Can Treated to Extensive Vinyl Reissue Campaign; Irmin Schmidt's Solo Work Compiled on 'Villa Wunderbar'

Published Sep 04, 2013

Following recent work with the Cyclopean project, founding Can member Irmin Schmidt is about to have his work outside of the band celebrated on a new double-CD compilation called, which Mute Spoon will serve up November 4. However, that's not all Can fans have to look forward to this year, as the celebrated Krautrock troupe will have 14 of their albums remastered for an extensive vinyl reissue campaign.As for Schmidt's solo collection, a press sheet dubs the influential player a "musical alchemist," explaining that the songwriter's "sound-trips" touch upon rock, pop, jazz, classic, electronic, ambient, drum 'n' bass, waltz, Eastern music, and more.The first disc offeatures solo work recorded over the last 30 years, while the second disc includes various soundtrack work for films and television. The tracks on the latter were selected by filmmaker Wim Wenders, who also wrote extensive liner notes for the release.You can see the tracklisting details down below and the artwork up above. To check out a bit of the release, you can also stream a sampler ofat the bottom of the page.In addition to the Schmidt set, Can's back catalogue is being remastered for a vinyl reissue series. Fourteen of the band's LPs, includingand a bonus live recording, will be remastered on vinyl for the first time and delivered on 180-gram wax in a box set on December 2. The package will apparently also include original posters and artwork.CD 1 - Solo Work:1. Dreambite2. Le Weekend3. Rapido De Noir4. Love5. Villa Wunderbar6. Time The Dreamkiller7. Burning Straw in Sky8. Fledermenschen9. Kick On The Floods10. Fuchsia's Song - Rainbow Party11. Ensemble – Joy12. Bêtes De PassageCD 2 - Soundtracks:1. Flavia Theme2. Quattrocanti (Dream Theme IV)3. Fresco & Finale (Flavia Theme III & IV)4. Zicke Zick5. Schneeland6. Dangerous7. Lied vom Verschwinden8. Geisterlied9. Rote Erde (Titel Musik)10. Es Geht Ein Schnitter11. Bohemian Step12. Roll On Euphrates13. Aller Tage Abend Walzer14. Messer im Kopf15. Solo16. Morning In Berlin17. Verdi Prati Valse18. Alice (Remix)19. Last Night Sleep (Remix)