All gates open : the story of Can

All gates open The story of Can

Rob Young, 1968-

Book - 2018

'All Gates Open' is a music book like no other. Its subject is Can, arguably the most important experimental group of the 20th century. Formed in Cologne in 1968, Can drew their influences from the avant-garde - founding members Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay both studied under Stockhausen - and jazz traditions to create a heavily rhythmic, minimal music that redefined what it meant to be a popular band. The book comprises two elements of equal weight: a biography of the group by Rob Young and a Symposium curated by Irmin Schmidt. The latter explores, in Irmin's own voice and that of his collaborators and admirers, the tentacular influence Can have had upon not just popular music, but also the visual arts, poetry and film. C...an have been a direct source of inspiration for numerous genres, notably ambient, post-punk and electronica.

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Subjects
Can (Musical group)
Rock groups > Germany > History.
Published
London : Faber & Faber 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Rob Young, 1968- (author)
Other Authors
Irmin Schmidt (author)
Physical Description
572 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 355) and index.
ISBN
9780571311491
  • Book 1. All Gates Open
  • 1. Dreams Seen by a Man-Made Machine (Prologue)
  • 2. Pandemonium Manifestos
  • 3. Mutter(ing)s of Invention
  • 4. A Castle with Better Equipment
  • 5. The Last Kick Towards Rock
  • 6. Thieves of Fire
  • 7. Truth at 33 rpm
  • 8. In at the Deep End
  • 9. Witchy Surprisings
  • 10. Concord of Sounds
  • 11. Wanderers in the Fog
  • 12. Perpetual Motion
  • 13. Bumpy Landings
  • 14. Wanting More
  • 15. Artificial Head Stereo
  • 16. Can Will Eat Itself
  • 17. One Last Rite
  • 18. In the Distance Lies the Future
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Book 2. Can Kiosk
  • I. Hands on the Table
  • Foreword
  • 1. 'A Schmidt-Smith from Germany'
  • 2. 'This Record Does Not Contain Interfering Noise'
  • 3. 'He Wanted to Make Stone Age Music'
  • 4. 'It Was a Conscious Discordance'
  • 5. 'Not Playing Was My Contribution to the Song'
  • 6. 'The World Itself Becomes a Staging'
  • II. From My Notebook
  • III. Nerves Strung Across Landscapes
  • IV. Film Music
  • V. The Luberon
  • Index

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