Cool in the pool

Folder: Avant Garde
Play: in the garden
Holger Czukay
Successfully bridged the gap between pop and the avant-garde, pioneering the use of samples and exploring the significance of world music on Western culture. His ideas were frequently too radical for mainstream tastes; after being disqualified from one jazz festival for his "unclassifiable music," he was later expelled from Berlin's Music Academy for similar artistic insolence. Co-founded the influential rock group Can in 1968. After Can disbanded in 1976 Czukay mad his debut solo album ‘Movies’ featuring a refinement of his techniques. In the early eighties he teamed up with former PIL bassist Jah Wobble they made the club hit “How much are they.” In 1987 he recorded the controversial “Blessed Easter” which contained a sample of Pope John Paul II.

Holger Czukay – Cool in the pool