He is known to appreciate 1970s Krautrock band Can; two of his books feature dedications to former band members (Morvern Callar to Holger Czukay and The Man Who Walks to Michael Karoli).
When Malcolm Mooney left Can after recording their first album Monster Movie, Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit encountered Suzuki busking in Munich, Germany whilst the two were sitting outside at a street café, they invited him to join the group.
From its formation in Cologne in 1968, he collaborated with the group formed by bass guitarist Holger Schüring (later known as Holger Czukay), keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, guitarist Michael Karoli and drummer Jaki Liebezeit in an experimental beat group that would later be known as Can.
Beside Sylvian, "Fourth World" trumpeter Jon Hassell, Sylvians' brother and formally Japan's drummer Steve Jansen, German Ex-Can-member Holger Czukay tuning the radio, and Brand X-, respectively Soft Machine-bassist Percy Jones took part in the recordings, which were engineered by Nigel Walker, who also co-produced the album.
Holger Drachmann | Holger Czukay | Holger Klose | Holger Meins | Till-Holger Borchert | Holger Waldenberger | Holger Pedersen | Holger Osieck | Holger Granström | Holger Geschwindner | Holger Cahill |
During those years, Tinner produced there many artists and bands, such as Maloo, KFC, Joachim Witt, Trio, Traffic, Holger Czukay, Die Krupps, Floyd George, Julian Dawson, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Helen Schneider, Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Jule Neigel Band, Kreisler, amongst others.