Karlheinz Stockhausen

As Tosca, Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber released their first album, the wittily titled and groundbreaking Opera, in 1997. However, their friendship began much earlier, in school, where their shared love of musical experimentation, particularly with tape machines, proved a fertile basis for long-term collaboration. – more

Electronic Beats’ editor-in-chief Max Dax went to visit Can’s Irmin Schmidt in his studio the south of France to learn more about the pioneering band’s alchemic mix of improvisation and composition. – more

Electronic Beats editor-in-chief Max Dax sits down with the band, led by straight talking iconoclast Geoff Barrow, to talk Can, the “fucked” film industry and why bands today are responsible for making dead music. – more