Holger Czukay (Holger Schüring, 24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017) was a Ger… Read Full Bio ↴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 collaborated with a considerable number of musicians.
Initially Czukay had little interest in rock music, but this changed, when a student played him the Beatles' 1967 song "I Am the Walrus", a 1967 psychedelic rock single with an unusual musical structure and blasts of AM radio noise. This opened his ears to music by rock experimentalists such as The Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa.
Czukay co-founded Can in 1968. He played bass guitar and performed most of the recording and engineering for the group. Rosko Gee, former bassist of the British band Traffic, joined the band in 1977, with Czukay handling only tapes and sound effects on album Saw Delight, his final LP with the group before departing for a solo career.
After his departure from 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. He would tape-record various sounds and snippets from shortwave and incorporate them into his compositions. He also used shortwave as a live, interactive musical instrument (such as on 1991's Radio Wave Surfer), a method of composition he termed "radio painting". Czukay also stated "If you want to make something new, you shouldn't think too far beyond one certain idea".
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.
In 2009, after a problematic time with the record company that had been gradually re-releasing his albums on CD, Czukay began a new collaboration with the Claremont 56 record label, releasing vinyl-only remixes of tracks from earlier albums, as well as some new recordings. This approach changed Czukay's plans for his back catalogue, so that the original albums Der Osten ist Rot (1984), Rome Remains Rome (1987) and Moving Pictures (1993) will no longer be reissued (in the case of Moving Pictures, because the master tapes have degraded beyond repair). Instead, most of the tracks are being re-made and newly organized as limited edition vinyl releases.
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 collaborated with a considerable number of musicians.
Initially Czukay had little interest in rock music, but this changed, when a student played him the Beatles' 1967 song "I Am the Walrus", a 1967 psychedelic rock single with an unusual musical structure and blasts of AM radio noise. This opened his ears to music by rock experimentalists such as The Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa.
Czukay co-founded Can in 1968. He played bass guitar and performed most of the recording and engineering for the group. Rosko Gee, former bassist of the British band Traffic, joined the band in 1977, with Czukay handling only tapes and sound effects on album Saw Delight, his final LP with the group before departing for a solo career.
After his departure from 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. He would tape-record various sounds and snippets from shortwave and incorporate them into his compositions. He also used shortwave as a live, interactive musical instrument (such as on 1991's Radio Wave Surfer), a method of composition he termed "radio painting". Czukay also stated "If you want to make something new, you shouldn't think too far beyond one certain idea".
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.
In 2009, after a problematic time with the record company that had been gradually re-releasing his albums on CD, Czukay began a new collaboration with the Claremont 56 record label, releasing vinyl-only remixes of tracks from earlier albums, as well as some new recordings. This approach changed Czukay's plans for his back catalogue, so that the original albums Der Osten ist Rot (1984), Rome Remains Rome (1987) and Moving Pictures (1993) will no longer be reissued (in the case of Moving Pictures, because the master tapes have degraded beyond repair). Instead, most of the tracks are being re-made and newly organized as limited edition vinyl releases.
Collage
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Crudo Means Raw Echo pa' abajo, echo pa' abajo, echo pa' abajo Y pa'…
Golden Earring From the Album: * Lovesweat Blue for the blue - I feel…
James Gang Blue for the blue I feel when I'm feelin down…
Joe Walsh and The James Gang From the Album: * Lovesweat Blue for the blue - I feel…
Josip Et je veux du ice dans mon cup même si…
Lady Blackbird Blue for the blue I feel when I′m feeling down In…
Malinda A love song made sense again today All that was ever…
Mr. Jones Collage Collage całe życie tylko collage Leci tu kolejna fot…
NGM سايبينها وبنهاجر رغم السكر هنسافر رغم الغيره هتتاخر صلب العق…
Pepe pecas Tus amigos Tus amigos Te hablan mal de mí Todes hablan mal d…
Ratarro y Los Roedores Cuando empezaste a mover Tus manos de la misma forma Que yo…
RICK BRENDAN E TIENE O NO SE TIENE ESTO ES COMO UN DON…
Sangatsu no Phantasia 焦げだした夕焼けに 溶け合うような匂いがして 今日はなんだろうねと 足取り軽くなった 知らないことばかりで 忙しく日々…
Saori@destiny オーバーなDANCE サガルFEELING フェイクだSTARLIGHT エンドなDANCE my CELEBR…
The James Gang Blue for the blue I feel when I'm feelin down…
The Katinas Unity across the ocean You and me his creation Everybody joi…
The Three Degrees Blue for the blue, I feel What I'm feeling down in…
TwoWorldsApart feat. Chec Fighting the fear that I feel like I'm losing myself…
Urban Monk Mar viento helado colores girando La leche pura absorve la v…
Żabson Collage Collage całe życie tylko collage Leci tu kolejna fot…
新垣結衣 雨が輝いて踊る 光を散りばめて なぜか 泣きたくなる 胸の奥が冷たくて 震えているわ 隠れたくて 瞳を逸らした途端に…
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