s/d popol vuh

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

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

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.

next next step: get another pv record

When love is calling you, turn around

ahhhhhhh

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.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5943102858_09729fc8bf.jpg

still haven't received my remixes yet, but waiting patiently

Excellent! Those jellyfish are like flying saucers apart from that one weird ghost dude on the right.

really fucking great pictures, way to go. you srsly added to an already rad thread.

man I thought that diving suit was a painting, the lighting is uncanny

yea, those are wild!

reminds me of this guy's pics

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.

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.

that's my pup

aquarium pix are AMAZING

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.

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.

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.

Would listen!

it might be my life's work.

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!

I suppose if someone told me what to do, I could do it. I've always appreciated the drumming.

Now that's difficult

tribute act would definitely have to dress in these. and perform underwater.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5943113488_39c77754e5.jpg

25min cortez/aguirre hybrid TOTALLY sounds rad!

can't you just hear it? and doesn't it sound sooo good? PS NO ONE STEAL MY IDEA.

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!!

*anticipates furiously*

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

hold my breath or hold my horses?

both

title track on hosianna mantra might have the most majestic guitar solo ever

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

what dadaismus did up top is inspiring. this band deserves that quality of attention

Yes, those reviews are GREAT and I refer to them a lot!

BTW Dadaismus = Tom D.

I listen to Popol Vuh a lot. Maybe too much. It always feels like not enough.

let me explain

1) what dadaismus did up top is inspiring. this band deserves that quality of attention
super 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.

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.

I did not realize a "soundtracks" PV box set had come out

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K%2B%2BrahEoL._SS400_.jpg

Weird I just listened to aguire this morning at breakfast, lovely album

popol vuh rules.
still need to get that soundtracks box. i've got most of it already, but it looks so niiiiiice.

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.

i lucked into a weird pressing of aguire at a garage sale for $4 :)

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

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...

I have that soundtracks box and the book is kinda mostly fluff, unfortunately.

some nice pics tho.

they ketpt the same terrible remaster packaging for the individual cases (identical booklets, giant, weird fricke pic) as well.

is this the article?

http://www.popolvuh.nl/archsounds1981

otherwise the only thing i can find (maybe i am not searching well?) is this

http://www.enso-on.com/2008/09/popol-vuh-florian-fricke-1981-interview.html

'A CLEARER VUH-POINT' XD