Happy 70th Birthday, Hellmut! Kraan in the 70ies

Kraan is a German band based in Ulm and formed in 1970. It had several minor hits through the 1970s and 1980s. After a break of ten years, the group reunited in 2000. Their early style can be described as Krautrock that turned later to fusion, combining elements of both rock and jazz.

Hellmut Hattler (born 12 April 1952 in Ulm, West Germany) is a German jazz and rock bassist and composer. Hattler took much of his early influences from Jimi Hendrix. As a child, he received violin lessons, and in the 1960s, he played guitar. Joining Peter Wolbrandt's band marked the debut of his changeover to the bass. In May 1971, he founded the pop group Kraan with the Wolbrandt brothers Peter and Jan and Johannes Pappert. Kraan's early Krautrock style later developed towards fusion, combining rock, jazz and ethnic elements.^[1] Apart from his own projects, Hattler has toured and recorded with many international musicians of various genres including Tina Turner, Billy Cobham, Joachim Kühn, Torsten de Winkel, Alphonse Mouzon, and Nippy Noya.

1971-11 studio

01 Sarah’S Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald

02 Kraan Arabia 

03 M. C. Escher 

04 Jack Steam 

05 Sarah Auf Der Gänsewies’ 

06 Head 

1972 Unknown

01 Kraan Arabia 

02 Sarah's Ritt Durch den Schwarzwald  

1973-12-05 Freiburg FM

01 sarah's ritt durch den schwarzwald 

02 holiday am matterhorn - bass solo  

03 gut und richtig -drum solo ( fade out) 

1973 Aula Gymnasium, Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany

01 Backs

02 Head

03 M.C. Escher

04 Kraan Arabia

05 Bass Solo

06 Kraan Arabia [Continued]

1973 Lost Tape #1

01 M.C.Escher

02 Backs

03 Head

04 Gut Und Richtig

1973 Lost Tape #2

01 Head (incl drum solo) 

02 (tuning)  

03 Kraan Arabia 

04 Airbass (bass solo) 

1973 Wuppertal

01 Sarah's Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald 

02 Nam Nam

03 Announcement By Hellmut

04 Hallo Ja Ja , I Don't Know

05 Kraan Arabia

1974-02-02 Essen WDR

01 Kraan Arabia

02 Andy Nogger 

03 Interview

04 Nam Nam

05 Sarah's Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald

1974-12-03 Rock Sound '74 Festival

01 Silver Wings

02 Andy Nogger

03 Sarahs Ritt durch den Schwarzwald

04 Nam Nam

05 Kraan Arabia

06 Just One Way

07 How hard I tried

1975-07-13 Goethe Freilichtbuehne, Porta Westfalica, West Germany

01 Noch kein Titel

02 Holiday am Marterhorn

03 Titel 03

04 Andy Nogger Gutter King

05 Kraan Arabia

06 Titel 06

07 Luftpost

08 Saah's Ritt durch Porta Westphalica

1975 Berlin

CD 1

01 Holiday Am Marterhorn Part I

02 Bandits In The Woods

03 Holiday Am Marterhorn Part II

04 Kraan Arabia

05 Andy Nogger

06 Degado

07 Prima Clima

CD 2

01 Let It Out

02 Luftpost

03 Nam Nam

04 Sarah's Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald (Encore)

1975 Rock Sound incl. Guru Guru

Kraan & Guru Guru-02 Andy Nogger

Kraan & Guru Guru-03 Sarahs Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald

Kraan & Guru Guru-04 Nam Nam

Kraan & Guru Guru-05 Kraan Arabia

Kraan & Guru Guru-06 Just One Way

Kraan & Guru Guru-07 How Hard I Tried

Kraan & Guru Guru-08 Leopardenkastchen

Kraan & Guru Guru-09 Mani Banani

Kraan & Guru Guru-10 Allein In Meiner Limousine

Kraan & Guru Guru-11 Torro's Dance

1976 Holzminden

CD 1

01 Intro

02 Andy Nogger

03 Yaqui Yagua

04 Let It Out 

05 Holiday Am Marterhorn 

06 Silky Way

07 Volgas Ahoi

08 Hallo Ja Ja, I Don't Know

CD 2

01 Let's Take A Ride

02 Nam Nam 

03 Applause

04 Sarah's Ritt Durch Den Schwarzwald 

05 Wiederhoeren 

1976 Waltrop

01 Andy Nogger

01 Let's Take A Ride

02 Wiederhören

02 Yaqui Yagua

03 Let It Out

03 Silky Way

04 Holyday Am Marterhorn

04 Saras Ritt Durch Den Schwar

05 Holiday Am Marterhorn

05 Silky Way

06 Vollgas Ahoi

07 Hallo Ja Ja I don't Know

08 Wiederhören

09 Let's Take A Ride

10 Announcement

11 Nam Nam

12 Applause

13 Saras Ritt Durch den Schwarzwald

1977 Essen

01 Warm Up ~ Rendevouz In Blue

01 Warm Up

02 Wiederhoeren

03 Andy Nogger

04 Yaqui Yagua

05 Holiday Am Marterhorn

06 Silky Way

07 Vollgas Ahoi

08 Hallo Ja Ja, I Don't Know

09 Let's Take A Ride

10 Nam Nam

11 Let It Out

1979 Neuss

01 Borgward

01 Vollgas In den Ausflug

02 Far West

02 Hallo Ja Ja I Do

03 Gayu Gaya

03 Presentation By Conny Plank

04 You're Right (great Bass-solo)

04 You're Right

05 Far West

05 Hallo Yaya I Dont Know

06 Yaqui Yagua

07 Presentation By Udo Dahmen

08 Gayu Gaya

09 Peterchens Reise

10 Vollgas Ahoi

Thanks to the original posters!!!

 

Cheers from The Her(m)etic Garage

pw: mghg

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Krautrock? German Jazz-Rock by Kraan

Flyer as always by "Snoid Studios"

I remember that day when I was working as a roadie for the Unikult (student association at the university saarbrücken, section "culture"). The equipment was on stage and installed, so I left the room and met outside the fine ladies on the left, doro & oranna, handing my first space cookie to me - so when the show finally began I (the guy on top in the middle) was heavily hallucinating and kicked into space ...

The first record I'd like to present "Alto" stayed as one of my personal favourites - I always loved the female voice, remembering her in her leather boots as a bit of a g*dess. There's no CD release of it so I kept the tape of the LP I made some days later as a little treasure until I finally found a rip on the net.

Alto (1976)

01 Beautiful Life
02 Remember The World
03 Winter 75
04 Communication
05 Walk On
06 Diftin
07 Baby
08 She's Gone
09 Fee Forever
11 Saxomania
12 When Diamonds Getz Crazy

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Johannes "Alto" Pappert was member of one of the finest german bands those days "Kraan". Even they're often are labeled "Krautrock" their music was more Jazz-Rock then Krautrock like ie. Can, Faust, Neu! or Guru Guru to name a few.

1975-07-13 Goethe Freilichtbuehne, Porta Westfalica, West Germany

01 Noch kein Titel
02 Holiday am Marterhorn
03 unknown
04 Andy Nogger Gutter King
05 Kraan Arabia
06 unknown
07 Luftpost
08 Sarah's Ritt durch Porta Westphalica

@Kra@

Kraan now

and then

What made (to me) Kraan so enjoyable was their bass-player, Helmut Hattler, who went solo with "Bassball" and later "Tab Two"

1977 Bassball

 01 Sunday Walk
02 Wenn Die Kraaniche Zieh'n
03 Penguins On Broadway
04 Bassball
05 How And Why
06 My U.S. Aunt
07 Mutabor
08 Toujours Too Sure
09 Kopf Kino (bonus)
10 Paranorm (bonus)

Joey Albrecht: Guitar
Ingo Bischof: Keyboards
Gerd Dudek: Saxophone
Jan Fride: Drums
Andy Goldner: Vocals
Hellmut Hattler: Bass, Primary Artist, Vocals
Elmer Louis: Percussion
Christoph Noppeney: Viola
Roland Schaeffer: Saxophone
Truc Sserc: Drums
Peter Wolfbrandt: Guitar 

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The next project Hattler started was the funky Tab Two  

1997 Absolut Live (German TV)

01 Let It Flow
02
03 No Flagman Ahead.MP3
04 Whatchagonnado
05 Get Rid
06 Belle Affair

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Another side-project, Lilienthal, assembled some real krautrock heroes

1978 Liliental

 01 Stresemannstrasse
02 Adel
03 Wattwurm
04 Vielharmonie
05 Gebremster Schaum
06 Nachsaison

Dieter Moebius - ARP synthesizer, guitar, percussion, producer
Conny Plank - ARP synthesizer, guitar, vocals, producer
Asmus Tietchens - Moog synthesizer, piano
Okko Bekker - ARP synthesizer, keyboards, percussion, vocals, guitar
Johannes Pappert - alto saxophone, flute, drums, bass
Hellmut Hattler - bass

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Hope you enjoyed the ride ;)