Various Artists - Bob Stanley & Jason Wood Present Cafe Exil (2021)

Cafe Exil - New Adventures In European Music 1972-1980

When David Bowie and Iggy Pop escaped LA to go Interrailing in the mid-70s, they heard a new European music that was largely devoid of Anglo-American rock influence: the German motorik sound, flashes of jazz, experimentation and electronica. In West Berlin, one of their favourite haunts was Kreuzberg’s Cafe Exil, a smoky hang-out for beats and intellectuals. This is its imaginary soundtrack.

Tracklisting

Way Star - Rubba
Pony - Annette Peacock
Tommy - Focus
A Morning Excuse - Amon Düül Ii
Octave Doctors - Steve Hillage
Jennifer - Faust
Feuerland - Michael Rother
Eileen - Streetmark
L'eroe Di Plastica - Toni Esposito
No One Receiving - Brian Eno
Hüter Der Schwelle - Popol Vuh
Penny Hitch - Soft Machine
Don't You Know - Jan Hammer Group
Canoe - Piero Umiliani
Troupeau Bleu - Cortex
Sowiesoso - Cluster