CAN and Me
What is the meaning of sound? And what is silence? An intimate look into the life and work of Irmin Schmidt, the founder of the Cologne band CAN, which shaped generations of musicians in pop and electronic music.
The Sound
of Cologne
Music from Cologne is electronic and experimental, urban and danceable, and mixes an attitude towards life and the sound of a city to create new, unheard sounds - sounds that have sent impulses into the music industry since the creation of the WDR’s electronic studio in the 1950s.
Heroes of the electronic music scene, from the 70s until today, revisit places that were vital for their personal and artistic growth. Their stories paint a picture of the relation of music and place, the birth of an imagined picture of a metropolis that replaces the real image, the correlation of imagination and reality.