Pioneers of the electronic Krautrock scene, Popol Vuh were the brainchild of Florian Fricke (1944-2001).

The first album Affenstunde (1970) is an early jaunt into electronic music with its massive use of the Moog synthesizer as well as added percussion. In Den Gärten Pharaos (1971) experimented with a fusion between electronic and organ sounds, creating an intense, almost religious ambient music.

From Hosianna Mantra (1972) on, Popol Vuh abandoned the electronic medium to develop a personal avant-garde progressive rock music.