Amoeba Music

As musician-writer Julian Cope noted in Krautrocksampler, his irreplaceable 1995 book about experimental German rock of the ‘60s and ‘70s, “Can was formed in the exhilarating revelation of seasoned musicians discovering rock ‘n’ roll.” The group’s four instrumentalists — who were joined in the early years by two non-professional vocalists — came from backgrounds in modern classical music and free jazz; all save one were in their ‘30s when they began performing together. They created their own musical vocabulary — which in the studio comprised radical tape editing an an early form of sampling -- based on a rigorous interpretation of late ‘60s experimental rock.

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Genre:

Rock, Progressive, Krautrock

City Of Origin:

Cologne, Germany

Formed Date:

1968