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Quick guide to Zeuhl
Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0Zeuhl (pronounced [zœl]; lit.
01 · What it is
MusicVocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Geography awaiting sourceAdd a cited source naming the region or community that carries it.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited sourceEvery claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Zeuhl in plain words?
Zeuhl (pronounced [zœl]; lit.
Where is Zeuhl practised or documented?
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What is the current condition of Zeuhl today?
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How do I cite or share this Zeuhl entry?
Cite as: "Zeuhl." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/zeuhl, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceZeuhl (pronounced [zœl]; lit. 'celestial') is a music genre that is a hybrid of jazz fusion, symphonic rock and neoclassical music, established in 1969 by the French band Magma. The term comes from Kobaïan, the fictional language created by Magma's Christian Vander and Klaus Blasquiz for Magma, in which Zeuhl Ẁortz means approximately 'celestial force'.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Zeuhl”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Zeuhl is music genre, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
The source record links this tradition to 6 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 1
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