just got my hands on this--reviewing it for the Voice.
my favorite remixes: 'In den Gärten Pharaos' remixed by Moritz von Oswald, 'Nachts: Schnee' remixed by Mika Vainio
the Thomas Fehlmann remix of 'Schnee' is also very nice
'Through Pain to Heaven' remixed by Mouse on Mars is super glitchy, sounds like Mouse on Mars circa 'Radical Connector'
not really feeling the Stereolab remix of 'Hosianna Mantra'
― geeta, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
cool, sounds interesting. did anyone buy that soundtracks box set? i still haven't dropped the $$$. convince me to do it! is the book pretty?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Still loving the Moritz remix...it's kind of refreshing to hear him making straight up techno again after all that Moritz von Oswald Trio stuff
The Stereolab remix I have more time for, after listening to it a few more times...but there's something very mysterious about the original, and Stereolab's take on it sounds very Stereolab, and not mysterious at all
― geeta, Thursday, 7 July 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
i finally got a record by these suckas!
it's good
aguirre it's call, think it's a film soundtrack, got it on vinyl at a garage sale
it's kinda like if cluster and the grateful dead made a record together
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 July 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
next step you should see the movie! it's the bessssst. it's like if david lean and the grateful dead made a movie together.
― tylerw, Thursday, 7 July 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
next next step: get another pv record
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
When love is calling you, turn around
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 July 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
ahhhhhhh
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
two things:
* wanted but did not buy aguirre LP b/c it was 25 euros -- is that ridiculous or am i crazy?!?!* listened to heart of glass while walking through an aquarium, it was totally awesome, took these pictures
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5943113488_39c77754e5.jpghttp://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5943102858_09729fc8bf.jpg
still haven't received my remixes yet, but waiting patiently
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Monday, 25 July 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
Excellent! Those jellyfish are like flying saucers apart from that one weird ghost dude on the right.
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Monday, 25 July 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
really fucking great pictures, way to go. you srsly added to an already rad thread.
― 69, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
man I thought that diving suit was a painting, the lighting is uncanny
― ogmor, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
yea, those are wild!
― original bgm, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
reminds me of this guy's pics
― 69, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
thanks! i have others (the one of a turtle floating serenely through space is a personal fave) but haven't gotten around to vacation photo organization yet.
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Monday, 25 July 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
Aside from Ian, whose wedding inspired this fine jpg, the only other people on earth likely to appreciate the magic of this are the people who would click on this thread:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6026740889_67e484325b.jpg
As for the remix album, my mixed feelings are sort of coalescing into a dull appreciation of several tracks. I like the Mouse on Mars, Stereolab, and Alex Barck remixes the best, but mostly I like the ones where I can actually hear the PV song.
Q: is remixed krautrock/cosmische what beardo disco is? i truly have no idea.
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
that's my pup
aquarium pix are AMAZING
― chief content officer (m coleman), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
Love it!Can't help you with the beardo question.I want to start a Popol Vuh tribute act.Maybe I just want to see one. Maybe not.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
I would totally see a PV tribute act -- don't have the skills to be in one by anyone's standards though. I could be the svengali behind it, I suppose.
Would need a visual component too -- I'd like to see some National Geographic cutting room floor nature stuff from the 70s and 80s? Can you imagine?! There must be a ton of material out there.
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
i'm in the process of recording a version of "cortez the killer" that is (hopefully) in the vein of the vuh's aguirre sdtk. it sounds rad in my mind. don't know if it'll come out rad. but it'll be 20-25 minutes, I think.
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Would listen!
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
it might be my life's work.
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
I would totally see a PV tribute act -- don't have the skills to be in one by anyone's standards though
You only need to know one chord for a lot of their stuff!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
I suppose if someone told me what to do, I could do it. I've always appreciated the drumming.
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Now that's difficult
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
tribute act would definitely have to dress in these. and perform underwater. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5943113488_39c77754e5.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
25min cortez/aguirre hybrid TOTALLY sounds rad!
― original bgm, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
can't you just hear it? and doesn't it sound sooo good? PS NO ONE STEAL MY IDEA.
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
it also offers a familiar context (cortez the killer familiar to all kinds of people not likely to pick up or even listen to a PV record)
brills, now you gotta record it!!
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
*anticipates furiously*
― original bgm, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
everyone hold your breath. it's happening. gonna try to get this guy to guest on it. actually both of these guys. somehow. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9FzQXECMKS1YxrVTWl6rpc0GNvPEvAbdUW_uNgboI436rYscfWQ
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
hold my breath or hold my horses?
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
both
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
title track on hosianna mantra might have the most majestic guitar solo ever
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 30 September 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
Dadaismus' reviews upthread are all-time
A couple of weeks ago I listened to all the albums 1971-1977 and then had to listen to them again, and then again ... I think Einsjäger und Siebenjäger is my favorite right now
― Brad C., Friday, 30 September 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
what dadaismus did up top is inspiring. this band deserves that quality of attention
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 30 September 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, those reviews are GREAT and I refer to them a lot!
BTW Dadaismus = Tom D.
― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Friday, 30 September 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
I listen to Popol Vuh a lot. Maybe too much. It always feels like not enough.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Friday, 30 September 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
let me explain
1) what dadaismus did up top is inspiring. this band deserves that quality of attentionsuper duper otm. writing about popol vuh seems like it would be really hard to do, and he has done it so well and with such attention to the best details. i came to popol vuh sort of by accident, and decided it was something i should explore further, but only after maybe 10 years had passed from the first time i heard them, tangerine dream, shit like that. when i read his reviews, it was gratifying to find that his favorites were also my favorites (Brüder des Schattens, Söhne des Lichts and Herz au Glas in particular) and that there were favorites I hadn't heard yet.
2) remember that "listen to popol vuh recording while sitting in a church" event discussed upthread? i thought some time would pass and i would realize that this is a silly idea. instead, time has passed and i find myself still thinking that this sounds like an enjoyable activity, minus the people plinking their plastic beer cups.
anyway, --> actual question ----> recommended books/articles containing interesting information about popol vuh? i haven't done much reading about them tbh.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Monday, 3 October 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks for all the kind words everyone! I'm no music critic but just felt the need at the time to share my thoughts on some great music. I don't know of any books on Popol Vuh. There are articles 'n' stuff online if you look, some of which are useful for reminding you that Florian Fricke et al were not a bunch of head-in-the-clouds mystics (I remember reading one where Danny Fichelscher was drunk and being obnoxious). First article I ever saw on Popol Vuh was in an old issue of Sounds by Sandy Robertson, an interview from ca. 1980.
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Monday, 3 October 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
I did not realize a "soundtracks" PV box set had come out
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K%2B%2BrahEoL._SS400_.jpg
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 3 October 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Weird I just listened to aguire this morning at breakfast, lovely album
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 October 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
popol vuh rules. still need to get that soundtracks box. i've got most of it already, but it looks so niiiiiice.
― tylerw, Monday, 3 October 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
i know, me too! i was (am, i guess) holding out for a vinyl version but i would really like to see the book. i will look up that article you mentioned, tom. thanks.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
i lucked into a weird pressing of aguire at a garage sale for $4 :)
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
will admit that i was envious when i read that upthread
i've only even seen a PV record one time, and that was aguirre in a tiny jazz store in paris, and it was really expensive! actually that's not true -- i have this because someone gave it to me (thanks jeff/jenny!) http://www.amarcordrecords.it/images/rockeurope/rockpicturespopolvuhherzogre.jpg
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
The SPV remasterings are not all better than the Spalax CDs. IIRC I still prefer the Spalax releases for Herz aus Glas and Letzte Tage Letzte Nacht. Would have to go compare again...
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
I have that soundtracks box and the book is kinda mostly fluff, unfortunately.
― original bgm, Monday, 3 October 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
some nice pics tho.
they ketpt the same terrible remaster packaging for the individual cases (identical booklets, giant, weird fricke pic) as well.
― original bgm, Monday, 3 October 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link