Axolotl Eyes [Import]

Irmin Schmidt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B001G5IEKG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,883,742 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kick on the Floods

2. Drifting Days, Crime Pays

3. Umbillicus Clear

4. Raketenstadt

5. Axolotl Eyes

6. Meteor Infected

7. Etrurian Waltz

Editorial Reviews

2008 CD-only reissue of this album from Irmin Schmidt, founder member of Can and breakbeat pioneer Kumo (AKA Jono Podmore). Originally part of a CD/DVD set, this disc represents the audio portion of that double release. Schmidt & Kumo's album of electronic experimentalism features Kumo's shimmering grooves, subterranean bass, theremin and violin providing the perfect foil for Schmidt's peerless and enduringly adventurous playing. Mute.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Irman Schmidt - 'Axolotl Eyes' (Mute), June 5, 2010

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Axolotl Eyes (CD/DVD) (Audio CD)

Let me understand - is this CD a newer release from Irmin Schmidt? Because if it is in fact a modern day effort from the former Can keyboardist, 'Axolotl Eyes' is more accessible than I had expected - in other words, it's not AS weird as one might have thought it might be. Tracks here that prove this over-seventy (now) player can still put some worthy music out some forty + years after he first began are "Kick On The Flood", the eight-minute title cut "Axolotl Eyes", "Etruriz Waltz" and the awesome "Umbillicus" (almost worth the admission price alone). Line-up: Schmidt - keyboards, piano & slide guitar, Ian Dixon - trumpet and Paul Fredericks - vocals. Then there's the DVD - now this is something that I had a really tough time following. I obviously got more from the CD. This has to be one of the strangest covers I've ever seen.