It's a big A4 book, about half the thickness of a Yellow Pages, but far more interesting to read! There are historical articles, lots of pictures, and features on almost every band you could imagine, with discographies, musician details, cross-references, indexes, label catalogues, producers, artist, etc. Along with the definitive Krautrock and Kosmische Musik we also went out of our way to seek out the roots of such music, and follow on with the scenes that have grown out of it. Krautrock is a clich� that's much talked about these days, notably with Julian Cope's concise enthusiastic introduction to the scene "Krautrocksampler", but we wanted show the bigger picture and attempt to encompass everything we could of interest that is related. An extensive tome, and a labour of love. If you are new to Krautrock it's a useful resource guide, to the already converted Krautrocker it's a handy reference tool.

For those that love to be mind-boggled, here's the listing of artist entries...

Abacus, Abraham, Abw�rts, Acapulco Gold, Accept, Achtzehn Karat Gold, ACI, Acid, Acoustic, Aera, Aftershave, Ag A.M., Agamemnon, Ager, Klaus, Agitation Free, AGM, Ahnen, Uli, Aigues Vives, Ainigma, Air, Ak Musick, Alberti, Fredi, Albrecht D, Alcatraz, Alex, Alma Ata, Almanach, Alphaville, Altbau, Alto, Altona, Alu, Ambros, Wolfgang, Amenophis, Amiga Blues Band, Amon D��l, Amon D��l II, Amos Key, Amuthon, Anabis, Analogy, Anderen, Die, Anderson, Don, Andorra, An Dro, Androm�da, Anima, Annexus Quam, Anton & Amok, Michael, Anugama, Anvil, Anyone's Daughter, Apocalypse, Aquarell, Arakontis, Aroma Plus, Ardo Dombec, Argile, Arktis, Armaggedon, Artischock, Ash Ra Tempel (Ashra), Association PC, Asterix, Astral Army, The, Atlantis, Atman Project, The, Augenstern, Aussenminister, Baal, Baba Jaga, Baba Yaga, Backhausen, Peter, Bad Boy, Badge, Baier, Frank, Baier Westrupp, Bakmak, Bandstand, Bastard, Baumann, Peter, Baumann, Rainer, Baumann/Koek, Baumstam, Bayer, Thommie, Bayon, Beatique In Corporation, Beda Folk, Bel Ami, Berkers, Jerry, Berlin, Lilli, Berlin Express, Berluc, Bernie's Autobahn Band, Between, Biebl, Hansi, Birdy, Birth Control, Bits, Bizarre Ko.Ko.Ko., Blackbirds, The, Black Cat Bone, Black Spirit, Blackwater Park, Black Wednesday, Blanke, Toto, Blasorchester Dicke Luft, Blech, The, Bleibtreu (Revue), Blister Chap, Blizzards, Bloch, Klaus, Blonker, Bloss, Rainer, Blue China, Blue Motion, Blues & Electronics, Bluespilz, Blume, Ulrich, Bock, Wolfgang, Boehmer, Konrad, Bognermayr & Zuschrader, Bokaj Retsiem, Bone Group, Jack, Bongers Project, M.L., Brainstorm, Brainticket, Brassy Brew, Brauer, Andi, Braun Band, Chris, Brave New World, Breakfast, Bridge, Brigitte, Bronx, Br�selmaschine, Brother T & Family, Br�tzmann Massaker, Caspar, Bruhn Gang, Hanno, Br�hwarm, Br�ninghaus, Rainer, Bulldog, Bullfrog, Bundt, Michael, Bunka, Roman, B�rkholz Formation, Burning Candle, Bursch, Peter, Buttergasse, Butzmann, Frieder, Cacumen, Ca Lingo, Camera Obscura, Can, Cannock, Canyon, Captain Sperrm�ll, Carambolage, Cardeilhac, Carol Of Harvest, Cassiber, Central Europe Performance, Centric, Chameleon, Chameleon, ...Changes!, Changing Images, Checkpoint Charlie, Cherubin, Cherubin, Chef, Der, Chicken Bones, Choice, Cin�ma V�rit�, Circles, Circus, City, City Preachers, Clara Mondshine, Claus, Arno, Cluster, Cobraa, Code III, Colours, Concise, Condor, Con-Hertz, Consequenz, Conrads, Die, Contact Trio, Container, Conti, Alex, Cornucopia, Corporal Gander's Fire Dog Brigade, Cosmic Jokers, The, Country Lane, Courage, Cozmic Corridors, Cranioclast, Cravinkel, Creative Rock, Cress, Curt, Cress Clan, Curt, Crew Blues Session, Crossfire, Cry Freedom, Crystal Ball, Cultural Noise, Curly Curve, Cusco, Cyklus, Czukay, Holger, Da Capo, Dada, Dadazuzu, D-A-F, Damaris Joy, Damenbart, Darxon, Dauner, Wolfgang, Days, de Byl, Franz, de Byl & Hohnhaus, Deaf, Dear, D�j� Vu, Demon Thor, Dennis, Deo, Desert Harvest, D�sir�e, Desperado, D�tr�e, Roberto, Deuter, Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft, Deutsche Wertarbeit, Diabolus, Dick & Alex, Dies Irae, Diethelm, Thomas, Diez & Bischof, Diez Group, Stefan, Dig It Al(l), Din A Testbild, Dinger, Klaus, Dinger, Thomas, Dirty Dogs, Dissidenten, D.O.C., Dr. Roberts Blues Band, Doldinger, Klaus, Dom, Dominas, Die, Dommert, Frank, Dorian Gray, Dragonfly, Dreamworld, Drosselbart, Druckkn�pfe, Dschinn, Duesenberg, Dullij�h, Dull Knife, Dunkelziffer, Duo Due, D�ren, Wolfgang, D�rst, D�de, Duwe, Mickie, Dymon Jr., Frankie, Dynamit Fischer, Dzyan, Earthbound, Eden, Eden's Taste, Eela Craig, Efendi's Garden, Ego On The Rocks, Eiliff, Einstein, Eimert, Herbert, Eiskalte Engel, Einhorn, Einsturzende Neubauten, Ejwuusl Wessahqqan, Elastic Rock Band, Electra, Electric Circus, Electric Food, Electric Mud, Electric Sandwich, Electric Sounds For Dancing, Electric Sun, Elefanten, Die, Elektronische Musik Aus K�ln, Elephant, Elfenbein, Elga, Eloiteron, Eloy, El Shalom, Elster Silberflug, EMAK, Embryo, Emergency, Emma Myldenberger, Emtidi, Engel Des Herrn, Die, Engerling (Blues Band), Ensemble Ex Improviso, Entrance, Ephesus, Epidaurus, Epidermis, Epitaph, Epsilon, Erlk�nig, Eroc, Ertlif, Eruption, Es, Esche, Nikolaus, Et Cetera, Eulenspygel, European Sons, The, Excalibur, Exit, Exmagma, Ex Ovo, Ex Ovo Pro, Express, Extrabreit, Faithful Breath, Falckenstein, Family Of Percussion, Fantastic Pikes, Fargo, Faust, Fehlfarben, Feuerrote, Fiedel Michel, Fin-Int, Firehorse, Firma 33, First Change, Fischer, Veronica, Flame Dream, Flaming Bess, Flatsch, Fleming, Joy, Flight, Floating Opera, Floh De Cologne, Florian Geyer, Flute & Voice, Flying Lesbians, Food Band, Forest, Foxfire, Foyer Des Arts, Frame, Franke, Chris, Franz K., Free Orbit, Frey, Matthias, Fricke, Florian, Fride, Jan, Friedemann, Friedhof, Fritz, J�rgen, Froese, Edgar, Frog & Co., Frohmader, Peter, From, Frumpy, Fuchs, Limpe, F�hrs Fr�hling, Funky Bone & The Gang, G�a, Galactic Explorers, Galactic Supermarket, Galaxy, GAM, Gandalf, G�nsehaut, Gantenbein, Ganymed, Gash, Gate, Geb�rv�terli, Gebr�der Engel, Geile Tiere, Genrich, Ax, German Oak, Germany, Gestalt Et Jive, Gift, Giger, Peter, Giger.Lenz.Marron, Gila, Gipsy, Gipsy Love, Glatter Wahnsinn, Glaushaus, Goebbels, Heiner, Goebbels & Harth, G�ldner, Andy, Golem, Golgatha, Golowin, Sergius, Gomorrha, G�ttsching, Manuel, Graupner, Grave, Gravestone, Greenlight, Grobschnitt, Groh, Muck, Groh & Teske, Gromer Khan, Al, Grosser, Andreas, Grosskopf, Harald, Grunsky, Jack, Gruntz, Georg, Gulda, Friedrich, Guru Guru, Guru Guru Sun Band, Haboob, Hagen Band, Nina, Hairy Chapter, Hallelujah, Hamarta, Hamel, Peter Michael, Hammerfest, Hand Of Doom, Hanselmann, David, Hanuman, Hardcake Special, Harlis, Harmonia, Harrison Band, Geff, Harster, Kai, H�rte 10, Harth, Alfred "23", Hattler, Hellmut, Hausmusik, Haut, Die, H�x Cel, Haze, Headband, Head Heart & Hands, Head Resonance, Held, Zeus Bernd, Hennig, Sonny, Henze, Hans-Werner, Hepp, Hardy, Hepp & Spoerri, Herbolzheimer, Peter, Hermann-Hackmann's-Chaos-Combo, Hertz, Wolfgang, Herzschlag, Hess, Klaus, HHCC, Hiller, Holger, Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa, Hirudo, H.N.A.S., Hoelderlin, Hoenig, Michael, Hoenig/G�ttsching, Hoffmann, G�nter, Hofmann's Comic Teater, Hogweed, Holde Fee, Hollinger, Peter, Holten-Septett, Peter, Homunculus, Horky, Robert Julian, Hotzenplotz, Hoyer, Ralf, Human Music Association, Hundt, Uli, Hurrican, Ibliss, Ice, Ideal, I.D. Company, Idetemp, I Drive, Ihre Kinder, Ikarus, Ikarus, Improved Sound Limited, Indigo, Indigo, Input, Instant Music, Intence, Interzone, Iris, Irmin's Way, Irrwisch, Iskander, Island, Iviron, Ivory, Jackboot, Jack-Knife, Jail, Jakobi, Peter, Jan & Markus, Janda, Peter, Jane, Janus, Jeremy B., Jeronimo, Jigsaw Puzzle Band, Joco-Dev-Sextett, Joel, Johanna Revolta, Join Inn, Jonah & The Whales, Jonathan, Joy & The Hit Kids, Joy Unlimited, Kaarst, Kahr, Jim, Kalacakra, Kaleidoscop, Kaleidoscop Band, K�nguru, Kaputter Hamster, Karat, Karg, J�rgen, Karoli, Michael, Karrer, Chris, Karthago, Karussell, Katamaran, Kattong, Kayn, Roland, Kerth, J�rgen, Kessler, Thomas, Kickbit Information, KID, King-Kong, Kin Ping Meh, Kirchin, Basil, Kistenmacher, Bernd, Kix, Klaus Der Fiedler und Toni, Klaus Der Geiger, Kluster, Kn�terich, Kobra, Koala-B�r, Kochbek, George, Koellen, Helmut, Koenig, Gottfried Michael, Kofler & Leitert, Kolbe & Illenberger, Kollektiv, Kollektiv Rote R�be, Kolonovits, Christian, KomKol, Kommunikation Und Kollektiv, Kontrast, Kornberger & Kuhn, Kotten Blues Band, Kowalski, K.P.M., Kraan, Kraftwerk, Kravetz, Kreis, Kreuzweg, Kriegel, Volker, Krokodil, Krokus, Kr�ger-Band, Horst, Kr�ger, Klaus, Krupps, Die, Kubisch, Christina, K�hn, Joachim, K�hn, Rolf, K�hn, Rolf & Joachim, Kukuk, Hardy, Kyrie Eleison, La D�sseldorf, Lady, Lagoona, Lake, Lake Placid, Lakomy, Reinhard, Lang'syne, L�sser, Max, Lava, Lawall, Georg, Leinemann, Lenz, Klaus, Leonhardsberger, Heinz, Les Vampyrettes, Lewis, Mike, Libido, Lied Des Teufels, Lift, Light Of Darkness, Lightshine, Lila, Lilac Angels, Liliental, Lily, Limbus, Lindenberg, Udo, Lindenberg's Panikorchester, Udo, Lindner & Bohn, Lindner, Zabba, Live, Logic Animal, Lokomotive Kreuzberg, Lords, Lorenz, R�diger, Lorry, Love & Tears, L.S. Bearforce, Lucifer's Friend, Luna Set, L��l, MacDowell, Lenny, Machtw�chter, Made In Germany, Madison Dyke, Madrugada, Maffay, Peter, Magdeburg, Magic, Maisch, Angelika, Malaria, Maloo, Mammut, Maniacs, Mania D, Maphia, Marantha, Marantha, Marcel, Margo, Marilyn, Marron, Eddy, Marvos, Veit, Marx, Andy, Marz, Maschine Nr. 9, Mass, Maucher, Charly, Mau Mau, Maus Soundpicture, Wolfgang, McChurch Soundroom, McOil, McScrooge, Medusa, Medusa, Megaton, Meid, Lothar, Meisenfloo, Mekanik Destr�ktiw Komand�h, Memphis, Mergener/Weisser, Merlino, Stefan, Message, Messalla, Messengers, Messerschmitt, Metronic Underground, Metropolis, Michels, Wolfgang, Micus, Stephan, Midnight Circus, Mieses Gegonge, Milestones, Mind Over Matter, Minotaurus, Missing Link, Missus Beastly, Missus Beastly, Misthaufen, Mittagspause, Model 81, Modern-Soul-Band, Moebius, Dieter, Moebius & Beerbohm, Moebius & Plank, Moebius & Renziehausen, Moira, Molle, Mon Dyh, Monoton, Moore, Anthony, Morgenrot, Morpheus, Motherhood, Mountain Ash, M�ller, Fritz, M�nchener Freiheit, Munich, Munju, Murphy Blend, My Solid Ground, Mythos, Namaz, Naura, Michael, Nautiks, Die, Nautilus, Necronomicon, Nekropolis, Nektar, Nena, Nerve, Netzle, Klaus, Neu!, Neue Generation, Neumeier, Mani, Neumis Rock Circus, Neuschwanstein, New Lords, Nexus, Niagara, Nice Noise, Nighthawks, Night Life, Night Sun, Nikel's Spuk, Nine Days Wonder, Nirvana, No 55, Nosferatu, Novaks Kapelle, Novalis, Nowy, Ralf, No Zen Orchestra, Obst, Michael, Ocean, Octopus, Odessa, Odin, Odin, Off Band & Waffelschmeid, The, Okko, Oktagon, Oktober, Om, Ones, The, Ooh-La-La, Open Music, Opus, Orange Peel, Orange Power, Orbis, Orexis, Organisation, Orimania, Os Mundi, Os Pescadores, Ostwind, Ougenweide, Out Of Focus, Pacific Sound, Pack, Pago Pago, Palais Schaumberg, Panacea, Panama Red Limited, Panarama, Pancake, Pankow, Panoptikum, Panta Rhei, Panther, Pantherman, Pappnas, Paradise Is Born, A, Park, Partei, Dei, Parzival, Passport, Paternoster, P'cock, P.D., Pegasus, Pegasus, P1/E, Pell Mell, Penicillin, Pentagon, Percewood's Onagram, Peron, Carlos, Perplex, Persiko & Co., Petards, Petersen, J�rgen, Peter Str�m, Pethars, Frank, Phantom Band, Phoenix, Phonophobia, Pike Set, Dave, Pinguin, Pink Mice, Plan, Der, Planes, Plastique, Pluta, Hans-J�rgen, Pluta Connexion, P�hl Musik, Pond, Popol Vuh, Popular Mechanic, Poseidon, Powerhouse, Prima Klima, Prinzip, Prof. Wolfff, Propeller, Propeller Island, Prosper, Proud, Pr�nster, Klaus, P16.D4, Psi, Psy Free, Puhdys, Die, Purple Haze, Pyrolator, P205, Quo Vadis, Radierer, Die, Radio Noisz Ensemble, Rahn, Lutz, Ramblers, Ramesh & Feel Wheel, Ramses, Randy Pie, Randy, Pie & Family, Rattles, Reaction, Real Ax Band, Rebekka, Rebel, Reform, Reichel, Achim, Reichel+Machines, Achim, Reichel, Hans, Reifenstahl, Release Music Orchestra, Renft-Combo, Klaus, Repent Walpurgis, Revanche, Rheingold, Rhythmus-Arp-Ensemble, Richard Wahnfried, Riechmann, Wolfgang, Riedl, Josef Anton, Rigoni/Schoenherz, Rippers, RMO, Robespierre, Rockfolk, Rockhaus, Rockin' Mona, Rockport, Rockvogel, Roedelius, Hans-Joachim, Rollkomanndo, Romantic Warrior, Rope Sect, The, Rother, Michael, Roundhouse, Rousseau, Royal Servants, Rozz, Ruediger, Uwe, Rufus Zuphall, Rumpf, Inga, Sadja, Saffran, Sahara, Sala, Oskar, Sameti, Sand, Satin Whale, Scala 3, Scara Brae, Scaramouche, Sch�del Brothers, Schaefer, Peter, Schaeffer, Roland "Rollo", Sch�ggi B�dsch, Schariwari, Schatzi, Schicke-F�hrs-Fr�hling, Schickert, G�nter, Schikora Group, Uve, Schittenhelm, Julius, Schlaflose N�chte, Schlo�, Schl�ter, Wolfgang, Schmetterlinge, Schmid, Wolfgang, Schmidt, Irmin, Schmoelling, Johannes, Schneider Jr., Richard, Schniering, Uwe, Schnitzler, Conrad, Schoener, Eberhard, Schoenherz, Richard, Scholl, Bernd, Sch�nw�lder, Mario, Schoof, Manfred, Schr�der Roadshow, Schroeder, Robert, Schultz, Ernst, Schultze, Kristian, Schulz, Rolf, Schulze, Klaus, Sch�tz, Dieter, Schwab, Rich, Schwab, Siegfried "Sigi", Schwarzarbeit, Schweizer Trio, Irene, Scirocco-Combo, Scorpions, Sechserpack, Second Life, Second Movement, Second Page, Seedog, Seesselberg, Seiler, Peter K., Serene, SET, S F, SFF, Shaa Khan, Shivananda, Shiver, The, Siddhartha, Siebert, B�di, Siems & Quintus, Silberbart, Siloah, Siluetes 61, Sincerely P.T., Sinto, Sioux, Sirius, Sitting Bull, Sixty Nine, Sklaven, Die, Skylab, Skyline, Skyrider, Slapp Happy, Snake, Snake In The Grass, Snowball, Softeis, Software, Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blas�rchester, Spacebox, Sparifankal, Spectrum, Spektakel, Sperrm�ll, Sphinx Tush, Spirit Of Sound, Spliff, Spoerri, Bruno, Spoons, Sprung Aus Den Wolken, Star Sounds Orchestra, Steak, Steeple Chase Bluesband, Steffens, Dirk, Steinwolke, Stern-Combo Meissen, Sternenm�dchen, Stingl, Kiev, Stockhausen, Karlheinz, Stoke, Strafe F�r Rebellion, Straight Shooter, Stra�enjungs, Streamline, Streetmark, Stricher, Strinx, Studiker, Styff Nack, Sub, Subject Esq., Sun, Sunbirds, Sundown Project, The, Sunrise, Supermax, Supersempfft, Supersession, Surplus Stock, Surprise, Suzuki, Damo, Sweet Smoke, Synco, SYPH, Syrinx, Tales, Talix, Tangerine Dream, Tanned Leather, Tanzb�r, Tassius, Peter, TBC Ltd., Tea, Technical Space Composers Crew, Teller Bunte Knete, Temple, Tempo, Tenderness, Tetragon, Thanx, Think, Third Eye, Thirsty Moon, Thomasius, J�rg, Those, Thrice Mice, Thurow, Matthias, Tibet, Tiere Der Nacht, Tietchens, Asmus, Tiger B. Smith, Timeless, Timewind, Toad, To Be, Tobogan, T�dliche Doris, Die, Tohde, Ralf, Tokyo, Tollhouse, Tomorrow's Gift, Tonart, Tonic, Ton Steine Scherben, Tortilla Flat, Toto Lotto, Touch, Touch, Toy Planet, Trance, Trance, Transit, Trash, Travaganza, Trepte, Uli, Trespass, Tri Atma, Trikolon, Trilogy, Trio Farfarello, Tritonus, Triumvirat, Trostel, Rolf, Troya, Truck-Stop, Tr�merfrauen, Die, Try, Twenty Sixty Six & Then, Twins, The, Twogether, Tyburn Tall, Tyll, Tyndall, Tyndall, Nik, Uludag, United Jazz+Rock Ensemble, Utopia, Vampires, Vampires Of Dartmoor, The, Vampires' Sound Incorporation, The, Vandroogenbroeck, Joel, Vanias, Velvet Universe, Vester, Hannes, Vetter, Michael, Vincent, Paul, Vinegar, Virgin's Dream, Virgo, Virus, Vita Nova, Viva, Volks-Musik, Vollenweider, Andreas, von Borsig, Alexander, von Deyen, Adelbert, von Eschersheim, Christian, von Senger, Dominik, Vono, Vorgruppe, Wacholder, Waldron Jackson Weber Braceful, Wallenstein, Walpurgis, Walter H.C. Meier Pumpe, Die, Wand An, Die, Waniyetula, Waniyetula, Warlock, Was Tun, Was Tun Band, Weber, Eberhard, Weckers Uhrwerk, Weed, Wegm�ller, Walter, Weinhold, Jutta, Weiss, Harald, Weiss, Klaus, Welcome, Weltklang, Werwolf, White Group, Arthur, Wieczorke, Manfred, Wiese, Klaus, Wilbrandt, Thomas, Wind, Wintergarden, WIR, Wired, Wirtschaftswunder, Witt, Joachim, Witth�ser, Bernd, Witth�ser+Westrupp, Wolbrandt, Peter, Wolf, Wolfhound, Wolfsmond, Wonderland, Wonderland Band, Wutpickel, Wynn, Michael, Wyoming, Xhol (Caravan), Yatha Sidhra, Yatra, Yavanna, Yello, Yggdrasil, Yin Yang, You, Yun, Djong, Zabelka & Smekal, Zacher, Gerd, Zarathustra, Zarathustra, Zarathustra, Zara-Thustra, Zauner, Stefan, Zeberon, Zeitenwende, Zeltinger Band, Zenamon, Zenit, Zeus, Ziguri, Zippo Zetterlink, Zomby Woof, Zweistein, Zyklon, Zyma.