Biography
Os Mundi
Effective period / Period of releases: 1970 - 1972
Members: Udo Arndt, Mikro Rilling, Christoph Busse, Dietrich Markgraf, Buddy Mandler, Andreas Villain, Harald Skorepa, Ute Kannenberg
Os Mundi are one of the most important key bands of the early Berlin Krautrock scene. They were rooted in the bands: Safebreakers (1962+) and Orange Surprise (featuring Steve Jolliffe), changing into Os Mundi circa 1969/70. The band's initials OS gave rise to the name Os Mundi, Latin for "The World" - apt when their debut LP was called "A Latin Mass".Os Mundi played heavy psychedelic prog moving onto more fusion realms with their second LP. A third album was never properly completed, although the band did exist on and off until 1980. In addition to 2 classic LP's and an archive CD, unreleased live recordings also exist from 1972 and 1979.
Undocumented members include: Ute Kannenberg from Metropolis, and Agitation Free main-man Michael Günther was in a later incarnation.