Movies (1979)

Movies is the second album by Holger Czukay, released in 1979 through Electrola.

Czukay's first solo album since leaving Can, the album combines electronic textures and tape loops influenced by the musique concrète work of avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, and is an early experiment in sampling, "utilizing media samples accumulated over months of channel surfing and random radio listening" (the Iranian singer on "Persian Love", for instance, was found by chance on radio). Otherwise, the album combines bass and whispered vocal parts with layered synths and lilting African rhythms, the latter courtesy of percussionist Kwaku Baah, and the overall flow of the record is achieved by different segments being pieced into a unified whole.

Critical reception

The Independent labeled the album a "cult classic," writing that "Czukay paved the way for later projects, such as David Byrne and Brian Eno's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts."

Personnel

Rebop Kwaku Baah – organ on "Cool in the Pool"

Holger Czukay – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, production, engineering, mixing, recording

Jaki Liebezeit – drums, congas

Michael Karoli – guitar on "Oh Lord, Give Us More Money"

Irmin Schmidt – grand piano on "Oh Lord, Give Us More Money"