Holger Czukay

Holger Czukay

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.

  • Title: Holger Czukay
  • Popularity: 0.272
  • Known For: Sound
  • Birthday: 1938-03-24
  • Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Poland
  • Homepage: http://www.czukay.de/
  • Also Known As: Holger Schüring, Can
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Holger Czukay Movies

  • 2022
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    CAN and Me

    CAN and Me

    6 2022 HD

    In 1968, musician Irmin Schmidt and friends founded the avant-garde band "Can", which achieved worldwide fame. Schmidt also made a name for himself...

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  • 1970
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    Can - Live in Soest

    Can - Live in Soest

    1 1970 HD

    ROCKPALAST FROM THE ARCHIVES WDR HD channel 84 min. - Genre: Rock ('Krautrock') - TV archives Can live in Soest, Germany - Winter 1970 Mixed...

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  • 1998
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    Modulations

    Modulations

    7.3 1998 HD

    Less a documentary than a primer on all electronic music. Featuring interviews with nearly every major player past and present, as well as a few...

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  • 1985
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    Steel Cathedrals

    Steel Cathedrals

    1 1985 HD

    20 minute music documentary shot in two days of November 1984 in, and around the outskirts of, Tokyo, Japan. A large part of the music was completed...

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  • 2013
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    Kraftwerk: Pop Art

    Kraftwerk: Pop Art

    7.7 2013 HD

    This is the amazing story of how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became one of the most influential pop groups of all time - a...

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  • 1988
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    Krieg der Töne

    Krieg der Töne

    1 1988 HD

    The 12 year old Ina struggle to become a great pianist. Success depends on the music competition "Ein Herz für Mozart". Ina is sent by her...

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  • 1972
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    CAN: The Free Concert

    CAN: The Free Concert

    7.5 1972 HD

    The experimental German krautrockers CAN's legendary "Free Concert," recorded in Cologne's Sporthalle, Germany, on February 3, 1972. The...

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  • 1999
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    CAN: The Documentary

    CAN: The Documentary

    6.5 1999 HD

    The late-'60s avant garde rock band CAN gets a feature-length tribute with this affectionate documentary chronicling its odd inception and subsequent...

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  • 2009
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    Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany

    Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany

    7.2 2009 HD

    Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.

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  • 2017
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    Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

    Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

    7 2017 HD

    When Conny died at the age of only 47, his son Stephan was just 13 years old. Twenty-five years later, together with co-director Reto Caduff, he went...

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  • 1991
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    Holger Czukay - Der Privatsinfoniker

    Holger Czukay - Der Privatsinfoniker

    1 1991 HD

    A portrait of the Cologne avant-garde composer and musician Holger Czukay, who called himself a “private symphonist”. In 1968, Czukay, a...

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  • 1988
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    Krieg der Töne

    Krieg der Töne

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1970
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    D is for Distance

    D is for Distance

    1 1970 HD

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