Holger Czukay - Der Osten 1st Rot / Rome Remains - VINYL LP

Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might come to the conclusion that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded an enduring eccentricity governed by a boundless free spirit. Yet Czukay, who passed away unexpectedly in 2017 at the age of 79, constantly emphasized that his creativity was always contingent upon a musical partner, whether that was a skin-and-bones counterpart or an anonymous manifestation that interacted with him through radio waves or, as happened later, the internet. Nonetheless, most of his partners were of flesh and blood. His post-Can career comprised a string of solo albums as well as collaborations on albums, singles and remixes. 1984's Der Osten Ist Rot and 1987's Rome Remains Rome both continued Czukay's fascination with tape loops, short wave radios, dictaphones, dub reggae, and early sampling technology to create delightfully warped, cut-up compositions imbued with mystery, sentimentality, and humor.

Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might come to the conclusion that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded an enduring eccentricity governed by a boundless free spirit. Yet Czukay, who passed away unexpectedly last year at the age of 79, constantly emphasized that his creativity was always contingent upon a musical partner, whether that was a skin-and-bones counterpart or an anonymous manifestation that interacted with him through radio waves or, as happened later, the internet. Nonetheless, most of his partners were of flesh and blood. His oeuvre, which is in itself cinematic in nature, boasts a cast worthy of a Martin Scorsese film. Only the most interesting character actors were cast Brian Eno, Phew, Rolf Dammers, David Sylvian, Annie Lennox, Jah Wobble, his Can bandmates The list could go on and on. Many of these masterpieces are now out of print, so Groenland Records, which already released the highly acclaimed retrospective CINEMA to mark the occasion of Holger's 80th birthday at the beginning of the year, has taken it upon itself to reissues of Holger's music in order to make it accessible once again. 1. Hey Baba Reebop2. Blessed Easter3. Sudetenland4. Hit Hit Flop Flop5. Perfect World6. Music In The Air

The music in this box set does indeed demonstrate masterful arrangements of sounds and sources, movement and melody, humour and seriousness, that can well be described as magical. It is also a set of unpredictable keys and ciphers, revealing a unique worldview where high artistic rigour meets continual openness to chance and serendipity. In this, Holger not only cut and pasted music, but time, place and mindsets, when such things in popular culture were not only technically near impossible, but virtually unprecedented. David Sylvian, London, 2016InchI believe Holger more or less invented the art of sampling on Canaxis and brought it to a state of near perfection on Movies. He has always claimed this accolade belonged to Stockhausen as Hymnen was his source of inspiration, but I personally don't agree with him. He brought sampling to the forefront with elan, humour and an amazingly unorthodox technical proficiency. Persian Love remains a touchstone for all who venture into this territory.InchIrmin Schmidt, London, 2011InchHolger is crazy enough to join in with any idea and he is a very passionate musician. His style of bass playing, you would never hear from any other bass player. What I always found absolutely wonderful is his fire. He?s all fire. You work with him and he sort of transmits a sort of passion and euphoric fire, which is absolutely wonderful.InchTracklisting CD/Vinyl 11. Holger Schüring Quintett - Konfigurationen 2. Technical Space Composer's Crew - Canaxis 3. Technical Space Composer's Crew - Boat Woman Song 4. Cluster & Eno - Ho RenomoCD/Vinyl 21. Holger Czukay - Oh Lord Give Us More Money 2. Holger Czukay - Persian Love 3. Holger Czukay - Cool In The Pool 4. Holger Czukay - Hollywood Symphony 5. Les Vampyrettes (Czukay/Plank) - Biomutanten CD/Vinyl 31. Les Vampyrettes (Czukay/Plank) - Menetekel (2. Phew (Phew/Czukay/Liebezeit/Plank) - Signal 3. Holger