Brain (label)
| Brain | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Metronome Records |
| Active years | since 1972 |
| founder | Bruno Wendel, Günther Körber |
| Seat | Hamburg |
| Sub-label | 1st Brain Recordings, Rock On Brain |
| Genre (s) | Krautrock , German rock |
Brain was a record label founded in 1972 by Bruno Wendel and Günther Körber , on which many prominent representatives of Krautrock and German rock published in the 1970s , including Neu! , Cluster and Guru Guru .
history
Wendel and Körber had worked as A&R managers for the Ohr label until 1971 , where they looked after the band Guru Guru, among others. They founded their label in Hamburg as a subsidiary of Metronome Records , and Cluster was one of the label's first bands alongside Guru Guru. In the 1970s, Brain published records by Klaus Schulze , Edgar Froese and Birth Control, among others . In 1974 A Meditation Mass was re-released by Yatha Sidhra on Brain, followed by re-releases of another five albums by the band. In addition to electronic and psychedelic bands, the Scorpions and Accept were also part of the repertoire. In addition, some British artists were also sold by Brain, including Atomic Rooster and Alexis Korner . Körber left Brain in 1976 to set up his own record company, Sky Records .
Discography (excerpt)
- Accept - Accept
- Amon Düül - This Is Amon Duul
- Brian Auger - This Is Brian Auger
- Birth Control - Backdoor Possibilities
- Cluster - Cluster II
- Wolfgang Dauner - This Is Wolfgang Dauner
- Julie Driscoll - This Is Julie Driscoll
- Eroc - Eroc
- Edgar Froese - Aqua
- Guru Guru - kangaroo
- Rough cut - rough cut
- Guru Guru - Guru Guru
- Harmonia - music by Harmonia
- New! - New!
- Popol Vuh - heart made of glass
- Achim Reichel - relaxation
- Klaus Schulze - Black Dance
- Scorpions - Lonesome Crow
- Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri / Breath
- Thirsty Moon - You'll Never Come Back
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ BRAIN RECORDS - The brain workers of Krautrock in the rock magazine eclipsed from March 22, 2017.