"YOGA is an unauthorized release. Some Indian musicians visited me in my studio, and somebody else took the tapes and sold them under the name of Popol Vuh, but it had nothing to do with Popol Vuh, really. I'm playing harmonium and organ. I think it was released in Italy."
Florian Fricke, interview on Eurock.com
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― Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link
listened to some of cobra verde last night, half of it sounds like a gas album without the buried house thump, fucking awesome.
― Q('.'Q) (eman), Friday, 16 June 2006 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― electro-acoustic lycanthrope (orion), Friday, 16 June 2006 12:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Q('.'Q) (eman), Friday, 16 June 2006 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link
that 'Train Through Time' track on the Affenstunde reissue I like better than the album!
the Aguirre bonus track is basically the title theme one more time with one extra overdub, probably not worth buying the album again if you've already got it, but I don't mind hearing it three times a sitting
very curious about that 70's Progressives compilation, someone figure out what that is and post back.
I still don't have all the 70's albums, I'm kind of spacing out the purchases at this point, savoring each new one. I just finally bought Hosianna Mantra, zero gravity
― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 16 June 2006 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― SQUARECOATS (plsmith), Friday, 16 June 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link
1. Wanderer Am Himmel 8:18 (?)2. They Danced, They Laughed, As Of Old 4:50 (Agape-Agape)3. Eastern Sunrise 4:12 (?)4. Am Tor 3:47 (?)5. Love-Love 5:24 (Agape-Agape)6. Der Große Krieger 3:10 (Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte)7. Wo Bist Du? 5:40 (Der Nacht der Seele)8. Dort Ist Der Weg 4:29 (Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte)9. In Deine Hände 3:01 (Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte)10. Calling You 4:42 (?)11. Oh Wie Nah Ist Der Weg Hinab 4:36 (Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte)
the 4 tracks i couldn't place only had a reference to what looks like another comp. called "florian fricke"http://www.progarchives.com//Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=6250
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― One Man's Mede Is Another Man's Persian (Dada), Friday, 8 September 2006 09:24 (seventeen years ago) link
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... which I haven't heard, but I think I can imagine what it sounds like, and which I used to see a lot in one record shop in Glasgow and almost bought until I realised I was a fan not a fool
― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Sing, For Song Drives Away The WolvesShepherd's SymphonyFor Me And YouCity Raga
I see them around cheap-ish, but life's too short to be a completist if they really are that bad.
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:30 (seventeen years ago) link
However, have heard good reports on "Messa Di Orfeo", which is from 1999ish, have never actually seen a copy tho.
― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:35 (seventeen years ago) link
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― TS: Mick Ralphs v. Ariel Bender (Dada), Thursday, 5 October 2006 10:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Daniel Fichelscher's guitar playing is awesome and inspirational. Remember when ILM was informative ?
― Geordie Racer, Friday, 1 June 2007 12:41 (sixteen years ago) link
messa di orfeo is actually pretty good
― am0n, Friday, 1 June 2007 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Still not heard it. It's Florian tho and not Guido Hieronymous clogging everything up and ruining it?
― Tom D., Friday, 1 June 2007 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link
right
Messa di Orfeo (Spalax, 1998) documents a 1998 multimedia installation by Fricke (keyboards), Fiedler (video), Guillermina De Germano (vocals) and Maya Rose (vocals)
― am0n, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
This reminds me that I gotta get Cobra Verde OST this month when my eMusic creds refresh.
The big question about Fichelscher is where the hell is he? What does he do with his hands instead of doing that Kleiner Krieger thang?
― Jon Lewis, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
hey the search engine's finding this thread again, it was lost for a while. I was trying to wake it up to say how good Messa di Orfeo is.
the first time the recitational comes on, I thought 'ok I could listen to that woman's voice forever', and was happyy when it turns out they were thinking exactly the same thing. and the return to electronics really works -- the sampled crickets & insect harmonics are great. finally found a copy of the CD this weekend and the booklet's filled with color photos of the recording sessions & installation, including De Germano at the mic and a picture of the huge chorus.
also been listening to Hosianna Mantra a _lot_ these last few months. you really have to be in a wispy mood I guess but sometimes I think this one's my favorite
― Milton Parker, Friday, 1 June 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
lately i've been listening to: -bruder des schattens-sohne des lichts -Letzte Tage, Letzte Nächte -Herz aus Glas
that mid seventies stuff reallllly does it for me.
― ian, Friday, 1 June 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
remembered to check for pv on emusic, got four albs, and the first three tracks of hosianna mantra have been blowing my mind all day
― 69, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
i guess i gotta listen to that one again. My copy has a bit of surface noise and it always agitates me. Does emusic have Bruder des Schattens? That's my fave, probably.
― ian, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah it does - i ran out of DL's though before i could get it
― 69, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
emusic has k-vuh.
Even Cobra Verde.
It's all in the recent remaster versions, which are not always superior to previous editions, but mostly fine.
― Jon Lewis, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Hosianna Mantra is probably my favorite, though it doesn't really compare to any of the others (not rock, not electronic, less clay binding it to the ground)
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i need an LP copy of the aguirre soundtrack, if anyone has one to spare. even a crappy bootleg! ("need")
― ian, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic ILM thread!
― Mark Rich@rdson, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Finally got to hear this. It's nice, not an out-and-out classic, but very worthwhile and good that the last thing Florian recorded (or the last that was released) was something of a return to his roots: experimental, electronic and, unlike most latter day Popol Vuh, not a misguided (or misGuidoed) attempt to be down with the kidz. A live recording I believe.
Also heard "Yoga", which is also a nice album but really has nothing much to do with Popol Vuh. Apparently it was recorded by Florian Fricke, and he may have played harmonium on it, but it was released without his permission.
Next stop is to finally get to hear "Die Erde und ich sind eins", an album of vocal chants, which was a private release, credited solely to Florian Fricke.
― Tom D., Thursday, 6 March 2008 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DON-CogKcfk
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― am0n, Monday, 31 March 2008 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q19C220Vvo
― am0n, Monday, 31 March 2008 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks!
― ian, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
kyrie is definitely top 5 vuh jams
― 69, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 00:24 (sixteen years ago) link
we jammed that one at your place after the FMU fair!
, ian
If ever a band warranted a box set, it's this one
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 13 June 2008 06:21 (fifteen years ago) link