STEPHAN MATHIEU – SACRED GROUND

Editions

FLAC: Schwebung – 2014 (bandcamp)

Tracks

Theme for Wounded Knee - 7:15
Grasslands - 7:30
As Above, So Below - 8:15
Black Hills Theme - 4:50
Rise - 7:38 Spirals - 3:05
The Once Great People - 9

Remarks

The music of “Sacred Ground” is created for a documentary film (by Tim Grünewald and Ludwig Schmidtpeter) about the Wounded Knee and Mount Rushmore memorial sites in South Dakota:

“Two memorials in the heart of America. Two hours’ drive but worlds apart. Mount Rushmore is an icon of the United States, attracting millions of visitors each year. The Wounded Knee Massacre Site receives just a handful of visitors each day.” “Do the (Mount Rushmore) visitors know that the granite spires of the Black Hills into which the presidents were carved are sacred to the Indians of the Midwest? What happens when the perspective is reversed?”

The music is inspired by (and dedicated to) the legendary Florian Fricke, who created soundtracks with Popol Vuh for many Werner Herzog movies.

Quote

Joseph D.Rowland (Pallbearer):

"Popol Vuh is one of my favorite bands of all time. I'm not really sure how I came across Popol Vuh years ago, but they have consistently stuck with me as one of the most atmosphere-filled music groups that's able to conjure up such an incredible feeling, a meditative feeling, with simple but with awesome melodies, hypnotic". (2013)

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