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5 Klavierstücke, the German-language title of a forthcoming instrumental album by Irmin Schmidt, translates to “five piano works” in English. The spare formality of the name consciously evokes the ...

German musician Irmin Schmidt, the founder of legendary experimental band Can, has been knighted by the French Ministry of Culture for his contribution to the arts, labels Mute and Spoon Records… By ...

A month shy of his 75th birthday, German keyboardist Irmin Schmidt is old enough to have lived through World War II. But the spirit of his music with Can – one of Krautrock’s key groups and an ...

Formed in Cologne in 1968, Can embodied a kind of ritualistic minimalism, somehow managing to be both forward looking and primordial at the same time. Constructing their music out of lengthy ...

Born in Berlin in 1937, Irmin Schmidt studied under both Karlheinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti and conducted numerous orchestras before forming the legendary experimental rock group Can in 1968, ...

Later this month, Can’s Irmin Schmidt will release a new album of piano pieces titled 5 Klavierstücke, and ahead of that, he’s now unveiled a second track from the record, ‘Klavierstück V’. You can ...

German musician Irmin Schmidt appears at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Duncan Seaman reports. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our ...

Schmidt,one of Can’s founding members, has been a non-stop innovator since the mid-’60, and following his band’s official dissolution, the keyboardist/composer hasn’t stop making very memorable music.

On his latest solo work, keyboardist Irmin Schmidt (a founding member of experimental legends Can) takes a compositionally unfettered approach to his instruments of choice. The 5 Klavierstücke, or “5 ...

Irmin Schmidt will release a new album this November. Above, you can hear ‘Klavierstück III’ which features on the album. Entitled 5 Klavierstücke, the album consists of five piano pieces recorded ...