The German band that Benicio Del Toro was addicted during the filming of ‘one battle after another’

The German band that Benicio Del Toro was addicted during the filming of ‘one battle after another’

“Sometimes music is like perfume or colony, marks a while,” said the actor

During filming One battle after another, Benicio Del Toro (The Phoenician Scheme) He plunged into a very particular personal soundtrack. The actor said he was addicted to the German band Canpioneer of experimental and progressive rock in the 1970s. “I came back from Berlin and was very connected in this band. I was listening to the can album in El Paso. Sometimes music is like perfume or colony, marks a while. I listened to my room, just before filming”He revealed in an interview.

Formed in Colony, in 1968, the Can became a reference of the movement known as krautrockmixing improvisation, psychedelic rock, jazz and electronic elements. With cultured discs as Tago Magician and EGE BAMYASIthe group influenced generations of musicians, David Bowie the Radiohead. About the sound, Del Toro It sums it up: “It’s rock, progressive rock, but with a big swing.”

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Who is Can?

Although it has never achieved great commercial success, the Can It is considered one of Germany’s most innovative bands. The group was formed by the keyboardist IRMIN SCHMIDT and by the bassist Holger Czukayboth students of the avant -garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Classical formation also included the guitarist Michael Karoli and the drummer Jaki Liebezeitbesides striking vocalists like Malcolm Mooney and Damo Suzukiwhich gave unique identity to the different phases of the set.

Among the biggest hits are songs like “Vitamin C”with its hypnotic groove, “Halleluwah”18 -minute range that became a reference from the krautrockand “Moonshake”which became a trail of commercials and series. The band’s experimental boldness, uniting rhythmic repetition, improvisation and psychedelia, consolidated Can as one of the most influential names of the Kratrock movement.

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Angelo Cordeiro (@angelocordeirosilva)

Angelo Cordeiro He is a reporter for the Film Center of Editora Profile, which includes Cinebuzz, Rolling Stone Brazil and Contigo. Graduated in Journalism from São Judas University, he has written about films since 2014. Paulistano from the Interlagos neighborhood and Formula 1 fanatic. Pisciano, but does not believe in astrology. São Paulo, Pet’s father and movie buff and ranking.


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