In the 70s radio was the only medium for me to discover new unheard music. I was very eager to listen to everything that was different from the mainstream.
Searching for interesting programs I became a frequent listener of programs broadcasted by Dutch, German and Belgian radiostations: ‘In Between’ by Michael Rüsenberg, who played a lot of jazz rock; ‘Rock in’ by Winfrid Trenkler had a focus on krautrock; ‘Superclean dreammachine’ (Ad Visser); 'Musica Nova' (Ton Hartsuiker) for modern composed music; ‘Kollage van Alledaags en Zeldzaam’, a very adventurous program combining classical and popular music.
And then there was ‘Muziek uit de Kosmos’, a Belgian program dedicated to ‘Berlin school’ electronic music and so called ‘cosmic music’. It was through this program that started in 1976, that I first heart of Popol Vuh, and many other groups as wells. I was a listener for about two years. In the case of Popol Vuh I do not have a cleat memory of my first encounter with this music. Only in the case of Magma I still remember the moment I first heart this music that completely puzzled and fascinated me (Super Clean Dream Machine).
'Where does this music come from?' became my leading question. Not geographically of course, but existentially. I searrched for an answer but above all I wanted the question to remain a question and an expression of wonder.
