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Holger Czukay's first post-Can solo album finds the bass player exploring prog rock jams with varied instrumentation, song-oriented lyrics, and media samples from film, television, and short-wave.
It was the samples that put Czukay in the same category as David Byrne and Brian Eno: an art rocker exploring the early days concurrently with early hip-hop pioneers (or alternately, a white man exploiting the culture of the third world, depending on who you read).
On "Persian Love," Czukay backs up clips of an Iranian singer recorded off the short-wave with lilting guitar and keyboard riffs that sparkle like light.
The album is all pleasant, playful textures, with little of the darkness that Can dallied with.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cool in the PoolHolger Czukay | Holger Czukay | Play | 04:54 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Oh Lord, Give Us More MoneyHolger Czukay | Holger Czukay | Play | 13:18 | 30 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Persian LoveHolger Czukay | Holger Czukay | Play | 06:23 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Hollywood SymphonyHolger Czukay | Holger Czukay | Play | 15:23 | 35 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Cool in the PoolHolger Czukay | Holger Czukay | Play | 04:54 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 44 mins | 102 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebop Kwaku Baah | Organ |
| 2 | Holger Czukay | Bass, Composer, Cover Photo, Editing, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer, Shortwave Radio, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 3 | Thomas Ewerhard | Layout Design |
| 4 | Michael Karoli | Guitar |
| 5 | Jaki Liebezeit | Drums, Percussion |
| 6 | Matthias Mineur | Liner Notes |
| 7 | Irmin Schmidt | Piano, Piano (Grand) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |