Irmin Schmidt

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Trompete 2 Fresco 00:00 Tools
Le Weekend 00:00 Tools
Bei Flavia II 00:00 Tools
Love 00:00 Tools
Flavias Thema I 00:00 Tools
Fresco 00:00 Tools
Klavierstück V 00:00 Tools
Dreambite 00:00 Tools
Time The Dreamkiller 00:00 Tools
Villa Wunderbar 00:00 Tools
Surprise 00:00 Tools
Lullaby Big 00:00 Tools
Shudder Of Love 00:00 Tools
Rapido De Noir 00:00 Tools
Alcool 00:00 Tools
Gormenghast Drift 00:00 Tools
Cliff Into Silence 00:00 Tools
Bei Flavia I 00:00 Tools
Roll On, Euphrates 00:00 Tools
Verdi Prati Valse 00:00 Tools
Strange Luck 00:00 Tools
The Child In History 00:00 Tools
Fresko 00:00 Tools
The Great Escape 00:00 Tools
Roll On Euphrates 00:00 Tools
Quattrocanti (Dream Theme IV) 00:00 Tools
Bohemian Step 00:00 Tools
Endstation Freiheit 00:00 Tools
Dangerous 00:00 Tools
Flavia Theme 00:00 Tools
Flavia Theme (Variationen Über Ein Thema Von J.S. Bach) 00:00 Tools
Score 1 Accordeon (previously unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Es Geht Ein Schnitter 00:00 Tools
Schneeland 00:00 Tools
Score 2 Das Fresco thema 00:00 Tools
Klavierstück IV 00:00 Tools
Score 3 Cello 00:00 Tools
Tears (Flavia Theme II) 00:00 Tools
Overture 00:00 Tools
Being Dwarf (Dream Theme III) 00:00 Tools
Falling 00:00 Tools
Zicke Zick 00:00 Tools
Morning In Berlin 00:00 Tools
Klavierstück I 00:00 Tools
Arrow From Beyond 00:00 Tools
Lied vom Verschwinden 00:00 Tools
Solo 00:00 Tools
Pauline 00:00 Tools
Geisterlied 00:00 Tools
Aller Tage Abend Walzer 00:00 Tools
Messer Im Kopf 00:00 Tools
Airport 00:00 Tools
Klavierstück III 00:00 Tools
Qui Sait 00:00 Tools
Fresco & Finale (Flavia Theme III & IV) 00:00 Tools
Kick On The Floods 00:00 Tools
Heimkehr 00:00 Tools
Burning Straw In Sky 00:00 Tools
Fledermenschen 00:00 Tools
You Make Me Nervous 00:00 Tools
Tatoo 00:00 Tools
Klavierstück II 00:00 Tools
Ritas's Tune 00:00 Tools
Flavia Theme - Variationen Über Ein Thema Von J.S. Bach 00:00 Tools
Zocker 00:00 Tools
Mary In A Coma 00:00 Tools
Mountain Way 00:00 Tools
Silbergraue Augen 00:00 Tools
When The Waters Came To Life 00:00 Tools
Gesicht Im Dunkel 00:00 Tools
Aaron 00:00 Tools
Fuchsia's Song - Rainbow Party 00:00 Tools
Baal 00:00 Tools
Gertrude's Aria: Touch 00:00 Tools
Stigma 00:00 Tools
The Seven Game 00:00 Tools
Mzungu 00:00 Tools
Rote Erde (Titelmusik) 00:00 Tools
Exit West 00:00 Tools
Coming Home 00:00 Tools
Zombie Mama 00:00 Tools
Bondage 00:00 Tools
Vision 00:00 Tools
I'm Hiding My Nightingale 00:00 Tools
City Of Magic 00:00 Tools
Decision 00:00 Tools
Lurk 00:00 Tools
Kein schöner La La 00:00 Tools
Nuts 'n News 00:00 Tools
Loony's Walk 00:00 Tools
G. String 00:00 Tools
Valse Merinque 00:00 Tools
Ultimate City Limit 00:00 Tools
Balance 00:00 Tools
Indisches Panorama I 00:00 Tools
Asagrai 00:00 Tools
Fuchsia's Song: Rainbow Party 00:00 Tools
Fürst Von Atlantis 00:00 Tools
Der Tote Bin Ich 00:00 Tools
Wallenstein 00:00 Tools
Accordeon 1 Flavias Thema 00:00 Tools
Unheimliche Entdeckung 00:00 Tools
Two Dolphins Go Dancing 00:00 Tools
Steerpike's Song: Oxygen 00:00 Tools
Koto 00:00 Tools
Hinter Glas 00:00 Tools
Oxygen 00:00 Tools
Bloch Bei Bloch 00:00 Tools
Dark Morning 00:00 Tools
Rapido de Noir (feat. Bruno Spoerri) 00:00 Tools
Toy Planet 00:00 Tools
Im Tempel 00:00 Tools
Im Herzen Des Hurrican 00:00 Tools
Abschied 00:00 Tools
Ensemble: Joy 00:00 Tools
Im Wald 00:00 Tools
Emsemble - Joy 00:00 Tools
Yom Tov 00:00 Tools
There Was A Man 00:00 Tools
Man On Fire 00:00 Tools
Indisches Panorama II 00:00 Tools
Final Cut 00:00 Tools
Stille Thränen Walzer 00:00 Tools
In Kalkutta III 00:00 Tools
Rainbow Party 00:00 Tools
Indisches Panorama III 00:00 Tools
Ina & Aaron 00:00 Tools
Dream Theme I 00:00 Tools
Indisches Panorama V 00:00 Tools
Verlorene Liebe Waltzer 00:00 Tools
Rote Erde 00:00 Tools
Springlight Rite 00:00 Tools
Der Elch 00:00 Tools
Mundharmonika Beat 00:00 Tools
Im Orient 00:00 Tools
In Kalkutta I 00:00 Tools
Indisches Panorama IV 00:00 Tools
Flächenbrand 00:00 Tools
Fall Friendly Rain 00:00 Tools
Cello 1 bei flavia 00:00 Tools
Indische Liebesszene 00:00 Tools
In Kalkutta II 00:00 Tools
Alice - Remix 00:00 Tools
Joy 00:00 Tools
The Twin's Duet: Triumph 00:00 Tools
Rote Erde (Titel Musik) 00:00 Tools
Swelter's Aria: Be A Happy Carnivore! 00:00 Tools
Ensemble - Joy 00:00 Tools
Mörderlied 00:00 Tools
Indisches Panorama VI 00:00 Tools
Sepulchrave's Aria: Behold the Night! 00:00 Tools
Dream Theme II 00:00 Tools
Bêtes De Passage 00:00 Tools
Monte Pellegrino 00:00 Tools
Im Orient II 00:00 Tools
Fuchsia's Aria: Fall, Friendly Rain 00:00 Tools
The Shepherd 00:00 Tools
Messer im Kopf (Titelmusik) 00:00 Tools
Tausendschönchen 00:00 Tools
Barquentine's Aria: Possess Me, Chaos! 00:00 Tools
Roll On Euphrates (Titelmusik) 00:00 Tools
Zucker für die Bestie 00:00 Tools
Why Not 00:00 Tools
Fresco and Finale (Flavia Theme III and IV) 00:00 Tools
Quattrocanti 00:00 Tools
Letzte Prufung 00:00 Tools
Letzte Prüfung 00:00 Tools
Finn Cries 00:00 Tools
Last Night Sleep - Remix 00:00 Tools
Klavierstück V (Edit) 00:00 Tools
When the Waters Came to Life (feat. Bruno Spoerri) 00:00 Tools
DUET FUCHSIA & STEERPIKE: The Birds Are Leaving For The South 00:00 Tools
Touch 00:00 Tools
Der Tote bin ich (Titelmusik) 00:00 Tools
The Archiv 00:00 Tools
Drifting Days, Crime Pays 00:00 Tools
Last Night Sleep (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Kama Sutra 00:00 Tools
Ina and Aaron 00:00 Tools
Im Herzen des Hurrican (titelmusik) 00:00 Tools
Raketenstadt 00:00 Tools
Valse Meringue 00:00 Tools
Zucker Fur Die Bestie 00:00 Tools
Nut's N News 00:00 Tools
Possess Me Chaos 00:00 Tools
Steerpike´s Song - Oygene 00:00 Tools
Tausendschonchen 00:00 Tools
Score 1 Accordeon 00:00 Tools
Die Letzte Prüfung 00:00 Tools
The Fresco (Flavia Theme III) 00:00 Tools
The Birds Are Leaving For The 00:00 Tools
Meteor Infected 00:00 Tools
Umbilicus Clear 00:00 Tools
Ensemble – Joy 00:00 Tools
Posses Me Chaos 00:00 Tools
Palermo Shooting (Medley) 00:00 Tools
Enigmatikman 00:00 Tools
Chillum Code 4.5 00:00 Tools
Tears (Flavia Theme IV) 00:00 Tools
Etrurian Waltz 00:00 Tools
Goatfooted Balloonman 00:00 Tools
Fresco & Finale [Flavia Theme III & IV] 00:00 Tools
Endstation Freiheit (titelmusik) 00:00 Tools
Beauty Duty 00:00 Tools
Be A Happy Carnivore 00:00 Tools
Rote Erde - Titel Musik 00:00 Tools
Flächenbrand (Titelmusik) 00:00 Tools
ExtraGon Vice 00:00 Tools
Getting Lost 00:00 Tools
Swelter's Aria: Be a Happy Carnivore 00:00 Tools
Triumph 00:00 Tools
2 Alone 00:00 Tools
Atoloxl Eyes 00:00 Tools
Messer im Kopf (Koto) 00:00 Tools
Man Of Fire 00:00 Tools
Tears 00:00 Tools
Being Dwarf 00:00 Tools
Bei Flavia I (accordeon by Serge Ferrara) 00:00 Tools
Behold The Night 00:00 Tools
Mцrderlied 00:00 Tools
Broken Waltz 00:00 Tools
Der Tote bin ich (solo) 00:00 Tools
Im Herzen des Hurrican (Der Elch) 00:00 Tools
NoCode Zero 00:00 Tools
4'33" 00:00 Tools
De Elch 00:00 Tools
Im Herzen Des Hurrican (No. 5) 00:00 Tools
Barquentine's Aria: Posses Me, Chaos! 00:00 Tools
Las Plumas del Búho 00:00 Tools
Those Fuzzy Things (out there) 00:00 Tools
Stille Tränen Walzer 00:00 Tools
Im Herzen des Hurrican (Verfolgung) 00:00 Tools
Im Herzen des Hurrican - titelmusik 00:00 Tools
Rote Erde (Musik) 00:00 Tools
Fresco & Finale - Flavia Theme III & IV 00:00 Tools
Score 3: Cello 00:00 Tools
Rote Erde [Titel Musik] 00:00 Tools
Score 1: Accordeon 00:00 Tools
Klavierstück V - Edit 00:00 Tools
The Fresco 00:00 Tools
Bei Flavia II (Cello by Ulrike Schäfer) 00:00 Tools
Zu nah dran 00:00 Tools
Either Or The Survivor 00:00 Tools
Solo / From The Film 'Der Tote Bin Ich' 00:00 Tools
Stille Thrдnen Walzer 00:00 Tools
Twelve Tones 00:00 Tools
Duet Fuchsia & Stterkpike: The Birds Are Leaving for the South 00:00 Tools
Ensemble Joy 00:00 Tools
Swelter´s Aria - Be A Happy Carnivore! 00:00 Tools
Axolotl Eyes 00:00 Tools
Kein schцner La La 00:00 Tools
Overture (Gormenghast) 00:00 Tools
Score 2: Das Fresco-Thema 00:00 Tools
Quattrocanti - Dream Theme IV 00:00 Tools
Alice in den Stadten 00:00 Tools
Gertrude´s Aria - Touch 00:00 Tools
Fuchsia´s Aria - Fall, Friendly Rain 00:00 Tools
Roll On, Euphates 00:00 Tools
Verlorene Liebe Walter 00:00 Tools
Cello I Bei Flavia 00:00 Tools
Roll On Euphrates (Long Version) 00:00 Tools
Duet Fuchsia & Steerpike - The Birds Are Leaving For The South 00:00 Tools
Gentle Into That Night (Gormenghast Drift V. 5.2) 00:00 Tools
Flavia Theme, No. 1 00:00 Tools
The Fresco (Flavia Theme III) 00:00 Tools
Indisches Panormama VI 00:00 Tools
Morderlied 00:00 Tools
Bкtes De Passage 00:00 Tools
Geld & Geister 00:00 Tools
Fьrst von Atlantis 00:00 Tools
Surprise by Irmin Schmidt 00:00 Tools
I'm Herzen Des Hurrican 00:00 Tools
Flдchenbrand 00:00 Tools
L'enfant Du Soleil 00:00 Tools
L’Enfant du Soleil 00:00 Tools
Alice (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Accordeon I Flavias Thema 00:00 Tools
Barquentine´s Aria - Passes Me, Chaos! 00:00 Tools
Fuchsia´s Song - Rainbow Party 00:00 Tools
Lony's Walk 00:00 Tools
Fresco Finale (Flavia Theme III IV) 00:00 Tools
I'm Tempel 00:00 Tools
I'm Orient 00:00 Tools
Steerpike's Song, Oxygen 00:00 Tools
Sepulchrave´s Aria - Behold The Night 00:00 Tools
Barquentine's Aria, Possess Me, Chaos! 00:00 Tools
Fuchsia's Song, Rainbow Party 00:00 Tools
Fuchsia's Aria, Fall, Friendly Rain 00:00 Tools
Quattrocanti (Dream Theme, No. 4) 00:00 Tools
Rapido De Noir (Last Train To Eternity) 00:00 Tools
Le Weeked 00:00 Tools
Kick On The Floods - Das Eb Remix 00:00 Tools
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Irmin Schmidt (born May 29, 1937) is a keyboard player, producer and composer probably best known as a member of Can. Schmidt received a formal musical education and between 1957 and 1967 he studied under modern composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and Györgi Ligeti. Between 1962 and 1969 he conducted numerous orchestras including Wiener Sinfoniker, Bochumer Sinfoniker, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Norddeutscher Rundfunk Hannover and the Dortmunder Ensemble für Neue Musik, which he founded. Schmidt also worked as a musical director at the Stadttheater Aachen and taught Musicals and Chanson at the Bochum stage school. Schmidt also gave numerous new music recitals and was amongst the first German pianists to interpret the work of John Cage. His compositions" Hexapussy" and "Ilgom" were premiered by Radio Stuttgart in 1967 and 1968 respectively. During this period he also composed music for various film and theatre productions. His classical career was put on hold after a trip to New York in 1966 exposed him to emerging musical forms and ideas that led to him forming CAN in 1968. As the band's keyboard player, Schmidt's contribution to their groundbreaking career and the evolution of electronic music in general is formidable. When CAN was dissolved in 1978 Schmidt, relocated to the south of France where he established a studio and continued to compose and record over100 film and television scores, a craft he had already become familiar with both before and during his work with CAN. This work is documented on CAN's "Soundtracks" LP (1970) and on his own solo soundtrack compilation, a 3 CD set entitled "Anthology :Soundtracks 1978 - 1993 "both of which are available on Spoon /Mute. His solo soundtrack features his fellow band mates Micael Karoli (guitar) and Jaki Liebezeit (drums). In 1981 he worked with Bruno Spoerri and released his first solo LP "Toy Planet" followed by " Musk at Dusk" in 1987. Schmidt rejoined his former colleagues for the reunion album, Rite Time (1989) and followed this with another solo album," Impossible Holidays" (1991). In 1993, Schmidt was commissioned to write a fantasy opera based on Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy. The three act opera, with a libretto by Duncan Fallowell, was premiered at Wuppertal Opera House on November 15 1998 excerpts of which were released as a CD on Spoon/Mute in 2000 Thanks to Gormenghast, he met Kumo (UK musician Jono Podmore), sound engineer, producer and specialist in rhythm programming and immediately saw the potential for improvisational collaboration. They performed as Irmin Schmidt & Kumo for the Can solo projects tour. This project also toured events as diverse as the Montreux Jazz Festival, Sonar in Barcelona and the International Jazz festival in London and all to critical acclaim from their respective audiences. In 2001 Irmin Schmidt and Kumo released "Masters of Confusion" on Spoon/Mute. Like his fellow CAN band mates, Irmin Schmidt has been taking a keen interest in the re-mastering of CAN material for both the 2003 CAN DVD release and overseeing the re-mastering of the entire CAN back catalogue in 2004 - 2005 for a re-release on Spoon/Mute . June 2004 saw a new production of his Gormenghast opera staged at Völklinger Hütte in Saarbrüken, Germany, a colossal steelworks that is now a UNESCO world heritage site, together with performances at the Grand Théatre Luxembourg. 2006 - 2007 Composing a Ballet music for full orchestra commissioned by the DEUTSCHEN OPER AM RHEIN ,Düsseldorf. Discography: 1980 FILMMUSIK Vol. 1 (Spoon) 1981 FILMMUSIK Vol. 2 (Spoon) 1983 ROTE ERDE (Teldec) 1984 FILMMUSIK Vol. 3&4 (double CD) (Spoon 1985 HERR SCHMIDT (Virgin) 1989 FILMMUSIK Vol. 5 (REPORTER) (Virgin) 1981 TOY PLANET (Spoon/ Virgin/ Mute) 1987 MUSK AT DUSK (WEA/ Spoon/ Mute) 1991 IMPOSSIBLE HOLIDAYS (WEA/ Spoon/ Mute) 1995 ANTHOLOGY - SOUNDTRACKS 1978-1993 (3 Cd boxset) (Spoon/ Mute) 2000 GORMENGHAST - FANTASY OPERA (Spoon/ Mute) 2001 IRMIN SCHMIDT & KUMO - MASTERS OF CONFUSION (Spoon/ Mute) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.