Influential drummer, Can member and krautrock pioneer Jaki
Liebezeit passed away on January 22, 2016. Kirk Degiorgio honors Jaki’s
metronome style of playing with a two hour mix of his finest works
alongside Can, Manfred Schoof, David Sylvian & Holger Czukay, Jah
Wobble and more.
A founding member of legendary krautrock outfit Can, Jaki has been called “one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral” by Jeff Norman. Born in 1939 in Dresden, Liebezeit started out as a jazz musician. Spending the early 1960s in Barcelona, he played with Chet Baker and Tete Montoliu, joined the Manfred Schoof Quintet a little bit later, shaped European free jazz and finally took a ride into the psychedelic realm with Can – a group that always stressed that they were anything but a rock band. The ’80s saw Liebezeit as a member of Phantomband, working with Jah Wobble, Depeche Mode or Brian Eno, and forming drum ensembles such as Drums Off Chaos and Club Off Chaos. In recent years, most of all, his efforts with Burnt Friedman have been the center of attention
Tracklist:
A founding member of legendary krautrock outfit Can, Jaki has been called “one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral” by Jeff Norman. Born in 1939 in Dresden, Liebezeit started out as a jazz musician. Spending the early 1960s in Barcelona, he played with Chet Baker and Tete Montoliu, joined the Manfred Schoof Quintet a little bit later, shaped European free jazz and finally took a ride into the psychedelic realm with Can – a group that always stressed that they were anything but a rock band. The ’80s saw Liebezeit as a member of Phantomband, working with Jah Wobble, Depeche Mode or Brian Eno, and forming drum ensembles such as Drums Off Chaos and Club Off Chaos. In recent years, most of all, his efforts with Burnt Friedman have been the center of attention
Tracklist:
1 Manfred Schoof Quintett – Adjustment (CBS)
2 Can – Halleluhwah (Spoon)
3 Can – Vitamin C (Spoon)
4 Can – Future Days (Spoon)
5 Jail – You Can Help Me (Harvest)
6 Michael Rother – Flammende Herzen (Sky)
7 Richard Schneider Jr. – Samba Trip (Harvest)
8 Michael Rother – Fontana Di Luna (Sky)
9 Jah Wobble / Jaki Liebezeit / Holger Czukay – How Much Are They? (Island)
10 Irmin Schmidt – Endstation Freiheit (Titelmusik) (Spoon)
11 Mau Mau – MM Dub (Polydor)
12 Dunkelziffer – Strom (FünfUndVierzig)
13 Gabi Delgado – Victim (Virgin)
14 Irmin Schmidt – Mörderlied (Spoon)
15 Jah Wobble / The Edge / Holger Czukay – Hold On To Your Dreams (Island)
16 Mauro Pagani – Puck (Fonit Centra)
17 Plaza Hotel – Schön Sein In Uniform (Delphin)
18 David Sylvian & Holger Czukay – Plight (The Spiralling Of Winter Ghosts) (Venture)
19 Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart – Raga (Island)
20 Jan Wobble – Umbra Sumus Part I (30 Hertz)
21 David Sylvian & Holger Czukay – Mutability (A New Beginning Is In The Offing) (Venture)
