Career
In the mid-1960s, he was part of Manfred Schoof"s quintet, who were early exponents of European free jazz. His drumming was prominent in the band"s sound, particularly in his much-admired contribution to the side-long "Halleluhwah" on Tago Mago. Liebezeit provided drums, in his patented "Motorik beat", for Michael Rother"s late-1970s solo albums.
Later he recorded with numerous musicians, such as Jah Wobble and Philip Jeck, with whom he produced an album for Jah Wobble"s 30 Hertz Records, and has contributed drums and percussion to many albums as a guest throughout the years, such as the Depeche Mode album Ultra and Brian Eno"s album Before and After Science.
Recently, he has worked with Burnt Friedman on the Secret Rhythms albums and with Schiller on the Atemlos album.