TAGO MAGO!!
TAGO MAGO!!
It's one of my favorite Krautrock albums by ANY group. The first half focuses on wonderful trance inducing groove-based material and then it shifts into overdrive, going completely off the freak-meter charts! The insane Damo gibberish and spastic out-of-control drum machine collage of "Peking O" is a delight, and it never fails to bring a smile to my face. It's also one of the most out-there things I've ever heard - even by Can. Despite the seeming chaos, I always somehow seem to sense a strange underlying logic. Maybe that's just me, though. And does anyone know if Damo's chanting "Never gonna eat" on this track?! I could swear that's what I hear, and I hope I'm not wrong!
I really think even with such a strong catalog, Can managed to outdo themselves with Tago Mago. And Ege Bamyasi is almost like a condensed version of it; not quite as brilliant, but pretty close.
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