- Can: Live In Arles 1975
(2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
(2026, cd, --, spoon records)
(2026, lp, --, spoon records)
Overseen by Irmin Schmidt, the last surviving founding member of Can, "Live In Arles 1975" is the seventh volume in a series of Can live albums.
- Michael Karoli – Guitar, Vocals
- Irmin Schmidt – Keyboards
- Holger Czukay – Bass
- Jaki Liebezeit – Drums, Percussion
What makes the Arles concert so extraordinary—and widely considered by the band members themselves to be one of their absolute finest live hours—is how it highlights Can's supreme mastery of instant composition. These aren't just extended, loose jams or simple rehashes of studio tracks; they are fully realized, living sonic architecture constructed on the fly.
From the opening minutes, the band locks into that uncanny, hypnotic synchronicity. Liebezeit’s rhythms aren't just keeping time—they are sculpting space, providing an immovable foundation that allows Karoli's jagged, soaring guitar lines and Schmidt's atmospheric, sometimes confrontational keyboard textures to collide and spark. Czukay pulls it all together with heavy, pulsating bass loops that feel forward-thinking even by today's standards.
Beautiful.
-- info: Danny Mathys
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