{"product_id":"future-days-krautrock-and-the-building-of-modern-germany","title":"Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany","description":"Review\n\nFuture Days does not capture Krautrock so much as unleash it. At long last, the definitive book on the ultimate music. -- Simon Reynolds\n\nSo well researched and filled with such enthusiasm for its subject that it absorbs from start to finish. ― Observer\n\nKrautrock's broad church is detailed and enthused about with skill by Stubbs, a man immersed in the music he adores. It's informative and full of fantastic interviews - a must for any fans of the man machine. ― Q magazine\n\nAuthoritative and highly readable, Future Days is the cultural and critical history the genre deserves, a joyful testament to the transformative power of art. ― The Quietus\n\nAbsorbing and illuminating. ― Wire\n\nProduct Description\n\nWest Germany after the Second World War was a country in shock: estranged from its recent history, and adrift from the rest of Europe. This proved to be fertile ground for a generation of musicians who, from the 1960s onwards, would develop the experimental sounds that became known as Krautrock.\n\nFaust, Neu!, Cluster, Ash Ra Tempel, Amon Düül II, Can, Kraftwerk - the influence of these groups upon popular music is incalculable. Future Days is an in-depth study of the music and the groups who made it.\n\nBook Description\n\nThe indispensable and definitive guide to Krautrock, in paperback for the first time.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nDavid Stubbs is a British author and music journalist. Alongside Simon Reynolds, he was one of the co-founders of the Oxford magazine Monitor before going on to join the staff at Melody Maker. He later worked for NME, Uncut and Vox, as well as the Wire. His work has appeared in The Times, Sunday Times, Spin, Guardian, Quietus and GQ. He has written a number of books, including Mars by 1980: The Story of Electronic Music which was a Rough Trade Book of the Year. He lives in London.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40597283766357,"sku":"9780571346639N","price":7.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/e7f4249e-5585-48b0-94c6-f13cbe6cbd7a.jpg?v=1682499287","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/future-days-krautrock-and-the-building-of-modern-germany","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}