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- Birth nameHolger Schüring
- Holger Czukay, born March 24, 1938, in the Free City of Danzig ( today Gdansk, Poland) as Holger Schüring. He is a musician, composer and actor. He studied for Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne, Germany, 1963-1966. Holger Czukay is notable for creating early important examples of ambient music, an early pioneer of sampling and for exploring world music, before the term was coined. He was a key figure in the seminal German band Can, formed in 1968. Holger Czukay has, up till now, created ten solo albums and collaborated with a considerable number of reputable musicians; David Sylvian, Jah Wobble, Brian Eno, The Edge, Ben Mandelson, Jaki Liebezeit and the Eurythmics.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ulf Kjell Gür
- SpouseUrsula(? - July 28, 2017) (her death)
- Studied music under Karlheinz Stockhausen.
- Inability is often the mother of restriction, and restriction is the great mother of inventive performance.
- [on the working method of his musical group, Can]: We began without any concept. Our only idea was to find a concept in making music all together spontaneously, in a collective way without any leader.
- [on his favorite music:] Play me James Brown - any James Brown - and I will be happy.
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