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Stuart chats to influential German composer Irmin Schmidt about his solo career after Can, including his film soundtracks, operas and LPs.

Stuart chats to influential German composer Irmin Schmidt about his solo career following Can including his film soundtracks, operas and LPs. Schmidt studying composition with Stockhausen and Ligeti before forming Can in 1968, the group transcended mainstream influences fusing psychedelia, funk, new classical music and electronics which has left a lingering influence on popular music. After Can's decision to split in 1978, Schmidt began composing for film and TV and has sound tracked over 100 films. In 2015 he was awarded a knighthood - the Chevalier De L'Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres - for his contribution to arts and culture by the French Ministry of Culture.

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  • The Murmaids

    Paper Sun

    • A Few Of The Things We Love.
    • Ace.

  • Luke Haines

    Cold Field Morning Under Bliss

    • British Nuclear Bunkers.
    • Cherry Red.
    • 5.

  • Storhet Av Morke

    Lord Of The Frost Winds

    • Grandeur Of Eternal Cold.
    • Archaic Sound.
    • 3.

  • The Residents

    The Angry Angakok

    • Eskimo.
    • Ralph Records.
    • 4.

  • Victoria Hume

    Closing

    • Closing.
    • Lost Map.
    • 1.

  • Isao Tomita

    Footprints In The Snow

    • Snowflakes Are Dancing.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.

  • The Space Lady

    Major Tom

    • The Space Lady's Greatest Hits.
    • NIGHT SCHOOL.
    • 3.

  • Camel

    Air Born

    • Moonmadness.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • The Residents

    The Festival Of Death

    • Eskimo.
    • Ralph Records.
    • 6.

  • Irmin Schmidt

    Steerpike's Song

    • Electro Violet.
    • Mute Records.

  • Boards of Canada

    1969

    • Geogaddi.
    • Warp Records.
    • 10.

  • The Church Of Hysteria

    Emperor Penguins

    • Suburban Sex Dungeon.
    • Fulsome Prism Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Arvo PΓ€rt

    My Heart's In The Highlands

    • Creator Spiritus.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.

  • ²ΡΓΈ²υ³Ω±π°ω!

    Nebula And Red Giant

    • When You Cut Into The Present.
    • Hubro β€Ž.
    • 1.

  • John Carpenter

    Night

    • Lost Themes.
    • Sacred Bones Records.
    • 9.

  • The Residents

    Arctic Hysteria

    • Eskimo.
    • Ralph Records.
    • 3.

  • Richard Dawson

    The Bright Young Plough Boy

  • The Watersons

    Maplas Wassail Song

    • For Pence And Spicy Ale.
    • Topic Records.
    • 12.

  • EsbjΓΆrn Svensson Trio

    Winter In Venice

    • Winter In Venice.
    • Superstudio Gul.
    • 2.

  • Do Make Say Think

    Fredericia

    • Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn.
    • Constellation.
    • 1.

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  • Sun 20 Dec 2015 20:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music