Irmin Schmidt

Irmin Schmidt is a keyboardist, composer and founding member of the group Can. He has scored more than forty soundtracks and written an opera, Gormenghast, based on the novels by Mervyn Peake. In 2015, he was made a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in southern France.

 

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An Excerpt from All Gates Open: the Story of Can by Irmin Schmidt and Rob Young

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By Irmin Schmidt | June 15, 2018
By Irmin Schmidt | June 15, 2018

An Excerpt from All Gates Open: the Story of Can by Irmin Schmidt and Rob Young

"People in Britain and America pretend to know the Can. But what they don’t understand is Irmin."