna, Strom/Munich 2022, Foto by Thomas Elsner

Fred und Luna 
Fred und Luna live in a long-established fashion house in Karlsruhe/Germany. The two mannequins are the muses of musician, author and photo and film maker Rainer Buchmüller. Inspired by his mannequin friends and his love for German electronic music of the past decades, Rainer produces a contemporary combination of repetitive rhythms, charming melodies, electronic soundscapes and elements of the Krautrock era under the project name “Fred und Luna”. He calls his music either Elektrokraut or Krautelektro.

Stream ‘Future Sound of Kraut Vol.1’ HERE 

Press release courtesy of Only Good Stuff