Can - Ege Bamyasi

Title: Ege Bamyasi Artist: Can Release Date: 1972 Re-Released On: 2/5/2008 Label: Spoon, Mute Records, Pony Canyon Records (Japan) Duration: 39:26 UPCs: 4995879222041, 724596905623, 724596927427, 724596937822, 018777144544, 4015887000087, 4015887200081, 5051442355727, 5099950442225, 724347369421, 724596905654, 509995044222 Genre: Rock Styles: Experimental Electronic, Experimental, Kraut Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Art Rock Moods: Circular, Hypnotic, Sprawling, Detached, Freewheeling, Trippy, Cerebral, Eerie, Intense, Rollicking, Acerbic, Brash, Complex, Fiery, Playful, Reflective, Whimsical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 11 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Pinch
2. Sing Swan Song
3. One More Night
4. Vitamin C
5. Soup
6. I'm So Green
7. Spoon

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Mute Records 69378 2007 CD Mute Records 8 2007 CD Spoon 505144235572 2005 CD Pony Canyon Records (Japan) 22204 2004 CD Spoon 8 2004 CD Mute Records 9274 1998 CD Mute Records 1998 CD Mute Records 69056 1993 CD Mute Records 8

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The follow-up to Tago Mago is only lesser in terms of being shorter; otherwise the Can collective delivers its expected musical recombination act with the usual power and ability. Liebezeit, at once minimalist and utterly funky, provides another base of key beat action for everyone to go off on -- from the buried, lengthy solos by Karoli on "Pinch" to the rhythm box/keyboard action on "Spoon." The latter song, which closes the album, is particularly fine, its sound hinting at an influence on everything from early Ultravox songs like "Hiroshima Mon Amour" to the hollower rhythms on many of Gary Numan's first efforts. Liebezeit and Czukay's groove on "One More Night," calling to mind a particularly cool nightclub at the end of the evening, shows that Stereolab didn't just take the brain-melting crunch side of Can as inspiration. The longest track, "Soup," lets the band take off on another one of its trademark lengthy rhythm explorations, though not without some tweaks to the expected sound. About four minutes in, nearly everything drops away, with Schmidt and Liebezeit doing the most prominent work; after that, it shifts into some wonderfully grating and crumbling keyboards combined with Suzuki's strange pronouncements, before ending with a series of random interjections from all the members. Playfulness abounds as much as skill: Slide whistles trade off with Suzuki on "Pinch"; squiggly keyboards end "Vitamin C"; and rollicking guitar highlights "I'm So Green." The underrated and equally intriguing sense of drift that the band brings to its recordings continues as always. "Sing Swan Song" is particularly fine, a gentle float with Schmidt's keyboards and Czukay's bass taking the fore to support Suzuki's sing-song vocal. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andreas Torkler Remastering Can Producer, Audio Production Damo Suzuki Vocals David Stubbs Liner Notes Holger Czukay Remastering Assistant, Bass, Audio Engineer, Engineer, Editing Ingo Trauer Original Design Concept, Design, Artwork, Original Cover Artwork Intro Design Irmin Schmidt Vocals, Remastering Assistant, Keyboards Jaki Liebezeit Drums Jono Podmore Remastering Assistant Michael Karoli Guitar, Violin