Hello, guys. :)

I heard- very vaguely- of Damo Suzuki. In fact, a friend recommended this artist to me. So, I've been wondering how well-known Damo Suzuki is here, within which circles, amongst which generations? If I'm not mistaken, his style can be described as a contemporary/progressive one...?

Anyways, thank you in advance.

Your responses would help a lot.   

So, what's your personal impression of his work?

Or, nothing in particular?

=)

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More than any other band, CAN transformed progressive-rock into a science."

"Damo Suzuki was the singer in the German avant-rock band Can from 1971 to 1973. His sometimes serene, other times terrifying spontaneous vocal delivery and the drugged funk, space-age gothic repetition of the band carved a significant notch onto the draft of modern music. "

I.e. why was the thread moved to Non-Prog section- it's pretty progressive, as official sources say.

Useful_Idiot wrote: Well his work with Can is genius, no idea about his solo stuff though.

I heard rumours of him coming over to North America pretty soon- so, let's wait and see what his solo stuff looks like. =)

P.S.

Anywho, using literary sources, "Can" was formally considered to be a Krautrock band, which was one of the branches of Progressive Rock philosophy. Moreover, it was originally a European movement, and "Can" is considered to be one of the many elements of that originating movement.

Additionally, non-progressive branches of rock are defined to be the following ones: country, classical rock, blues and analogical ones. And, clearly enough, "Can" does not fit any of these categories- once again, according to the biographic information I accumulated for the past 30 minutes or so.

Unless your web community invented its personal interpretation of a "progressive rock"...

Damo Suzuki's work with Can in the 1970s was remarkable. He left when he became a Jehova's Witness (be fair, it's no weirder than a westerner taking up Buddhism) and only returned to recording and touring about 20 years later.

While his work with Can was unquestionably prog, his solo work is more problematic - the little I've heard doesn't seem to fit into the prog category. Gordon Haskell sang for King Crimson but his recent solo work is about as far from progressive as you can get - does his prog past mean that his current MOR output should be included in the archive?

I understand your point- yes, doubtlessly, his past work shouldn't be an automatic definition for the current one. Although, as I read on his website, he is touring- or, about to start touring?- , and the musical direction is pretty avantguard-related. He pretty much puts random musicians together and impovises the whole musical piece right at the spot.

Anyways, I guess it's a very undefined area.