Popol Vuh
Germany
Formed: 1969
Died: 01 January 2001
Genres: Electronic, Pop/Rock, New Age, Avant-Garde
Styles: Neo-Classical, Contemporary Instrumental, Experimental Electronic, Modern Composition, Ambient, Electronica, Kraut Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental, Prog-Rock
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Of the many now-legendary artists to emerge from the Krautrock movement, few anticipated the rise of modern electronic music with the same prescience as Popol Vuh -- the first German band to employ a Moog synthesizer, their work not only anticipated the emergence of ambient, but also proved pioneering in its absorption of worldbeat textures. At much the same time Popol Vuh was formed in Munich in 1969, another group of Norwegian descent adopted the same name, an endless source of confusion in the years to follow; both were inspired by the holy ...
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