News - Archive
2019-09-11 - The ‘Requiem for Florian’ – project by Popol Vuh Beyond (Frank Fiedler, Biljana Pais, Guido Hieronymus) has been published on bandcamp, Released September 5th
2019.06.28 - Interview with Frank Fiedler in: Prog, nr. 99, june 2019. Text is also published here: More Dark Than Shark
2017.03.13 - Wah Wah announcement:
2015.03.15 - Waxwork Records made following announcement on Facebook today: ‘We are beyond thrilled, and truly honored to announce, that Waxwork Records will be releasing a definitive, expanded double LP release of POPUL VUH's score to Werner Herzog's NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE’. Also on Instagram: We are beyond thrilled and honored to announce that we will be releasing an expanded, definitive double LP of Werner Herzog's NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE. Composed by POPOL VUH, we have been working directly with Florian Fricke's (Popol Vuh founder) family to create the ultimate LP release of the score. @_jseamans of LANDLAND will be creating album art and the score is being remastered for vinyl by @jyuenger. This will be the first of numerous Herzog/Popol Vuh scores we will be releasing on wax. See also: Bloody Disgusting
2015.03.14 - Five new vinyl-releases by Wah Wah Records (Barcelona) to be expected this summer: DAS HOHELIED SALOMOS (LPS157), AGUIRRE (LPS158), LETZTE TAGE, LETZTE NÄCHTE (LPS159), HERZ AUS GLASS (LPS160) and NOSFERATU (LPS161). All albums will have extras.
2014.11.12 - Klemen Breznikar interviewed Danny Fichelscher, published here: psychedelicbaby
2014.11.12 - Stephan Mathieu produced the soundtrack for ‘Sacred Ground’, a documentary about the Wounded Knee and Mount Rushmore memorial sites in South Dakota, by Tim Grünewald and Ludwig Schmidtpeter. Mathieu: “dedicated to Florian Fricke (1944 – 2001), whose soundtracks with Popol Vuh for Werner Herzog were a huge inspiration during my work for the feature”. Find it here: Schwebung
2014.09.08 - The Quietus (august 29th, 2014): "Too Much The Darkness" The Werner Herzog Soundtracks Of Popol Vuh", an article by David Stubbs – author of ‘Future Days’(2014), to mark the British Film Institute's release of their stunning Werner Herzog blu ray box set. David Stubbs discusses the director's legacy of collaboration with Florian Fricke.
2014.09.07 - "Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt, composed a new soundtrack for Werner Herzog's 'Aguirre, The Wrath of God' at the invitation of Film Fest Gent, Vooruit and art collective Stroom. Once described as an extremely intense and colorful living painting, this film tells the story of an obsessed and insane quest for the secret golden city of El Dorado through the inhospitable jungles of the Amazon rainforest. Danny Wolfers is a Dutch electronic producer and DJ who became world famous under the name Legowelt. He made a shortened, more visually oriented version of the film and provides the soundtrack with live synthesizers. Partly inspired by the original enchanting soundtrack by the German krautrock band Popol Vuh and the insane and legendary protagonist Klaus Kinski. This screening takes place in the Theaterzaal of Vooruit" (24-10-2014/20:00). See: Vooruit and Youtube
2014.08.23 - This fall Souljazz will release the Kailash-dvd and soundtrack, as well as the long-awaited Piano Recordings supplemented by the three ‘Spirit of Peace’-tracks.
2014.07.03 - After several months of delay, the album ‘Valerio Cosi plays Popol Vuh’is finally available now from the Dreamsheep label in a vinyl edition of 500 (400 black and 100 red vinyl).
2013.08.01 - Interview by Perfect Sound Forever with Bettina von Waldthausen on Florian Fricke and Popol Vuh. 2013.06.21 - Interview by Dolf Mulder with Valerio Cosi on his album '.... Plays Popol Vuh'
2013.05.11 - Interview by Enrico Bassi with Daniel Fichelscher on Youtube (publishted
2013.05.07). 2013.05.07 - To be expected soon: Valerio Cosi - Plays Popol Vuh (Dreamsheep DS 009). Promising outtake here: soundcloud. . Pre-order the album from Cosi's Dreamsheep-label
2013.01.29 - The Soul Jazz label will release a second Deutsche Elektronische Musik compilation in March. It will contain two Popol Vuh tracks: ‘Der Grosse Krieger’ and ‘Ja Sie Sollen Gottes Kinder Heissen Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei’.
2012.08.15 - To be expected this month: 'Affenstunde' on vinyl, released by Paris-based Klimt Records. Unofficial release.
2012.06.16 - To be released in september on P.W.Elverum & Sun: 'Ocean Roar', new album by Mount Eerie, containing a cover of 'Engel der Luft'.
2012.06.15 - Out now through Pampa Records, 'Aimlessness', a new album by Dntel. Concerning the track 'Paper Landscape', Dntel writes: " Originally I made this song for a live set that was centered around the music of Popol Vuh. I cut up their song 'Engel Der Luft' and then added some modular synth melodies that were created by a random pattern generator. I like that there are moments where the synth melodies really work perfectly and then parts where they clash. I’m very thankful that I got permission to use the Popol Vuh samples, the song wouldn’t have worked without them”( Altsounds )
2012.05.10 - DUBLAB and The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles Present: Krautrock Classics, An Evening of Cosmic German Music (Friday, June 1 2012). Carlos Niño & Friends cover Popol Vuh: ‘Steh Auf, Zieh Mich Dir Nach’ and other songs. Carlos Niño: Conductor, Percussion, Special Effects; Dexter Story: Trap Drums, Drum Solo, Music Director; Diana Booker: Lead Vocalist; Gaby Hernandez: Vocalist; GB: Synthesizers, Drum Machine; Surya Botofasina: Electric Piano, Synthesizer. See: Dublab.com
2012.03.30 - To be released in april by Fruits de Mer Records: 'Head Music', double album with krautrockcovers. 'Mantra II' by Zenith: Unto the Stars.
2012.03.15 - At the Suoni per il Popolo-festival in Montréal a promising "receation of Popol Vuh's 'Nosferatu' soundtrack by William Hesselink" is planned for june, 11th: A Reluctant Evil: Werner Herzog and Popol Vuh’s Nosferatu the Vampyre. See: www.suoniperilpopolo.org
2011.12.16 - Reprise of 'Miesbach, der Moog und die Mayas: Der Klangmystiker Florian Fricke und seine Band Popol Vuh' on Deutschlandfunk, december 25, 20:00 (8 pm)
2011.11.13 - New 12" by International Feel Studio with rendition of 'Morgengruss II', titled 'Morgengruss III'. Listen: soundcloud
2011.11.03 - In a blindfold-test Frank Fiedler will be led through 400 years of Music history on WDR 3 (radio), 17.12.2011 at 23.05
2011.08.05 - On youtube: Impression of 'Record release Preview Night' at Cookies, Berlin, june 23th 2011, filmed by Frank Fiedler.
2011.07.27 - New single by Locrian with coverversion of 'Dort ist der Weg'. To be released on Flingco Sound System in september. Listen here: bandcamp
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2011.05.23 - New video by Frank Fiedler on Youtube, with promising outtakes from 'Revisited & Remixed 1970-1999' combined with unseen footage from the early days of Popol Vuh.
2011.05.23 - On the tenth anniversary of the death of Popol Vuh's founder Florian Fricke, SPV Records are releasing a double disc collection of Popol Vuh material. Popol Vuh: Revisted & Remixed (1970-1999) includes soundtracks composed for Werner Herzog's Nosferatu and Aguirre: Wrath Of God, Moog III tracks, and remixes from the likes of Mouse On Mars, Stereolab, Moritz Von Oswald, Thomas Fehlmann, Mika Vainio and others. The compilation will be released as a double CD at the end of June.
2011.05.23 - Part Two of the Art on Air Radio Show of David Weinstein on Popol Vuh (may 23th 2011)
2011.05.12 - David Weinstein talking to Johannes Fricke on the new Popol Vuh release: ‘Popol Vuh Revisited and Remixed for Art on Air (may 9th, 2011)
2011.03.24 - To be expected for release in june: Popol Vuh Revisited - 'The Best of Soundtracks and Electronics' & 'The Remixes'. See: press-info
2011.02.11 - Bettina von Waldthausen published a text by Florian Fricke:‘Sie bauen an der Form - Über den Umgang mit dem Laut, dem Rhythmus und dem Klang im tibetischen Buddhismus und über die Entsprechung von Himmel und Erde'
2010.12.31 - Just published on www.artrock.pl, an article by Tomasz Ostafiński: POPOL VUH - MAGIA MODULARNEGO MAGNETYZMU (polish)
2010.12.31 - Just published on www.artrock.pl, an article by Tomasz Ostafiński: POPOL VUH - MAGIA MODULARNEGO MAGNETYZMU (polish)
2010.12.05 - To be expected this month on SPV: The Werner Herzog Soundtracks
2010.12.01 - 'Hosianna Mantra' was performed at the Sacred Music Festival at Brown University (12 november)
2010.10.05 - German radiostation Bayern 2, on october 30th (8.05-9.00) : Miesbach, der Moog und die Mayas - Der Klangmystiker Florian Fricke und seine Band Popol Vuh
2010.05.03 - Recent uploads by Frank Fiedler on Youtube: ‘A Little Rock Symphony’, realized with Thomas Elmar Cartier and Guido Hieronymus. In two parts: part 1 and part 2.
2010.02.24 - The newest issue of the Shindig! magazine (nr.15, march-april 2010) contains an interesting 4-page article on Popol Vuh written by Stuart Heaney: 'Mirage Music - Popol Vuh's spectral soundtracks to the early films of Werner Herzog. See: Shindig!15
2010.01.28 - 'Spirit of Peace 3' is part of the soundtrack for 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky' (2009) by director Jan Kounen.
2010.01.06 - A Celebration of Popol Vuh - Indepedent record label Sonic360 produced a series of events, each series focusing on a chosen legendary recording artist and their body of work. A hand-picked selection of albums from the artist’s catalogue will be played over a series of weekly sessions, 2 albums per night, at the magical 200 year old structure of Shoreditch Church, London. Artists and titles are chosen on their suitability to the Church’s wonderful acoustics and ambience. The first series of sessions will be A Celebration of Popol Vuh 25th Feb 2010: Albums: Affenstunde, In Den Garten Pharaos 8th Apr 2010: Albums: Hosianna Mantra, Aguirre 15th Apr 2010: Albums: Nosferatu, Sei Still, Wisse Ich Bin 22nd Apr 2010: Albums: Coeur De Verre, Agape-agape More information: http://acelebrationof.blogspot.com/ ; http://www.sonic360.com/
2009.06.22 - The film 'Severed Ways - The Norse Discovery of America' by Tony Stone makes use of Popol Vuh music
2009.03.07 - In webmagazine 3 Quarks Daily (march 2009): E.B.Rackley, Music in the Service of Cosmology - Popol Vuh and Giacinto Scelsi
2009.02.12 - The Italian magazine Blow Up (nr.129, february 2009) published an 8-page (!) article on Popol Vuh, written by Gino dal Soler
2009.02.07 - On january, 27th, 2009, Klaus Wiese sadly passed away. He participated on 'Hosianna Mantra' and 'Seligpreisung'. He leaves behind an impressive catalogue of ambient music. See: www.klaus-wiese.com/
2008.10.20 - Frank Fiedler launched his own website: http://www.frankfiedler-film.de/
2008.10.03 - The october-november 2008 edition of the on line music magazine Perfect Sound Forever has an extensive article on Popol Vuh by Gary Bearman reviewing all Popol Vuh albums.
2008.08.23 - Black Metal Group Endless Blizzard opens their new cd 'Remember your Death' with a cover of 'Brüder des Schattens'
2008.06.21 - Gary Lucas, live at the Knitting Factory, NYC, in 1992, playing the 'Aguirre'-theme. Recently added on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuXn9e1OSUE
2008.04.27 - Gerhard Augustin, writer of 'Pate des Krautrock', is opening up his archive of filmed material. Including several items where he is interviewing Florian Fricke: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=eOC9-u-zZdE http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=yWVPhm1rQ5E http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=YAFbJq_AIg4 http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=gFVLbQVPNPs
2008.03.27 - Released Saturday 23rd March 2008 on Some Bizzare Records: Gary Lucas vs. The Dark Poets - 'Beyond the Pale'. It features the track ‘Aguirre (Lacrime Di Re)/The Sheep Look Up’ (Fricke/Lucas). We find this track also on his album ‘Skeleton At The Feast’ (1991). For ‘Improve the Shining Hour: Rare Lumiere 1980-2000' (2000) Lucas concentrated on another Popol Vuh piece: ‘Listen, You Who Dare/Improve the Shining Hour’ (Fricke/Lucas).
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