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IRMIN SCHMIDT - Requiem - LP - Vinyl IWDG Sometimes a single is releasedLP Heavyweight Black Vinyl with extensive sleeve notes by Luke Turner (The Quietus) 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