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.
Inability is often the mother of restriction, and restriction is the great mother of inventive performance.
[on the working method of his musical group, Can]: We began without any concept. Our only idea was to find a concept in making music all together spontaneously, in a collective way without any leader.
[on his favorite music:] Play me James Brown - any James Brown - and I will be happy.