WEITE + KARABA // Krautrock Special

Name: WEITE + KARABA // Krautrock Special
Start: 2025-01-22T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-01-22T23:00:00+01:00
Location: Import Export

Schedule

Wed Jan 22 2025 at 07:30 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Import Export | Munich, BY

a Behind the Green Door show
**WEITE**
Weite was formed in Berlin in winter 2022 by bassist Ingwer Boysen (delving) recruiting drummer NickDiSalvo (Elder, delving) and guitarists Michael Risberg (Elder, delving) and Ben Lubin (Lawns). Initially intended as a one-off recording session, the four recognized an obvious musicalchemistry and common ground and decided to turn the project into a proper band. Keyboardist Fabien de Menou (Perilymph) joined in 2024.
Oase is the sophomore album from Berlin-based progressive rock collective Weite, and the follow-up to the band’s 2023 debut LP Assemblage. Clocking in at almost an hour, Oase—German for "Oasis"—takes listeners on an intricate and textured journey that draws inspiration from the pioneering spirit of 70s psychedelic rock, blending influences from “Canterbury scene” prog, Krautrock, early electronica, post rock, and Americana.The new album showcases Weite's ability to merge the old with the new, creating an immersive, exploratory sound that moves from contemplative and pastoral to riffy and doomy without ever sacrificing melody.
**KARABA**
The jazz-kraut formation invites listeners to immerse themselves in the world of progressive Krautrock. Karaba consists of Marcel Maier (Embryo) on electric bass, Louis Bankvas on electric guitar, Jakob Thun (Embryo) on drums, and Andreas Kainz on Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, and organ. The quartet draws inspiration from a variety of progressive musical styles and scenes while maintaining its own obscure Karaba sound character.
This sound bears similarities to the music of Frank Zappa, bands from the Canterbury Scene like Soft Machine or National Health, as well as world music influences—presumably due to the long-standing friendship and musical exchange with the world music legend Embryo.