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Cusco was a German cross-cultural new-age music band named after the Peruvian city of Cusco, which was once the capital of the Inca Empire. The band's music contains influences from music around the world, with an emphasis on South American flute sounds and melodies. Cusco's melodic and energetic music is a fusion of modern and ethnic styles with influences from classical music and rock music sensibilities. Most of the ethnic instruments were keyboard-generated.

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The band was led by founders Michael Holm (Lothar Bernhard Walter; 1943–) and Kristian Schultze (1945–2011). Michael Holm, already a successful vocal artist, sought to make a musical tribute to ancient cultures. He and Kristian Schultze, formerly a member of the jazz band Passport, shared musical and historical interests. In 1979, they formed Cusco, and released their first album in 1980. They eventually signed with Higher Octave Music, releasing their first album on that label in 1988. Their albums consistently reached very high peaks on the instrumental/new age music sales charts. They were nominated for a Grammy award three times.[1]

Cusco's music was frequently used as pre-show background music in Epcot prior to IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, and has been used as bumper music for the popular American syndicated radio program Coast to Coast AM, as well as several television advertisements, including a Bud Ice beer commercial. Additionally, Cusco composed and performed symphonic new age music for the German television special Sielmann 2000. Until his death in 2011, Schultze resided in Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany; Holm still lives there.

See also

• Cusco discography
• This is a YouTube Channel created by the Cusco Music Fans

References

External links

• Official Cusco Website
• Cusco discography at MusicBrainz
• Cusco at AllMusic

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Cusco fue una banda alemana de new age, nombrada así por la ciudad peruana de Cuzco. Su música contiene influencias de ritmos de todo el mundo, aunque los que más destacan son los ritmos indígenas mesoamericanos e incas, sonidos de flauta y melodías electro-acústicas. La música llena de vitalidad de Cusco es una fusión de estilos modernos y étnicos con influencias de la música clásica y la sensibilidad de la música rock. La mayoría de los instrumentos étnicos más el uso de la tecnología electrónica, dieron al sonido de Cusco una calidad real.

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