Holger Czukay
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German bass-guitarist and co-founder of "Can" (1938-2017)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1938-03-24
- Active to
- 2017-09-05
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Holger Czukay (Holger Schüring, 24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017) was a German musician. He co-founded the influential rock group Can in 1968. He was a singer and played bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, percussion, drums, and French horn. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk). Czukay studied under Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1963 to 1966. Czukay recorded some notable early ambient albums, and is important for his utilization of shortwave radio sounds and sampling, and has collabora
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Holger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Gdańsk
- Place of death
- Weilerswist
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Genre
- ambient music
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Record label
- Mute Records
- Official website
- www.czukay.de
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- date of birth
- 1938-03-24
- pseudonym
- Holger Czukay
- has works in the collection
- ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
- date of death
- 2017-09-05
- Commons category
- Holger Czukay
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- place of burial
- Melaten-Friedhof
- birth name
- Holger Schüring
- name in native language
- Holger Czukay
- end of work period
- 2017-00-00
- floruit
- 1982-00-00
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