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Holger Czukay

real name Holger Schüring

Gdańsk, Poland · 1938-03-24 – 2017-09-05

Holger Czukay is credited on 1,323 releases across 224 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,323

Credits

224

Albums

7

Decades active

440

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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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1,323 releases · 224 albums · active 1969–2026

  • Performance · 2,689
  • Other credits · 932
  • Engineering · 552
  • Production · 226
  • Mastering · 215

Studios: Inner Space Studio · Schloß Nörvenich · Conny's Studio · Can Studio

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