Jaki Liebezeit, drummer and founding member of Can, has died from pneumonia at the age of 78. The band confirmed his death in a post on its official Facebook page late on Tuesday.

Can formed in West Germany in 1968 and is widely regarded as one of the most influential avant-garde rock groups of all time. Liebezeit's hypnotic, repetitive groove was one of the signatures of the band's sound.

Liebezeit's hypnotic, repetitive groove helped define a sound that carried across decades and remains a reference for experimental rock, electronic music and post-punk.