Popol Vuh (band)

Popol Vuh was a German Krautrock band that was founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1970 together with Holger Trulzsch (percussion) and Frank Fiedler (electronics).

Popol Vuh
Origin	Munich, Germany
Genres	Krautrock
Years active	1970 (1970)–2001
Labels	Liberty, Pilz, United Artists, Kosmische Kuriere, Brain, Innovative Communications
Past member(s)	Florian Fricke Holger Trülzsch Djong Yun Conni Veit Daniel Fichelscher Klaus Wiese Bob Eliscu Frank Fiedler

Other important members during the next two decades included Daniel Fichelscher and Robert Eliscu. The band took its name from the Popol Vuh, a manuscript containing the mythology of the Post-Classic Quiché Maya kingdom of highland Guatemala.

Biography

The first album, Affenstunde, released in 1970, can be regarded as one of the earliest Ambient music, space music or New Age music works, featuring the then new sounds of the Moog synthesizer together with ethnic percussion.

Compilations

• Perlenklänge: The Best Of Popol Vuh (1976) - Ohr / Pilz / Kosmische Musik compilation
• Tantric Songs (1981) - featuring tracks from Die Nacht der Seele and Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts
• Fitzcarraldo (1982) - soundtrack featuring four previously released Popol Vuh compositions besides opera and traditional music
• In The Gardens of Pharao / Aguirre (1983)
• Gesang der Gesänge (1988)
• Florian Fricke (1991) - featuring tracks from Coeur de Verre (retitled) and Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts
• The Best Soundtracks From Werner Herzog Films (1991)
• Sing, For Song Drives Away The Wolves (1993) - remix album
• Movie Music (1994)
• Nicht Hoch Im Himmel (1998)
• Future Sound Experience (2002) - remix album recorded in 1993 (according to its booklet) and released after Florian Fricke's death
• 70's Progressive (2006) - SPV compilation

Unauthorized album

• Yoga (1976) - recorded by Florian Fricke with Indian musicians

Other websites

• http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/discogr.htm (Definitive discography - includes sound samples)
• http://www.popolvuh.it/ Archived 2015-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (Italian fansite, in Italian and English)
• http://www.enricobassi.it/hosiannamantra.htm/ Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (Italian fan club, in Italian)
• http://www.popolvuh.nl/ (Dutch fansite. In English, German. Many full text articles)
• http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ultimathule/krautrockers.html#p Archived 2006-04-11 at the Wayback Machine "The Crack In The Cosmic Egg" krautrock encyclopedia P