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Kenji Suzuki (16 January 1950 - 9 February 2024)
Associated Acts: Can (1970 - 1973), Damo Suzuki Band
Vocal Range: A1 - A5
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("Peking O")
G5 ("Bel Air", "Soup")
E5 ("Don’t Forget Ya Job", "Mother Sky", "Pinch")
E♭5 ("Bel Air")
D5 ("December", "Future Days", "Halleluhwah")
C5 ("Geheimnisvolles Treffen auf der anderen Seite das Nebels", "Sing Swan Song", "Vitamin C")
B4 ("Ballad of Diver", "Deadlock", "Moonshake", "Mother Sky", "Soup", "Vitamin C")
B♭4 ("Andere Seite des Venushuegel", "Halleluhwah", "Wirkliche Antwort auf unsichtbaren Spiegeln")
A4 ("Andere Seite des Venushuegel", "Bring Me Coffee or Tea", "Deadlock", "Die Leere fullen", "Paperhouse", "Pinch", "Soup", "Two", "Vitamin C", "Wildschweinbraten")
G♯4 ("Don’t Forget Ya Job", "I’m So Green", "Mushroom", "Peking O", "Spoon")
G4 ("Ballad of Diver", "Bel Air", "Bring Me Coffee or Tea", "Day Lily", "Don’t Forget Ya Job", "Five", "Future Days", "Geheimnisvolles Treffen auf der anderen Seite das Nebels", "Halleluhwah", "Paperhouse", "Please Heat This Eventually, Pt. I", "Pinch", "Two", "Venushuegel", "Vitamin C", "Wildschweinbraten")
F♯4 ("Damo, Mike, Alan, Jim, Hen, Andy, Tom & Michael", "Date Line Today / Yesterday", "Day Lily", "I’m So Green", "Mother Sky", "Rest von Wildschweinbraten", "Soup", "Spray", "Wildschweinbraten", "Wirkliche Antwort auf unsichtbaren Spiegeln")
F4 ("Andere Seite des Venushuegel", "Bel Air", "Die Leere fullen", "Five", "Future Days", "Halleluhwah", "Oh Yeah", "Peking O", "Spoon", "Stern das Narren", "Wildschweinbraten")
E4 ("Ballad of Diver", "Bel Air", "Bring Me Coffee or Tea", "Damo, Mike, Alan, Jim, Hen, Andy, Tom & Michael", "Date Line Today / Yesterday", "Day Lily", "Deadlock", "December", "Don’t Forget Ya Job", "Eighteenth", "Five", "Mother Sky", "Mushroom", "Oh Yeah", "Paperhouse", "Pinch", "Please Heat This Eventually" All Parts, "Stern das Narren", "Thousand", "Two", "Venushuegel", "Vitamin C")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Ballad of Diver", "Bring Me Coffee or Tea", "Damo, Mike, Alan, Jim, Hen, Andy, Tom & Michael", "Date Line Today / Yesterday", "Day Lily", "Don’t Forget Ya Job", "Don't Turn The Light On, Leave Me Alone", "Eighteenth", "Geheimnisvolles Treffen auf der anderen Seite das Nebels", "Moonshake", "Mother Sky", "Paperhouse", "Peking O", "Sing Swan Song", "Spray", "Thousand", "Two", "Vitamin C", "Weekend Paradise")
E♭3 ("Die Leere fullen", "Halleluhwah", "I’m So Green", "Mushroom", "Peking O", "Spoon")
D3 ("Date Line Today / Yesterday", "December", "Don't Turn The Light On, Leave Me Alone", "Eighteenth", "Five", "Halleluwah", "Mother Sky", "Oh Yeah", "One More Night", "Paperhouse", "Pinch", "Rest von Wildschweinbraten", "Tango Whiskyman", "Two", "Weekend Paradise", "Wildschweinbraten")
C♯3 ("Andere Seite des Venushuegel", "Peking O", "Tango Whiskyman", "Venushuegel")
C3 ("Damo, Mike, Alan, Jim, Hen, Andy, Tom & Michael", "Five", "Halleluhwah", "Pinch", "Rest von Wildschweinbraten", "Soup", "Spoon", "Spray")
B2 ("Moonshake", "One More Night", "Paperhouse", "Two", "Wirkliche Antwort auf unsichtbaren Spiegeln")
B♭2 ("Andere Seite des Venushuegel", "Soup")
A2 ("Pinch", "Wildschweinbraten")
F2 ("Mushroom")
E2 ("Pinch")
A1 ("Stern das Narren")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Best Vocal Performances
1. Sing Swan Song
2. Bel Air
3. Paperhouse
4. Vitamin C
5. Halleluhwah
{Album Ranges}
Can:
Tago Mago (1971): F2 - A5
Ege Bamyası (1972): E2 - G5
Future Days (1973): B2 - G5
Damo Suzuki Band:
Vernissage (1998): D3 - E5
Solo Stuff & Collabs:
Damo Suzuki & Sound Carriers (2014): A1 - C5
Damo Suzuki & Jelly Planet (2018): A2 - B♭4
And a Kitchen Cynic (2021): B2 - D5
Can:
Tago Mago (1971): F2 - A5
Ege Bamyası (1972): E2 - G5
Future Days (1973): B2 - G5
Damo Suzuki Band:
Vernissage (1998): D3 - E5
Solo Stuff & Collabs:
Damo Suzuki & Sound Carriers (2014): A1 - C5
Damo Suzuki & Jelly Planet (2018): A2 - B♭4
And a Kitchen Cynic (2021): B2 - D5
{Questionable Notes}
B6 ("Soup"[5])
B5 ("Peking O"[5])
G5 ("Pinch"[5])
C5 ("Venushuegel"[1])
B4 ("Bring Me Coffee or Tea"[4])
A4 ("Mushroom"[5])
A2 ("One More Night"[5])
D2 ("Aumgn"[2] can't tell if any notes in this song is Damo or Irmin so)
B1 ("Pinch"[5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
B6 ("Soup"[5])
B5 ("Peking O"[5])
G5 ("Pinch"[5])
C5 ("Venushuegel"[1])
B4 ("Bring Me Coffee or Tea"[4])
A4 ("Mushroom"[5])
A2 ("One More Night"[5])
D2 ("Aumgn"[2] can't tell if any notes in this song is Damo or Irmin so)
B1 ("Pinch"[5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.