Holger Czukay
German musician
Died when: 79 years 165 days (953 months)Star Sign: Aries
Holger Schüring (24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017), known professionally as Holger Czukay (/'??ka?/), was a German musician best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can.
Described as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde", Czukay was also notable for having created early important examples of ambient music, for having explored "world music" well before the term was coined, and for having been a pioneer of sampling.
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