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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Berlin Krautrock exhibition celebrates groundbreaking genre

Vintage concert posters for Kraftwerk, Embryo and Brainticket
If Krautrock was a revolution, however, it also passed much of Germany by at the time, and was quickly semi-forgotten. Composite: Bröhan Museum

A motley train of shaggy-haired musicians is gliding into the future on a hastily sketched highway, brandishing bongos, vegetables and flaming guitars.

The poster for a 1971 gig by German-English-Swiss trio Brainticket, on display at Berlin’s small Bröhan Museum until 24 April, visually sums up the essence of a German musical movement so forward-looking at its height, its country of origin is only now starting to recognise its legacy.

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