Can

Can (until 1970 "The Can") was an experimental and avant-garde rockgroep. The Group was founded in Germanyin 1968 . It was not a conventional commercial group, but are among the most important krautrockgroups and have numerous contemporary artists in the rock and electronic music affected. They leaned somewhat still in to contemporaries such as The Velvet Underground or Frank Zappa, but their music was much more seriously and more impenetrable. Their recordings did not exist from pop songs, but contain sounds, synthesizers, world music, cut-and-paste techniques and electronic music.



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[hide] *1 Members  ==Members[ Edit] == ==History[ Edit] == ===As a group (1968-1979)[ Edit] === Can formed in 1968 to Cologne as "Inner Space". The group consisted of guitarist Holger Czukay, keyboard player Irmin Schmidt (both musicians had studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen), guitarist Michael Karoli (a pupil of Czukay) and jazz drummer Jaki Liebezeit, along with David Johnson originally group.
 * 2 History
 * 2.1 as a group (1968-1979)
 * 2.2 later years (1981-)
 * 3 discography
 * 3.1 Studio albums
 * 3.2 Singles
 * 3.3 compilation albums
 * 3.4 Compilations
 * 3.5 Bootlegs
 * 3.6 Film and video
 * 4 external link
 * Holger Czukay (March 24, 1938): bass guitar, sound engineer and electronics (1968-1977).
 * Michael Karoli (29 March 1948 - 17 november 2001): guitar, vocals and violin.
 * Jaki Liebezeit (1939): drums and percussion.
 * Irmin Schmidt (29 may 1937): keyboards, vocals.
 * Malcolm Mooney: vocals (1968-1970, 1986-1991).
 * Damo Suzuki (16 January 1950) vocals (1970-1973).

In the fall of 1968 became the American vocalist Malcolm Mooney joined the group. He added intensity to Cans music, which sounded like a combination of The Velvet Underground, among others, James Brownand Pink Floyd. Important was the emphasis on repetition that was heard in bass and drums. This was clearly reflected in the 20-minute song "Yoo Doo Right", which was a reduced version of a six-hour improvisation.

Mooney, who returned shortly thereafter with psychological problems was dealing, back to America. He was replaced by Damo Suzuki, a Japanese street artist who they found heupwiegend and singing outside a café in Munich. His singing style was dreamier and more mysterious than the aggressive and loud singing of Mooney. Cans first plate with Suzuki was soundtracks (1970), in which his multilingual singing style character added to some relatively simple pop songs. The album also appeared on two tracks of Mooney, including a Can sudden excursion in melodic jazz : "She Brings The Rain".

The following years the group released his most acclaimed works from. Where Can for the first albums are still mainly based on traditional song structures, the group fell during the middle of their career back on a very smooth improvisation style. Tago Mago (1971) is a groundbreaking, influential and extremely unconventional album, based on intensely rhythmic, on jazz-inspired drums, improvised guitar and keyboard solos (often intertwined), tape-based operations and Suzuki's peculiar song. Especially the rhythm sections in Tago Mago are often praised.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Tago Mago was followed by Ege Bamyasi (1972), a more accessible but still avant-garde record. On the album was the catchy "Vitamin C" and the German Top 40 hit "Spoon". Then came the album Future Days(1973), an early example of ambient music, although it also contained the quasi-pop song "Moonshake". The names of all these albums showed the interest of band members in world music and the corresponding languages and traditions of other cultures.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Suzuki left the group in 1973 to be Jehovah's witness . The song was now provided by Karoli and Schmidt. The music suffered here maybe somewhat below; Although both were skilled singers, but neither Karoli nor Schmidt were memorable vocalists, especially when one compares them with the mad energy of Mooney or the dissolute charm of Suzuki. During live performances, however, the music grew in intensity without central vocals, and the Group retained the ability to improvise for hours together, whether or not around central themes.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Soon Over Babaluma can brought out in 1974. The following year they signed to Virgin Records. Throughout the albums Landed (1975), Flow Motion (1976), Saw Delight (1977) and Out Of Reach (1978), evolved the group to a more conventional style. The disco single "I Want More" from Flow Motion became their only hit in the United Kingdom .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1977 were former Traffic percussionist Reebop Kwaku Baah Gee and bassist Roscoe at the group, which pushed to the edge of the groepsactiveit Holger Czukay. Czukay left the group in 1977, and no longer appeared on the albums Out Of Reach (1978) and Can (1979). The group kept it quietly for views on the end of the 1970s, but few occasions again came together. ===Later years (1981-)<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since the end of Can are all members involved in various musical projects. In 1986 they came for a short time together again, with Mooney but without Suzuki, to Rite Time (released in 1989) to include. Since then appeared numerous compilations, live albums, samples, etc. Just like The Velvet Underground is the real impact of Can not their commercial success, but their further influence, not only on rock music, but equally on dance.

<p lang="en" len="80" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Michael Karoli died on 17 november 2001 after a long illness from cancer.

<p lang="en" len="363" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2004, their self created label, Spoon Records, the first four albums again on super audio cd, the rest of the catalog appears in 2005 and later again. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="321" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Studio albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="317" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Compilation albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Compilations<span class="mw-editsection" len="321" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Bootlegs<span class="mw-editsection" len="319" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Film and video<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Monster Movie (1969)
 * (1970) soundtracks
 * Tago Mago (1971)
 * Ege Bamyasi (1972)
 * Future Days (1973)
 * (1974) Soon Over Babaluma
 * Landed (1975)
 * Flow Motion (1976)
 * Saw Delight (1977)
 * Out of Reach (1978)
 * (1979) Can
 * (1979) Inner Space
 * Rite Time (1989)
 * (1968) "Kama Sutra"/"Melting Away"
 * (1970) "Soul Desert"/"Deadlock"
 * "Turtles Have Short Legs" (1971)/"Halleluwah"
 * (1972) "Spoon"/"Shikaro Maru Ten"
 * (1973) "Moonshake"/"Splash"
 * (1974) "Dizzy Dizzy"/"Come Sta La Luna"
 * (1976) "I Want More"/"..and More "
 * (1976) "Silent Night"/"Cascade Waltz"
 * (1977) "Don't Say No"/"September"
 * (1978) "Can-Can"/"Aspectacle"
 * Limited Edition (1974)-collection of rare works from 1968-1974
 * Unlimited Edition (1976)-collection of rare works from 1968-1975
 * Delay 1968 (1981)-collection of rare works and excerpts from 1968-1969
 * (1991) Peel Sessions recordings from the BBC John Peel Show radio program from 1973-1976
 * Radio Waves (1997)-collection of rare and live works from 1969-1972
 * (1999) Live -collection live recordings from 1972-1977 (originally packed at the Can Box cd/video/boekset)
 * The Lost Tapes (2012)-3 cd box set of previously unreleased studio and live recordings
 * Opener (1976)-compilation of album material from 1972-1974
 * (1978)-compilation of Cannibalism 1 album material from 1969-1974
 * Incandenscence (1983)-compilation of album material from 1969-1977
 * Cannibalism 2 (1992)-compilation of album material from 1974-1981
 * Anthology (1993)-compilation of album and soundtrack material from 1968-1991
 * (1995) Cannibalism 3 -compilation of soloalbum material from 1979-1991
 * (1968) Prehistoric Future, Schloss Nörvenich 1968
 * (1971) Mother Sky Berlin, Waldbühne 1971
 * (1972) University Of Essex, Colchester, UK 8 May 1972
 * (1973) Horror Trip in the Paper House Köln, 3 February 1972
 * (1973) Live at Paris Olympia, France 1973
 * (1975) Live at Sussex University, Brighton, november 1975
 * (1975) Live at Stuttgart 31 October 1975
 * (1976) Live at Hannover 4 november 1976
 * (1976) London und Grenoble Live 1976
 * (1972) Free Concert
 * (1998) The Can Documentary
 * (1999) The Can Box (box, contains: Can Documentary, Free Concert, two live CDs and a book)
 * (2004) The Can DVD (2 DVDs and 1 audio-cd)