Os Mundi

Os Mundi Have Been Quoted As Berlin's First "rock Big Band" With A Line-Up That Could Swell To A Dozen. Little-Known Really Os Mundi Were Indeed An Important Part Of The Berlin Krautrock Underground With A History Going Back To The Early-1960's. The Roots Of Os Mundi Can Be Traced Back To A Beat Group Called The Safebreakers Who Existed From 1962-1966 Line-Up Christoph Busse Drums Andreas Villain Bass Lukas Dammer Guitar Michael Wohrle Keyboards With Holger Sieversen And Udo Arndt Joining From The Band Butterblume. Safebreakers Largely Played Top 40 Hits And The Only Document Of Any Original Music By Them Is In A Film Called "Madchen Madchen" Directed By Roger Fritz. Circa 1967 Christoph Busse And Udo Arndt Went On To Form Orange Surprise Also Featuring David Kalkreuth Organ Hartmut Hacki Seidel Bass And Steve Jolliffe Flute Saxophone . Orange Surprise Played Original Music And Became Involved In The Arts Scene. The Band's Initials OS Gave Rise To The Name Os Mundi Adopted In 1969 Or 1970 According To Their Own Web Pages . In Their Formative Years Os Mundi Also Became Friends Of Agitation Sharing A Rehearsal Room At Paul-Linke-Ufer In Berlin-Kreuzberg. In These Early Days Jam Sessions Took Place With Manuel Gottsching Later Of Ash Ra Tempel Buddy Mandler Ludolf Kuchenbuch Both From The Original Os Mundi And Michael Gunther From Agitation Among Others. Session Tapes Are Said To Exist. This Association Meant Os Mundi's Music Changed Considerably. Their Debut LATIN MASS Was Notably Inspired By 1960's American Bands And Especially The Electric Prunes' MASS IN F MINOR Though From A Very Psychedelic Krautrock Angle With The Latin Lyrics Against A Music More Like A Hybrid Of Amon Duul II Tangerine Dream's ELECTRONIC MEDITATION And Spooky Tooth. Intense And Radical Rock Music Indeed! Almost Entirely Different In Style Was 43 MINUTEN Reputedly Showing Udo Arndt's Liking For Chicago. If So They Twisted The Inspiration In Such A Way Like Thirsty Moon Becoming A Distinctly Teutonic Rock-Fusion With All Manner Of Invention And Surprises. Os Mundi Apparently Recorded A Third Album Which Remains Unreleased. In Their Later Years Other Musicians Such As Ute Kannenberg Vocals From Metropolis Wolfram Jacob Percussion Bernhard Arndt Piano And Klaus Henrichs Alto Saxophone Clarinet Passed Through The Band. By 1974 Os Mundi Had Changed Into The Ill-Fated And Short-Lived Tequila Sunrise. Circa 1979-1980 Os Mundi Reformed For Some Special Concerts Of Which A Recording At The Quartier Latin In Berlin 1979 Exists. Udo Arndt Is Now A Top Recording Engineer And Producer As Is Christoph Busse. read less