Holger Czukay

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Holger Czukay playing a Fender Mustang Bass

Holger Czukay (born March 24, 1938) is a German musician. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk).

Czukay studied under Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1963 to 1966 and co-founded the influential rock group Can in 1968. Czukay played bass guitar and performed most of the recording and engineering for the group.

Czukay recorded some notable early ambient albums, and is important for his utilization of shortwave radio sounds and sampling, and has collaborated with a considerable number of musicians.

[edit] Discography

Solo:

Canaxis (1969)
Movies (1980)
Biomutanten / Menetekel (as Les Vampyrettes with Conny Plank) (1981)
On the Way to the Peak of Normal (1982)
Der Osten Ist Rot (1984)
Full Circle (1984) with Jah Wobble and Jaki Liebezeit
Rome Remains Rome (1987)
Plight and Premonition (1988) with David Sylvian
Flux and Mutability (1989) with David Sylvian
Radio Wave Surfer (1991)
Moving Pictures (1993)
Clash (1998) with Dr. Walker
Good Morning Story (1999)
La Luna (2000)
Linear City (2001) 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 EFPR, Luca Kormentini, Andrew Prine (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