I know, huh? Somehow I missed this band amidst all my years of exploring exactly this kinda sound, I always just thought of them as a Herzog soundtrack band. Never realized all the connections with ADII etc. By the way thanks to Tom D (I think, yeah?) for his excellent overview at the beginning of the thread.
― sleeve, Thursday, 21 November 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
yeah, popol vuh are pretty much The Best Band Ever, so there is no worry. you will be having a great time.
― ian, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:00 PM
having a great time with side 1 of Hosianna Mantra right now, god damn
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
how to live
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
i mail-ordered the hosianna mantra reissue but it hasn't arrived here yet. gorgeous album though.
― lime pickle (get bent), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 01:43 (ten years ago) link
I keep wanting to buy the Herzog box but find myself unable to pull the trigger. I love Aguirre - all time top ten - but I already own it on CD. The only other Popol Vuh I listen to a lot is Hosianna Mantra, if that gives you an idea of what version of Florian's wild circus I most enjoy. I don't know the other four soundtracks included in the box and I understand that one of them - Nosferatu, maybe? - features very little Popol Vuh. I also hear the book is not really any great shakes. Anyway, should I buy this?
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 5 December 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
herz au glas/heart of glass is top 3 PV albums for me -- at least do yourself the favor of hearing/getting that!!nosferatu is awesomethe only one in there that i'm not in love with is cobra verde, but it's cool in its own right even if it doesn't have the PV feel
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 December 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link
surface noise on Seligpreisung side 2 :( just the first song or two, but still. gonna clean the LP and try it again.
― sleeve, Thursday, 5 December 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
IDK if Bruder des Schattens is included in the Herzog box -- it is the discarded score for Nosferatu and v different to the Nosferatu PV LP -- but IMO Bruder des Schattens and Herz aus Glas are the best PV Herzogs by far. And v v different to each other!
― yes, i have seen the documentary (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 5 December 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
good cause I just bought them :) I think I got one of your SPV/Spalax recommendations mixed up, but what the hell.
― sleeve, Thursday, 5 December 2013 23:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah Herz Aus Glas has some of the best music ever
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 December 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
lololol the guy from the store just called mei thanked him for calling and told him that i just bought them from norman recordshe said that was the right thing to have done and i was like yeah i knowha
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 01:20 (ten years ago) link
my hosianna mantra FINALLY shipped this weekend. should arrive tomorrow.
― sext of light (get bent), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 02:13 (ten years ago) link
imo popol vuh is sort of terrible
― the late great, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 02:19 (ten years ago) link
^^^ noize card REVOKED
― ian, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 02:46 (ten years ago) link
Revoked and -5 for using a hedge.
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
Two hedges!
nah from like 1974 on it's just the grateful dead or santana circa "lotus" but only the solos + pompous interludes not the groovy parts, minus drugs
― the late great, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:00 (ten years ago) link
i could not disagree more but i respect your right to miss out on some top notch noodling
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:06 (ten years ago) link
allow in den gärten pharaos, maybe hosianna mantra, can't stand einsburger und siebensburger or seligspreisung or much of the stuff after that
except, i suppose, some of the herzog soundtrack stuff is okay too
― the late great, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
nosferatu is really boring, post-that is especially dire, check out "sei still wisse ich bin" if you don't believe
― the late great, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:11 (ten years ago) link
no way, i have that album in my stupid cd wallet that i keep in the car and i never take it out! it's so soothing and singing along is fun too. i like the vocal stuff and i'm pretty happy with their catalogue through agape agape. after that it gets spotty, but there's not much after that.
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link
nah from like 1974 on it's just the grateful dead or santana circa "lotus" but only the solos + pompous interludes not the groovy parts, minus drugssounds so good bring it on
― tylerw, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:33 (ten years ago) link
yeah i was gonna say
does Norman still have copies of these Wah Wah reissues? it is Wah Wah, right?
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:42 (ten years ago) link
'bring it on' otm
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:45 (ten years ago) link
LOL
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 08:54 (ten years ago) link
... if there's an opposite of a doppelganger I've just discovered mine
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 08:55 (ten years ago) link
my copy of Seligspreisung responded well to cleaning, noise is gone.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
Even the lowest priced copies of the reissues on Discogs will total almost $50 to the US w/ shipping. Bummer.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
you could order the ones that just arrived at my store. http://www.reckless.com/index.php?keywords=popol+vuh&format=&cond=&store=&is_search=true&srch=Search
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
imo popol vuh is sort of terrible― the late great, Monday, December 30, 2013 9:19 PM
ya but u like high contrast :[
― am0n, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
mambo - I'm on it. Stand by
btw how the hell haven't we had a POLLpol Vuh thread? If no one starts one, I will.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Seriously mambo, if you have limited quantities please hold Seligpreusung, Hosianna and Einsjager for me if you can. I'll order this week...
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
lol @ "mambo" -- it's not my store like i work there, just my go-to local store -- you can order the records via their website i think or you could call the location if you are super concerned. not sure if they're open tomorrow or not. best of luck!
i have never considered polling PV because i don't want to be forced to choose.
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
I'm always torn about whether to explain the "show username" preference to people who obviously have it turned off and/or are unaware
but hey JD I like yr taste in music so what the hell
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
ha! Thanks. I can see the username, I just like writing 'mambo' ;)
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Weird use of PV: Ah! in "Sightseers"
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I'd probably vote either Aguirre or Hosianna Mantra, but there are so many great ones.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
did this get posted?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Popol-Vuh-8-CD-Promo-Box-CDep-Japan-Mini-LP-New-tangerine-dream-klaus-schulze-Z-/281224656941?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item417a4bb82d
― the late great, Thursday, 23 January 2014 05:52 (ten years ago) link
Those are the same remasters as the SPV by the way. I have a few.
― Call the Cops, Friday, 24 January 2014 09:34 (ten years ago) link
Computer translated Fricke is its own kind of magic. Not sure why this isn't being recycled as spoken word poetry or sthg?!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:11 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lyrics for new kosmische project
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:14 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Tongebäude! Who wants to start this band with me...?
― tylerw, Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:17 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
me me me
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:17 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark
whenever you're ready, i'll have a lot of free time coming up this summer!
also -- is this real? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdwUL10mMu4
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Friday, 14 February 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
What's worth tracking down from the compilations? How much is there that didn't end up on the albums (or bonus tracks on the SPV releases)? This makes it sound like what's on Gesang der Gesänge isn't the same as the originals – is that true? Are there other things like that? Is Sing, for Song Drives Away the Wolves (also remixed, but not by Fricke) terrible?
― with hidden noise, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
I can't help you there, but i was looking at popol vuh compilations yesterday and this sleeve is pretty badass: http://www.thewaxfactor.com/images/popv.jpeg
― brimstead, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
I used to know the answer to that question re Sing, For Song... but it's gone now. Milan is a weird record label.
― grape is the flavor of my true love's hair (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link
Ben Wheatley's black-hearted screwball comedy pastorale The Sightseers (2012), which I watched this weekend on NF streaming, makes wonderful use of "Ah!" from Hosianna Mantra.
(Alongside some Harmonia, Roedelius, and Neu).
Good film on its own terms and well worth watching, I should also say. Can't wait to see his A Field In England.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Monday, 19 May 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
I picked up the new SPV reissues of Aguirre and Einsjager today (for a reasonable $10 each at Newbury Comics); so, looks like I can ditch my Spalax copies.Don't hear much difference in sound if they were remastered (doubt it), but the packaging at least is way superior to Spalax (plus, it's nice to have Digipaks rather than standard jewel case).Can't wait for them to do Letzte Tage - Letzte Naechte and the others...
― Joe (Joe), Friday, June 18, 2004 6:26 PM (9 years ago)
... and, of course, the Spalax editions are now oop and rare w/different bonus tracks...
― KrafTwerk (sleeve), Monday, 19 May 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
As I've said before, hold on to Spalax versions if you've got em. Some of the SPV are inferior in sound quality.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Monday, 19 May 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
have there been any interviews/anything written at all about fichelscher recently, like after that thing that's up on youtube? if so, will someone point me to them? make photocopies and messenger-pigeon them to me? he seemed pretty lively in that interview and i know he must be up to something and i would like to know what it is.
― La Lechera, Sunday, 6 July 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
nothing? does anyone know what he's doing these days?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
why doesn't anyone want to write about him? also i would like to strongly recommend the soundtrack for A Field in England for PV fans. It's both light and heavy, super good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW39fmmQEmc
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
If no one is writing about Danny somebody should at least interview Ben Wheatley about kosmische musik.
― Neil Sekada (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link