POPUL VUH
SING FOR SONG DRIVES AWAY THE WOLVES

SING FOR SONG DRIVES AWAY THE WOLVES is the new Milan release by the
renowned eclectic German Band Popul Vuh.
This release is a collection of the earliest works of POPUL VUH, all newly remixed by
Florian Fricke, the musical center of the group. These classic tracks were composed
and released overseas between 1973 and 1976, and include brilliant collaborations
with Tangerine Dream. The album also includes several new Popul Vuh songs, all
previously unreleased domestically.
POPUL VUH is the name of the sacred book of the Quiche Mayan tribe of Guatemala.
POPUL means union, gathering; Vuh is a God name, a mystical word. It means
fertility, light, sun. Literally translated, it means ‘the place where our spirits
assemble’.
As musical pioneers of New Age World Music, POPUL VUH have utilized an eclectic
mix of instruments, rhythms and diverse musical cultures creating a cosmic sound.
This newly remixed collection of POPUL VUH music has a solid theme the composer
Florian Fricke decribes as “a magic art. There is an old traditional German saying,
‘sing, for song drives away the wolves.’ This means music is a magical art. It has
ability to change things. It can call back the soul. It can turn you into a human again.
And it will make you aware of the wolf outside and the wolf inside you.”

Please take a listen to this collection of POPUL VUH, which serves as a musical history
of this unique recording group, for consideration for review. Florian Fricke is available
for phone interviews from Germany. For more information on this release or to
arrange an interview, please do not hesitate to call.
Best,

Peter Suciu
Director of Publicity

Milan Entertianment INC. , New York

1995:

i/e: Could you tell us a little more about your last album, how it came about and what’s behind it?

Florian Fricke: Sing, for Song Drives Away the Wolves is a remix of two Lps Heart of Glass, and Eins-Jaeger, Siebenjaeger. In the past on numerous occasions record companies have put together their own compilations of Popol Vuh music and I was not asked. A little over a year ago, I had the idea of doing a remix of pieces that would be reworked to include percussion, bass and various other instruments, so that the essence, a very important part of the Popol Vuh music, could be expressed the way I interpret it; and with that I mean the inner fire that exists in this music.

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