Zeuhl
Sign in to saveZeuhl (pronounced [zœl]; ) is a music genre that is a hybrid of jazz fusion, symphonic rock and neoclassical music, established in 1969 by the French band Magma. The term comes from Kobaïan, the fictional language created by Magma's Christian Vander and Klaus Blasquiz for Magma, in which Zeuhl Ẁortz means approximately .
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Zeuhl
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Late 1960s - early 1970s France
- Music genre.other_names
- Celestial music
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Zeuhl (pronounced [zœl]; ) is a music genre that is a hybrid of jazz fusion, symphonic rock and neoclassical music, established in 1969 by the French band Magma. The term comes from Kobaïan, the fictional language created by Magma's Christian Vander and Klaus Blasquiz for Magma, in which Zeuhl Ẁortz means approximately .
== Characteristics == The musical roots of zeuhl go back to pioneers of the free jazz movement such as John Coltrane and folkloristic echoes and influences from Carl Orff's work.
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