Kraan - Vollgas Ahoi (1977)

Amazing jazz fusion piece... very very spooky mime artists though... :-0

[@crimsonrush]

Kraan in the studio = ok. Kraan live = absolutely magnificent. One of the best bands ever.

[@DrMbutu]

This song is so terrible

[@siddhartino]

@@DrMbutu make you sure you have your ears checked as soon as possible, then. how this song could be "so terrible" is astounding

[@DrMbutu]

@@siddhartino it’s so bad

[@joeyburgio6569]

@@DrMbutui bless your ignorance. one day you’ll understand that music is subjective

[@johnnysenser]

That 7/8 groove is so good. I can't believe that bass line and the sound he gets.

[@31terreri]

Rickenbacker basses are so awesome!

[@RocknJazzer]

Just a Rick with a Pick, ala Chris Squire of Yes long before this

[@synthonaplinth5980]

@@RocknJazzer Yeah but Hellmut had been playing a Rick since '72.

[@RocknJazzer]

@@synthonaplinth5980 And Squire has since 1965 and the main influence on Rick bass players, tho he copied Entwistle for the Rick. Hellmut is prob my fav Rick player of the few that play them, tho not very well known being in a less known german prog band, they have a few elements of jazz fusion in their music, which I prefer over straight prog that is more classical based, and some of their songwriting is out of this world, even still to this day their new stuff is just as good which is amazing when most other 70s bands still around have gone well down hill since

[@synthonaplinth5980]

@@RocknJazzer Yeah, they really have an amazing interplay between the individual instruments and some very interesting time signatures. Hellmut is the only bass player I have ever seen who plays sixteenth notes with a pick. He did however, get rid of the Rick (giving it to Karthago's bass player) and use an Ibanez for a while. I forget what kind of bass he uses now.

[@mattgarratt5014]

Such a great band, still touring and making new music. Truly one of my favorites!

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

Yep. Especially Ingo's trademark wacky/funky virtuoso playing and typical sound. What a great keyboarder!

[@jeddak]

Ed Wynne sent me here. Well, I have to say, he wasn't kidding. These guys are amazing!

[@otherreality]

I just knew Ed would be influenced by this band! I love ozrics, and obviously kraan!

[@h6yt88gg]

Another great group, the Ozrics!

[@WarrenHolly]

That bass line was cold blooded.🙏🏾

[@fretboardyoda]

I've only just discovered Kraan, and I am really just.....amazed by how incredible they are!

[@Waggler]

Wow, I never knew Peter played glissando guitar. Makes perfect sense now from the sound of the recording. These guys were über-tight. I would not miss the mimes;)

[@CuChullainnRedBranch]

I was scrolling through the comments til I found someone who mentioned the mimes. What the fuck were they doing? The music is amazing but really.

[@orangefunk]

I just realised after almost 7 years of this being uploaded that its alternating phrases of 7/8 and 8/8 on the improv. Cool!

[@PrecogDE]

Fantastic bass line. Agree to the previous comments. Completely cool + perfect track, the clowns disturb a bit. ;-)

[@7070Raneri]

Pantomime, längst vergessener Zeitgeist der 70er ..

[@nissan92]

Nice bounce on the bass guitar there. A small Pastorius vibe there.. The mimes look just like the mimes in the film Blow Up,( the tennis scenes). The same outfit etc.

[@DanielBBB888]

love this song!! thx for posting it

[@Flemmingdoerken]

This is absolutely awesome! Why hasn't anyone told me about Kraan before?!

[@ChristopherJanisch-cc5nc]

I was trying to get ahold of you to tell you but you weren't answering.....🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

[@Flemmingdoerken]

@@ChristopherJanisch-cc5nc WHAT! When was this??

[@dharmaseed]

That's actually a technique called 'glissando guitar', invented by Daevid Allen of Gong.:)

[@caryheuchert]

Steve Hillage also implemented glissando...

[@RocknJazzer]

@@caryheuchert - borrowed from Daevid Allen, because steve hillage joined gong long after daevid originated it then hired steve

[@lisanders11]

Gosh - sooo tasteful and characteristic!!! Love it!!!

[@hlcepeda]

Don't waste your time trying to convince me that not even one musician up there didn't want to swing a guitar or drumstick across the head of one of those mimes. Don't even think about it.

[@CarlDraper]

totally! i hate mimes!

[@borgduck]

+Hector Cepeda Then what are those mimes doing there? Did they take a wrong turn at the circus?

[@hlcepeda]

Difficult to say. Kraan may have taken a wrong turn.

[@MW47742]

Sometimes drugs do things with people that not everyone understands....maybe....

[@KirkeBenusi]

mimeshaming!

[@bettyx1138]

speechless... i am left speechless... like a trainwreck i can't look away.

[@WarrenHolly]

Some musicians play fast just because. This makes all the sense in the world and it's sounds awesome 👍🏾😎

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

Saw Kraan live three times around the Frankfurt/Mainz area back around 1980. It was fantastic. The first concert was ion Mains Eltzer hof with the old drummer: fantastic. The second was with Gerry Brown: incredible! The third was with Gerry on drums and a vocalist who always played the keys. Still great, but I didn't like it as much as the other concerts. Still: when Ingo Bischof started hitting the keys, he brought the house down. Wonderful musicians throughout, great wacky German jazz-fusion.

[@Flemmingdoerken]

@crocotone "German precision meets German anarchy" That's beautiful man....

[@wraana]

great guitar trick with that screwdriver...

[@adewolf]

Gliss guitar that Gong was doing.

[@RocknJazzer]

@@adewolf And the gong guy daevid allan got it from syd barrett

[@sathomaso]

extremely cool :) i love kraan, thx 4 the video

[@ModNF]

can't help but respect these guys. they're strange.

[@Hermeto77]

fantastic music!!! love it.....love it....love it! thanks for upload!

[@crimsonrush]

I love Kraan. Thanks for posting. I miss Pappert from this line-up though. :)

[@dharmaseed]

Holy crap, listen to that bassline....does Hellmut have four fingers on each hand, or more? Oops, he's using a pick. lol

[@dampfmaschine2000]

das ist absolut genial!! mich erinnerts ziemlich an die ozric tentacles

[@teilzeittrommler]

...die wiederum Kraan als einen ihrer prägenden Einflüsse nennen.

[@kasponya]

Yeah, zis is schprockets and I'm your host Dieter..... the music is pretty good for its time though - something tells me the guys from Kraan got a couple of good laughs out of those mimes!

[@Spambladders]

Pappert? No Ingo Yes! Each to their own though I THINK ALL 5 !!

[@gfunkusarelius]

man great musicians but why the mimes? for the love of god, who thought that was a good idea?

[@rockerace2112]

G Funk yeah....mimes? Pretty lame...why distract from the band in such a juvenile and bizarre way?

[@stefaninselaffe]

That was the 70s my friend ... lol

[@observer127]

Just before the two minute mark, the guitarist was using a screwdriver to sweep the strings on the fretboard...interesting and nice.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

That technique is called 'glissando'.

[@audioslave264]

Hattlers basslines are so awesome

[@orangefunk]

I have to confess thats my favourite part too.. inspired direction there!

[@Nordmanist]

wow danke

[@RoteBaron999]

Love them

[@roberthyke75]

0:58 Jon Lord !

[@michaelstevenson470]

@@RocknJazzer Other way around.

[@michaelstevenson470]

@@RocknJazzer Your comment is hilarious; it shows that you are either remarkably ignorant, or hugely dishonest. Either way you're a wretched and desperate little man who is so full of shit that you may be reincarnated as colostomy bag

[@andersonlimacanella3839]

is Jazz rock our funk rock...iss great song!

[@The64200]

Kraan spielen am 16.o1.2010 in Bocholt, Kulturort Alte Molkerei, als trio: Hattler und die beiden Wolbrandts.. Ich freu mich drauf.

[@Christy022826]

Amazing

[@borgduck]

Mime! Mime! Mime! All mime!

[@slange71]

@observer127 gotta watch them live bro, you will never forget that experience

[@brownieswithnonuts2584]

Why has nobody told me about Karan before? These guys are really good at what they do

[@AravenaScheid]

that's exactly what i need before go to sleep

[@unknowndes1re]

Cool v cool

[@1chriscarlone]

AAAA HA HA HA LOVE IT!!!

[@AureliusR]

man, I didn't realize this was what krautrock sounded like

[@CarlDraper]

this is great apart from those damn mimes!

[@DavidPaivaFilho]

👏🎸👏🎸👏🎸

[@Majnun74]

Mime Prog!

[@slange71]

@Lachlanau no problem for Helmut Hattler, genial am bass

[@AndyDemos]

2:03 Nightmare!

[@borgduck]

Just innocently 70's but the music is amazing! I intend to pay more attention to Kraan, a great competition for Novalis!

[@DerHerrMitR]

The front mime on the left looks like Florian Schneider-Esleben from Kraftwerk! :D

[@iwantahat]

@oliasdoug "vollgas" means full spead, that's right. Ahoi (you can look it up in engl. wikipedia as "ahoy") is a word used by sailors.

[@dkba52]

THE MUSIC

[@dharmaseed]

That's funny...Ed does kind of look like Peter at this age...even the way he holds his guitar!

[@otherreality]

funky funky funky funky

[@Alverthorpe]

Holy sh@t... When I was 17 my friend dosed me with acid and locked me in her basement with this video looping.

[@user-ux9bx8kc5y]

The guitar sounds remind me of Steve Hillage.

[@dharmaseed]

01:41, Peter goes glissando!!

[@thericardotv]

VOLLGAS!!!

[@namorrison5937]

Krann iss de hundin.

[@ericklapptschon5607]

What does this mean?

[@ellesko]

@kasponya That's 70s German television for y'all, folks XD

[@observer127]

@gobbaf What about the great French mine - Marcel Marceau???

[@flatwound1]

What the hell is the deal with the mimes?

[@__-xy3vz]

良い！

[@jimmywires500]

This is mega-freaky

[@JustusVidyo]

yeah man helmut hattler rocks

[@P0rn0ralle84]

Was war das für ne nacht bei wdr?

[@TheSecondNature]

1:14 is soooooo mclaughlin

[@laxplaysbass]

HELMUT HATTLA!!

[@atillathehungry3145]

i'm having mime issues

[@fernandoperdomomusic]

Guys.. can you shorten this to 3:50? Why? MIME IS MONEY!!!

[@gracerooms]

awesome music miss some analoque filters and stuff though.but ok we have have ozrics .peace

[@victorsaint2]

swinging hattler :) die tänzer sind allerdings echte panne.

[@observer127]

@observer127 ...I meant "mime"...

[@iwantahat]

@freedomisnocrime du bist ja ein schnösel.

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

@freedomisnocrime O.K. nenne mir bitte ein Beispiel moderner Musik wo alles nach deinem Geschmack läuft.

[@jks2]

haha kraantje pappie

[@Gordonstarphoto]

I'm sure they aren't mimes but dancers painted like mimes. Real mimes would eat them alive. Second, I'm sure they weren't Kraan's idea but rather some tv producer's. Either way the music is fantastic.

[@Kakaxxx222]

was hast du denn fürn problem? meinung bleibt meinung und das respektier ich. Ich bin auch nicht grade ein fan von technischer und synthetischer musik, aber wer sagt denn dass damit keine gefühle rübergebracht werden können? vielleicht ist dies ja ihr medium zur ausdrucksfähigkeit. MEINER meinung nach ist kraan neben kraftwerk und can das einzige worauf die deutsche musikszene stolz sein kann.

[@borgduck]

Bloody hell!! the video is crap but the music is fantastic!! reminds me of FOCUS!

[@dkba52]

THE GIRLFRIEND MIME

[@Barxxo]

nerf clowns

[@matycee]

seriously?! Yanni on keys?

[@kasponya]

Dig the mimes - seriously?

[@netram2000]

Well...in my opinion Focus weren't as funky as Kraan :) And thier performances weren't as freaky :D

[@kelliecorner1328]

the music is good but the mimes are a big eyesore.

[@iwantahat]

@freedomisnocrime Dann sei doch froh, dass die Musikszene heute vor Bands strotzt, die spontan, frei und unprätenziös spielen. Obwohl, Momentmal...

[@honkforpeace007]

Was war das denn? Eine wildgewordene Horde Marcel-Marceau-Klones meets Rockjazz? Ach ja, so waren die 70er eben, immer mal gut für ne Idee eines übereifrigen Musikredakteurs...

[@sathomaso]

ohne diese affigen pantomimen wär das video mindestens doppelt so gut. naja hauptsache der sound passt :)

[@unsinnkim3690]

unglaublich wie mutig das öffentlich-rechtliche in Dland mal war

[@MrDERRISSONISRAEL]

Kraan is playing a good, acceptable jazz-rock and the clowns are playing a chicken without wings trying to fly music style, really strange, that moving arms pair is amazingly idiot pay to enter, pray to go away...

[@jazdream22]

hahaha porno music