Holger Czukay
Holger Czukay | |
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Czukay in 1973 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Holger Schüring 24 March 1938 Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) |
| Died | 5 September 2017 (aged 79) Weilerswist, Germany |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, drums, vocals, French horn |
| Years active | 1968–2017 |
| Labels | |
Spouse |
Ursula Schüring (m. 1989) |
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Holger Schüring (24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017), known professionally as Holger Czukay (/ˈʃʊkaɪ/), was a German musician who co-founded the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde", Czukay also created early important examples of ambient music, explored "world music" well before the term was coined, and was a pioneer of sampling.