Spoon Records is an

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founded and managed by the spouse of keyboard player Irmin Schmidt, Hildegard Schmidt, since

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. The label, and its sister publishing operation Messer Music, are headquartered in the

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district of France, mostly releasing and reissuing music made by the

krautrock Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It originated among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electron ...

band Can and its members. Hildegard and Irmin Schmidt's daughter Sandra Podmore has been directors of Spoon Records since 2008. The label takes its name from the song "

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" on Can's '' Ege Bamyasi'' album.

History

Hildegard Schmidt decided to take control of Can's back catalogue while she attended the Midem festival in Cannes in 1979. Hildegard obtained financial support for Spoon Records from George Reinhart—film producer, photographer, and nephew of the wealthy Swiss art collector Oskar Reinhart. Hildegard secured the rights to Can records owned by the

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partnered with

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure (duo), Erasure, Einstürze ...

, a British independent label interested in European/German records. By the end of the 80s, Spoon Records entirety Can's back catalogue on

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and CD.

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* Can ** Holger Czukay **

Michael Karoli Michael Karoli (29 April 1948 – 17 November 2001) was a German guitarist, violinist, and sound-mixer. He was a founding member of the krautrock band Can. Biography Early life Michael Karoli was born 29 April 1948 in Straubing, Bavaria, t ...

(with Polly Eltes) ** Jaki Liebezeit (with Phantom Band) ** Irmin Schmidt *

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