- Flow Motion
Infobox Album |
Name = Flow Motion
Type =Album
Artist = Can
Released = 1976
Recorded = 1976
Genre =Krautrock ,Reggae
Length = 37:37
Label =Virgin Records
Producer = Can
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qzabqj2bojja link]
Last album = "Landed"
(1975)
This album = "Flow Motion"
(1976)
Next album = "Saw Delight "
(1977)Flow Motion is the eighth Can album, and features the UK hit single "I Want More".
This album sees the band experimenting with a
Hip-Hop style.It was mixed using "Artificial Head" binaural stereo. [http://www.spoonrecords.com/flow.html which copies the cover notes mentioning the use of Artificial Head sound technique]
The cover features a photograph taken by band member Michael Karoli.
Track listing
# "I Want More" – 3:29
# "Cascade Waltz" – 5:35
# "Laugh Till You Cry, Live Till You Die" – 6:43
# "...And More" – 2:43
# "Babylonian Pearl" – 3:29
# "Smoke (E.F.S. No. 59)" – 5:15
# "Flow Motion" – 10:23Personnel
*
Holger Czukay : bass,djin on "Smoke", backing vocals on "I Want More", "And More" and "Smoke"
*Michael Karoli : guitars, slide guitar, electric violin on "Cascade Waltz",baglama on "Laugh Until You Cry", background noise on "Smoke", lead vocals on "Cascade Waltz" and "Laugh Until You Cry", backing vocals on "I Want More", "And More" and "Flow Motion"
*Jaki Liebezeit : drums, percussion, backing vocals on "I Want More", "And More"
*Irmin Schmidt : keyboard,alpha 77 , lead vocals on "Babylonian Pearl", backing vocals on "I Want More" and "And More"Composed, written and produced by Can. Lyrics by
Peter Gilmour . "Cascade Waltz" was produced by Can and Simon Puxley.It was recorded at Inner Space Studio,
Cologne by Holger Czukay and Rene Tinner and was mixed by Manfred Schunke at Delta Acoustic Studio,Wilster ,Germany .References
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