Wim Wenders and Irmin Schmidt in Irmin's studio, April 2008 Irmin has just finished the soundtrack for the new Wim Wenders film, THE PALERMO SHOOTING. The film will be shown in the official selection at the Cannes Festival 2008

Axolotl Eyes - available now! The CD/DVD set is available on-line now from: Amazon.com or directly from: Mute and, of course, all good record stores in the U.K and Europe. Releases in the U.S and Japan are scheduled for later in the year. Digital download including taster edits and exclusive artwork is also available from itunes:

SATURDAY 1st of MARCH, Düsseldorf Opera, 19:30 h "La Fermosa - Die Jüdin von Toledo" Choreography Youri Vamos, Composition Irmin Schmidt http://www.rheinoper.de Further information and dates, click here

IRMIN SCHMIDT & KUMO - AXOLOTL EYES New Album release April 14th 2008 More info here

GIG NEWS 16.2.2008 - 20:00 Irmin Schmidt & Kumo present - AXOLOTL EYES Pop Am Rhein Festival onboard the KD RheinEnergie www.popamrhein.de

CAN - Anthology - Remastered CD Release November 2007 Review - Pitch Fork: Pitchforkmedia.com

Irmin Schmidt has finished the compostion of the ballet commissioned by the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany. The Ballet, La Fermosa, Scenario and Choreography by Youri Vamos, will be premiered in 2008. Dates for the Ballett "La Fermosa": - In DÜSSELDORF: Deutsche Oper am Rhein, PREMIERE: Saturday, 01. 03. 2008 Further shows: 03.03.2008 - Düsseldorf 08.03.2008 - Düsseldorf 11.03.2008 - Düsseldorf 13.03.2008 - Düsseldorf 16.03.2008 - Düsseldorf 21.03.2008 - Düsseldorf - In DUISBURG PREMIERE: Thursday, 10. 04. 2008 Further shows: 13.04.2008 - Duisburg 10.05.2008 - Duisburg 23.05.2008 - Duisburg Tickets: Düsseldorf: (0211) 89 25 - 211 Duisburg: (0203) 94 07 - 777

9th of NOVEMBER 2007 The original Can Studio, The Inner Space Studio in Cologne, has been completely dismantled (including the hundreds of mattresses on the walls!!!) and rebuild in the Rock and Pop Museum in Gronau, Germany. After the Band split, René Tinner, Can's sound engineer, took over the studio and produced here many of the hits of the 80ies and 90ies with German bands like Trio, Maruis Müller-Westernhagen, Joachim Witt, Whirlpool Productions and many others. The Opening Ceremony will be on the 9th of November. The press conference is at 14:00h, followed by a ceremony at which all living members of Can will be present. A great opportunity to meet and greet Irmin, Holger and Jaki and learn more about the secrets of this truly unique space. The studio will continue to function as a recording studio for young bands inside the walls of the museum. For more information and access to the museum: www.rock-popmuseum.de

Autumn / Winter 2007 ALL the remastered Can albums will be released world wide on CD (not SACD) in Autumn 2007 and will be available at a special price before Christmas. The German edition will come with translated booklets. 11. October 2007, Irmin Schmidt & Kumo: The 5.1 sound installation Flies, Guys and Choirs will be running for over a month in Lille, France at the festival Les Chants Mechaniques. On the 11. 10. 07 Irmin Schmidt & Kumo DJ-gig for the opening of the festival: 19:30 - Maison Folie de Moulins - 47/49 rue d' Arras - LILLE 22. October 2007, Release CAN - ANTHOLOGY remastered edition!

Malcolm and Damo concerts London and Manchester Easter 2007

2.13.2007 A diet of words, a poetry reading by Malcolm Mooney, Tuesday, February 13th, 2007, 7pm, door:$6 at mama buzz cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94612, ph:510.465.4073

5.6.2006 Can were awarded the MOJO Classic Album Award for TAGO MAGO at the MOJO Honours List ceremony in London. This prestigious award is given every year by MOJO Magazine to an artist responsible for a landmark release in the history of rock'n roll. The prize was presented by Jason Pierce from Spiritualized®. www.mojo4music.com

Can - I Want More 30th Anniversary Single Release, 29th May 2006 Numbered Limited Edition     Can release I Want More, their classic hit from 1976. Thirty years after its original release (and their appearance on Top Of The Pops with Noel Edmunds!), the single will be available as a 7" picture disc and 12" orange vinyl - both will be strictly limited and numbered - as well as digital download formats. I Want More is taken from the classic Flow Motion album which forms part of the final series of re-mastered studio albums that also includes Rite Time, Saw Delight, Can and Delay 1968 on The Grey Area of Mute/Spoon also on 29th May 2006. This is the third and final phase of remastered studio albums released by Mute as Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt and Jono Podmore set about recovering the original master tapes and restoring the sound to how it originally was on the Vinyl releases and how they were always intended to sound. These releases all feature new sleeve notes and rarely seen photography from the personal Can archive, as well as original artwork from long deleted editions. - The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has commissioned Irmin Schmidt to write the score for a ballet: "Die Jüdin Von Toledo" - Scenario and Choreography by Youri Vamos. The premiere is scheduled for 2007 - February 2006. Irmin Schmidt & Kumo produced Mito Ichikawa's solo album. Mito is the bass player in Japanese band CLAMMBON. One of the tracks from the album is currently being used in the TV advertising campaign for the Japanese fashion mega store PARCO. The album is to be released shortly. - 7.12.05 re-release of CAN DVD, but this time WITHOUT the audio CD. The retail price will be reduced accordingly. (catalog number: LSPOONDVD47)

CAN — remastered!!! Spoon Records, in collaboration with Warner Music (for Germany/ Austria/ Switzerland) and Mute/ EMI Records London (for the rest of the world, excluding Japan), is releasing remastered versions of the classic CAN albums. Included are exclusive unseen photos from the time and new sleeve notes. The albums were all remastered from the original master tapes and were overseen and attended by Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt and Jono Podmore, so that they finally sound on CD how they were always intended to sound. These releases follow the recent success of the DVD release, CAN DVD, which marked the 35th anniversary of the founding of the group. Spoon Records has signed an agreement with P-Vine Records for a domestic release in Japan. P-Vine will release all the remastered albums with a faithful reproduction of the original vinyl cover as paper sleeve. The first 8 albums were released in july 2005, the rest will follow in blocs. Spoon Records will try to make this very special Japanese edition available for fans via mail order on the Spoon site. Release phases: 1.Phase October 2004 "Monster Movie" "Soundtracks" "Tago Mago" "Ege Bamyasi" 2. Phase July 2005 "Future Days" "Soon Over Babaluma" "Landed" "Unlimited Edition" 3. Phase spring 2006 "Flow Motion" "Saw Delight" "Can" "Delay 1968" "Rite Time" 4. Phase winter 2006/7 "CAN Live" double CD Compilation double CD All 14 remastered albums will play on CD players, SACD players and SACD compatible DVD players (except Japanese release: CD only!) NEWS ARCHIVES :: 2005 ::    :: JUNE 2004 ::    :: November 2003 ::    :: Spring 2003 :: TOP OF PAGE   Newsletter :: Subscribe Unsubscribe contact us or need information, send email to info@spoonrecords.com