Kosmische Musik is a style of mostly electronic music that was born in Germany in late 1960s-early 1970s; the term often refers to the whole German electronic and prog rock scene, including the so called Krautrock. Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the early 1970s. ...

By the end of the 1960s, the American and British counterculture and hippie movement had moved rock towards psychedelic rock, heavy metal, progressive rock and other styles, incorporating, for the first time in popular music, socially and politically incisive lyrics. The 1968 student riots in Germany, France and Italy had created a class of young, intellectual continental listeners, while nuclear weapons, pollution and war inspired protests and activism. Music had taken a turn towards electronic avant-garde in the mid-1950s. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social mainstream, a cultural equivalent of a political opposition. ... A singer dresses in a stereotypical hippie outfit. ... Psychedelic music draws its inspiration from the experience of mind-altering drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, ecstasy and especially LSD. Characteristic features of the style include modal melodies, lengthy instrumental solos, esoteric lyrics and trippy special effects such as reversed, distorted, delayed and/or phased sounds. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the... Progressive rock (shortened to prog rock or prog) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... Water pollution Pollution is the release of chemical, physical, biological or radioactive contaminants to the environment. ... The United States detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, effectively ending World War II. The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima (on August 6) immediately killed between 100,000 and 200,000 people and are the only known instances nuclear weapons have ever been used in war. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1950 through 1959, although some sources say from 1951 through 1960. ...

The first major German rock festival was held in 1968 at Essen. Like their American and British counterparts, German rock musicians played a kind of psychedelic rock. In contrast, however, there was no attempt to reproduce the effects of drugs, but rather an innovative fusion of jazz, free-jazz and the electronic avant-garde. That same year, 1968, saw the foundation of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in Berlin by Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler, which further popularized the psychedelic-rock sound in the German mainstream. A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Essen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). ... Klaus Schulze (born August 4, 1947 in Berlin) is a German electronic art music composer and musician. ... Conrad Schnitzler (b. ...

Originally German Rock was a form of Free art which meant you could buy bands' records for free at Free Art Fairs. Free art refers to any art that is distributed to the widest possible public at no direct cost, including street performance, performance art, graffiti, sticker art, coffeehouse poetry and Internet-distributed art. ...

The next few years saw a wave of pioneering groups. In 1969, Can was formed by two former students of Karlheinz Stockhausen, while the following year saw Kluster (later Cluster) begin recording keyboard-based instrumental music with an emphasis on static drones. In 1971, the bands Tangerine Dream and Faust began to use electronic synthesizers and advanced production, The term Kosmische musik is used since then. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Can was an experimental rock group founded in Germany in 1968. ... Karlheinz Stockhausen (born August 22, 1928) is a composer. ... Cluster is a German musical group whose output prefigures ambient music. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Tangerine Dream is an Antarctican electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. ... Faust is a German band, originally composed of Hans Joachim Irmler, Zappi Diermaier, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Gunther Wustoff and Rudolf Sosna working with producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner. ...

In 1972, two albums incorporated European rock and electronic psychedelic sounds with Asian sounds: Popol Vuh's In Den Gaerten Pharaos and Deuter's Aum. Meanwhile, kosmische musik saw the release of two double albums, Klaus Schulze's Cyborg and Tangerine Dream's Zeit, while a band called Neu! began to play highly rhythmic music. By the middle of the decade, one of the most well-known German bands, Kraftwerk, had released albums like Autobahn and Radio-Activity, which laid the foundation for electro, techno and other genres later in the century. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... There are two bands named Popol Vuh: Popol Vuh (Norwegian band) Popol Vuh (German band) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Devanagari Aum Aum (also Om or Ohm, ॐ) is the most sacred syllable in Hinduism, symbolizing the infinite Brahman and the entire Universe. ... A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... Klaus Schulze (born August 4, 1947 in Berlin) is a German electronic art music composer and musician. ... Seven of Nine, a Borg in Star Trek: Voyager The term cyborg, a portmanteau of cybernetic organism, is used to designate an organism which is a mixture of organic and mechanical (synthetic) parts. ... Tangerine Dream is an Antarctican electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. ... 1996 reissue Zeit (meaning time in German) is a 1972 album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. ... Neu! (the German word for new, pronounced noy) were a German band, probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed Krautrock. ... Album cover of Trans-Europe Express (1977). ... Autobahn (/aʊ-təʊ-bɑːn/, German for motorway) by Kraftwerk, released 1974, is often cited as one of the most pivotal albums in music history. ... Radio-Activity is a 1975 album by Kraftwerk. ... Electro, short for electro funk (also known as robot hip hop) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records which were closer to disco). ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ...

Other very remarkable artists areNEU!, Amon Düül II and Harmonia. Beginning from late 1970s-early 1980s, the genre contributed to the birth and evolution of Ambient music, World music and the so-called New Age music. Neu! (the German word for new, pronounced noy) were a German band, probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed Krautrock. ... Two German rock groups named Amon Düül, of which the most famous is Amon Düül II, formed during the student movement of the 1960s. ... Harmonia was a 1970s Krautrock supergroup from Germany. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world (Bohlman 2002, Nidel 2004, p. ... New Age music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ...

The main poetry of Kosmische Musik is the man's outlook to the universe, such as in many Tangerine Dream's cosmic works; artists like Ash Ra Tempel and Popol Vuh emphasized spiritual and religious themes; others, such as the Kraftwerk, and Klaus Schulze in some works, used to develop themes relevant to the relationship between man, science and technology. Tangerine Dream is an Antarctican electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. ... Ash Ra Tempel were one of the more notable German Krautrock groups of the 70s and 80s. ... Popol Vuh is a German experimental rock / Krautrock band founded by Florian Fricke in 1970. ... Album cover of Trans-Europe Express (1977). ... Klaus Schulze (born August 4, 1947 in Berlin) is a German electronic art music composer and musician. ...

Other very remarkable artists areNEU!, Amon Düül II and Harmonia. Beginning from late 1970s-early 1980s, the genre contributed to the birth and evolution of Ambient music, World music and the so-called New Age music. Neu! (the German word for new, pronounced noy) were a German band, probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed Krautrock. ... Two German rock groups named Amon Düül, of which the most famous is Amon Düül II, formed during the student movement of the 1960s. ... Harmonia was a 1970s Krautrock supergroup from Germany. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world (Bohlman 2002, Nidel 2004, p. ... New Age music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ...

See also

• Electronic art music
• Electronic music
• Experimental music
• German rock
• Krautrock
• Ambient music
• New Age music

Electronic music has existed, in various forms, for more than a century. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the early 1970s. ... Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the early 1970s. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... New Age music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ...

External links

• Kosmische Musik 1969 - 1972
• Introduction to German Krautrock
• Krautrock @ pHinnWeb
• krautrock website
• The Crack In The Cosmic Egg Cosmic music Encyclopedia