Artist
Cusco
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Albums
Ancient Garden Spirit
2026 · Album
Ancient Light Of The Inner World
2026 · Album
Temple of the Inner Sun
2026 · Album
A Golden Sun Behind Closed Eyes
2026 · Album
Ancient Waters of Wisdom
2026 · Album
Breath of Sacred Devotion
2026 · Album
Sacred Valley of Peace
2026 · Album
Across Infinity
2026 · Album
Ancient River of Stillness
2026 · Album
Quiet Evolution
2026 · Album
Divine Rivers of Stillness
2026 · Album
Spirit Winds Through the Mountains
2026 · Album
Beyond the River of Consciousness
2026 · Album
La Luce Da Giù
2026 · Album
Breath of Infinite Light
2026 · Album
The Call of Sacred Breath
2026 · Album
Fortune Awakens Tonight
2026 · Album
Flute of the Inner Temple
2026 · Album
Ancestral Echoes Rising
2026 · Album
Ancestral Awakening Ritual
2026 · Album
Clouds Above the Andes
2026 · Album
ATLANTIS
2026 · Album
Kathreptis
2025 · Album
Ancient Journeys (A Vision of the New World) (Remastered by Basswolf)
2017 · Album
Singles & EPs
Ancient Dreams Beneath the Rising Sun
2026 · EP
Visto da fuori
2026 · Single
Breath Beneath the Silver Sky
2026 · Single
Breath Beneath the Bodhi Tree
2026 · EP
Circle of Sacred Breath
2026 · EP
Flute of Silent Awakening
2026 · Single
Ritual Steps in Smoke
2026 · Single
NOW (feat. Cinglé)
2026 · Single
Revolution of the Heart
2026 · EP
Mysteries of the Andes
2026 · EP
Infinite Stillness AUM
2026 · EP
In Existence
2026 · Single
Healing Pulse
2026 · Single
Spirit of the Andes
2026 · Single
Ancient Echoes
2026 · Single
You Will Live In My Heart
2026 · Single
Ancestral Strength
2026 · EP
Activation of the Kundalini Energy
2026 · EP
Harmonizing Chakras The 7 Sacred Notes
2025 · EP
Staxti
2025 · Single
From Thought to Form
2025 · EP
Root of Stability (Muladhara)
2025 · Single
Bridge to Another
2025 · EP
Breathing Forgiveness
2025 · EP
Appears on
A Journey Through Timeless Silence
Patrick Bernard
Ancient Energy of Nature
Arinushka
Breath of the Sacred Earth and Sky
Arinushka
Light Of The Ancient Sanctuary
Arinushka
Breathing Under Silver Skies
Dr. Bijay Saabye
Ancient Breath Within
Arinushka
A Candle in the Monastery Window
Niall
Chant of the Thousand Petals
Yakamora
Ancient Light of Compassion
Arinushka
A Journey Beyond the Mind
Enam
Beyond the Wheel of Thought
Arinushka
Awakening the Crown Chakra
Ty Burhoe
Ancient Rivers of Light
Ty Burhoe
Awakening Within
Ty Burhoe
A Sky Full of Silence
Ty Burhoe
Ancient Horizons of Light
Ty Burhoe
Ancient Dreams of Earth
Ty Burhoe
Ancient Rivers Under Starlight
Ty Burhoe
Divine Fire Through Silence
Ashra
Ancient Flute Ceremony
Ty Burhoe
Evolution Within
Ty Burhoe
Wind of the Inner Lotus
Janine Marcell
AUM Transcendence
R. Shruti
Ancestral Awakening
Niall
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About
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.
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.
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.