Can
Sacrilege
[Mute]
Rating: 9.3
Can's the band with no plan, a psychedelic groove unit straight outta
late '60s Germany ready to turn on, tune in, and drop sounds out of their
psylocibin-flushed brains. (Picture a more groove happy and less
self-indulgent Pink Floyd.) Can's work looms large over a lot of
industrial and psychedlic bands to this day, so it's only fitting that
the obligatory remix tribute album finally made its debut. Sacrilige is
2 CDs of sonic testament to the legends of yesterday's Krautrock and
today's techno artists.
Disc one features remixes by Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, UNKLE, A Guy Called Gerald, The Orb,
Pete Shelley, 3P, System 7, and Carl Craig. As far as remixes go, a lot of these are
pretty faithful. If you're a Can fan, you'll probably enjoy how
embellishments are made to almost everything except Can's signature
percussion. Some embellishments are more than welcome (the more melodic
and much shorter 3P getdown on "Yoo Doo Right"), while others are kind of
grating (the judle remix of "Blue Bag.") Overall, the results are
usually exciting and always groovy.
If you're unfamiliar with Can, skip this as a primer and go right for
the 2-disc Anthology set on Spoon Records.
-Jason Josephes