Neu! - Neu! (1972)

Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger were early members of Kraftwerk, who left to do their own thing and then inadvertently created a sound that Kraftwerk would adapt themselves.

This record is split pretty evenly between seminal kosmische drone beats and completely formless ambient.

The beat-heavy portion is better as far as I’m concerned but the whole thing is a bizarre and one-of-a-kind classic.

Tracks I Liked

Hallogallo - great opener with an understated beat and some oddly beautiful guitar figures

Negativland - a sound collage of sorts with a bunch of different ideas strung together