By Jason Diamond, eMusic ContributorOn June 19, Mute Records will be releasing The Lost Tapes, a box set of unreleased studio, soundtrack and live material by Can. Since Can's work sits atop the Mountain of Great German Post-War Musical Achievements of the… more »
By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorFunny how Krautrock - something that, up until the late '90s, was damn near impossible to find at anything other than expensive import prices - has become the lingua franca for any number of musicians… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorCan's remaining members went their separate ways after recording Can (aka Inner Space) in 1978. In late '86, the original lineup briefly reunited in sessions that would three years later yield the band's 12th and… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorHere's where the Can discography truly deviates. The addition of latter-day members of the otherwise British psych/prog/fusion band Traffic — Jamaican bassist/vocalist Rosko Gee and Ghanaian percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah — together with Holger Czukay… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorAfter the relatively regular jam-band fare of the previous year's Landed, Can's 1976 album takes a 180-degree turn away from rock. Ramping up the space reggae introduced on '74's Soon Over Babaluma, Flow Motion opts… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorAlthough Can's previous work, 1974's Soon After Bamaluma, debuted the German group as a quartet after the departure of its most essential singer Damo Suzuki, this 1975 album signals a more significant shift. This was… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic Contributor1973's Future Days marked the end of the band's stretch with singer Damo Suzuki, but '74's Soon Over Babaluma extends Can's golden era for one more disc. Reduced to a quartet, its members shift duties… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorIf 1972's Ege Bamyasi is Can's most extroverted and eager-to-please work, their next offering is the German band's most introverted and alluringly aloof. 1973's Future Days isn't the proto-ambient work that some critics have claimed… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorCan's 1970 release captures the most important transition in an ever-evolving band. It contains the final material from the quintet's original singer Malcolm Mooney until the band's 1989 reunion disc Rite Time, as well as… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorCrude keyboard electronics, circular bass guitar riffage, nervous one-chord guitar drones, steady non-syncopated drumming, and stream-of-consciousness poetry signifying everything and nothing: The first few seconds of Can's debut album present a laundry list of Krautrock… more »