Holger Czukay

Born: 1938-03-24

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 considerable number of musicians, notably a series of albums with Jah Wobble, David Sylvian, The Edge and Brian Eno. Holger Czukay's body was discovered inside his apartment on 5 September 2017. The New York Times reported that he died on the same day, but the cause of death is still subject to a police investigation.


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Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

as Self
Released: 2017-09-28

When Conny died at the age of only 47, his son Stephan was just 13 years old. Twenty-five years...

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Modulations

as Self
Released: 1998-09-18

Less a documentary than a primer on all electronic music. Featuring interviews with nearly every...

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Kraftwerk: Pop Art

as Self
Released: 2013-09-14

This is the amazing story of how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became one of...

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Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany

as Self
Released: 2009-10-22

Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical...

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CAN and Me

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-09-28

In 1968, musician Irmin Schmidt and friends founded the avant-garde band "Can", which achieved...

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Krieg der Töne

as The piano teacher
Released: 1988-04-19

The 12 year old Ina struggle to become a great pianist. Success depends on the music competition...

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CAN: The Free Concert

as uncredited
Released: 1972-11-07

The experimental German krautrockers CAN's legendary "Free Concert," recorded in Cologne's...

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Can - Live in Soest

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-01

ROCKPALAST FROM THE ARCHIVES WDR HD channel 84 min. - Genre: Rock ('Krautrock') - TV archives ...

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CAN: The Documentary

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-01

The late-'60s avant garde rock band CAN gets a feature-length tribute with this affectionate...

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Holger Czukay - Der Privatsinfoniker

as Himself
Released: 1991-05-23

A portrait of the Cologne avant-garde composer and musician Holger Czukay, who called himself a...

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