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Infobox musical artist| name = Holger Czukay| image = Holger Czukay 1972 (Heinrich Klaffs Collection 100).jpg| image_size =| alt = Photograph of Holger Czukay, 1972| caption = 1972 photograph by Heinrich Klaffs| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Holger Schüring| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1938|3|24|df=y| birth_place = Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland )| origin =| death_date = | death_place =| genre = Krautrock , experimental rock , Anarcho-punk , Ambient music|ambient , Electronic music|electronic | occupation =| instrument =| years_active = 1968–present| label = Mute Records | associated_acts = Can (band)|Can | website =| notable_instruments = Holger Czukay (born Holger Schüring ; http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/artikel/243/164776/4/ Hans Hoff, "Die anarchische Methode: Musiklegende Holger Czukay", Süddeutsche Zeitung (22 March 2008). 24 March 1938) is a German musician, probably best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can (band)|Can . Described by critic Jason Ankenycite web|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |url=Allmusic|class=artist |id=p68096/biography |pure_url=yes |title=Holger Czukay |publisher=AllMusic |date=1938-03-24 |accessdate=2011-07-06 as "successfully bridging the gap between pop music|pop and the experimental music|avant-garde ," Czukay is also notable for creating early important examples of ambient music , for exploring " world music " well before the term was coined, and for being a pioneer of sampling (music)|sampling .
Biography
Czukay was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland ). During World War II , his family was among the millions relocated as refugee s. Due to the turmoil of war, Czukay's primary education was limited. However, a pivotal early experience was working in a radio repair shop as a teenager—he became fond of the aural qualities of radio broadcasts (anticipating his use of shortwave radio broadcasts as musical elements) and became familiar with the rudiments of electrical repair and engineering. http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/intervs/czukay.html Interview with Holger Czukay
Czukay studied music under Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1963 to 1966 http://www.spoonrecords.com/holger.html Biography at Spoon Records and then worked for a while as a music teacher. Initially Czukay had little interest in rock music , but this changed when a student played him The Beatles ' 1967 song " I Am the Walrus ".cite web|url= http://www.czukay.de/can/publications/2.html |title=can - publications |publisher=Czukay.de |date= |accessdate=2011-07-06 This opened his ears to music by rock experimentalists such as the Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa .
Czukay co-founded Can (band)|Can in 1968. He played bass guitar and performed most of the recording and engineering for the group. Rosko Gee , former bassist of the British band Traffic (band)|Traffic joined the band in 1977, with Czukay handling only tapes and sound effects on Saw Delight , his final LP with the group before departing for a solo career.
After his departure from Can, Czukay recorded several albums. One of his trademarks was the use of shortwave radio sounds and his early pioneering of sampling (music)|sampling , http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial? id_capsula=584 Variations - an online radio series on the history of sampling curated by Jon Leidecker for Ràdio Web MACBA in those days involving the painstaking cutting and splicing of magnetic tape s. He would tape-record various sounds and snippets from shortwave and incorporate them into his compositions. He also used shortwave as a live, interactive musical instrument (such as on 1991's Radio Wave Surfer ), a method of composition he termed "radio painting". Czukay also stated "If you want to make something new, you shouldn't think too far beyond one certain idea".cite book | first= Paul | last= Du Noyer | year= 2003 | title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music | edition= 1st | publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London | isbn= 1-904041-96-5 | page= 398
Czukay has collaborated with a considerable number of musicians, notably a series of albums with Jah Wobble and David Sylvian , two younger British musicians who shared his interest in blending pop music with experimental recording and sampling techniques. Other collaborators include U.N.K.L.E , Brian Eno , Eurythmics , and German Neue Deutsche Welle band Trio (band)|Trio .
In 2009, after a problematic time with the record company that had been gradually re-releasing his albums on CD, Czukay began a new collaboration with the Claremont 56 record label, http://www.czukay.de/news/148/index.htm Czukay News, February 2010 releasing vinyl only remixes of tracks from earlier albums, as well as some new recordings. This approach has caused changes to Czukay's plans for his back catalogue, so that the original albums The East Is Red , Rome Remains Rome and Moving Pictures will not be reissued (in the case of Moving Pictures because the master tapes have degraded beyond repair). http://www.czukay.de/news/133/index.htm Czukay News, November 2008 Instead, most of the tracks are being remade and newly organized as limited edition vinyl releases.
Discography
Solo :
Canaxis 5 (1969, remastered and expanded 2006)
Movies (1979, remastered and expanded 2007)
Biomutanten / Menetekel (as Les Vampyrettes with Conny Plank ) (1981)
On the Way to the Peak of Normal (1981)
Full Circle (1982) collaboration with Jah Wobble and Jaki Liebezeit (re-issue of a UK-only EP, expanded with two additional tracks)
Snake Charmer (1983) EP, collaboration with Jah Wobble, The Edge , and Ben Mandelson
Der Osten ist Rot (1984)
Rome Remains Rome (1987)
Plight and Premonition (1988) collaboration with David Sylvian . A re-issue, featuring separate remixes of the album by both Czukay and Sylvian, was planned but has yet to be released
Flux and Mutability (1989) collaboration with David Sylvian
Radio Wave Surfer (1991, remastered and expanded 2006) Live recordings made in 1984, 1986 & 1987
Linear City (2001, remastered and remixed 2006) Audio collaborations with Susanne Drescher, Per Odderskove, Ray Darr, Darren B. Dunn, Marc Uzan, Ola Norlander, Haki, U-She, Drew Kalapach, Michael Letourneau, Alan Evil from IFPR, Luca Kormentini, Andrew Paine (Boomboy), The Weeds of Eden, Michael Banabila, Dreamfluid, Beatsystem, Noiseman433, Dane Johnson, James Webb, Panoptic, 1605 Munro, Tom Hamlyn
The New Millennium (2003) with U-She
Time and Tide (2001, remastered 2007) with U-She
21st Century (2007) with Ursa Major (singer)|Ursa Major , Drew Kalapach voice, electronics
Ode to Perfume/Fragrance (2009) 10& nbsp;inch single, limited edition of 500
Good Morning Story (2010) Double LP with three additional tracks, limited edition of 500
Way to LA (2010) 10& nbsp;inch single collaboration with Bison and Ursa Major
''Let's Get Hot/Let's Get Cool (2010) 12& nbsp;inch single, limited edition of 500 red vinyl and 500 blue vinyl
Persian Love (Remix)/My Persian Love (2010) 12& nbsp;inch single, gold vinyl, limited edition of 1001
Dream Again (2010) 10& nbsp;inch double EP of remixes from The East Is Red and Rome Remains Rome , clear vinyl, limited edition of 666
Hit Hit Flop Flop (Remix)/Hey Baba Reebop (2011) 7& nbsp;inch single, limited edition of 444
With Can :
Main|Can discography
References
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External links
Official website| http://www.czukay.de
Myspace|holgerczukay
http://www.bluefat.com/0906/Holger_Czukay.htm A Holger Czukay interview (2004)
http://www.furious.com/perfect/holger.html An interview with Czukay
http://www.dignose.com Dignose Records
Can (band)Authority control|PND=134353455|LCCN=n/94/65778|VIAF=54332152Persondata| NAME = Czukay, Holger | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = German bass-guitarist and co-founder of "Can" | DATE OF BIRTH = 24 March 1938 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Czukay, Holger Category:1938 births Category:Anarcho-punk musicians Category:Ambient musicians Category:Living people Category:German rock bass guitarists Category:Can (band) members Category:People from Gdansk Category:Mute Records artists
