Track Listing
1. Paperhouse
2. Mushroom
3. Oh Yeah
4. Halleluhwah
5. Aumgn
6. Peking O.
7. Bring Me Coffee or Tea
| Details | | Playing Time: | 73 min. | | Producer: | Can | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
Can: Damo Suzuki (vocals); Michael Karoli (guitar); Irmin Schmidt (keyboards); Holger Czukay (bass instrument); Jaki Liebezeit (drums).
Personnel: Holger Czukay (bass guitar).
Recording information: Schloss Norvenich (1971); Inner Space Studio, Weilerswist, Germany (1971).
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.
Editorial Reviews
Included in Spin's 5 Essential Krautrock Records - ...'Post-rock' starts right here....one tough, streamlined groove...
Spin (09/01/2001)
[With] one of the most dazzling set-pieces in early 70s music.
The Wire
[The band's] groove-centric art-rock masterpiece...
Magnet
Punctuated by bursts of thunder and disturbing silences...it encapsulates the band's ability to demonstrate musical freedom within strict bounds.
Mojo
5 stars out of 5 - TAGO MAGO displays Can's psych-free and disciplined sides at their most ritually balanced.
Mojo
[A] mind-expanding double-album...whose most jaw-dropping item is the 18-minute 'Halleluhwah'...
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