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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of all the exceptional bands that emerged from Germany during the 1960s and 70s, none were more daring than Can. The pioneering ...

In the latest issue of MOJO, on sale now, we speak to Can’s sonic architect Irmin Schmidt about his life in the musical vanguard. In this extended hymn to the genius of Schmidt and his bandmates, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of Can reunited as "the Can Project" for a special 50th anniversary show at London's Barbican Hall last night. After ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The keyboard-playing founder of Can shares his favourite tracks – by turns interesting, complex and plain weird – for this week’s playlist I first heard Ben Frost when I was in Mexico – we were both ...

Irmin Schmidt, founder of pioneering Krautrock band Can, discusses The Can Project with Max Reinhardt, a performance at the Barbican featuring reworkings of classic Can material for the London ...

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 ...