Can - The Singles Out June 16

Can – The Singles - a collection of all of the band’s single releases - is out on 16 June 2017 on triple vinyl, download, CD and to stream.  ‘Shikako Maru Ten’ was the B-side to ‘Spoon’, a Top 10 hit in Germany in 1972. The singles on this compilation are all in presented in their original 7” version and ‘Shikako Maru Ten’, which never appeared on a studio album, is available here for the first time on vinyl outside its original release.

This unique document is the first time the singles have been presented together and shows the breadth of their influential career, from well loved tracks like ‘Halleluwah’, ‘Vitamin C’ and ‘I Want More’ to more obscure singles such as ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Turtles Have Short Legs’.

The Barbican, London recently hosted a very special event to mark Can’s 50th anniversary year: Irmin Schmidt conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, presenting the world premiere of an original orchestral work composed by Schmidt and Gregor Schwellenbach, Can Dialog while a specially curated supergroup brought together by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore featuring Can’s first singer Malcolm Mooney performed a set of Can tracks, including ‘She Brings The Rain’ to ‘Yoo Doo Right’ to ‘Mother Sky’.

Can, founded in 1967 released their debut album Monster Movie (1969) which set them apart from the mainstream, carving out a sound that transcended the boundaries of experimental electronic, jazz and modern classical music. Can’s influence extends from post-punk musicians such as Joy Division and Primal Scream, through avant-garde composers including Bernhard Lang, to Radiohead.  Schmidt himself began his musical career as a pupil of Stockhausen and Ligeti, and conducted numerous high-profile orchestras in his native Germany and abroad. Hearing the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa in the ‘60s led to the formation of Can but Schmidt never lost touch with his avant-garde classical upbringing, and it is to Schmidt that Can owed much of its musical eclecticism.

In spring 2018, Faber & Faber are publishing a new book devoted to Can, All Gates Open. The special edition will come in two volumes: one will be the first complete, authorised biography of the band written by Rob Young and the second, Can Kiosk by Irmin Schmidt, is a collage of thoughts, visuals and interviews (interviews collated by Max Dax and Robert Defcon).

Can  - The Singles Tracklisting

Soul Desert

She Brings The Rain

Spoon

Shikako Maru Ten

Turtles Have Short Legs

Halleluwah (Edit)

Vitamin C

I’m So Green

Mushroom

Moonshake

Future Days (Edit)

Dizzy Dizzy (Edit)

Splash (Edit)

Hunters And Collectors (Edit)

Vernal Equinox (Edit)

I Want More

...And More

Silent Night

Cascade Waltz

Don’t Say No (Edit)

Return

Can Can 

Hoolah Hoolah (Edit)