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Joined by free-jazz drummer Jaki Liebezeit, 19-year-old guitarist Michael Karoli and volatile NY artist Malcolm Mooney on vocals, they thrashed out music for hours rather than writing songs. Czukay captured these ‘instant compositions’ on two-track tape, recording every sound.
The majority of the musicians interviewed were children in the 1950s, and they talk about growing up in a country that…well, as Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit (born in 1938) puts it
Jaki Liebezeit going ballistic on this track. Click to expand... Incredible. Have to search out these Beat Club DVD collections.
Can (stylized in all caps) were a German experimental rock band formed in Cologne in 1968 by Holger Czukay (bass, tape editing), Irmin Schmidt (keyboards), Michael Karoli (guitar), and Jaki Liebezeit (drums). They featured several vocalists, including the American Malcolm Mooney (1968–70) and the Japanese Damo Suzuki (1970–73).
He doesn’t just interview the members of notable bands like Can, Faust, Amon Düül II and others; he also talks to free jazz players Alexander Von Schlippenbach and Peter Brötzmann, who knew the rock artists and collaborated with them (Jaki Liebezeit was a free jazz player before joining Can) and were also part of the larger scene.
Fenech and Epplay have paired with legendary French musician Berrocal, renowned for his collaborations with Nurse With Wound, Vince Taylor, Jaki Liebezeit, Pascal Comelade, Sunny Murray, and more. Broken Allures is arguably their most coherent and fully accomplished album to date.
On board are historical Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit, with more of his African-induced rhythms; multi-instrumentalist and The Wire contributor Clive Bell, conga player Neville Murray, guitar and synth player Mark Ferda, and the exceptional harpist Zi-Lan Liao.
