Holger Czukay

Sound

Birthday

1938/03/24

Day of death

2017/09/05 (79 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Gdańsk, Poland

Also know as

Holger Schüring, Can

Biography

Holger Czukay, born Holger Schüring, was a German musician and actor, probably best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. He studied music under Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1963 to 1966. Besides his participation in Can, Czukay recorded several albums. One of his trademarks was the use of shortwave radio sounds and his early pioneering of sampling, in those days involving the painstaking cutting and splicing of magnetic tapes. Cut-up-sounds. Holger Czukay collaborated with a considera...Read more

Acting
CAN and Me
6.0

(2022) CAN and Me

as Self (archive footage)

Can - Live in Soest
0.0

(1970) Can - Live in Soest

as ---

Modulations
7.3

(1998) Modulations

as Self

Kraftwerk - Pop Art
7.7

(2013) Kraftwerk: Pop Art

as Self

0.0

(1985) Steel Cathedrals

as Self - Dictaphone

Krieg der Töne
0.0

(1988) Krieg der Töne

as The piano teacher

CAN: The Free Concert
7.5

(1972) CAN: The Free Concert

as ---

CAN: The Documentary
6.5

(1999) CAN: The Documentary

as ---

Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
7.2

(2009) Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany

as Self

Conny Plank - Mein Vater der Klangvisionär
7.2

(2017) Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

as Self

Holger Czukay - Der Privatsinfoniker
0.0

(1991) Holger Czukay - Der Privatsinfoniker

as Himself