CAN.

Can plays as if a song is allowed to discover itself along the way. The beat remains steady, but voices and instruments move freely around it.

Live in Arles 1975 captures that open playing style without the sound being fixed in a studio version. Listen to Live In Arles 1975.

Their Artist Story offers the way to the records and the players behind that music. Krautrock and psychedelic rock provide two entry points into their unusual interplay. Read Can, krautrock and psychedelic rock.

Can demonstrates just how much freedom can emerge within repetition. The rhythms stay on course, while guitar, keyboards, and vocals constantly try different directions. Instead of steering a song solely toward a chorus, the band uses the groove as a space where musicians can find and challenge one another.

A live LP is therefore a particularly good entry point for Can. Live In Arles 1975 gives the music time to change form along the way. Follow the drums first, and then choose another layer: a guitar fragment that initially seems separate can suddenly become part of the same movement. The tension often lies in what changes almost imperceptibly.

In the vinyl selection of Can at SJELF, you will find Live In Arles 1975.

Read and listen on via CAN, KRAUTROCK and psychedelic rock.

A subsequent listening route runs via Kraftwerk and Brian Eno.