Funky and obscure Krautrock:  Alex Oriental Experience and Can

Here’s an essential and intriguing missing piece of the Krautrock puzzle : A German man known simply as Alex (Alexander Wiska) plays Turkish pop music on his electric saz backed and produced at Inner Space studios, on his first two LPs, by most of the members of Can ! Below is an entertaining fan made clip for the song “Derule” which is a cover of a popular Turkish tune propelled by the incomparable drumming of Can’s Jaki Liebezeit.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQPEIrjssB8

You can download some of his music from Mutant Sounds.