| Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock | |
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| Directed by | Adele Schmidt José Zegarra Holder |
| Written by | Adele Schmidt José Zegarra Holder |
| Produced by | Adele Schmidt José Zegarra Holder Jurriaan Hage Jonathan Jarrett Doug Curran |
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| Cinematography | Adele Schmidt José Zegarra Holder |
| Edited by | Adele Schmidt |
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| Distributed by | Zeitgeist Media |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English German |
Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock is a trilogy of feature-length documentaries about progressive music written and directed by Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder. RW4 focuses on the progressive rock music from Germany popularly known as Krautrock, although the integration of Krautrock into the progressive rock genre is a purely American notion. In Europe, the conventional wisdom is that Krautrock can be considered at most as the connection between psychedelic rock and progressive rock.[1] The term "Krautrock" was applied after-the-fact by British journalists, and in fact the German bands share very few similarities.
Part 1 deals with bands from the Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg regions of Germany. Part 2 focuses on bands from Munich, Wiesbaden, Ulm, and Heidelberg (including Guru Guru, Amon Düül II, Xhol Caravan, Embryo, Kraan, Popol Vuh, Witthüser & Westrupp). Part 3 will focus on bands from Berlin and Hamburg (including Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Günter Schickert, Agitation Free, Conrad Schnitzler, A.R. & Machines, Nektar and some contemporary bands such as Robert Rich & Markus Reuter and Coolspring).[2]
The first DVD was completed with the aid of an Indiegogo campaign in 2018.[3] The second followed the same funding model in 2020.[4]
- ^ Stubbs, David (August 5, 2014). Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany. Faber & Faber. p. 496. ISBN 9780571283347.
- ^ Official site
- ^ Indiegogo campaign
- ^ "Krautrock 2".