Meaning of kosmische musik | Babel Free

Definitions

West German experimental space rock from the 1970s.

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“It began out of nothing, was given a joke name⟳, and became the pop influence⟳ du jour: krautrock, kosmische musik, elektronische musik, or whatever you wish⟳ to call⟳ German experimental rock from the 1970s.”

“Another term commonly used for some German music from the 1970s is kosmische Musik (“cosmic music”). It was introduced by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser to market krautrock artists like⟳ Ash-Ra Tempel, Tangerine Dream⟳, and Klaus Schulze. Although rejected by many artists associated with it, kosmische Musik remains a somewhat useful term to describe⟳ the synthesizer-heavy, meditative anti-rock of some West German musicians of the 1970s.”

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