Holger Czukay, 1938-2017

Holger Czukay, who founded Krautrock legends Can, has died. “Czukay is also celebrated for his experiments with sampling before the advent of digital samplers, cutting up and splicing tape into recordings. He also pioneered what he called ‘radio painting’, using shortwave radios to record random snippets of sound and pasting them collage-style into recordings; ‘rhythm boxing’ was his description of how he used drum machines.” Czukay was 79.