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Tago Mago is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Miles Davis and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Those roots explain a lot about how Tago Mago arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Baston, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Lydon, Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd., The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Tago Mago, reaching back through Miles Davis and forward to John Lydon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Tago Mago is a 1971 album by the German krautrock band Can, released in August as a double LP by United Artists Records. It was the band's first full album to include vocalist Damo Suzuki after the departure of Malcolm Mooney the year prior, though Suzuki had appeared on most tracks on the 1970 compilation album Soundtracks. Tago Mago was recorded between November 1970 and February 1971 at the Can Studio in the Schloss Nörvenich, a medieval castle near Cologne. It was the band's third album release, including the 1970 compilation album, Soundtracks, though regarded by the band as their second. Their debut album was Monster Movie (1969).
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Tago Mago grew out of Miles Davis and Karlheinz Stockhausen, shares an orbit with Baston, went on to shape John Lydon, Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd. and The Jesus and Mary Chain. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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