s/d popol vuh

and save your eternal soul, natch

was hoping it would be this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R89oERKCaU

Gobscheit <--- any realtion to Grobschnitt?

^^^ would be amazing name for a band parodying 3rd tier krautrock!!!

the only vuh album i have is herz aus glas and i love it. what should i get next?

bruder des schattens and letzte tage letzte nacht are both solid and similar in vibe.

what he said, and tantric songs is good too if you're feeling it

dear lord 'aguirre' is gooooorgeous

i've been trancing out w/two nice Popol Vuh compilations:

http://d.yimg.com/ec/image/v1/release/46920;encoding=jpg;size=300;fallback=defaultImage

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rhd8Bal9L._SS500_.jpg

Love that first cover- it's a Herzog megamix!

That first comp pictured above was my introduction to PV, I'd actually recommend it as a good starting point.

both of those covers are intense!

Die Grosse Ekstase die Bildschnitzers Steiner (The Great Ecstasy of the Woodcarver Steiner) (director: Werner Herzog, 1973)
This is a typically idiosyncratic Herzog documentary on the Swiss show jumper, Walter Steiner. Features some lovely Popol Vuh music, music which I’ve yet to hear on any album – damn it!

Has any of the music for this ever been released? It drives me crazy that I can't find the main theme for this film anywhere.

http://vimeo.com/18046748

^^ lunar eclipse video, watch while listening to 2 min pv song of your choice

my choices: ...als lebten die Engel auf Erden (pretty) or mantra of the touching of the earth (scary)

shit totally forgot to watch that eclipse

it was snowing here so i had to rely on the video :(

guess i missed the geminids meteor shower too haha (dec. 13)

this needs reposting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DON-CogKcfk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I11QLGgETY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL8E3Q5iZsY

Nice-looking boxset, though it's just five of the SPV soundtracks and no bonus tracks:

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

**Super luxurious, Limited edition 5CD collector's box including 98-page hardback book** The divine music of Popol Vuh is inextricable from the Werner Herzog films it soundtracks. German label SPV have compiled their body of five full length cinematic commissions Heart of Glass (1976), and the Klaus Kinski-starring Aguirre (1972), Nosferatu (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987) in one beautiful box set. Scoring Herzog's 'Aguirre', Popol Vuh, lead by Florian Fricke, established a longstanding relationship with the director, providing him with a milestone of electronic music which is still named as a masterpiece to this day. Fricke's innately moving compositions presaged the electronic ambient and new age genres, incorporating avant-garde classical, religious music, prog and krautrock themes into a substantial, harmonically rich sound. As fellow krautrock pioneer Klaus Schulze says "Here, he went on to create a new world, which Werner Herzog loves so much, transforming the thought pattern of electronic music into the language of acoustic ethno music" perfectly reflecting the films inherent themes of humanity, religion and nature. Over the next fifteen years Fricke's musical evolution was charted by his work for Herzog, weaving increasingly elaborate instrumentation into the electronic fabric of his compositions. Between his captivating choral work for Nosferatu, the operatic classicism of Fitzcarraldo, or the breathtaking lushness of Cobra Verde, Fricke and Popol Vuh inspired a generation and re-defined the art of the soundtrack. This box set is a tremendous testament to his accomplishments - grab one while you can.

vinyl box of hard to find stuff, please!

pleeeeeease
that i would buy

a box of 5 albums i already have with a book? only if i had a gift card that needed to be spent. lovelovelove these albums but i already have them and i'm not crazy enough to double up on cds.

WANT

WANT SO BAD

^

could listen to this till the end of time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u7vzaqITMA

Aguirre is the only own I already own out of those five.

Same here, though the fact that they're all on Spotify makes me substantially less likely to shell out £40. It does look nice though.

yeah kinda want this -- don't have cobra verde or heart of glass. box is not terribly expensive, given that it's "super luxurious"

already have most of these, curious about the book but not enough to buy it

coeur de verre is one of my favorites of all of their records -- get it immediately!

Yes, I have heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Zsl3kJlVc

so good

revive!!

here's the latest reissue, with a disc of remixes by Moritz von Oswald, Stereolab, etc:

http://www.factmag.com/2011/05/20/popol-vuh-remixed-by-moritz-von-oswald-stereolab-and-more/

I've been waiting for this to come out!! It's even on my calendar. Have you heard it?

june 24th -- i guess i'm going to be reviewing it? i'm trying to figure out who's working the promo for this. it's not forced exposure.

i guess i'm only really interested in disc 2 since i could assemble disc 1 myself, but w/e

oh man i thought this came out on june 24, and i started to get excited, but then i realized it was july 24 :(

ah. it's already out in germany, but it won't be coming out til july 24 in the US.

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'

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?

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.