Popol Vuh - Vol 2 Acoustic & Ambient Spheres

BMG

£84.60

Format: Boxset - 4LP + Prints & Posters
Catalogue No.: 4050538694376
Release Date: 26 Nov 2021
Genre: Ambient/Drone

LP1 Cobra Verde (OST “Cobra Verde“)
Side 1 Side 2
1. Der Tod des Cobra Verde 1. Om Mani Padme Hum 4*
2. Nachts: Schnee 2. Sieh nicht überm Meer ist's
3. Der Marktplatz
4. Eine andere Welt
5. Grab der Mutter 3. Hab Mut, bis dass die Nacht mit Ruh' und Stille kommt
4. Om Mani Padme Hum 4

LP2 Agape-Agape Love-Love
Side 1 Side 2
1. Hand in Hand
2. They Danced, They Laughed, as of Old
3. Love, Life, Death
4. The Christ Is Near 1. Behold, the Drover Summonds
2. Agape Agape
3. Why Do I Still Sleep
4. Circledance*

LP3 Coeur de Verre (OST „Heart of glass“)
Side 1 Side 2
1. Engel der Gegenwart 1. Hüter der Schwelle
2. Blätter aus dem Buch der Kühnheit
3. Das Lied von den Hohen Bergen
2. Der Ruf
3. Singet, denn der Gesang vertreibt die Wölfe
4. Gemeinschaft
5. Earth View*
LP4 Seligpreisung
Side 1 Side 2
1. Selig sind die, die da hungern 1. Selig sind, die da willig arm sind
2. Tanz der Chassidim
3. Selig sind, die da hier weinen 2. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
3. Selig sind die Sanftmütigen
4. Selig sind, die da reinen Herzens sind
5. Ja, sie sollen Gottes Kinder heissen
6. Be in Love*
*Bonus Tracks

BMG is releasing Popol Vuh’s vinyl deluxe box set “Vol. 2 – Acoustic & Ambient Spheres” on November 26th. This edition includes the albums "Seligpreisung", "Coeur de Verre", "Agape-Agape" and "Cobra Verde", four important acoustic and ambient works by the band from the 1970s and 1980s. "Cobra Verde" and "Coeur de Verre" are the original soundtracks to the Werner Herzog cult films.
All albums have been remastered and will be released as audiophile 180g pressings with adapted original artwork, including a bonus track for each album.
The box set comes with an insert with extensive liner notes and photos, complete with three picture prints, a collector's film still poster from "Coeur de Verre" and the original movie poster from "Cobra Verde" (both in A3 format).
Each album will also be available as a CD with an extensive booklet. Following the highly acclaimed release of Popol Vuh's The Essential Album Collection - Vol. 1 in 2019, Vol. 2 - Acoustic & Ambient Spheres marks a magnificent continuation of this series of works.

Popol Vuh’s vinyl deluxe box set “Vol. 2 – Acoustic & Ambient Spheres” includes the albums "Seligpreisung", "Coeur de Verre", "Agape-Agape" and "Cobra Verde", four important acoustic and ambient works by the band from the 1970s and 1980s. "Cobra Verde" and "Coeur de Verre" are the original soundtracks to the Werner Herzog cult films. All albums have been remastered and will be released as audiophile 180g pressings with adapted original artwork, including a bonus track for each album. The box set comes with an insert with extensive liner notes and photos, complete with three picture prints, a collector's film still poster from "Coeur de Verre" and the original movie poster from "Cobra Verde" (both in A3 format). Each album will also be available as a CD with an extensive booklet. Following the highly acclaimed release of Popol Vuh's The Essential Album Collection - Vol. 1 in 2019, Vol. 2 - Acoustic & Ambient Spheres marks a magnificent continuation of this series of works.
“Call it Magic Music or Love Music, just what you’d like to: it’s music for the soul. That’s it”, Florian Fricke once said about the music of Popol Vuh. He did not want his music to be pigeonholed as any specific genre nor for it to be forced into a typology. “I keep on finding new styles, different patterns of play to merge into the music. But the essence stays the same, always. Let me tell you one thing: Popol Vuh’s essence is a mass for the heart. It’s music about love. That’s all.”

Bio:
Popol Vuh, founded 1970 in Munich by Florian Fricke, is one of the pioneers of electronic music and progressive rock. Their versatile music has been influencing generations of musicians ever since and was groundbreaking for the avantgarde of ambient and trance music at the time. Even in their early days, Popol Vuh combined rock with electronic components, integrating ethno and world music elements and experimenting with synthesizers. Composer and keyboard visionary Florian Fricke proved his creativity with the MOOG III, which he used to create unmistakable soundscapes. The early 70s saw the beginning of a long-lasting collaboration with renowned director Werner Herzog, resulting in more than ten soundtracks. Florian Fricke wrote the soundtracks for some of Herzog’s most important movies, e.g. “Aguirre”, “Herz aus Glas”, “Nosferatu – The Vampyre”, “Fitzcarraldo” and “Cobra Verde”. These soundtracks received several award nominations. In 2001, Popol Vuh mastermind Florian Fricke passed away. British ambient musician Alex Patterson (The Orb) acknowledged the collective’s musicians as creative visionaries:
“Before Brian Eno, there was Popol Vuh, a magical journey towards the soul of the sky. Music for true music connoisseurs.” Guitarist and songwriter Stephen Joseph Malkmus (Pavement) described their compositions as “unbelievably beautiful, unbelievably strange music”.