Following the release of the seminal “Tago Mago”, Can created yet another masterpiece, “Ege Bamyasi”, released in 1972, an album that went towards a completely different musical direction, maintaining still those few essential characteristics the band was unique for.
Compared to “Tago Mago”, there is a different, yet still out of the norm approach in attempting to find new horizons and experiment further: while the repetition, the tribal, driving, and somewhat funky rhythms and the psychedelic feel are still a major trait, this record moves from sound to sound. Ege Bamyasi is basically highlight after highlight of glorious music.
Ege Bamyası has received considerable critical acclaim since its release. Pitchfork Media featured the record at #19 on its "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s". British music weekly Melody Maker wrote: "Can are without doubt the most talented and most consistent experimental rock band in Europe, England included.



Can

Ege Bamyasi

1972

2004 Remaster




CD / 2004 / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

1. Pinch

2. Sing Swan Song

3. One More Night

4. Vitamin C

5. Soup

6. I'm So Green

7. Spoon


Personnel:

Damo Suzuki – vocals

Michael Karoli – guitar

Holger Czukay – bass, engineering, editing

Irmin Schmidt – keyboards

Jaki Liebezeit – drums





Note: Krautrock is a German avant-garde / experimental rock movement that emerged at the end of the 1960's. The term krautrock was originally a humorous one coined by the UK music press (such as New Musical Express and Melody Maker), where "krautrock" found an early and enthusiastic underground following.
Julian Cope, in his book Krautrocksampler, says "Krautrock is a subjective British phenomenon," based on the way the music was received in the UK rather than on the actual West German music scene out of which it grew. The term is also a problematic category due to the considerable differences between the artists so labelled.
Key artists associated with the tag include Can, Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel, Faust, Popol Vuh, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Neu!, and Kraftwerk.



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