Jaki Liebezeit (born Hans Liebezeit; 26 May 1938[1] – 22 January 2017) was a German drummer, best known as a founding member of experimental rock band Can.[2] He was called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral".[3]
Hans "Jaki" Liebezeit was born in the village of Ostrau near Dresden, Germany.[4][5] His mother, Elisabeth, was from Lower Saxony. His father, Karl Moritz Johannes Liebezeit, was the music teacher at the village school, specialising in accordion and violin, and taught both instruments to Jaki, who treasured his father's accordion for the rest of his life. His father was forced to stop teaching music during the Nazi period, and died in mysterious circumstances on 18 August 1943.[4][6]
His early life was one of extreme poverty, with no running water at home, surviving on vegetables grown in the garden, and having to walk several kilometres to school daily. As the Russians began to occupy East Germany, he became a refugee when his mother took him west to Hannoversch Münden to live with her mother and brother, just before the border closed in 1945.[4][6]
He subsequently moved towards the new possibilities being opened by psychedelic music as a member of Can. His drumming was prominent in the band's sound, particularly in his much-admired contribution to the side-long "Halleluhwah" on Tago Mago. Liebezeit is best known for his exceptional "metronome" style of playing; other members of Can have suggested that he sounds as though he is "half-man, half machine".
Liebezeit provided drums, in the form of the distinctive "Motorik beat", for Michael Rother's late-1970s solo albums.[8]
In 1980, he became a member of Phantomband,[7] and formed drum ensembles such as Drums off Chaos and Club off Chaos.[7] Later he recorded with numerous musicians, such as Jah Wobble[7] and Philip Jeck, with whom he produced an album for Jah Wobble's 30 Hertz Records, and contributed drums and percussion to many albums as a guest musician over the years, such as the Depeche Mode album Ultra and Brian Eno's album Before and After Science. In later years, he worked with Burnt Friedman on the Secret Rhythms[9] albums and with Schiller on the Atemlos album.
He also worked on the Cyclopean EP, released on 11 February 2013 on 12" and download for Mute Records. Cyclopean was a project that involved, other than Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt from Can alongside long time collaborators Jono Podmore (Kumo / Metamono) and musician and producer Burnt Friedman.[10] He recorded with Hans Joachim Irmler of Faust an album called Flut released 18 July 2014.[11]
In 2013, he recorded the album The Obscure Department with British singer-songwriter Robert Coyne.[12][13] Two more albums with Coyne, Golden Arc (2014) and I Still Have This Dream (2016), followed.
Liebezeit died of pneumonia on 22 January 2017.[14]
^Kubanke, Ulf (12 September 2013). "Spinnweben an der Skiptaste". laut.de (in German).
^Gluck, Jeremy (12 November 2013). . Mudkiss Fanzine. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^"Can Drummer Jaki Liebezeit Dead at 78". Pitchfork. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^Philharmonie, Kölner. "Jaki Liebezeit – A Tribute". Kölner Philharmonie. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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Jaki Liebezeit born Hans Liebezeit 26 May 1938 1 22 January 2017 was a German drummer best known as a founding member of experimental rock band Can 2 He was called one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral 3 Jaki LiebezeitJaki Liebezeit December 2011Background informationBirth nameHans LiebezeitBorn 1938 05 26 26 May 1938Ostrau Saxony GermanyDied22 January 2017 2017 01 22 aged 78 Cologne GermanyGenresKrautrock electronic European free jazzOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Drums percussion double bass piano saxophoneYears active1961 2017 Contents 1 Early life 2 Musical career 3 Videography 4 ReferencesEarly life EditHans Jaki Liebezeit was born in the village of Ostrau near Dresden Germany 4 5 His mother Elisabeth was from Lower Saxony His father Karl Moritz Johannes Liebezeit was the music teacher at the village school specialising in accordion and violin and taught both instruments to Jaki who treasured his father s accordion for the rest of his life His father was forced to stop teaching music during the Nazi period and died in mysterious circumstances on 18 August 1943 4 6 His early life was one of extreme poverty with no running water at home surviving on vegetables grown in the garden and having to walk several kilometres to school daily As the Russians began to occupy East Germany he became a refugee when his mother took him west to Hannoversch Munden to live with her mother and brother just before the border closed in 1945 4 6 Musical career EditIn the mid 1960s he was part of Manfred Schoof s quintet who were early exponents of European free jazz 7 He subsequently moved towards the new possibilities being opened by psychedelic music as a member of Can His drumming was prominent in the band s sound particularly in his much admired contribution to the side long Halleluhwah on Tago Mago Liebezeit is best known for his exceptional metronome style of playing other members of Can have suggested that he sounds as though he is half man half machine Liebezeit provided drums in the form of the distinctive Motorik beat for Michael Rother s late 1970s solo albums 8 In 1980 he became a member of Phantomband 7 and formed drum ensembles such as Drums off Chaos and Club off Chaos 7 Later he recorded with numerous musicians such as Jah Wobble 7 and Philip Jeck with whom he produced an album for Jah Wobble s 30 Hertz Records and contributed drums and percussion to many albums as a guest musician over the years such as the Depeche Mode album Ultra and Brian Eno s album Before and After Science In later years he worked with Burnt Friedman on the Secret Rhythms 9 albums and with Schiller on the Atemlos album He also worked on the Cyclopean EP released on 11 February 2013 on 12 and download for Mute Records Cyclopean was a project that involved other than Liebezeit Irmin Schmidt from Can alongside long time collaborators Jono Podmore Kumo Metamono and musician and producer Burnt Friedman 10 He recorded with Hans Joachim Irmler of Faust an album called Flut released 18 July 2014 11 In 2013 he recorded the album The Obscure Department with British singer songwriter Robert Coyne 12 13 Two more albums with Coyne Golden Arc 2014 and I Still Have This Dream 2016 followed Liebezeit died of pneumonia on 22 January 2017 14 A tribute concert to Liebezeit at the Philharmonic Hall Cologne took place on 22 January 2018 15 Videography EditRomantic Warriors IV Krautrock 2019 References Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaki Liebezeit Young Rob 24 January 2017 Jaki Liebezeit 1938 2017 Faber amp Faber Blog JON PARELES Jaki Liebezeit Influential Drummer for Can Dies at 78 The New York Times Retrieved 26 May 2017 Jeff Norman s website Uwm edu 23 September 1999 Archived from the original on 30 April 2009 Retrieved 21 October 2011 a b c Podmore Jono ed 2020 JAKI LIEBEZEIT the life theory and practice of a master drummer UNBOUND ISBN 9781783527823 Kramer Ralf 10 December 2008 Techno im Prinzip ein flotterer Marsch Jaki Liebezeit im Interview Spex Magazin fur Popkultur Archived from the original on 25 December 2013 Retrieved 14 May 2012 a b Young Rob Schmidt Irmin 3 May 2018 All Gates Open The Story of Can Faber and Faber ISBN 978 0 571 31149 1 a b c d Biography at Spoon Records Spoonrecords com Retrieved 21 October 2011 Michael Rother Michaelrother de 2015 Archived from the original on 9 March 2010 Retrieved 26 January 2015 Burnt Friedman amp Jaki Liebezeit Discography Discogs com 2015 Retrieved 26 January 2015 EP Release 12 amp Download Out 11 Feb 2013 Mute Records 1 February 2013 Retrieved 23 January 2017 Hunter Tilney Ludovic 25 July 2014 Irmler Liebezeit Flut review Financial Times Kubanke Ulf 12 September 2013 Spinnweben an der Skiptaste laut de in German Gluck Jeremy 12 November 2013 The Obscure Department the 3rd Mind of Robert Coyne and Jaki Liebezeit Mudkiss Fanzine Archived from the original on 8 January 2020 Retrieved 11 October 2017 Can Drummer Jaki Liebezeit Dead at 78 Pitchfork 22 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