Os Mundi | en

Passion, Passion, resistance, roots and innovation are the words that come to mind when describing Yo Yo Mundi, a five-piece band from Acqui Terme, a tiny spot on the hills and vineyards of Monferrato in the North of Italy. Their musical journey is somewhere in between folk and rock. It’ s not easy to fit them in a genre because they often play with traditional as well as innovative sounds. The accordian is surely part of their sound in the best of folk traditions, although they are not your traditional folk band. Yo Yo Mundi begin their musical journey by...

There are at least 3 artist of the same name: 1st: progressive rock band: Hailing from Cuba, ANIMA MUNDI have always combined prog sounds with other music genres and used instruments that are uncommon for rock. Echoes of Celtic, Cuban, New Age, Symphonic Rock music can be clearly distinguished. "Septentrion" is undoubtedly the best Symphonic Progressive Rock album from Cuba! There are also nice intermixes of Celtic influences within the overall structure which add a wonderful sense of ambience. There are 12 tracks (5 instrumental) and one can get lost in the overall multi-layering of the music. In 2008 the...

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...