• 24. December - Merry Christmas everybody !!
  
  
• KRAAN - Krautrockpalast 2005: www.rockpalast.de/konzerte/2005/krautrockpalast/backstage/kraan.phtml
  
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• Jerk of life unplugged (RealAudio): http://www.wdr.de/cgi-bin/mkram?rtsp://ras01.wdr.de/rockpalast/krautrockpalast05/gruesse/kraan.rm
  
  
• Phine Photos phrom Bonn 21.12: http://vicente.vi.ohost.de/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=67
  
  
• Schedule - 02.03.2006 - KRAAN on TV (WDR3): 0h15 ­1h15: "Kraut und Rüben - Über die Anfänge deutscher Rockmusik" (Folge 4 - "Vorsicht Kunst!")
  
  
  
  
• - That's life...
  
  
  

• 10. December
  
  
  • A "German rock legends" tour in march - promoted by the "Hessische rundfunk" radio station, Frankfurt/main - and by the legendary radio DJ Volker Rebell. It is called:
    Deutsche Rocklegenden auf Tour
    Motto: "Mach dein eigenes Ding und mach was gemeinsam in der Gruppe!"
    Anne Haigis, Gesang
    Hellmut Hattler, Bass (Kraan, Tab Two, Hattler)
    Mani Neumeier, Drums, Percussion (Guru Guru, Tiere der Nacht, Lover 303)
    Ali Neander, Gitarre (Rodgau Monotones, Edo Zanki, Xavier Naidoo)
    Ingo Bischof, Keyboards (Karthago, Kraan)
    
    Gigdates at the events page.
    
    
  • Win a signed HATTLER/sommer cable dvd (same as "surround cuts" plus dts 5.1 versions of the tracks) www.sommercable.com/1__default/index.html
    
    
    Decemberlatenightgoogling:
    
    
  • http://www.laut.at/wortlaut/artists/k/kraan/biographie/ - An Austrian biography
    
    
  • http://www.bright-eyes.de/baseportal/LiveonStage/livedetail&Id==98 - YES & Kraan Review (with the usual crap about Peters excellent & unique vocals)
    
    
  • http://www.stumpfes.de/Galgenberg/Seiten/kraan.htm - More writing about ...
    
    
  • http://rhein-zeitung.de/on/00/05/04/magazin/news/kraan.html?a - Even more writing about ...
    
    
  • Motiviert von den Internet-Aktivitäten diverser KRAAN-Fanatiker fanden - More talk...
    
    
  • http://www.gut-dietersberg.de/kuenstler.php?artist=25 . . . . .
    
    

A shot from Düsseldorf this summer after a seven hours autobahn ride...

• 18. November
• The previously unreleased KRAAN track "Silver Buildings" will be released mid December 2005 on an US compilation called "After the Storm" (A benefit album for the survivors of the hurricane "Katrina").
  
  
• Kraan gigs coming up:
  09.03.2006: Hockenheim, Pumpwerk
  10.03.2006: Esslingen, Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse
  20.07. - 23.07.2006 Burg Herzberg festival
  
  
• KRAAN and five other legendary German bands will be on TV (WDR channel) probably late night, at the 5th to 6th of january 2006.
  Donnerstag auf Freitag, 06.01.2006 0.15 - 3.15 Uhr im WDR Fernsehen http://www.rockpalast.de/sendetermine/?jahr=WDR
  
  
• Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2005 21.15 Uhr 'Wintruper Echo' (live) - RealAudio 5:22 min KRAAN http://www.rockpalast.de/konzerte/2005/krautrockpalast/
  
  
• FLYDAY - release date: Germany 09.12.05 - EU 12.12.05
  - Now you can plan what to put under the Christmas tree (or in a sock if you are english speaking), together with 'Peter Wolbrandt: And Again', and Hattler: Surround cuts DVD, and perhaps "After the Storm".
  
  Notice the original cover as Peter made it, whithout the drivers that the EMI design/graphics department added back in 1979. - Of course cars can fly without drivers, listen to 'Flyday' and you know!
  Bonus Track: Gayu Gaya (Live Version, from Kassel, stadthalle 08.03.1979 with Alto as guest star) 9:26
  
  
• Search for Kraan on WDR: http://www.rockpalast.de/suchen/?words=kraan&x=0&y=0
  
  

• 10. November


• Hattler Band concert dates
  
  
• KRAAN: der KRAUTROCKPALAST (TV/WDR) in BONN in der "HARMONIE":
  20.12. King Ping Meh + Hölderlin
  21.12. KRAAN + Twenty Six - POSTER
  22.12. Bröselmaschine + Rufus Zuphall
  
  
• Hattler in U_mag Nov.Dez.06 Review
  
  
• Watch out - here is a Nachtmaschine:www.maxhattler.com/nachtmaschine/
  And you can see a clip here: http://www.bitfilm-festival.org/
  
  
• 'The Ozric connection' (Recently I went to see Ozric Tentacles in Copenhagen, and sensed a slight Kraan feel - here is kind of a proof):
  http://www.geocities.com/ozrictentacles_web/heller.html - Interview with guitarist Ed from Ozric Tentacles
  http://www.geocities.com/ozrictentacles_web - Another talk with the Ozrics.
  
  
• Another bassplayer, Stuart Zender of Jamiroqai, once got kickstarted by Hellmut & Kraan: http://www.stuartzender.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=608
  
  
• Jazzdimensions reviews the 3 first available re-issues: http://www.jazzdimensions.de/



• The Dutch Progressive Rock Pages reviews the 3 first available re-issues: http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200557.html#kraan1
  
  
• Upcoming FLYDAY re-release:
  Hellmut: "the flyday re-release might get a desk recording bonus track from a gig at kassel, stadthalle 08.03.1979 - first encore ("guya gaya", ca. 9 min.) with johannes "alto" pappert as surprise guest on tenor (!) sax. udo dahmen and alto already gave the permission to use it... so it will most probably happen... funny stuff rises out of the dusty suitcases of past..."
  
  

• 10. Oktober
  
  
• http://www.mediabiz.de/ - About Kraan autumn tour
  
  
• Wiederhören as MC cassette
  
  
• A small causal clip from Pfullendorf Seepark-Festival august 2005: http://www.hoerger.net/Kraan/KraanMovie.html (made by Wolfpeter Hörger)
  
  

• 1. September
  
  
  • Review in German of the new RE-releases from Insideout: www.ragazzi-music.de/kraan05_1.html
    
    
  • Click...
    
    
    
    
  • No more news for today.
    
    

• 15 August
  
  
  • Announcement: H A T T L E R   S U R R O U N D C U T S   D V D
    Available at www.bassball.net from early september.
    In the shops (via edel distribution): 03 oct. 2005
    
    
  • 2 Graphics from Pfullendorf Seepark-Festival 2005 here:
    
    
    

• 2. August
  
  
  • http://www.insideout.de have re-released:
    
    Wiederhören, Deluxe Edition of the album from ´77 (incl. bonus material)
    Nachtfahrt, Deluxe Edition with bonus material (originally release 1982)
    Live 88, Deluxe Edition of the live record from 1988 (incl. bonus track)
    
    

• 14. July
  
  
  • A new CD from Peter Wolbrandt: http://www.wolbrandt.de - Real audio samples.
    Sounds good if you ask me !
    
    
• 13 July.
  
  
  • Hellmut Hattler auf allen Kanälen: http://www.mediabiz.de/
    
    
  • Hellmut Hattler in the air: http://www.arte-tv.com/
    
    

• 12. July
  
  
  • News from Hellmut:
    "The re-releases are still not out yet. But the insideout people (the label) seem to work hard on it. The man in duty is: dirk jacob <dirk_jacob @ insideout.de>. check him!
    
    Kraan's sound engineer Günter Theis recorded about 30 other concerts in the seventies (live from the mixing console). an early version (14 minutes or so...) of the track "Wiederhoeren" will be on the ("insideout/revisited" label) rerelease of the original album. out soon, heard it, cried;-)
    
    The "Nachtfahrt" album will contain a bonus track, composed and sung by Gerry Brown (formerly KRAAN, now with Diana Ross...yesss...) recorded at the original Nachtfahrt recording session in Berlin. Wiederhoeren's bonus track is a live desk recording of the title track (before we had a name for it!) including a bass solo...hmmm...(?!?!) "Live88": our friend herr Jott (mister J.) contributed with a version of "Ausflug" - recorded at the same tour in october '87. Haven't heard it yet. hope it's ok."
    
    
  • Joo Kraus: http://www.jazzdimensions.de/interviews/portraits/2005/joo_kraus.html - German interview.
    
    
  • This update/intro-webpage (http://www.danbbs.dk/~m-bohn/kraan/intro.html) is certified to be 42% evil. http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator.
    But is this really evilness enough for a rockband ?
    
    
    
  • Gig dates for Kraan in August & October.
    
    
  • Summercottage for sale ? www.connys-studio.de/
    
    
  • http://www.finkenbach.de/ - Kraan plays !
    
    

• 16. May
  
  
  • http://www.tff-rudolstadt.de/htm/05/04.htm - look for Bassmassa Hattlerman !
    `1-2 Juli. Das TFF.Rudolstadt – das größte Folk-Roots-Weltmusik-Festival Deutschlands
    
    
  • 8 Kraan Photos by Peter Gelhaus from the recent spring 2005 tour: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/414540
    
    
  • More light on the kunstkopf fraud - read the text again.
    
    
  • http://www.molvaer.de/kraantour2.htm - the KRAAN tourlist documenting more than 30 years of
    the world's best prog-rock-jazz-fusion band ever, elaborated and maintained by the notorious phantom Fred Bauer.
    
    
  • Hey ! What happened here ? : http://kraan.dk
    
    

• April 28.
  
  
  • Epitaph am Mittwoch 4. Mai - 20.00 Uhr PIANO - DORTMUND Special Guest : Peter Wollbrandt ( Kraan) Klaus Waltz - Ex - Epitaph
    http://www.epitaph-band.de/termine.html

• April 24.
  
  
  • Review of Koncert in Wetzlar, april 21, 2005 here or (filed under Articles)
    
    
  • The following tunes for download by kind permission of Hellmut Hattler: Helmut Hattler 'Bassball', Helmut Hattler 'How and why'
    Both tunes are originally from Hellmut Hattlers first soloalbum 'Bassball' 1977, but here remixed for 3D effect in 1979. Go to the mp3 page and get them.
    
    
  • Kraan biography: http://music.msn.com/artist/default.aspx?artist=135242
    
    
  • Review: http://www.progressiveworld.net/kraan2.html
    
    
  • Review: http://www.progressiveworld.net/kraan3.html
    
    
  • List of Kraan boots (even with covers): http://www.molvaer.de/kraanboots2.htm
    
    

• 12. April - Long time no updates. Here is a drop to fight eventual abstinence.
  
  
  • News from the desk of the federal bureau of Kraan:
    the "Insideout Music/Revisited Records" label will re-release all KRAAN albums (up from "let it out" to "through") within the next twelve months. The first re-issues will be "wiederhören", "nachtfahrt" und "live88" - end of may 2005.
    
    
  • Photos from an important event in year 2000.
    
    
  • Due to severe lack of real fresh new news: A picture of yours truly and his youngest son Jens.
    
    

• 01. February
  
  
  • Scoop: A legit tape from 1985 with a band called Hattler/Wolbrandt: 4 'alternate' versions of welknown tunes, including a prototype of Weeyaee (Thanx Harald)!!! And mp3's too (thanx to HH for permission)
    
    
  • Interview with Johannes Pappert - December 2004 "We were much more than a band“ – Johannes „Alto“ Pappert remembers his time with Kraan, his Solo-LPs and even more. - In english, translated thanx to Chrille.
    
    
  • Humanimal-Talk - is something I have not covered very much - So here is a German article from Riebes Fachblatt 1989. (as big graphics) (Thanx Harald)
    
    
    
  • Heartware article/interview in German from 1986 - another rarity (as graphic - Thanx Harald)
    
    
  • Concert review from Köln, 1976, in German, Musiker Magazin No.5, 12/1976
    
    
  • Ingo in a different connection - Heiner Pudelko
    
    
  • Pictures and text about Kraan and others: http://www.rocktimes.de/gesamt/b/birth_control/niederwuerzbach23102004.html



• 01. January - 2005 is starting good:
  
  
  
  • At Kraanaholics (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kraanaholics/) one could 30.12.04 read the following lines from Hellmut Hattler:
    
    "Peter and myself met a couple of times during the last two weeks to check out each other's musical ideas, bits and pieces/peaces and received a cd with the very rough mixdown of the collected ideas yesterday. I was really surprised about the result... it seems like sometimes you just have to be patient enough to get things together. are you still reading? hahaha! ok: we'll record some of the tracks in early january at Jan's farmhouse and see what's next."
    
    "a (good) German label plans to re-release all the the KRAAN albums from "Wiederhoeren" to "Through" next year (worldwide distribution this time). but no contracts signed so far..."
    
    Webmaster: A pious hope could be that some of the new tunes will be funkadelic grooves also made for concerts !
    
    
  • Recent interview with Alto - in German.
    "Wir waren viel mehr als eine Band" - Johannes "Alto" Pappert erinnert sich an Kraan, seine Solo-Scheiben und einiges mehr http://www.musikansich.de/ausgaben/1204/g_kraan.html - I hope to get it translated later.
    
    
  • The German musician magazine "gitarre&bass" announces for its februar issue a main feature:"Hellmut Hattler: Der Herr Bassmann" release date: 21. January 2005
    
    
  • NB: Karthago gig 21.12.04 (with Ingo Bischof) will be broadcasted by German tv wdr3 on 3.1.2005
    Photo of Karthago & Ingo here: Photos/Zeroes/bottom (this evergrowing page...)
    
  • Detlef Weber has updated the Solo's & Works pdf-document, look here .
    
    
  • Harald Vullbrock has sent me an big load of Kraan related material from the 70'ties up to now: photos, scans of articles, adds, etc.. Most of it I haven't seen before (believe it or not), so for the next updates there will be some good stuff from the past. Thanx a lot Harald !!
    - Here is a feature about a guitar Peter Wolbrandt once used to play 130 kb graphic.
    - In the photosection: Before Kraan (- 70) you will find a photo of very young Peter and Hellmut.
    - Photos taken by Harald from a concert in Gütersloh 1987.
    
    
  • Ingo Bischof Biography: www.karthagoweb.de/
    
    

     

     

The Kraan site contributors "Hall of fame" Without these people this site would have been boring ! In arbitrary order:

Matt Gregory - U.S.A. Per Skiold Frederiksen - Denmark Achim Vater - Germany Petrus Wippel - Germany Andreas Hedler - Germany Wolfgang Schmidt - Germany Gary Holdinghausen - U.S.A. Andi Görres - Germany Rolf Spengler - Germany Michael Loesl - Germany Thorsten Knoop - Germany Eib Eibelshäuser - Germany Ulrich Jagusch - Germany Hellmut Hattler - Germany Kark Heinz Jardner - Germany Rudolf Weinert - Germany Bernward Koch - Germany Charles Snider - U.S.A. Lutz Schönlau - Germany Arndt aus Hilden/Düsseldorf - Germany Uwe Kerkau - Germany Uwe Zipter - Germany Werner Wingen - Germany Ralf Feiten (S.F. Cody) - Germany Harald Vullbrock - Germany Wolfpeter Hörger

Michael Bohn - Denmark Peter Wolbrandt - Germany Jan Fride (Wolbrandt) - Germany Christian Zey (Chrille)- Germany Robert J. Baumann - U.S.A. Günni Heidler - Germany Andi Scheibler - Germany Gunter Auer - Germany Lutz Wernicke - Germany Jürgen Lange - Germany Achim Helge Winkelmeier - Germany Günter Zoufal - Germany Dirk Jan Müller - Germany Herrmann Imkamp - Germany Wolfgang Schumacher - Germany Hans-Peter Linz - Germany Ulrich Mrosek Chris Wilhelm - U.S.A. Fred Bauer - Germany Daniel & Dave Svita - USA Frieder Rodermund - Germany Peter Bertges - Germany Frank Nissen - Germany Detlef Weber - Germany Dietmar Volkmer - Germany Thomas Feld - Germany

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