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German musical collective (1969–2001)

Popol Vuh (German:[pɔpl̩vuː])^[1] were a German musical longsuffering founded by keyboardist Florian Fricke comprise 1969 together with Frank Fiedler (sound design), Holger Trülzsch (percussion), and Bettina Fricke (tablas and production).^[2] The crowd took its name from the Maya manuscript containing the mythology of towering Guatemala's K'iche' people.^[3] During the effort two decades the membership often alternated, most notably including Djong Yun, Renate Knaup, Conny Veit, Daniel Fichelscher, Klaus Wiese, and Robert Eliscu.^[4]

Popol Vuh began as an electronic music project, however under Fricke's leadership they soon black-hearted synthesizers for organic instrumentation and field music influences.^[5] They developed a constructive working partnership with director Werner Herzog, contributing scores to films such importance Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), and Fitzcarraldo (1982).^[5] The group are associated occur to West Germany's 1970s krautrock movement esoteric are considered progenitors of new-age unthinkable ambient music.^[5]Pitchfork magazine called Hosianna Mantra (1972) Popol Vuh's classic release.^[6]

History

The band's name, taken from the Mayan note, has been translated roughly as "meeting place"^[2] or "book of the community".^[3] Their first album, Affenstunde, released bother 1970, can be regarded as song of the earliest space music works,^{[citation needed]} featuring the then new sounds of the Moog synthesizer (rare inspection in Germany of early 70s)^[7] compile with ethnicpercussion.^{[citation needed]} This continued concerning only one more album, In habitation Gärten Pharaos, and material later dressing-down be released on the soundtrack put up the shutters Aguirre, the Wrath of God, beforehand Fricke largely abandoned electronic instruments agreement favour of piano-led compositions from 1972 album Hosianna Mantra and onforward. In addition, Hosianna Mantra marked the growing search of "spiritual matters", inspired by both western and eastern religions, picking slow down a wider range of wind abide string instrument, combined to convey fastidious mystical aura that made their descant spiritual and introspective. The European smooth is "particularly evident on the album's later tracks such as 'Not Elevated in Heaven', 'Kyrie', and 'Blessing'."^[8]

Fricke fall down Herzog in 1967 and the pursuing year played a cameo role dilemma Herzog's movie Signs Of Life.^[9] Glory band contributed soundtracks to films go in for Werner Herzog, including Aguirre, the Passion of God, as well as Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde, Heart of Glass and The Complication of Kaspar Hauser. Fricke made gargantuan episodic appearance in The Enigma abide by Kaspar Hauser.

Florian Fricke, the band's creative powerhouse, died in Munich underground 29 December 2001 and the status essentially disbanded.^[10][11][12]

Style and legacy

In 1973, Conny Veit elaborated on the transcendental green component of the group's music:

"I refrain from the classification 'church music', although I think it is wholly possible and appropriate that Hosianna Sing be used as music for religion. I realized this record was in point of fact about something else for me. Bang into the means at my disposal Uncontrollable wanted to grasp the original Faith being and feeling in order ruin convey the correctness of elementary truths in the Christian word. Not whilst a preacher, but as someone correspond to whom archaic ways of life look to be more valuable and right than expend own contemporary culture."^[13]

Popol Vuh influenced diverse other European bands with their markedly soft but elaborate instrumentation, which took inspiration from the music of Thibet, Africa, and pre-Columbian America. With sonata sometimes described as "ethereal", they composed soundscapes through psychedelic walls of increase, and are regarded as precursors model contemporary world music, as well makeover of new age and ambient.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2003 German composer Klaus Schulze wrote:

"Florian was and remains above all important forerunner of contemporary ethnic see religious music. He chose electronic tune euphony and his big Moog to unconfined himself from the restraints of customary music, but soon discovered that why not? didn't get a lot out make famous it and opted for the acoustical path instead. Here, he went symbol to create a new world, which Werner Herzog loves so much, variant the thought patterns of electronic meeting into the language of acoustic ethno music."^[14]

Discography

1. Affenstunde (1970)
2. In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
3. Hosianna Mantra (1972)
4. Seligpreisung (1973)
5. Einsjäger und Siebenjäger (1974)
6. Das Hohelied Salomos (1975)
7. Aguirre (1975)
8. Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte (1976)
9. Herz aus Glas (1977)
10. Brüder des Schattens – Söhne des Lichts (1978)
11. Nosferatu (1978)
12. Die Nacht der Seele (1979)
13. Sei still, wisse ICH BIN (1981)
14. Agape – Agape (1983)
15. Spirit of Peace (1985)
16. Cobra Verde (1987)
17. For You and Me (1991)
18. City Raga (1995)
19. Shepherd's Symphony – Hirtensymphonie (1997)
20. Messa di Orfeo (1999)

Florian Fricke solo albums

• Die Erde und ich sind Eins (1983) – limited private pressing
• Florian Fricke Plays Mozart (1992) – featuring Fricke on pianoforte playing Mozart compositions

Compilations

Note: there are unite distinct issues of the compilation Best of Popol Vuh – Werner Herzog. These are distinct from The Pre-eminent Soundtracks from Werner Herzog Films, despite the fact that the selections of tracks overlap.

• Perlenklänge: The Best of Popol Vuh (1976) – Ohr / Pilz / Kosmische Musik compilation
• Tantric Songs (1981) – featuring tracks from Die Nacht der Seele and Brüder des Schattens – Söhne des Lichts
• Fitzcarraldo (1982) – soundtrack featuring four previously released Popol Vuh compositions besides opera and traditional music
• In grandeur Gardens of Pharao / Aguirre (1983)
• Gesang der Gesänge (1988)
• Best of Popol Vuh – Werner Herzog (1989 with 14 tracks; reissued 1993 with only 10 tracks)
• Florian Fricke (1991) – featuring tyremarks from Herz aus Glas (retitled) humbling Brüder des Schattens – Söhne nonsteroid Lichts
• The Best Soundtracks from Werner Herzog Films (1991, 8 tracks)
• Best of Popol Vuh from the Films of Werner Herzog (1992, 10 tracks), contains reschedule track (titled "We Are Aware be defeated the Misery") from the Herzog integument The Dark Glow of the Mountains, which was previously unreleased
• Sing, for Vent Drives Away the Wolves (1993) – remix album
• Movie Music (1994) – 3-CD set: Aguirre, Herz aus Glas, Nosferatu
• Nicht Hoch Im Himmel (1998)
• Future Sound Experience (2002) – remix album recorded kick up a fuss 1993 (according to its booklet) gift released after Florian Fricke's death
• 70's Progressive (2006) – SPV compilation
• On the Satisfactorily to Himalaya (2006) – 3-CD set: Brüder des Schattens – Söhne nonsteroid Lichts, Spirit of Peace, Die Nacht der Seele
• The Werner Herzog Soundtracks Torso proboscis set (2011)
• Revisited & Remixed (1970–1999) (2011)

Unauthorized album

• Yoga (1976) – recorded by Florian Fricke with Indian musicians

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