Daniel Fichelscher

Daniel Fichelscher
Birth name	Daniel Secundus Fichelscher
Born	March 7, 1953
Instruments	Guitars, drums, percussions
Labels	Liberty, Pilz, Kosmische Musik, UA, PDU, Milan, Spalax, OHR, Brain Records
Associated acts	Popol Vuh, Amon Düül II, Gila

Daniel "Danny" Secundus Fichelscher, (born 7 March 1953^[1] in Berlin), is a German multi-instrumentalist who played a pivotal role in Krautrock band Popol Vuh, was a member of German group "Gila" and is currently Amon Düül II's drummer. Fichelscher is the son of Jazz pianist and singer Toby Fichelscher.^[1]

Career

Daniel Fichelscher was, for most of their history, Florian Fricke's only stable partner in Popol Vuh. He wasn't a founding member, having joined in 1973 (three years after the group's foundation) for the recording of the album "Seligpreisung" and replaced guitarist Conrad "Conny" Veit the following year in 1974. While playing with Popol Vuh, he also occasionally played drums and congas with the Krautrock band Amon Düül II, appearing for example in the albums "Carnival in Babylon" (1972), "Wolf City" (1972; on which he also sung and played guitar), and "Vortex" (1981).^[1] Together with Fricke, he also played in Conny Veit's group's ("Gila") second album, "Bury My Heart in Wounded Knee".^[1]

From 1991, towards the end of Popol Vuh's history, because he was flanked by Guido Hieronymus, who also played guitar and who greatly influenced the group's music, his importance within the group diminished, but he did maintain an important role. Since 2006, after Florian Fricke's death and Popol Vuh's dissolution, Fichelscher again plays drums with Amon Düül II replacing the group's original drummer, the late Peter Leopold.^[2]

Discography with Popol Vuh

• Seligpreisung (1973)
• Einsjäger und Siebenjäger (1974)
• Das Hohelied Salomos (1975)
• Aguirre (1975)
• Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte (1976)
• Herz aus Glas (1977)
• Nosferatu (1978)
• Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts (1978)
• Die Nacht der Seele (1979)
• Sei still, wisse ICH BIN (1981)
• Agape - Agape (1983)
• Spirit of Peace (1985)
• Cobra Verde (1987)
• For You and Me (1991)

Discography with Amon Düül II

• Carnival in Babylon (1972)
• Wolf City (1972)
• Live in London (live) (1973)

Discography with Utopia

• Utopia (reissued as by Amon Düül II) (1973)

External links

• Photo of Daniel Fichelscher in 2006 with Amon Düül II

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Daniel Fichelscher - Biography, Popol Vuh.nl accessed on December 11, 2008
2. ^ Amon Duul II official site - "History" accessed on March 14, 2008

References

• CD sleeve notes
• History of Popol Vuh
• Italian fan site, in Italian and English
• Dutch fan site in English

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