http://www.metafilter.com/tags/holgerczukay/rss tag posts with holgerczukay Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:19:52 -0800 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:19:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70178/Happy-70th-Birthday-Holger-Czukay He was <a href="http://www.czukay.de/history/biography/index.html">born</a> on March 24, 1938 in Danzig, "the true nephew of William Tell". He studied under <a href="http://www.furious.com/perfect/stockhausen.html">Stockhausen </a>from 1963-1966, then threw it all over to help create <a href="http://www.spoonrecords.com/">Can</a>, whose fans included a bemused <a href="http://www.furious.com/perfect/holger.html">David Niven</a>. (<a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc7Ua3W9GkM&feature=related">I Want More</a>. <a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7UVayVN4Trg">Hunters and Collectors.</a> <a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhM9KL4b4Y">Moonshake.</a>) You may know him best as a pioneer of the found/stolen/ethno mashup later popularized by <a href="http://bushofghosts.wmg.com/home.php">Brian Eno and David Byrne</a>. (<a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=jxwDQO4abwc">Cool in the Pool</a>. <a href="http://ca.youtube.com/results?search_query=holger+persian&search_type=">Persian Love.</a>) But sometimes he just gives us a <a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ3oeboZ7ts">sweet</a> little pop song. <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Holger-Czukay-MP3-Download/10558027.html">He's the bloody Energizer Bunny of Krautrock</a>. So <a href="http://www.czukay.de/">Happy 70th Birthday, Holger Czukay</a>, you daft and awesome German uncle I never had.</a> (Hey, why not go over to his <a href="http://www.myspace.com/holgerczukay">MySpace page</a> and give him your regards?) tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70178 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:19:52 -0800 holger czukay holgerczukay can stockhausen music progressive rock krautrock maudlin