Top Tin – The Best of Can

One of the few things in this hyperbolical world that actually lives up to its hype, the music of Can is like a great Russian novel in that it is intimidating upon first approach, but soon becomes all-consuming. While appropriately credited as one of the founding fathers of Germany’s current electronic sound, the band was also in many ways its antithesis, with an emphasis on improvisation and human interaction, and an apparent disdain for genre and formula.

Comprised of members with drastically different tastes and musical backgrounds, these Krautrock pioneers were never afforded the luxury of a comfort zone. This forced them to reinvent themselves with every new album or band arrangement, which in turn reinvented the sonic palate from which so many future genres would eventually be defined.

Track List

VIVA II Special - I Want More – Top Tin Intro

I Want More

Vitamin C – I’m So Green

Krautrock: Rebirth of Germany Documentary (Excerpt)

Dizzy Dizzy

Sing Swan Song

Halleluwah

Don’t Turn The Light On, Leave Me Alone

You Do Right

Come, Sta La Luna

Moonshake

Mother Sky

One More Night

Spoon

All Gates Open

Shikaku Maru Ten

Hunters and Collectors

Fizz (Live)

Man Named Joe (Bootleg)

Father Cannot Yell

and more

Rite Time Documentary (Excerpt)

Soup – Improvisation (Edinburgh, Scotland 8-73)