We Can
Can: Mushroom
From: Tago Mago (United Artists, 1971)
Can: One More Night and Vitamin C
From: Ege Bamyasi (United Artists, 1972)
Can: Future Days and Moonshake
From: Future Days (United Artists, 1973)
From: Tago Mago (United Artists, 1971)
Can: One More Night and Vitamin C
From: Ege Bamyasi (United Artists, 1972)
Can: Future Days and Moonshake
From: Future Days (United Artists, 1973)
Since my last "prog" post was accepted well enough, I reckon I'll share some more music from the more notable acts that fall under the umbrella. This next band is pretty well known these days (you may even recognize their album cover in the Earfuzz banner). Since I'm no expert on the funky experimentalism of Can, I asked my friend humdrumboy to put this selection/writeup together. Thanks homey.
Formed in Cologne in 1968, the core line-up consisted of bass guitarist/tape-editor/alternative-instrumentalist Holger Czukay, keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, guitarist Michael Karoli, and drummer/percussionist Jaki Liebezeit. Each was influenced by wildly diverse sounds such as James Brown, Karlheinz Stockhausen, The Velvet Underground, Avant-Garde Jazz, and gypsy traditionals. The original group included the American-born singer, Malcolm Mooney, who left the band in 1969 due to a mental breakdown that Mooney's psychiatrist felt was directly related to the music Can was creating and performing.
The majority of the compositions that appear on their albums are culled gems pulled from lengthy jam sessions (some of these sessions lasting 6 to 7 hours straight). The space-funk trance music they created relied heavily on improvisation and the punishing "super-groove-machine" rhythm section of Liebezeit and Czukay.
The posts above are pulled from albums that had Japanese-born Kenji "Damo" Suzuki on vocals. Suzuki was a street performer and wanderer when he met Czukay and Liebezeit, and the majority of his lyrics were in a language he created and improvised.
If you enjoy the sounds above, definitely check out the Can Free Concert that was recently reissued on DVD (along with a documentary). The Can Free Concert has incredible concert footage, and it provides a window into how their music was created. Welcome to kraut-rock.
Formed in Cologne in 1968, the core line-up consisted of bass guitarist/tape-editor/alternative-instrumentalist Holger Czukay, keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, guitarist Michael Karoli, and drummer/percussionist Jaki Liebezeit. Each was influenced by wildly diverse sounds such as James Brown, Karlheinz Stockhausen, The Velvet Underground, Avant-Garde Jazz, and gypsy traditionals. The original group included the American-born singer, Malcolm Mooney, who left the band in 1969 due to a mental breakdown that Mooney's psychiatrist felt was directly related to the music Can was creating and performing.
The majority of the compositions that appear on their albums are culled gems pulled from lengthy jam sessions (some of these sessions lasting 6 to 7 hours straight). The space-funk trance music they created relied heavily on improvisation and the punishing "super-groove-machine" rhythm section of Liebezeit and Czukay.
The posts above are pulled from albums that had Japanese-born Kenji "Damo" Suzuki on vocals. Suzuki was a street performer and wanderer when he met Czukay and Liebezeit, and the majority of his lyrics were in a language he created and improvised.
If you enjoy the sounds above, definitely check out the Can Free Concert that was recently reissued on DVD (along with a documentary). The Can Free Concert has incredible concert footage, and it provides a window into how their music was created. Welcome to kraut-rock.
Labels: Kraut-rock, Psychedelica, Rock
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