Holger Czukay

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.