Michael Lückner

Michael Lückner is a German musician and composer known for his versatile work in the fields of ambient, electronic, and experimental music - Notable for his projects "Guitar", "Computerjockeys" and "Digital Jockey".^[1][2]

Michael Lückner in a pancake restaurant after a live show in Hiroshima, Japan, 2007

History

Sunkissed, Lückner's first album under the Guitar moniker was released in 2001^[3] and was "well-received".^[4] Its sound drew comparisons to My Bloody Valentine's album Loveless.^[4][3][5]

Honeysky from 2004 was initially only released in Japan, where Lückner lived.^[4][6][5]

Tokyo (2006) was inspired by the instruments Lückner encountered during his in Japan^[4] and features koto and pipa guitars, two guitars of the Japanese music tradition.^[6][3]

Discography

• Computerjockeys: Computerjockeys (1999, Harvest/EMI Electrola)^[7]
• Digital Jockey: 8 Studies in Dub considering global welfare as well as international charity stamps and letters (2000)
• Computerjockeys: Plankton (2001, Island Records/Universal)^[8]
• Guitar: Sunkissed (2001, Morr Music)^[3]
• Digital Jockey: Paradies und Fragment - Neun Studien in klassischer Musik (2002, Poets Club Records)
• Guitar: Honeysky (2004, Third-Ear Japan, re-released by Tonevendor USA)
• Digital Jockey: Codeine Dub (2005, Poets Club Records)
• Guitar: Saltykisses (2006, Third-Ear Japan, re-released by Tonevendor USA)
• Guitar: Tokyo (2006, onitor)
• Guitar: Dealin with Signal and Noise (2007, onitor)
• Guitar: Friends (2009, And Records Japan)
• Guitar: It's Sweet to Do Nothing! (2011, Tonevendor USA)^[9]
• Guitar: The House of the Hapless Hearts (2014, Bandcamp USA)^[10]