: The 2005 Hybrid SACD/CD release (remastered at Sonopress, Germany) is noted by community members for adding "room ambience type reverb" to the entire album, which some listeners feel enhances the original hazy, expansive soundscapes AllMusic Review by Anthony Tognazzini
Future Days was the last album to feature vocalist Damo Suzuki before his departure from the band. Following the sonic density of Ege Bamyasi , the band moved away from shorter, song-oriented structures towards a more "sub-aquatic" sound—a hazy, aquatic, and deeply atmospheric experience.
Future Days represents the final chapter of this classic trilogy. It traded the nervous energy and gritty claustrophobia of their earlier work for something entirely unexpected: warmth, light, and vast, open spaces.
The utilized the original stereo master tapes, transferring them to the digital realm with cutting-edge SACD and high-resolution digital technologies. For Future Days , this remaster was revelatory. CAN - Future Days -1973- Remaster -2005- FLAC -...
"Spray" provides the album’s most abstract moment. It begins with erratic, pointillistic keyboard stabs from Irmin Schmidt and a scattered rhythm that feels like a machine slowly assembling itself. As the track progresses, the disparate elements lock into a mesmerizing groove. Suzuki’s vocals turn into wordless whispers, blending completely into the instrumental mix. It is a masterclass in tension and release, showcasing CAN's ability to turn chaotic free-improvisation into structured rhythmic poetry. 3. "Moonshake" (3:04)
This is where the audiophile credentials shine. "Spray" is disjointed, jazzy, and fragmented. The 2005 restoration brings out Michael Karoli’s guitar work, which often hides in the mix. You can hear his fingers sliding on the strings, a tactile detail that lesser compression algorithms strip away. It sounds like rain on a windowpane—abstract, rhythmic, and incredibly precise.
Supervised by Irmin Schmidt and sound engineer Andreas Torkler, the 2005 remaster was a revelation for audiophiles. : The 2005 Hybrid SACD/CD release (remastered at
In 1973, Holger Czukay had spliced magnetic tape with a razor blade to find these grooves. Now, in the digital present, those splices were invisible, rendered into a seamless stream of data. Elias closed his eyes. The ambient wash of Michael Karoli’s guitar felt like sunlight hitting moving water. It was music that refused to be "vintage." It sounded more like tomorrow than anything on the radio today.
The title track opens with the sound of rolling ocean waves and rustling percussion. It immediately establishes a breezy, jazz-tinged tranquility driven by Jaki Liebezeit's metronomic yet remarkably fluid drumming.
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. It contrasts the "languid" and "shimmering" tone of this release against the sharper, more aggressive style of their previous album, Ege Bamyası 3. Technical & Community Perspectives Discogs User Analysis
CAN - Future Days (1973): An Immersive Journey into the 2005 Remastered FLAC Masterpiece
For an album as texturally intricate as Future Days , file format matters immensely. Lossy formats like MP3 compress audio by stripping away frequencies deemed "inaudible" to the human ear, which squashes the dynamic range and muddies the stereo imaging. It traded the nervous energy and gritty claustrophobia
The subtle rustle of percussion, the hiss of the tape, and the quietest inflections in Suzuki’s vocal delivery are perfectly preserved.
“It was a summer day and the doors to the garden of the studio were wide open and Damo sat on this cushion… it makes this rustling, strange sound… the tape was always running and so it was recording that sound and that became part of the track.”