On March 23, 2018 (on March 24, 2018, Holger celebrated his 80th birthday), Grönland released a 5-disc vinyl box set that gives an overview of Holger Czukay's solo work and collaborations.

The box contains 5 vinyls - including previously unreleased songs, a DVD with the film "Krieg der Töne / The War Of Sounds" with Holger Czukay in the leading role (he also wrote the film music) and a 7inch (vinyl video), as well as a lavish booklet with previously unreleased pictures.

Tracklisting:

Vinyl 1

1. Holger Schüring Quintet – Configurations (1960, previously unreleased)

2. Technical Space Composer's Crew – Canaxis (1969, Canaxis 5)

3. Technical Space Composer's Crew – Boat Woman Song (1969, Canaxis 5)

4. Cluster & Eno – Ho Renomo (1977, Cluster & Eno)

Vinyl 2

1. Holger Czukay – Oh Lord Give Us More Money (1979, Movies)

2. Holger Czukay – Persian Love (1979, Movies)

3. Holger Czukay – Cool In The Pool (1979, Movies)

4. Holger Czukay – Hollywood Symphony (1979, Movies)

5. Les Vampyrettes (Czukay/Plank) – Biomutants (1980, Les Vampyrettes)

Vinyl 3

1. Les Vampyrettes (Czukay/Plank) – Menetekel (1980, Les Vampyrettes)

2. Phew (Phew/Czukay/Liebezeit/Plank) – Signal (1981, Phew)

3. Holger Czukay – Witches Multiplication Table (1981, On The Way To Peak Of Normal)

4. Holger Czukay – On The Way To The Peak Of Normal (1981, On The Way To Peak Of Normal)

5. Holger Czukay – Ode To Perfume (1981, On The Way To Peak Of Normal)

6. Holger Czukay – Two Bass Shuffle (1981, On The Way To Peak Of Normal)

7. Holger Czukay/Jaki Liebezeit/Jah Wobble – How Much Are They? (1982, Full Circle)

Vinyl 4

1. Holger Czukay/Jaki Liebezeit/Jah Wobble – Trench Warfare (1982, Full Circle)

2. Holger Czukay/Jaki Liebezeit/Jah Wobble – Full Circle RPS (No. 7) (1982, Full Circle)

3. Holger Czukay/Jaki Liebezeit/Jah Wobble – Twilight World (1982, Full Circle)

4. Holger Czukay – The Photo Song (1984, The East Is Red)

5. Holger Czukay – The East Is Red (1984, The East Is Red)

6. Holger Czukay – The Mass Medium (1984, The East Is Red)

7. Holger Czukay – Dream Again (1984, The East Is Red)

8. Holger Czukay – Hey Baba Reebop (1987, Rome Remains Rome)

9. Holger Czukay – Hit Hit Flop Flop (1987, Rome Remains Rome)

Vinyl 5

1. Holger Czukay – Perfect World (1987, Rome Remains Rome)

2. Holger Czukay – Music In The Air (1987, Rome Remains Rome)

3. Holger Czukay – Ride A Radiowave (1991, Radio Wave Surfer)

4. Holger Czukay – We Can Fight All Night (1991, Radio Wave Surfer)

5. Holger Czukay – Through The Freezing Snow (1991, Radio Wave Surfer)

6. Holger Czukay w/ Karlheinz Stockhausen – Breath Taking (2008, Second Life, previously unreleased)

7. Holger Czukay & U-She – La Premiere (2008, Second Life)

8. Holger Czukay / Ursa Major – 21st Century (2007, 21st Century)

9. Bison (Czukay/Murphy/Smith) – Mandy (2004, Travelers)

Obituary:

It is difficult to speak of a masterpiece in the sense of a high point when it comes to the work of a master. And Holger Czukay was a master, each of his works tells a story. Born in Danzig in 1938, Stockhausen's student shone with his publications, started in 1960 under his real name with the Holger Schüring Quintet, built strong, artistic bridges between avant-garde and pop since 1969 – and is still considered one of the most influential international figureheads of sonic innovation from Germany. Not only his own releases prove this, but also The countless records in which he was involved as a musician or producer offered a level of originality, innovation and humor that was not least due to theuniversal dilettante, as Czukay liked to call himself, was born!

Czukay's multifaceted nature and his spontaneous, situational approach, which earned him much admiration, for example in his much-acclaimed collaborations with Can colleague Jaki Liebezeit, Jah Wobble and The Edge (Full Circle 1982, Snake Charmer 1983), showed the likeable musician as the linchpin of some of the most groundbreaking records in the history of music in the late 20th century - and not just in Germany. Eurythmics, Brian Eno, Conny Plank, Phew, David Sylvian, SYPH - the list of collaborations is long, and the list of those he inspired with his art would be even longer. Damon Albarn, for example, met Czukay and through him found his idea for the Gorillaz. But that is just one of countless anecdotes from an eventful life.

What was interesting about Czukay's work was the imagery that his acoustic work always brought with it. In 1979, shortly after the dissolution of Can, with whom he had released twelve studio albums as a founding member, »Movies« was released, his second solo album after »Canaxis 5« (which he had secretly recorded with Rolf Dammers in Cologne's Stockhausen Studio in 1969 at the beginning of his musical career). In »Movies« he was more concrete than ever: his method of integrating supposed sound accidents into his pieces based on the recording situation, for example by using radio waves found by chance, created musical chains of association that brought the erratic visuals of post-modernism to sound in a way that was otherwise only known from experimental cinema. »Movies« was also a consequence of the affinity for film music that had accompanied Can's history since the »Soundtracks« compilation (1970). This is where Holger’s status as a grand master of analog editing technology became apparent.

Holger Czukay died on September 5, 2017, just a few weeks after the death of his partner Ursa Major. Until the end, he lived surrounded by his instruments in the old cinema in Weilerswist near Cologne, where so much music history was written.

–Hendrik Otremba