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Holger Czukay: Cinema

by Mark Corroto
March 15, 2018

Cinema is an irresistible five cd/dvd box set of music that enables the discovery of the creative mind of Holger Czukay (1938-2017). It may afford a re-discovery for a select few. Probably best known as a member of the famous Krautrock band CAN, which he co-founded in 1968, this collection surveys his post-CAN creations which were the inspiration for much of what was to come with ambient, electronica, and new wave music. Beginning with the organ, and then ...

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Holger Czukay: Movie!

by Nenad Georgievski
May 14, 2016

Undoubtedly, one of the most potent expression of German experimental music came from the band Can, a group of highly experienced composer-musicians formed in Cologne in the year of 1968. The band had a totally unique approach towards everything it created. Its music had its own basis from an ethnically derived rhythm section, tape collages and keyboards that was directed into a mix that nodded towards influences such as composers Stockhausen, Cage, Schaeffer, the Minimalist composers or bands such as ...