Daniel Fichelscher

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Daniel Fichelscher was, for most of their history, Florian Fricke's only stable partner in the German avantgarde group Popol Vuh. He wasn't a founding member, having replaced guitarist Conrad "Connie" Veit in 1973, year in which he recorded with the group the album "Seligpreisung". Before joining Fricke, he was for some time the drummer in the Krautrock band Amon Düül II, appearing for example in the album "Carnival in Babylon". Together with Fricke, he also played in Connie Veit's group Gila's second album, "Bury My Heart in Wounded Knee"^[1].

Although he contributed just a few compositions, sleeve notes make clear that Fichelscher was almost entirely in charge of the instrumental parts of the group's music, playing electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums, and assorted percussions. He can therefore be considered fully responsible for its characteristic sound. Florian Fricke himself declares ^[2] "I suppose that you would say that the core is Daniel and myself. When I've composed the things, then he's the next one that I play them with".

From 1991, towards the end of Popol Vuh's history, he was flanked by Guido Hieronymus, who also played guitar and who greatly influenced the group's sound, and therefore his importance within the group diminished. He did however maintain an important role. He appears to no longer be professionally active.^[3]