Much of the music of Cologne-based Krautrock pioneers Can is rooted in long, collective improvisations in the studio. Between 1968 and 1974, the band repeatedly ventured into the territory of other cultures. Can imitated this music in their own way and collected such excursions in the Ethnological Forgery Series. Episode 27 from 1970 is reminiscent of the musical style gagaku, which has been played at the imperial court in Japan since the 7th century.
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