Top 5's: KRAUTROCK
 

Or anything kraut come to that....

1. Tarwater - Silur

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2. Console - Rocket in the Pocket
3. Kraftwerk - Computer World
4. Barabara Morgenstern - Fjorden
5. Ellen Allien - Berlinette

Can?
Neu?

Neu! were close, but not close enough...

Well, I could fill my whole top 5 with just Tange and Can...

Can - Ege Bamyasi / Future Days / Flow Motion
Tangerine Dream - Cyclone / Force Majeure

Too tough for me to find another 1 (or 3),
could be anything by any of these:

Popul Vuh
Faust
Guru Guru
Neu!
Ash Ra Tempel
Amon Duul II
Acid Mothers Temple
Toad
Cluster
Klaus Schulze
Brainticket (hmm, Swiss)
Embryo

and more...

If it was all German bands,
and not just limited to the krautrock genre,
then "Propaganda - A Secret Wish" would be in there too.

Not to mention bands/artistes like:

Ralf Hildenbeutel / Earth Nation
Klangstrahler Project
Pete Namlook
Einstuerzende Neubauten
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KMFDM
Funker Vogt
Das Ich
Die Form ("Poupee Mecanique" album!)
Laibach
And One

etc etc etc


Yeah, I find these Top 5 / Top 10 type things very difficult...