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Jan 8, 2024 · Irmin Schmidt pushes pause on his forward-looking endeavours to reflect on 60 years as a true innovator. To discuss: fallen comrades, “evil” jazz and magic. “Music is an adventure every time ...
Irmin Schmidt born in May 1937 received a formal musical education and between 1957 and 1967 he studied under modern composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and Ligeti. Between 1962 and 1969 he conducted numerous orchestras including Wiener Sinfoniker, Bochumer Sinfoniker, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Norddeutscher Rundfunk Hannover and the Dortmunder ...
Nocturne (Live at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) - White. Buy. 1980.
In the late 60ies Schmidt decided to unite classical New Music with Rock and Jazz and founded CAN. Between 1969 and 1978 he worked exclusively with CAN . After 1978 Irmin released several solo albums - Toy Planet (with B. Spoerri), Musk At Dusk, Impossible Holidays - and a 3 CD box-set of his work as a film composer (Anthology - Soundtrack 1978 ...
Apr 13, 2023 · Irmin Schmidt is more succinct: “Tago Mago was our best-selling record, the most astonishing, mysterious record.” “Can were a psychedelic band on a different plane,” says Andrew Lauder. “They were mischievous in a made-in-Germany kind of way.
Nov 4, 2013 · CAN and Irmin Schmidt exclusive by Spoon Records UK Ltd. for Germany, Austria and Switzerland - Distributed by Rough Trade Distribution GmbH, Spoon Records UK Ltd./Hostess Entertainment for Japan. Spoon Records UK Ltd./Mute Artists Ltd for ROW www.mute.com Spoon Records & Can Management: Hildegard Schmidt & Sandra Podmore. ℗ 2013 Spoon Records
German-born musician Irmin Schmidt began his musical career studying under modern composers Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti, and John Cage. He founded the Dortmund Ensemble for New Music in 1962, and conducted several orchestral concerts throughout the decade. Uniting rock, jazz, and new music, he co-founded the revolutionary experimental ...
