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
i have never considered polling PV because i don't want to be forced to choose.
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
i'm within inches of asking the dude who posted the youtube interview whether or not there's more or how it happened or w/emaybe i'll watch it again to make sure those are not stupid questions
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
I assume you have df google alerted to within an inch of his life and none of them traps have sprung
― Neil Sekada (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
my google alerts have not yielded the fruit i am looking forthey hardly ever do tbh!
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link
david stubbs on pv/herzog for those what missed it:http://thequietus.com/articles/16110-herzog-popol-vuh-overview
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 29 August 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
man everyone focuses on fricke and herzogthx for posting!
i found at least one popul in there though :-/Fricke and Vuh did further great work on Heart Of Glass (1976), in which guitarist Danny’s Fichelscher’s playing comes to the fore - by this point, Popul Vuh were more conventionally “rock”, though as Klaus Schulze observed, Fricke’s compositions still followed “electronic patterns” in their structures.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
i listened to gila's "bury my heart at wounded knee" mostly for the fichelscher connection -- pretty good!
― clouds, Friday, 29 August 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
ooh love that one!!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 29 August 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
while we were at my mom's house we watched a nature docu on cable in the Globe Trekkers series-- the episode was called Planet of the Apes and during the section on Orangutans there was this processional acoustic guitar stuff that gave me a really nice elevated Vuh-ish feeling. The episode had like 10 composers listed though, no chance I'll ever track that cue down.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Friday, 29 August 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
1973 soundboard!
http://shardsofbeauty.blogspot.com/
― sleeve, Sunday, 7 September 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
niiiiice! thanks!
― tylerw, Sunday, 7 September 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
actually it might be a good audience recording, there is a lot of accompanying info
― sleeve, Sunday, 7 September 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
this is great! yeah hazy sound is more likely an audience recording (maybe there wasn't even really a "soundboard" per se) but the haziness is nice.
― tylerw, Monday, 8 September 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
i saw this yesterday and today i remembered to click on it and it's asking me to "click here for downloader" and i feel like i am 500 years old pls send help bc i want to hear this!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 8 September 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
i thought i posted that boot for y'all upthread. maybe it was another one
― am0n, Monday, 8 September 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
i have a couple live boots, one is "1973 baumberg kirche germany" and the other is from 1976 with some live roberto cacciapaglia(!)― _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ (am0n), Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:46 AM (4 years ago)
― am0n, Monday, 8 September 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
whoops! yeah this is the church one
it's in FLAC if that makes a difference to anyone
― sleeve, Monday, 8 September 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
i can put the 76 one up again if anyone needs it
― am0n, Monday, 8 September 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
when i first clicked on it there was a "use sendspace downloader" box that i had to uncheck. i can't see the checkbox anymore though.
― example (crüt), Monday, 8 September 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
xp i'd like to hear that!
Yes pls!!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 8 September 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
LL just be sure to uncheck the 'use sendspace downloader' box. And then on the next screen click the 'download from sendspace' thing and not the fake generic download thing.
I'm intrigued by the annotated discography included in this package! It's over 100 pgs long!
― Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Monday, 8 September 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
now it says service temp unavailable?
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 8 September 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
I'll see what's up later this afternoon LL, I can always mail you a CD if it comes to that
Sendspace maxes out at 25 downloads iirc, I had to use it b/c of file size
― sleeve, Monday, 8 September 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
hahaok :)thank you
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 8 September 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
non-flac version of 1973 baumberg kirche germanyhttp://www13.zippyshare.com/v/33870044/file.html
1976 milan - popol vuh / roberto cacciapagliahttp://www8.zippyshare.com/v/90269463/file.html
― am0n, Monday, 8 September 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
thx sleeve and am0n
― Brad C., Monday, 8 September 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
thank you!! i can't wait to hear them. also? the discography pdf?! wow. awesome.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 8 September 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
hmm seems like it's working now?
feel free to webmail me via ILX if there are still issues
― sleeve, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
thnkx amon, fricke/cacciapaglia a dream pairing
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 8 September 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah i didn't have that pdf so grab sleeves version if you can
― am0n, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
I downloaded it too in case anyone needs it and it unable to get it via the Sendspace thingy
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
but I have not listened to it yet, so shame on me
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
i'm finally listening to the live in 1973 recording and it's totally giving me the weirds, like i have never heard these songs sounding like they were produced by actual human beings before and now here they areagnus dei and all!wowthanks so much for sharing!!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 September 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
I haven't heard this recording, downloading now, but I know what you mean about "actual humans" making this stuff... I can almost never make out the piano in all those PV albums even though it is always there. I can barely tell what's going on at all, except that it's impossibly beautiful, ha. Mr. Fricke's oeuvre is surely some of the most psychedelic music ever in the mind-manifesting sense, colorful, hazey, contradictory and simultaneously pretty/scary sounding. Countless layers of impenetrable sound. And so alive -- it breathes. It sounds just plain otherworldy. The sonic equivalent of the unreal and idealized dream-scape backgrounds one finds in Leonardo da Vinci paintings. Every once in a while I try to do a close study of this stuff and I never get anywhere with it, its essence just eludes me completely!!! Which is wonderful.
I feel like Herzog almost completely misuses the stuff, too. The music is usually just plain too strong to serve images/stories properly. It overpowers them.
― liam fennell, Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:09 (nine years ago) link
I can almost never make out the piano in all those PV albums even though it is always there
It isn't always there!
― FYI Macedonia (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:31 (nine years ago) link