I do remember often asking myself while listening to music of Popol Vuh ‘where does this music come from? ‘ Not geographically of course, but existentially. With this question I articulated my fascination for this music that had a very distinct character for me. A depth I didn’t find in other music in those years. Being myself a religious searcher, I suspected this music coming from similar regions. Later I tried to problematize this, asking myself what is religious or spiritual music? What is it that makes music to spiritual music? I found no satisfying answers, only the questions changed.
Anyway, somehow the music resonated with me, with aspects of myself that I still had to discover.
Growing up in a small village it was difficult to find information on this group. In the local library only one serious music magazine was available: Muziekkrant OOR. At the beginning of the 80s I moved to a city starting my career as a university student things changed. I started to buy Popol Vuh records in het local record shops. Started corresponding with music friends from different countries, exchanging recordings of live tapes, bootlegs, records, etc. Writing to record labels for information. I never received an answer. Based on the sparse information I gathered, I wrote an article for the Dutch KLEM-magazine (Klub Liefhebbers Elektronische Muziek), a magazine dedicated speciaily to German electronic music.
Discography (seventh edition)