Known mostly for being the band that Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider were in before they formed Kraftwerk, Organisation don't even sound that much like Kraftwerk did on their first album. The "krautrock" (I don't like that word either, but it's the most convenient and recognizable one for me to use) jam elements are there, but there's an inexplicably more open and psychedelic feeling to this album. Organ, flute, guitar, and various types of percussion are used to set the mood, and the music alternates between non-melodic soundscaping ("Silver Forest" gets me lost like nothing else) and funky, acid-drenched jamming ("Milk Rock", which in my opinion should've opened the album rather than the good but slow-to-take-off 20-minute "Tone Float"). Some tracks start small and grow into entire worlds of sound, whereas others start off with a motif that is continually jammed and improvised until it entropies into oblivion. Overall, Tone Float is a good album to listen to if you like "getting lost" in music, and I say from experience that it's a good hiking album.
Favorite track: "Noitasinagro"
Least favorite track: "Rhythm Salad"
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