As a drummer of the Cologne band Can, he was known world-wide in the 1970s, later he also played for Depeche Mode and Brian Eno. Now the extraordinary musician died at the age of 78 years.

"We will miss him incredibly," writes his band Can on their Facebook page. Love time died at the age of 78 years in Cologne after the consequences of a lung inflammation. He had slept peacefully in the circle of his beloved.

Can was founded in 1968 in Cologne. The band was regarded as avant-garde, and their albums (the most successful were "Tago Mago", "Ege Bamyasi" and "Future Days") are among the most influential German albums. In addition to Jazzmusiker Jacki Liebezeit, Stockhausen students Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt as well as Michael Karoli were founders. Can was musically difficult to classify and experimented with different styles of the areas free jazz, avant-garde jazz and psychedelic rock. Love was characterized by a deliberately monotonous drumming.

West German origin who, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, became popular with an experimental style with a great improvisational background.

Larger commercial success was celebrated with the help of film music. Thus, the music came to the 1970 highly successful television film "Das Millionenspiel" by Can, as well as the recognition melody of the likewise successful Durbridge-Crime "Das Messer". After the end of Can 1978 Jaki love time together with Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, the Eurythmics and Jah Wobble. He also collaborated with the Italian rock singer Gianna Nannini, and in 1997 he was involved in Depeche Mode's number one album "Ultra".