7/26/2022

Can Announces New Live Album; "Live in Cuxhaven 1976" Out October 14

CAN
 
ANNOUNCES LIVE IN CUXHAVEN 1976
 
THIRD INSTALLMENT IN THE ACCLAIMED SERIES OF
LIVE ALBUMS OUT OCTOBER 14
Courtesy: Spoon Records 
Praise for the CAN Live series:
“… exhilarating extended views of rock’s most forward-thinking band at their most unrestrained.” – PITCHFORK
 
"Can uniquely anticipated 21st-century music making...[they] created a free-flowing improvisatory psychedelia that put the “trance” in “transcendent.” – NEW YORK TIMES
 
“[CAN] conjure desert landscapes and deep space, often at the same time.” – THE NEW YORKER
 
“…a genuine insight into what it must have been like to have witnessed the band live in their prime.” – THE WIRE
 
"...unbelievable...The peaks on this one come so fast and thick that you often find yourself wondering: 'Where can they possibly go from here?' The answer is…everywhere." – AQUARIUM DRUNKARD
 
Mute and Spoon Records today announce Can Live in Cuxhaven 1976the third in a series of Can live albums. This is the latest in the acclaimed series which began in 2021 with Can Live in Stuttgart 1975 and presents a shorter, more concise performance by Can over four sections. The new album is set for release on limited edition blue vinyl, CD, and digital platforms October 14.
 
The Can Live series has taken the best of Can’s bootlegged recordings – many of which were recorded by Andrew Hall, who sadly died in April 2021– and, overseen by founding member Irmin Schmidt and producer/engineer René Tinner, have fed them through the wringer of 21st century technology to bring you these vital historical documents in the best quality versions possible.
 
Listen to a snippet here.
Pre-order Can Live in Cuxhaven 1976 here.
 
Can Live in Cuxhaven 1976’s sleeve notes were written by the French author Pascal Bussy, whose books include The Can Story (co-authored with Andy Hall, 1989) and Kraftwerk: Man, Machine, and Music (1993). Talking about Can live, Bussy states, Until the end, Can gigs were not only logical extensions of their studio work, they were definitely a work in itself. And we are so fortunate to still have a lot to discover.”
 
This new album follows Can Live in Brighton 1975 and Can Live in Stuttgart 1975. The albums have been featured in the year end round ups from Uncut, The Wire, MOJO, Record Collector, Electronic Sound, Treble, Aquarium Drunkard, and more.
 
MORE ON THE CAN LIVE SERIES
Founded in the late ‘60s and disbanded just over a decade later, Can’s unprecedented and bold marriage of hypnotic grooves and avant-garde instrumental textures has made them one of the most important and innovative bands of all time. These albums reveal a totally different perspective to the band. You may hear familiar themes, riffs and motifs popping up and rippling through these jams, but they are often fleetingly recognized faces in a swirling crowd. At other points, you will hear music that didn’t make it into the official album canon. In these recordings, Can go to even more extreme ranges than with their studio work – from mellow, ambient drift-rock to the white-dwarf sonic-meltdown moments they used to nickname “Godzillas.” And even as they adapt and chase the rhythm from minute to minute, you can hear the extraordinary musical telepathy its members shared.
 
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Can Live in Cuxhaven 1976 Tracklisting
1. Cuxhaven 76 Eins
2. Cuxhaven 76 Zwei
3. Cuxhaven 76 Drei
4. Cuxhaven 76 Vier
 
 
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