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23. December - MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE - but especially to The Kraans & The Hattlers!
- More concerts: Kraan & Hattler gigs in 2007
- March 2007 ? - Psycedelic man: www.myspace.com/kraankraan
- Hattler info for the Italian segment: http://www.movimentiprog.net
- The Brothers Concert 29.12 will unfortunately be without Peter Wolbrandt, but he might join the band on a later date in 2007.

9. December
- Dezember 2007: Der offizielle Mitschnitt der “Rock-Helden”-Tournee vom März diesen Jahres (durch das Sendegebiet des Hessischen Rundfunks) ist jetzt fertig und hier www.volker-rebell.de erhältlich.
- More Hattler reviews: www.gaesteliste.de/konzerte/show.html?_nr=1395
- HATTLER: http://profile.myspace.com/
- TORSTEN: http://www.myspace.com/torstendewinkel
- MAX:http://profile.myspace.com/

1. December
- DEWINKELHATTLER: HUMANIMAL TALK Reissued. 1988/2006. torsten de winkel / hellmut hattler, contains a bonus track ("lilo & max" originally from tdw's first album "mastertouch") with Joachim Kühn, Billy Cobham, tdw, Nippy Noya, Hellhat . (p.s. - Heartware ?)
- Concert: 29.12 - The Brothers featuring Peter Wolbrandt: www.kulturkiste-olpe.de/content/view/65/97/
- Hattler gets good reviews, here is another: www.text-und-zeichen.de/quality.htm
- Cancelled ! :-( 22.12.2006: Dortmund, Westfalenhalle 2 (Rockige Weihnacht 2006
  with Birth control & Epitah) - Cancelled !
- Press Key F5 and you will probably see at different flying vehicle passing.

24. November
- Hattler Live reviews:
  www.popfrontal.de/pages/artikel/hellmut_hattler_141106.html
- Hattler Live reviews as graphics:
  • Tieftöner mit tiefgang
  • Eintauchen in Hattlers welt
  • Musik als linie und ornament

10. November
- Der Bassist von Ulm: www.zeit.de/online/2006/45/bildergalerie-hattler
  Photo gallery - Walk with Hellmut in central Ulm.
- P.S. : Don't expect 'Silver buildings' to be under your christmastree. Patience is the word...

5. November
- Kraan: Gigs update 2007 + Cancelled ! :-(
  Rockige Weihnacht 2006 22. December
- Kraan Live review + photos (in German): www.metal.de/live.php4?was=review&id=397
- Hattler CD - Rare cuts: Only through Sommercables
  - buy a set of Ultrazone- headphones and get a special edition Hattler CD - Rare cuts.
  More info found here: Rare cuts info )
- HATTLER interview aus "tools 4music", 12/2007
  (In German, 235 kb PDF) - www.tools4music.de/
- Krautrock Webradio ( from Wednesday up to Sunday)
  www.krautrock-world.com/webradio.html

31. October - Enhanced Hattlerupdate:

HATTLER52: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hellmut52
ENIMO MINE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_VF35Wa2iA

27. October - Hattlerupdate:

HATTLER "surround cuts" - visuals online:
NACHTMASCHINE - www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv90BdU1C2Q
TO BED - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ltU6FJLyBs
And something is coming up here too: www.myspace.com/hellmuthattler
Hattler review Hattlers Handgemachtes: (282 kb JPG)

11. October - This & That:

Hellmut Hattlers secret career: Testdriver!
Hellmut says: "Jochen Grussendorf, an old friend who travelled with KRAAN in the late seventies (and planned to write a book about the band then!), produces the weekly "auto-motor-sport" tv series, and often asks for music for his contributions. Now recently he was passing by with these cars and asked me to act - as an act of friendship (no money, no cars, just fun). "

Coming to a browser near you...
(Thanks to Chrille for recording this footage from German VOX TV)
Peter Wolbrandts website is currently loaded with paintings, drawings and photocollages. (btw: How will the cover to the coming Kraan album look ?)
http://wolbrandt.de/mediashow/index.htm
Hellmut Hattler reads jazzdimensions.de:
"Wenn es ein Indikator ist, dass ich eigentlich NUR Jazzdimensions anklicke, wenn ich was über aktuellen Jazz (oder Musik allgemein) wissen will, dann wäre das ja eigentlich schon Statement genug…!"
Hellmut Hattler- http://www.jazzdimensions.de/readers_voices.html
Radio freies arschloch has been updated, changed, modified or just hacked.

5. Oktober.
- Hattler: The big Flow is out - Go here and read more.
- Kraan vidoes at YouTube now. This is probably violating someones rights, but since you probably will discover these clips/videos anyway, this website might as well tell you first. Watch them while they are still there - they are good !!
  
  1972 - Sarahs ritt durch den swarzwald (Notice Jans drumming!! !)
  1974 - Jerk of life (A photo from this place is found elsewhere on this website)
  1977 - Vollgas Ahoi (Very good videoquality - wonder what event it is)
  2005 - Nam Nam (As good as then)
- List of coming concerts with Hattler & Kraan updated.

20. August.
- Peter Wolbrandt and Jan Fride have opened their archives and created www.radio-freies-arschloch.de
  Lot of fun !!
- Test your Polish skills: Interview with Bassmaster Hattlerman in polish. http://80bpm.net/articles.php?id=519
- Quiz: There is an austrian duo called Tosca. They made a tune called Damentag (Album JAC) - take a listen and think about what it sounds like....

14. August.
- At the end of this week the next issue of MELODIE & RHYTHMUS will be available and have a 5 page article in German about Kraut-rock and a photo of Kraan.

10. August.
- No, still not the new 'Kraan: Silver buildings', and according to last rumours I might take a while :-(
- New gigdates for band Hattler: Events
- Peters second personality - a photo from 1978.

26. July - No, not the new Kraan album yet...but
- Dont forget:
  
  More than 5 hours of good music:
  Rockpalast SENDUNGEN 2006 - Die Deutschrock-Nacht 1
  05. auf 06.08.06 (Samstag auf Sonntag) 00.40 - 06.00 Uhr WDR Fernsehen http://www.rockpalast.de/sendetermine/20060806/
  http://www.rockpalast.de/sendetermine/20060813/ .
  
  And: KRAAN im TV (Harmonie Bonn am 21.12.05): Samstag auf Sonntag, 20.08.2006, 00h30 - 02h00: KRAAN im “Rockpalast” (WDR Fernsehen )

2. July - just a few lazy summerupdates...
- New Kraan & Hattler concert dates.
- Samstag auf Sonntag, 20.08.2006, 0.30 - 2.00 Uhr im WDR Fernsehen
  Rockpalast - 90 Minuten Kraan http://www.rockpalast.de/bands/kraan/
  (Harmonie Bonn am 21.12.05)
  
  WDR Rockpalast - Sendetermine http://www.rockpalast.de/sendetermine/
  ... 01.07.06).
- Artist: Various Artists
  Title: Best of Krautrock, Volume 1 PAL (all region) DVD
  Price: $37.00
  "STUPIDLY expensive, but high quality, and probably worth every penny, as this licenses some incredible early footage by Krautrock and German progressive hardrock greats from Beat Club and presents them in the best possible quality, taken from the 30-35 year old video-tape masters, crazy psychedelia and mini-skirted hostess and all.
  Included is:
  Amon Duul II-Between The Eyes (1970!), Can-Paperhouse (1971), Passport-Uranus (1971, with Lothar Meid, Jimmy Jackson, Olaf Kubler!), Guru Guru-Oxymoron (the original trio! I *never* thought I would see performance footage of Axel and Uli...), Popol Vuh-Bettina (1971), Kraftwerk-Ruckstoss-Gondoliere (1971, the infamous trio of Florian + Neu! (Michael Rother, Klaus Dinger) without Ralf!), Embryo-Calcutta Streets (1971?), Novalis-Sonnenwende (1978) , Lothar Meide-Helden Aus Dem Untergrund (1975), Eloy-Decay of Logos (1977), Jane-Expectation (1977), Frumpy-Take Care of Illusion (1971), Lucifer's Friend-Ride The Sky (1971), Epitaph-Early Morning (1972), Birth Control-The Work Is Done (1971). This is over an hour 45' of material, but there is additionally a 45' documentary on Krautrock, made in 1975 (and in German), that features quick looks at Pell Mell, Kraan, Tangerine Dream, Holderlin, Atlantis, Grobschnitt, Kin Ping Meh, Randy Pie, Udo Lindenberg, Ougenweide, Amon Duul, etc)." [Aviator]
  
  http://waysidemusic.com/default.asp (USA) - and most probably also in many other stores.
- A strange and completely surrealistic photo, - dont look if you have weak nerves (actually we should't show it..)

19. May
- Deep throat: A new Hattleralbum will surface probably late autumn. Title: "the big flow".
  The only kraan musician on it is Ingo with a minimoog solo on a song called "so low"
  
  The new HATTLER line up:
  Fola Dada: Vocals, Torsten de Winkel: Guitars, E-Sitar, Oli Rubow: Drums, Electronics, Hellmut Hattler: Bass
  
  Deep throat 2: The coming Kraan album is recorded but delayed (just delayed), due to discussions on high levels. of technical nature.
- New Kraan & Hattler concert dates.
- Another Kraan in the music business: http://www.kraan.tk/ - My Dutch languageskills are a bit rusty, but I think you too can decode:
  " Kraan de Cosa Nostraan, een nederlandstalige rapper uit Hoofddorp".
  The first page ends: "Dus als je geinteresseerd bent kun je je zeker vermaken op deze site. En anders FUCK OFF "
  So thats what I do.
- Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1160711/ - Peter Wolbrandt - Sometimes Credited As: Kraan (Also Hellmut Hattler)
- Kraan Audio Kritiken - http://www.spacelook.de/kraan/kraan_audio_kritiken.htm - all albums reviewed in German. Website by Klaus Unland.
- Peter Wolbrandt with Epitah - Photos: http://www.foto-panozzo.de/?show=gallery&do=main&id=57
- Reviews of some of the reissues: http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200557.html#kraan1
  Quote: "Live 88 is superb value for money and a good introduction to the world of Kraan, though it only presents some of the many and various facets of the Kraan experience, leaving lots to discover as you explore their back catalogue "
- A review from Uzbekistan:
  http://www.progressor.net/review/kraan_1988.html
  Live 88 - Quote:"Revealing the quintessence of varied stages of Kraan's activity, this disc would probably be the best place to start to those still unfamiliar with the ensemble. It's a pleasure from start to finish, save the first track, of course. Recommended with no reservations"
  
  http://www.progressor.net/review/kraan_1977.html
  Wiederhoren - Quote: "What distinguishes Kraan from many other Jazz-Fusion outfits, and what always impressed me very much, is the detective-like construction of their music and its 'mystical' undercurrents, seducing the listener to undertake more and more happy dives into it. In the second half of the '70s, there were few of this genre's representatives who played as inspired and masterfully as Kraan did on "Wiederhoren" - you could count those on the fingers of your hands. Ultimately recommended, unless you suffer from fusion-phobia:-) "
- Generally: Google Peter Wolbrandt and Hellmut Hattler and it will bring you lots of new links.

14. April
- Tip from Chrille: Die Rocklegenden Teil 1 gibt's Ostersonntag (16. april) im Radio, HR 3, 21.05 - 22.30. http://www.hr-online.de/website/radio/hr3/index.jsp?rubrik=4434&key=standard_document_96 5664&seite=1#titel2
- New Kraan concert dates.

2. April
- Pictures from a concert in march Friday - 24.03.06 Lorsch - Musiktheater Rex with HR3 - "Deutsche Rocklegenden" photos taken by Thierry Miguet .

26. March
- Live 2001 and Dancing in the shade are now re-issued.
  Dancing in the shade with 3 bonustracks: 12. Dancing In The Shade (Demo) 3:56 ,13. Good Enough (Demo) 4:45, 14. Polarity (Demo) 5:12 - http://www.insideout.de/
- Pictures from the concerts in march 2006 in Hockenheim and Esslingen by Thierry Miguet .

2. March
- Peter Wolbrandt plays with Epitah 1. & 29. april : www.epitaph-band.de/ (Choose 'Termine' for more info)

23. February
- Jan Fride-Wolbrandt tours with Faust in april: http://www.faust-pages.com/

13.02.06
- Due to the devastating amount of spam in the guestbook, I have a created a new one, where I have more control. For the time being its only accessible through this website, but I hope Peter will link to it from www.kraan.de too, so we can share the guestbook again. I will suggest that we keep a link to the old guestbook somewhere for historical reasons.
  Michael Bohn
- Concert updates for Hattler at the events page.

29 January 2006 -
- A New Kraan album is in the forge! 82,5% of the work is already done says Hellmut.
  The title will probably be: Silver Buildings.
- 2. feb 0:00 WDR (German tv) KRAUT UND RÜBEN (1): the beginning of German krautrock
  9. feb 0:00 WDR (German tv) KRAUT UND RÜBEN (2): it must be German !
- AFTER THE STORM" KATRINA BENEFIT ALBUM AVAILABLE: http://afterthestorm.nearfestrecords.com Besides Kraan, lots of other interesting 'prog' bands on this 2 CD album
- Hattler and Bischof is touring with hr3-Rebell Rocktour. Look at the events page or at this pdf describing the project in German (1.2 mb) .
- Articles, preambles & reviews. A few has been added as graphics on the bottom of the articles page
- Bonn 21.12.05 - Photos by Matthias Siercke.
- If someone wants to win a HATTLER surround dvd, click: http://www.sommercable.com/
- 'Real Wintrup' available again by Gunni Heidler and a new version this time as mp3 - I think.
  As 'The worlds leading Kraan source' I would feel funny NOT to mention this, on the other hand i will add: This is not a legit release, it is not sanctioned by Hellmut Hattler, the other Kraans, and especially not at all by Walter Holzbauer, so Gunni Heidler is not allowed to SELL it .
  BUT if you can trade music with Gunni, swap music, etc. then you won't step on Kraans toes. I have the older version (mp2 not mp3), myself, and its both fun and interesting, a timedocument. But I think its mostly a fan thing. http://www.soundproduction.de/realwintrup.html/
  Why Gunni doesnt try to make it a legit release is beyond me.
- Kraan photos from Bonn 21.12 http://www.harmonie-bonn.de/content.asp?modus=details&id_veranstaltung=1138 Bottom of page.
- Finkenbach 2005 poster here
- Max Hattler: http://www.maxhattler.com/press/dazed_02-2006.htm

17 updates made in 2005 can be viewed here

22 updates made in 2004 can be viewed here

41 updates made in 2003 can be viewed here

40 updates made in 2002 can be viewed here

49 updates made in 2001 can be viewed here

68 updates made in 2000 can be viewed here

43 updates made in 1999 can be viewed here

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 Gerd Woldt - Germany Edgar Hellwig - Germany	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 Thierry Miguet - Germany

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