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18 - Krautrock and German Free Jazz, Kraut Fusion, and Detroit Techno

from Part III - Legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2022

By
Marcus Barnes
Edited by
Uwe Schütte
Uwe Schütte
Affiliation:
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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Summary

The influence of black artists and music genres on Krautrock‘s pioneers fed directly into the conception of electro, Detroit techno, and Chicago house, largely developed by exponents of black communities in their respective localities. A universal funk, present in the black music that inspired early Krautrock artists, through to Kraftwerk and their industrielle Volksmusik, permeated through to black communities in America. The programmed funk of Kraftwerk‘s automated computer music spoke to black pioneers in New York, Chicago, and Detroit, sparking the development of ground-breaking genres such as electro, house, and techno. Barnes explores the lineage and transnational influence of Krautrock on America‘s black communities via the tributaries of German free jazz and krautfusion.

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Detroit technoChicago houseelectro funkelectronic musicKraftwerkfree jazzblack musicmusic technologyafro-futurismnightclubs
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The Cambridge Companion to Krautrock , pp. 278 - 292
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Albiez, S, Post-soul Futurama: African American Cultural Politics and Early Detroit Techno, European Journal of American Culture 24:2 (2005), pp. 131–52.Google Scholar
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Sicko, D, Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2010).Google Scholar
Womack, Y, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture (Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2013).Google Scholar

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