Mythos was a German band formed in

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by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Stephan Kaske, bassist Harold Weiße and drummer Thomas Hildebrand in 1969. All doing their A level at the same school, the self-taught musicians released their eponymous debut in 1971. Influenced by

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the album draws on science fiction and ecological themes particularly noticeable on the closing track "Encyclopedia Terrae". The release saw the band support

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at a festival and

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at their show i
Berlin 1971
however after three years the band split. Kaske then recruited Axel Brauer on drums and Michael Krantz on bass. The band wrote and played live for two years but failed to record and split up. On his own Kaske signed, as Mythos, to Cosmic Chorus, and recorded various TV and film soundtracks before recording ''DreamLab'' in 1975. In 1976 Kaske expanded the lineup to include Sven Dohrow on guitars, Eberhard Seidler on bass and Ronnie Schreinzer on drums. The band adopted a heavier sound and released two albums, ''Strange Guys'' and ''Concrete City''. Kaske left the band in 1980 in order to concentrate on setting up his own recording studio in Berlin and pursue solo projects, and released the two albums; ''Quasar'' and ''Grand Prix''. Dohrow and Schreinzer formed The Twins, changing to a

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style and scoring a number of minor hits.

Personnel

*Stephan Kaske - Guitars, sitar, flute, synthesizer, vocals, vocoder *Harald Weiße - Bass, acoustic guitar, effects *Thomas Hildebrand - Drums, percussion (later played with

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Discography

*1972 – ''

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, KM) *1978 – ''Strange Guys'' LP (Venus) *1979 – ''Concrete City'' LP (Venus) *1980 – ''Quasar'' LP (Sky) *1981 – ''Grand Prix'' LP (Sky) *1999 – ''Wintermezzo'' CD (Art & Music) *2011 – ''Superkraut: Live at Stagge's Hotel 1976'' CD (Sireena Records 2011) *1994- sound of silence *1998- Le printemps mystique *2000- Emerald summer *2000- Feuillage *2002- The modern electronic kamasutra *2004- The dramatic stories edgar poe *2006- Mysteria *2008- Surround sound offensive *2012- Surround sound evolution *2015- Jules verne forever

References

External links

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