Kosmische Ambient
tagStarted 1971Peak 1972–1981Last big hit still activeFrom Germany
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Kosmische Ambient draws from the German cosmic tradition but emphasizes its most drifting, open, psychedelic, and less beat-bound qualities rather than its more driving sequencer side.
History
Where Berlin School is often heard as structured voyage music, kosmische in ambient form points more toward diffuse atmosphere, communal drift, pastoral electronics, and cosmic psychedelia, especially in the work of Harmonia, Cluster, Ashra, and Popol Vuh.
Defining artists
Essential listening
Sources
- kosmische/Berlin School histories
- artist pages for Harmonia, Cluster, Ashra, Tangerine Dream, Schulze, and Popol Vuh. citeturn25search4turn24search24turn25search0turn25search4