Speaking of which, I'm not sure what the keyboard is at the end of "Sleepwalkers' Timeless Bridge" on "Wolf City", I assumed that was the Choir Organ too but whatever it is it's mindblowing.
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link
Yes that's like my favorite keyboard sound ever. I just want that track isolated and looped FOREVER.
― Brocktoon Tanuki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
the higher registers of the choir-organ sound on the aguirre tracks are chilling
― the all man brothers (clouds), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 03:51 (nine years ago) link
i was just thinking i should explore embryo. what's the deal with their mal waldron connection?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 05:51 (nine years ago) link
They did a cover version of a composition of his ("Call") on their first (least jazz, most rock) album, then did it again later on another album, this time with Waldron playing on the track. I assume Waldron was living in Germany (or at least Europe) at the time? Actually I think Christian Burchard (the main guy in Embryo) played with Waldron pre-Embryo. I'm not much of a jazz rock fan but I like some of their stuff.
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link
first haboob album is on youtube. choir organ makes an entrance about 90 seconds into the first track. I'm only three minutes in, and yeah this record's completely messed up.
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
in a good way?
― the all man brothers (clouds), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
definitely for me. typical krautrock freakouts & processing overkill, but coming more from R&B / soul than rock. not lifechanging but if you're into both AD2 and Funkadelic.
the choir organ is a mystery!
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 23:19 (nine years ago) link
oh, i'm mad on ADII at the moment; can't get enough of yeti and wolf city.
― the all man brothers (clouds), Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:27 (nine years ago) link
high five
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:37 (nine years ago) link
Soul Jazz to release collection of Popol Vuh rarities
http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=27777
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:27 (nine years ago) link
Sweet.
― Peas Be Upon Ham (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 12:05 (nine years ago) link
Ooh!! Excited!
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
Nice! Haven't seen that doc before, sounds heavy.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
this will warrant the purchase of a new glass pipe
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
Whoa. God damn. This is terrific news!
― winnebago taco, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
super surprised + excited by this!
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
will buy
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
coolness. i have those spirit of peace tracks (unrelated to the album of that name) appended to my cd copy of hosianna mantra, would anyone know what era they're from? cause no details in cd booklet.
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
in other news, Nosferatu 2-LP reissue via Wah Wah in August my PV google alert has finally paid off (a little bit) http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/popol_vuhs_nosferatu_gets_deluxe_vinyl_reissue
that kailash/spirit of peace thing is released next week right?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Saturday, 14 March 2015 22:21 (nine years ago) link
That's what I heard, but there's been very little info that I've seen. I think it's finally up on Soul Jazz's page as a pre-order, but I was hoping some US distros would be carrying it.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 14 March 2015 22:46 (nine years ago) link
has this been mentioned? oh, yes, 2 months ago. appears to be out now.
http://boomkat.com/downloads/1215604-popol-vuh-soul-jazz-records-presents-popol-vuh-kailash-pilgrimage-to-the-throne-of-gods-piano-recordings
― koogs, Monday, 16 March 2015 11:08 (nine years ago) link
is this normal? for two reissue labels to both release dueling versions of the same title? http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3336124/waxwork-announces-definitive-vinyl-release-nosferatu-vampyre/
Just a few days ago, we reported that Wah Wah Records was working on a remastered vinyl soundtrack to the 1979 German art-house vampire film Nosferatu The Vampyre, which was directed by Werner Herzog. Now official word has come down that Waxwork Records is also creating their own definitive release of the soundtrack and this one sounds like the ultimate edition for collectors.
Waxwork states that they have been, “…working with Florian Fricke’s (Popol Vuh’s founder) family for many months to create a definitive LP release of the score,” and that, “…it’s shaping up to be an incredible release and we are beyond excited, kinda in shock, that it is happening.”
Waxwork also tells us that this will be the first of many Herzog/Popol Vuh collaborations that will be coming to vinyl. While no specific details have been released, we’re told that details announced in the near future.
Waxwork’s edition will be an expanded double LP version with artwork by Jessica Seamans of LandLand. The album drops on April 17th and the street date is in May 25th. A full track list can be seen below.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 16 March 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
haha, as if popol vuh's catalogue isn't confusing enough. "expanded" sounds like the one I want to get though.
― tylerw, Monday, 16 March 2015 15:06 (nine years ago) link
they're both expanded!
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 16 March 2015 15:26 (nine years ago) link
i am excited that they're promising morei want LT-LN and i want daniel fichelscher to show up in my google alerts
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 16 March 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
alive and well and ready to give me some pointers
the Solaris soundtrack did a similar thing last year.
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/772562-edward-artemiev-solaris-original-soundtrackhttp://boomkat.com/vinyl/803396-eduard-artemiev-solaris-original-soundtrack-superior-viaduct-edition
there was also a third, on the same label as the first, with a different focus
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/787678-edward-artemiev-solaris-music-from-the-motion-picture
― koogs, Monday, 16 March 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
ha that foreshadows some classic popol/popul spelling issues
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 16 March 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
Spent a while trying to find definitive 'Stalker' sdtrk, to no avail.
― Walking Close to Melton Mowbray (Tom D.), Monday, 16 March 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
review of the new thing over on pfork: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20242-kailash/gotta get this
― tylerw, Monday, 16 March 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
so what's the deal with Waxwork? Good sound quality/pressing quality? Their Phase IV release is vinyl and soundcloud only, apparently, which gives me a sadness-- I'd like to pay money for a high quality MP3 version instead of being stuck with the low bitrate version I had to use a plugin to download off soundcloud.
― a date with density (Jon Lewis), Monday, 16 March 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
The dueling Nosferatus remind me of the separate reissues of HNAS's Im Schatten Der Möhre that both appeared in 2002. I picked up Heemann's Streamline edition too early and missed out on the bonus tracks on the Dom version. Meh.
― doug watson, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
haha ILXmail me if you want that, I snapped them all up
― sleeve, Monday, 16 March 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
the year of the vuh is upon us
http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/popol_vuh_treated_to_new_batch_of_vinyl_reissues
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
my first wish listed above has been grantedaleluia!
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
kind of excited about these reissues, but I fear they will cost like $37 each
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
aw come on, those Wah Wah LPs were only like $28 ;)
― sleeve, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
at least this time i can avoid making 1000 phone calls to the record store about itthat's something
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
happy vuh year
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
i see what vuh did there
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
been into agape agape and sei still wisse ich bin quite a bit lately -- the versions i have downloaded of both sound like cassette tape rips and the wobbly sound adds to the overall weird occult hieratic recorded-in-an-enormous-cave-ness
― dudem, (clouds), Sunday, 29 March 2015 08:22 (eight years ago) link
I've never found his and Enzo Franchini's A Sacred Homage to Florian Fricket, but Valerio Cosi's latest is pretty easy to find and to hear. Hit or miss, I think. But pretty novel.
http://valeriocosi.bandcamp.com/album/plays-popol-vuh
― winnebago taco, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
Fricke*
Don't worry I think we know who you meant!
― Bees and the Law (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 14:09 (eight years ago) link
For years and years and years I was looking for the Djong Yun "Du sollst lieben"/"Ave Maria" single. Thanks to that Wah Wah reissue of Hosianna Mantra, I finally got the chance to hear "Du sollst lieben." Maybe not as good to hear it as it had been to imagine hearing it, but I'm a better and more complete person for finally seeing what was up. Well, I still periodically look around to see if any OGs show up. Before the reissue, I can't even imagine how much money one would've been. To this day, I've never found one. And I didn't know, until today, that this existed:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Popol-Vuh-Djong-Yun-Ave-Maria-CDep-Japan-Mini-LP-cd-florian-flicke-tangerine-Q-/371285535547?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item567257ab3b
That is a CD version of the single. One of the Japanese mini-LP deals. Stunned to find it. Two songs. $110. In 2015. The repress is easily found. I guess I'm just really glad I never had to spring for the 7" by selling a few of my internal organs. Fuck.
― winnebago taco, Sunday, 19 April 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
Is there some site that comprehensively cross-references Popol Vuh tracks? Some of the stuff on the second disc of Kailash sounds really familiar, but I can't remember where I've heard it before. There was a previously released version of "The Garden Morya" (the one with chanting) where a terrible beat comes in (maybe on City Raga?) – is this raw material that was later remixed by Guido Hieronymous?
Also confused about all the versions of "Spirit of Peace" – the version on the Celestial Harmonies In the Gardens of the Pharao is two minutes longer than the Kailash version.
― with hidden noise, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
There are what sound like slowed down renditions of "Aguirre" on disc 2
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
finally got the kailash thing on soul jazz -- totally great. only bummer is the diginoise that seems to be happening on the first disc's mahayana ... is that just the recording? or is it some flaw... too bad, totally lovely track otherwise. haven't watched the DVD yet!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
i need to buy that!! i've been slacking on my PV fanship
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link