Popol Vuh Essential Collection Vol. 1 180g Vinyl 6LP Box Set
180g Vinyl 6LP Box Set featuring Newly Remastered Editions of Popol Vuh's Most Important Works of the '70s Plus Bonus Tracks, Posters & Detailed Liners!
BMG presents Essential Collection Vol. 1, a six vinyl LP box set which collects influential German progressive rock/electronic avant-garde act Popol Vuh's most important works of the '70s - Affenstunde, Hosianna Mantra, Einsjäger & Siebenjäger, Aguirre, and Nosferatu - a period regarded as their most productive phase.
Remastered by former Popol Vuh member Guido Hieronymus, all five groundbreaking albums come pressed on 180g vinyl LP and four bonus tracks are also included.
The 6LP-set is housed in a high-quality slipcase with spot varnish and also includes a Nosferatu poster, two band posters, and a 6-page insert with detailed liner notes, photos and discography.
Far beyond the Krautrock-movement and any other genre, their music combines rock with electronics, integrated ethno and world music elements, and experimented with the synthesizer at an early stage. Founded in 1970 in Munich, Popol Vuh was the first German group to use the Moog-synthesizer, creating new worlds of sound that were groundbreaking for ambient and trance music.
Florian Fricke, composer, keyboard visionary and founder of the group, contrived his own realms of sound with the legendary Moog III for their first album Affenstunde, thus creating a landmark in the world of new music.
With the release of the album Hosianna Mantra in 1972, the music world witnessed what was described by Musikexpress as, "One of the most beautiful records of all time".
After the two Moog albums Affenstunde (1970) and Gärten Pharaos (1972), Fricke had found a new fascination with Christianity and Buddhism and decided to leave behind the realms of electronic music, giving way to the sounds of the human voice and acoustic instrumentals.
The new album, enriched with the angelic voice of the Korean soprano Djong Yun, creates a breathtaking, suggestive musical world of sound. Fricke's piano, Conny Veit's guitar, as well as tracks with oboe and tamboura, are what gives this work of art an evocative power that unites it as sublime, ambient and prog rock fusion.
Popol Vuh Essential Collection Vol. 1 Track Listing:
LP1 AFFENSTUNDE (1970)
1. Ich mache einen Spiegel (Dream Part 4)
2. Ich mache einen Spiegel (Dream Part 5)
3. Ich mache einen Spiegel (Dream Part 49)
4. Affenstunde
LP2 HOSIANNA MANTRA (1972)
Hosianna – Mantra:
1. Ah!
2. Kyrie
3. Hosianna – Mantra
Das V. Buch Mose:
4. Abschied
56 Segnung
3. Andacht Pt. 1
7. Nicht hoch im Himmel
8. Andacht Pt. 2
9. Maria (Bonus Track)
LP3 EINSJÄGER & SIEBENJÄGER (1974)
1. Kleiner Krieger
2. King Minos
3. Morgengruß
4. Würfelspiel
5. Gutes Land
6. Einsjäger & Siebenjäger
7. King Minos II (Bonus Track)
8. Wo bist du? (Bonus Track)
LP4 AGUIRRE (1976) ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE WERNER HERZOG MOVIE AGUIRRE
1. Aguirre I
2. Morgengruss II
3. Aguirre II
4. Agnus Dei
5. Vergegenwaertigung
6. Aguirre III (Bonus Track)
LP5 NOSFERATU (1978) ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE WERNER HERZOG MOVIE NOSFERATU
1. Brüder des Schattens
2. Höre, der du wagst
3. Das Schloss des Irrtums
4. Die Umkehr
5. Mantra I
6. Morning Sun
LP6 NOSFERATU (1978) ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE WERNER HERZOG MOVIE NOSFERATU
1. Venus principle
2. Mantra II
3. Die Nacht der Himmel
4. Der Ruf der Rohrflöte
5. To a little way
6. Through pains to heaven
7. On the way
8. Zwiesprache der Rohrflöte
