The Japanese musician
Damo Suzuki,
one of the names of psychedelia and the European musical avant-garde, and singer of the legendary German experimental rock band Can in its golden age at the beginning of the 70s, died yesterday Friday at the age of 74 due to a colon cancer.
The information was given by the German musical group on its Instagram account.
Damo Suzuki died at the age of 74.
Photo: IG
"It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of our wonderful friend Damo Suzuki, yesterday, Friday, February 9, 2024. His boundless creative energy has touched many people around the world, not only with Can, but also with his Network Tour that "It spans the entire continent. We will always miss Damo's kind soul and cheeky smile," says the text published by Can.
A golden age
Suzuki joined the group formed in Cologne in 1968 and which was one of the most radical bets of the European avant-garde with the incorporation of electronics, contemporary classical avant-garde, free jazz, percussion, noise, and rock.
He recorded in the midst of making his second album
Sondtracks
in 1970, and remained there until 1973.
In that period he left his unmistakable record in what are considered
the band's best works
:
Tago Mago
(1971),
Ege Bamyasi
(1972) and
Future Days
(1973).
His career
Suzuki was born in January 1950 in Japan, he wandered around Europe in his adolescence as a street musician, he trained musically in Cologne starting in 1968, and
in 1970 he replaced Malcolm Mooney in Can
, after members of the band found him playing in the street outside a Munich cafe.
Damo Suzuki in Buenos Aires.
Archive photo.
After his departure from Can, Suzuki remained away from music for 10 years and returned in 1983 with his project
Suzuki's Network
, with which he toured throughout Europe, where he put his particular artistic personality into play, which incorporated improvisation, percussion and the machines.