Friedmann and Liebezeit make a live appearance at the recently relocated Künstlerhaus Bethanien as part of the HALLELUHWAH! – Hommage à CAN exhibition which features pieces by Ronald and Robert Lippok, Carsten Nicola amongst others.
[audio:01. rhein rauf.mp3]Their unmissable live show fuses Burnt Friedman’s dub-infused electronica with former Can drummer, Jaki Liebezeit’s pristine skills on the drum kit.
The artists have consciously turned away from Western European, Anglo-American regulated rhythm (based on 4) in order to enrich their vocabulary with all globally relevant rhythms.
Jaki Liebezeit: “It possibly incorporated many elements of this earth without featuring any specific elements. The individual elements have been made abstract, no ethnic or national character remains, there’s nothing typical to Seville or Istanbul, but the properties held in common by all types of music have been abstracted and processed.” If it is still possible to establish a link with his past as a member of CAN, then it lies in the spirit with which he seeks, then as now, new musical forms.
The post-CAN Liebezeit not only created his own cycle-based drum system but also developed an innovative drumset that concentrates on the essentials and permits a mode of playing that was already theoretically honed to be physically implemented in optimum fashion.
Burnt Friedmann & Jaki Liebezeit | Fearer
httpv://https://youtube.com/watch?v=fTYRVt0D10o
Friedman’s programmed or played sequences and placeless sound particles adhere to the same understanding of rhythm, allowing the two heterogeneous sound generators to perfectly intermesh and form a unit – both acoustically and electronically, in terms of improvisation and concept alike. Friedman and Liebezeit came together in Cologne in 2001, having recognized that they were on the same musical wavelength and exploring the territory beyond the current style reproductions, that is to say: working remote from retro or recycling!
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Burnt Friedmann & Jaki Liebezeit LIVE
Thursday, 15th November 2011 | 20:00 CET
Festsaal Kreuzberg | Skalitzer STr. 130 | 10999 Berlin/Kreuzberg
www.bethanien.de | www.festsaal-kreuzberg.de
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