drums off chaos: compass

Drums Off Chaos was one of the central and on-going projects of the recently deceased drummer Jaki Liebezeit (CAN). In the early 1980s, he had initiated a loose collective of drummers, who created a rhythmic concept on the basis of simple, strictly binding codes that enabled expansive improvisations. Over the years, the ensemble refined its collaboration to repetitive patterns and their variations. Liebezeit, with colleagues Reiner Linke, Maf Retter, and Manos Tsangaris, earmarked some tracks for imminent release on vinyl and CD -- on different compilations. Mastered by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering.