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Irmin Schmidt (Can) and Kumo (Aka Jono Podmore): London, March 4, 2008 (Peter Guy: Getintothis) 14.04.08 16:48 Irmin Schmidt (Can) and Kumo (aka Jono Podmore): London, March 4, 2008 (Peter Guy: Getintothis) 14.04.08 16:48 www.workshoplive.com Feedback - Ads by Google Ads by Google Police Tour Comedy Festival Schweiz Tour Rem London « icLiverpool Homes Jobs Merseyside Motors Grab my RSS feed Add to: Google, MyYahoo, Bloglines, My AOL Search the site Search here... Go Grab my RSS feed | (What's this?) Profile... Latest Posts... Categories Irmin Schmidt (Can) and Kumo (aka Jono Podmore): Albums of the Week London, March 4, 2008 Banter Tags: Axolotl Eyes Can Cologne Flies Future Days Guys & Choirs Irmin Schmidt Jono End of Year Review Podmore krautrock Kumo Liverpool Liverpool Daily Post Masters of Confusion Tago Mago Guest Slot Peter Guy discovered music late. Posted by Peter Guy on March 12, 2008 2:00 AM | Permalink Introducing Since then he's been making up for it. With a collection to rival a small record Labels of Love shop and a gig diary fit for any addled groupie, music is is his religion. Listening Post: Sometimes he dreams of having Liam, Unsigned Scene with Prince and Jimmy Page round for tea Matt Eland but most of the time he can be found Louden Up - Live writing and designing the Daily Post's sports pages. Getintothis is his guide reviews to music, which he hopes you’ll On Track contribute to. On it Tag cloud... Pop Life 101 Tambourines 13 Blues For Thirteen Reel Music Moons 19 2007 2007 Nationwide Anyone who is serious about music, seriously loves Can. Mercury Music Prize 2008 2ManyDJs As The Rough Guide to Rock states: 'There is a significant lobby among rock Shuffle: Spins from the 3121 3rd Degree Festival 45:33 4AD 6 fans - and probably an even stronger one among musicians - that Can were the headphone jukebox of 1 thing 65daysofstatic A Hawk and a greatest band ever. Hacksaw & the Hun Hangar Ensemble A Singles Club Or as Julian Cope, puts it in his book Krautrocksampler, 'every one of Can's Silver Mt Zion A&E A-Punk ACC Arena Accelerate Adele Adem Africa Exprez members is a hero, a Wizard and a True-star.' The Top 10 Alabama 3 Alas I Cannot Swim album So when Getintothis was given the chance to interview Can founder and Versus album of the year albums Alex Delivery keyboardist Irmin Schmidt about his new collaborative record, Axolotl Eyes, Alfie Alice and the Majesty All Hour with producer Kumo it really was a moment we couldn't pass up... Despite Cymbals All Of A Sudden I Miss having minutes to prepare - and without hearing the new record! 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Beggars Banquet Bella Union Ben IS: Yes, everything - the trumpet is for example dead... not everything, but most of it, Mawdsley Besnard Lakes best tracks is improvised around existing material or with us together. With a few exceptions - like Archives Beta Band Bez Biffy Clyro Big Brother playing Kick On The Floods (the first track on Axolotl Eyes), the trumpeter plays a April 2008 Billy Corgan Bjork Black Kids Black Lips melody which I had initiated on the keyboards and we decided it sounded better on Black Mountain Black Rebel March 2008 trumpet - but basically he really improvises on it. MotorcycleClub Black Sabbath Black The singer really is spontaneously actually saying to the tapes - the recording, the February 2008 Waters Blowed/ Engine Broke Blues Blackpool Empress Ballroom Blake music which existed already - and he was singing to it - it was basically really January 2008 Fielder-Civil Blind Arthur Blake Blind Boy spontaneously done. 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November 2007 Redhead Blood Island Raiders Blood Red Shoes Blue Velvet Blur Bob Sinclar IS: It's different again from the last record, this time, actually, he initiated the pieces October 2007 and Steve Edwards Boggs Bold Street by putting down rhythm tracks and electronic sounds which were the basis of the Bonnie Prince Billy Boris Boston Boy September 2007 pieces and then we came together - and during the process of making the record I Kill Boy Boys And Girls In America made a lot of other things, and I had to make a lot of other things - and we came August 2007 Brian Jonestown Massacre Brian from time to time together and Jono had worked a lot, whereas I had not much time Wilson British British Sea Power Britney July 2007 for it as actually Jono wanted, so Jono had to go alone, and then finally of course we Spears Brixton Academy Broken Social came together and I played piano and keyboards with him together and we worked June 2007 Scene Brownie McGhee Bruce Foxton together in the studio. 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