Holger Czukay (born Holger Schüring; 1938 –2017) was a
German musician, probably best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group
Can. Described as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the
avant-garde", Czukay was also notable for having created early important
examples of ambient music, for having explored "world music" well
before the term was coined, and for having been a pioneer of sampling.
Czukay was born in the Free City of Danzig, from which his
family was expelled after World War II. Due to the turmoil of the war, Czukay's
primary education was limited. One pivotal early experience, however, was
working, when still a teenager, at a radio repair-shop, where he became fond of
the aural qualities of radio broadcasts (anticipating his use of shortwave
radio broadcasts as musical elements) and became familiar with the rudiments of
electrical repair and engineering.
Czukay collaborated with a considerable number of musicians,
notably a series of albums with Jah Wobble and David Sylvian, two younger
British musicians who shared his interest in blending pop music with
experimental recording and sampling techniques. Other collaborators include
U.N.K.L.E., Brian Eno, Eurythmics, and German Neue Deutsche Welle band Trio.
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