Peter Giger (born April 12, 1939 in Zurich) is a

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percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

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bandleader A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or ...

, formerly of the band :de:Dzyan.Steve Freeman, Alan Freeman ''The crack in the cosmic egg: encyclopedia of Krautrock'' 1996 "The talented percussionist, formerly of Dzyan, and much sought after for session work with Eberhard Weber, et al., Peter Giger had an adventurous percussion style that is almost instantly recognisable. His own albums feature a mixture of solo ..."

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*Peter Gige
Official website
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