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The influence of these seminal '70s Krautrockers on the alternative music of the '80s and '90s has been quiet but enormous. Blending the ethics of acid rock with a more forward-looking penchant for subtle sonic experimentation and atmospherics, Can dismantle traditional song structures to pursue lengthy explorations of pulsing polyrhythms, floating, associative guitar lines, keyboards, tape loops, hard, sometimes danceable grooves, and enigmatic, often indecipherable singing.
TAGO MAGO is one in a triumvirate of essential Can albums (also including EGE BAMYASI and FUTURE DAYS). The least "ambient" of the three, TAGO MAGO retains much of the group's early hard-edged, guitar-based sound while still creating tapestries of rhythm, space, and texture. Shimmering pieces such as "Bring Me Coffee Or Tea" alternate with full-fledged journeys into electronica ("Aumgn"), while the nearly 20-minute psych-groove opus that is "Halleluhwah" serves as the album's centerpiece. This disc is a crucial addition to any "alternative" record collection.
Can: Damo Suzuki (vocals); Michael Karoli (guitar); Irmin Schmidt (keyboards); Holger Czukay (bass instrument); Jaki Liebezeit (drums).
Personnel: Holger Czukay (bass guitar).
Spin (9/01, p.134) - Included in Spin's "5 Essential Krautrock Records" - "...'Post-rock' starts right here....one tough, streamlined groove..." Magnet (p.93) - "[The band's] groove-centric art-rock masterpiece..." The Wire (p.62) - "[With] one of the most dazzling set-pieces in early 70s music." Q (Magazine) (p.140) - "[A] mind-expanding double-album...whose most jaw-dropping item is the 18-minute 'Halleluhwah'..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.126) - 5 stars out of 5 - "TAGO MAGO displays Can's psych-free and disciplined sides at their most ritually balanced." Mojo (Publisher) (p.153) - "Punctuated by bursts of thunder and disturbing silences...it encapsulates the band's ability to demonstrate musical freedom within strict bounds." Purchase Tago Mago CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Elliott Smith Xo CD (1998)
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$11.99 The Cinderella-esque climb from lo-fi indie cult artist to Grammy nominee/major label darling must have been a perilous one for Smith, who makes the leap to the big time here after three well-regarded albums on small labels. He's lost none of his bite, though. The production values on XO may be slightly higher, but Smith's vision remains undiluted.
The production, centered around acoustic guitar augmented by keyboards and lush vocal harmonies, recalls pop icons like the Beach Boys (especially on the closing acapella cut), Beatles and Big Star, but this is no sunny Cali-pop album. Leavening the instrumental brightness are Smith's Nick Drake-ish whisper and his thoroughly downcast lyrics, which cast him squarely in the Mark Eitzel/Smog camp of unrelenting self-effacement and misery. ...
| | Arcade Fire Funeral CD (2004)
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$11.89 This Montreal ensemble's fiery debut is marked by surging guitars, soulful strings, driving drums, brilliant bass lines, and the quavering vocals of married couple Win Butler and Regine Chassagne. The group's song structures careen through a vast territory of musical and personal history, with lyrics warm with memories of childhood neighborhoods and deceased loved ones, resulting in an alternating current of joy and sadness.
Favorably compared to the Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, and Broken Social Scene, the Arcade Fire's sound seems to come from a lifetime of listening to the Cure, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, and many others--even a dose of soul gets worked into these grand anthems. Chassagne delivers some spellbinding vocals ...
| | Arcade Fire Neon Bible CD (2007)
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$12.09 Almost three years after the Arcade Fire's 2004 full-length debut, FUNERAL, stunned indie-rock fans with its majestic scope and romantic ferocity, the Montreal-based ensemble returned with NEON BIBLE. Although the album lacks the from-out-of-nowhere punch of the former record, it serves as a fitting successor, with the group's sweeping sound enhanced by even more prominent layers of piano, organ, strings, and percussion.
As on FUNERAL, married multi-instrumentalists Win Butler and Regine Chassagne share vocal duties, and their distinctive singing adds to the emotional weight of each song, from the urgent, bass-heavy "Keep the Car ...
| | Can Ege Bamyasi CD (1972) Reissue
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| | Can Monster Movie CD (1969)
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$10.19 If not quite an event on the earth-shattering level of TAGO MAGO, MONSTER MOVIE is still a monster of a record. Can's debut finds the peerless rhythm section of bassist Holger Czukay and fearsomely intense drummer Jaki Liebezeit instantly locking onto the chugging mantra of "Father Cannot Yell," taking ...
| | Can Future Days CD (1973)
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$9.79 On FUTURE DAYS Can fully explored the ambient direction they had introduced into their sound on the previous year's EGE BAMYASI, and in the process created a landmark in European electronic ...
| | Grace Of My Heart CD (1996) Original Soundtrack
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$9.79 Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello's "God Give Me Strength" was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals.
Allison Anders' film Grace of My Heart told the story of a female songwriter whose career closely resembled that of Carole King's. The film followed her as she worked her way through the Brill Building before going out west to fall in love with a tortured leader of a surf-rock band (a thinly veiled Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys), and then establishing herself as a solo artist with an album that recalled Tapestry. In order to make the film work, Anders need a collection of new songs that not only recalled classic '60s pop, but also were convincing as hit singles. She assembled an astonishing roster of professional songwriters -- including Burt Bacharach, Gerry Goffin, Elvis Costello, David Baerwald, and J. Mascis -- that managed to fulfill her goal. The majority of Grace of My Heart ...
| | Punk Rock Drive CD (2004)
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$29.09 Japanese exclusive punk rock compilation.
| | Robert Bruce All Of My Tomorrows - EP CD (2006)
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$12.65 Robert Bruce, composer - BiographySince the late 1970s composer/pianist ...
| | Xasthur Nocturnal Poisoning CD (2002)
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| | Robert Schumann Schumann:Carnival Of Dreams CD (2007) (Import) Import
$13.35 | | Kingrat LP! CD (2008)
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$10.15 Kingrat is an instrumental and Dub Reggae group from Atlanta. They play in a style influenced by roots dub but with more of a focus on extended improvisation, like double long instrumental versions, with dub effects occuring simultaneously... reggae rhythms as a foundation and floating on top extended experimentations by melodica, Saxophone, and Guitars. KingRat doesn't take a minimalist approach to sound and arrangement. In order to recreate the feeling and process of Dub as would have been heard in the 1970's Kingston, the band is all routed into a mixing board,reverb ...
| | Julio Flores Magica Electricidad CD (2008)
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$17.69 JULIO FLORESMAGICA ELECTRICIDADJulio Flores es un caballero de fina estampa que nacio un 5 de febrero en ciudad de Panama ,crecio escuchando melodias de soneros de la epoca como el desaparecido Ismael Rivera,su mayor influencia musical la adquiere de canciones que se escuchan en los barrios de panama y puerto rico,esa explociva fusion entre el pequeno istmo centroamericano y borinquen,es una combinacion perfecta ,considerada historicamente ganadora,por que ha producido exitos como los cosechados por Willie Colon y Ruben Blades,...a finales de la decada de los 80 la crisis provocada tras la invasion para derrocar a manuel antonio noriega obligo a julio a refugiarse en miami donde conoce a lefty perez inmediatamente el salsero le abre las ...
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