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Cover of Sushi. Roti. Reibekuchen by Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, J.Peter Schwalm.

Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, J.Peter Schwalm

Sushi. Roti. Reibekuchen

Groenland Records

    Groenland Records are proud to announce that, in May 2024, they will be releasing a document of a unique – if until now little-known – performance given by BRIAN ENO, HOLGER CZUKAY & J.PETER SCHWALM, in which they were accompanied by Raoul Walton and Jern Atai, members of Schwalm’s group, Slop Shop. Billed as a “High-Altitude-Food-Performance with Incidental Music by Slop Shop and Brian Eno”, with Can co-founder Czukay’s appearance kept under wraps in advance, it was recorded on August 27, 1998 outside the Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany – in Bonn, Germany, at the opening party for an exhibition of Eno’s Future Light-Lounge Proposal multimedia installation. 

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    1. Sushi
    2. Roti 
    3. Wasser 
    4. Reibekuchen
    5. Wein 

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    Cover of Canaxis 5 by Technical Space Composer’s Crew Featuring Holger Czukay.

    Technical Space Composer’s Crew Featuring Holger Czukay

    Canaxis 5

    Groenland

      Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might conclude that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded an enduring eccentricity governed by a boundless free spirit. Yet Czukay, who passed away unexpectedly last year at the age of 79, constantly emphasized that his creativity was always contingent upon a musical partner, whether that was a skin-and-bones counterpart or an anonymous manifestation that interacted with him through radio waves or, as happened later, the internet. Nonetheless, most of his partners were of flesh and blood.

      His oeuvre, which is in itself cinematic in nature, boasts a cast worthy of a Martin Scorsese film. Only the most interesting character actors were cast: Brian Eno, Phew, Rolf Dammers, David Sylvian, Annie Lennox, Jah Wobble, his Can bandmates… the list could go on and on.

      Many of these masterpieces are now out of print, so Groenland Records, who already released the highly acclaimed retrospective ‘CINEMA’ to mark the occasion of Holger’s 80th birthday at the beginning of the year, has taken it upon themselves to release reissues of Holger’s music in order to make it accessible once again.

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      Cover of Plight & Premonition Flux & Mutability by David Sylvian & Holger Czukay.

      David Sylvian & Holger Czukay

      Plight & Premonition Flux & Mutability

      Gronland

        "Plight & Premonition, Flux & Mutability", both titles are predicated on instability. Meanings are equally mutable, perhaps the beginning of a spiritual journey, a climate of uncertainty, the experience of improvisation, a door opening (that may quickly close again). That first nocturnal session in the Can studio began unconsciously, or at least without initial awareness that music was being made, Sylvian enjoying the opportunity to play a pump organ, then growing aware of a slippage in the room as Czukay played orchestral samples through the fold back system: “I fell into a trance.” Ethereal sounds looped through the space. He moved to the piano, searching for something concrete. After ten or fifteen minutes he found it, only to hear Czukay tell him to move on: “He’d only wanted the process, the uncertainty, the ambiguity of the searching out of ideas.” The night wore on; as soon as fixity or some compositional motif crept in, so the machines would be taken out of record, as if establishing an equilibrium between the transience of making and the indelibility of recording. 

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        Patrick says: Two superbly esoteric electronic recordings from the very late eighties get their first ever vinyl reissue thanks to those fine folks at Gronland. The work of musical auteurs David Sylvian and Holger Czukay, these four pieces offer a purity of sound, progressive approach to audio and immersive arrangement. Far out!

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        A1. Plight (The Spiralling Of Winter Ghosts)
        B1. Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)
        C1. Flux (A Big, Bright, Colourful World)
        D1. Mutability (A New Beginning Is In The Offing)

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        Cover of On The Way To The Peak Of Normal by Holger Czukay.

        Holger Czukay

        On The Way To The Peak Of Normal

        Grooveattack

          THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2014 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

          New and unreleased versions of the legendary album (1981) by Can member Holger Czukay!

          Recorded with Conny Plank, Jaki Liebezeit and the German post-punk band S.Y.P.H.

          Pink vinyl including poster

          Limited edition of 500 units worldwide


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          Side One
          A1. Peak On The Way To Normal (Remix) - 14:44 Minutes
          A2. Hiss'n Listen (Remix) - 03:44 Minutes

          Side Two
          B1. Ode To Perfume (Remix) 18:42 Minutes
          B2. Fragrance - 04:02 Minutes

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