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Holger Czukay is a Ambient act. Their sound grew out of Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart, The Edge, Karlheinz Stockhausen, The Beatles and Frank Zappa. Those roots explain a lot about how Holger Czukay arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Amon Düül II and Kraan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Edge, Eurythmics, David Sylvian, Brian Eno and Trio, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Holger Czukay, reaching back through Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart and forward to The Edge. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Holger Schüring, known professionally as Holger Czukay, was a German musician who co-founded the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde", Czukay also created early important examples of ambient music, explored "world music" well before the term was coined, and was a pioneer of sampling.
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Holger Czukay connections
Holger Czukay grew out of Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart, The Edge, Karlheinz Stockhausen and The Beatles, shares an orbit with Amon Düül II and Kraan, went on to shape The Edge, Eurythmics, David Sylvian and Brian Eno. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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