Artist

Holger Czukay

Gdańsk, Poland · 1938 – 2017

Holger Czukay is a musician from Gdańsk, Poland, active 1938–2017. Their discography on Gatefold includes 4 records. They also recorded with Can & Irmin Schmidt, Les Vampyrettes and The Inner Space.

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Albums tracked

227

In collections

1938

Since

4 projects · 227 records in Gatefold collections

Biography

German krautrock musician, born 24 March 1938 in the Free City of Danzig (today Gdansk, Poland), died 5 September 2017 in Weilerswist (near Cologne), Germany, [aged 79].
He studied under Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1963–1966, and in 1968 co-founded the German rock group Can, for whom he played bass guitar, as well as undertaking most of their recording and engineering. Czukay also recorded some early ambient albums, and was influential for his utilization of radio sounds and sampling.
He played bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, drums, vocals and French horn.

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