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  • Artist: Can
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1972
  • Total Time: 39:26
  • Genre: Rock

Review

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

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Pinch Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Leibezeit, Damo Suzuki, Jaki Liebezeit Can (9:30)
Sing Swan Song Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Leibezeit, Damo Suzuki, Jaki Liebezeit Can (4:48)
One More Night Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Leibezeit, Damo Suzuki, Jaki Liebezeit Can (5:35)
Vitamin C Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Leibezeit, Damo Suzuki, Jaki Liebezeit Can (3:32)
Soup Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Leibezeit, Damo Suzuki, Jaki Liebezeit Can (10:32)
I'm So Green Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Leibezeit, Damo Suzuki, Jaki Liebezeit Can (3:05)
Spoon Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Leibezeit, Damo Suzuki, Jaki Liebezeit Can (3:04)

Credits

Can (Producer), Can (Main Performer), Irmin Schmidt (Keyboards), Irmin Schmidt (Vocals), Irmin Schmidt (Remastering Assistant), Intro (Design), Holger Czukay (Bass), Holger Czukay (Engineer), Holger Czukay (Editing), Holger Czukay (Remastering Assistant), Michael Karoli (Guitar), Michael Karoli (Violin), Damo Suzuki (Vocals), Andreas Torkler (Remastering), Jono Podmore (Remastering Assistant), Jaki Liebezeit (Drums), Ingo Trauer (Artwork), Ingo Trauer (Design), Ingo Trauer (Original Design Concept), Ingo Trauer (Original Cover Artwork), David Stubbs (Liner Notes)
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Ege Bamyasi
Studio album by Can
Released 1972 (1972)
Recorded Inner Space Studio, 1972
Genre Krautrock
experimental rock
Progressive rock
Length 39:26
Label United Artists
Producer Can
Professional reviews
Can chronology
Tago Mago
(1971)		 Ege Bamyasi
(1972)		 Future Days
(1973)

Ege Bamyasi is the third studio album by the German experimental rock band Can which was originally released as an LP in 1972 by United Artists. The album contains the single "Spoon", which charted in the Top 20 in Germany, largely because of its use as the theme of a German TV thriller series called "Das Messer" (The Knife). The success of the single allowed Can to move to a better studio with which they recorded Ege Bamyasi. Ege Bamyasi was remastered as a hybrid SACD in 2004 which includes a booklet with commentary on the album by former Melody Maker journalist David Stubbs, as well as previously unreleased photos of the band.

The cover artwork, in addition to being a pun on the band's name, reflects several of the band members' continued interest in world music[1]; "Ege Bamyası" means "Aegean Okra" in Turkish. The album has received much critical acclaim since its release and has been cited as an influence by various artists. There have been attempts by several artists to play cover versions of songs from Ege Bamyasi. Remix versions of several tracks by various artists are included on the album Sacrilege.

Contents

Production

With the commercial success of their hit single "Spoon" (which sold 300,000 copies, and broke the German top 20 charts), Can were able to hire a large ex-cinema which they used as a part-working, part-living space. However, things nearly didn't work out as guitarist Michael Karoli recalled that the sessions were "frustrated by keyboardist Irmin Schmidt and vocalist Damo Suzuki's playing chess obsessively day in, day out"[1] and that "completing recording became a frantic process, with some tracks having to be recorded practically in real time and the single "Spoon" added to make up for a shortfall in material."[1]

Ege Bamyasi was recorded by Czukay in the Inner Space studio at Weilerswist, a town near Cologne.[2] It was originally released in 1972 by United Artists. In September 2004, the album, along with the majority of Can's discography, was remastered and released as a hybrid SACD.[3] The re-release includes a booklet with commentary on the album by David Stubbs, as well as previously unreleased photos of the band.

Reception and influence

Ege Bamyasi has received considerable critical acclaim since its release. British music weekly Melody Maker wrote: "Can are without doubt the most talented and most consistent experimental rock band in Europe, England included."[4] The success of the song "Spoon" and sales from this album inspired Can to make a free concert in an attempt to reach a wider audience. The Can Free Concert was filmed by Martin Schäfer, Robbie Müller and Egon Mann for director Peter Przygodda at the Cologne Sporthalle on February 3, 1972 and is included on the Can DVD.[5]

Various artists have cited Ege Bamyasi as an influence. Steve Malkmus of Pavement has been quoted as saying "I played Can's Ege Bamyasi album every night before I went to sleep for about three years."[6] Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth recalls, "I found Ege Bamyasi in the 49-cent bin at Woolworth's. I didn’t see anything written about Can, I didn’t know anything about them except this okra can on the cover, which seemed completely bizarre. I finally picked that record up, and I completely wore it out. It was so alluring. Something about it made Can seem to be playing outside of rock 'n' roll. It was unlike anything else I was hearing at the time."[7]

There have been cover versions of songs from Ege Bamyasi by various artists. "I'm So Green" was covered by Beck and was submitted for a planned Can tribute album produced by the Dust Brothers. Kanye West sampled from "Sing Swan Song" for his song "Drunk and Hot Girls" on the album Graduation. Remix versions of several Ege Bamyasi songs are included on the album Sacrilege. Minneapolis based hip hop artist I Self Devine sampled from "Vitamin C" for the song "Overthrow" on his 2005 release, "Self Destruction". Kleptones have incorporated "Vitamin C" into their mix Hectic City 7 – May Daze.[1] "Vitamin C" can also be heard in Pedro Almodóvar's movie Broken Embraces.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Karoli, Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt and Suzuki. 

Side one
# Title Length
1. "Pinch"   9:28
2. "Sing Swan Song"   4:49
3. "One More Night"   5:35
Side two
# Title Length
4. "Vitamin C"   3:34
5. "Soup"   10:25
6. "I'm So Green"   3:03
7. "Spoon"   3:03
39:57

Personnel

Production

  • Ingo Trauer – original artwork
  • Richard J. Rudow – original design
  • Andreas Torkler – design (2004 rerelease)

References

  1. ^ a b c Stubbs, David (2004). Ege Bamyasi(CD liner notes). Spoon Records. 
  2. ^ Hightower, Laura. "Can". Enotes. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/can-biography. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  3. ^ Mute Records. "Biography". Mute Records. http://www.mute.com/artists/publicArtistLoad.do?id=3248&forward=longBio. Retrieved 2008-04-04. 
  4. ^ Smith,Gary.2003,"CAN Biography"
  5. ^ The Official CAN / Spoon Records Website
  6. ^ Pavement interview, Melody Maker Spring 1992
  7. ^ Sarig, Roni (1998). The Secret History of Rock: The Most Influential Bands You'Ve Never Heard. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 125. ISBN 0823076695. 

External links

v • d • e
Can
Holger Czukay · Michael Karoli · Jaki Liebezeit · Irmin Schmidt
Malcolm Mooney · Damo Suzuki · Rosko Gee · Rebop Kwaku Baah
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Compilations
Soundtracks · Unlimited Edition · Opener · Cannibalism · Delay 1968 · Incandescence · Cannibalism 2 · Anthology · Cannibalism 3 · Sacrilege
Live albums
Peel Sessions · Can Live
Songs
"Yoo Doo Right" · "Mother Sky" · "Mushroom" · "Halleluhwah" · "Vitamin C" · "Spoon" · "Moonshake" · "I Want More"
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