Irmin Schmidt – Requiem – Heavy Weight Vinyl

Description

Release Date: 24th April 2026
Catalogue Number: FDSPOON70

• HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL
• Includes extensive sleeve notes by Luke Turner (The Quietus)
• You will also receive a link to download digital WAV files of the album

In Requiem, Irmin Schmidt (co-founder of CAN) blurs the line between composition and environment, delivering a quietly radical, contemplative masterpiece.

Created at his home in Southern France, the record unfolds in two sections, pairing prepared and unprepared piano with recordings of the natural world around him: water, birds, frogs, shifting air and quiet nocturnal hums. What began as a spontaneous capture of a nightingale’s song evolved into a personal ritual, with Schmidt responding instinctively at the piano and later shaping the material with long-time collaborator René Tinner. The result is a liminal space that allows the listener to embark on their own journey of contemplation.

Approaching his 89th year, Schmidt – a classically trained composer and recipient of major cultural honour in both France and Germany – brings present and distant memories into focus, their merging forming one of his most affecting and inspiring works.

Side A.

1. Part 1

Side B.

1. Part 2