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by the

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band Can, released in 1997. The album was proposed by the head of the

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, Daniel Miller, who remixed also participated in the project remixing a drum-and-bass version of "Oh Yeah". ''Sacrilege'' features compositions Can composed throughout their career in the 1960s-70s and remixed by "both old friends of the group and admirers from a younger generation". The remix of "

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" by

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was sampled by

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for the song "Foreword" on his 4th album, ''

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''.

Reception

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, the guitarist of Can, liked the remix version of their work, saying "they have done the band great justice. He stood there after dinner and listened to the tapes, and danced the whole way through."

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, who remixed "PNOOM", said he was disappointed with his own effort. The remix was created with substantial use of loops, which "destroyed the delicate balance you always kept between the mechanical and the human". The review included in ''

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'' called the record an "excuse for Can's disciples to show respect for their forefathers. They have some fun with the source material, but they don't exactly improve on it." Sean Cooper, writing for

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, highlighted

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's "Future Days", and

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's "Flow Motion".

Track listing

# "PNOOM" (Moon Up Mix) by

– 0:56 # "

" (

Mix) – 6:08 # "Blue Bag (Inside Paper)" (Toroid Mix) by

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& Rob Rives – 6:54 # "Tango Whiskyman" (

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Mix) – 5:12 # "TV Spot" (

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Mix) – 3:52 # "

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Mix) – 8:20 # "

Halleluhwah "Halleluwah" (alternatively titled "Halleluhwah" on some post-1989 releases) is a song by the krautrock band Can, from their 1971 album ''Tago Mago''. The track, which originally took up a whole side of long-playing vinyl record, lasts for 18 mi ...

" (Halleluwa Orbus 2) – 9:20 # "Oh Yeah" (

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Mix) – 8:56 # "Unfinished" ( Hiller/Kaiser/Leda Mix) – 6:01 # "Future Days" (Blade Runner Mix) by

– 6:08 # "... And More" (

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Mix) – 6:41 # "Father Cannot Yell" (

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/Black Radio Mix) – 8:28 # "Dizzy Spoon" (

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Mix) – 6:45 # "

Yoo Doo Right "Yoo Doo Right" is the closing track on Can's 1969 debut album, ''Monster Movie'', edited down from a six-hour improvisation to a twenty-minute song. "Yoo Doo Right" features a pounding, tribal drums, along with a "colossal, grinding riff, subjec ...

" ( 3P Mix) – 4:13 # "Flow Motion" (

Mix) – 6:15 # "Oh Yeah" (

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Mix) – 9:01

References

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