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New Book: Future Sounds

popol vuh future sounds2021-07-10:

Again a new book on 'Krautrock' is published: 'Future Sounds' by Christoph Dallach.
No surprise a chapter on the Moog is included, focusing on early Popol Vuh with many statements by Frank Fiedler, Gerhard Augustin, a.o.

 

'Aguirre' by Leonardo Barbadoro

musica automata logos2021-05-28:

Italian musician Leonardo Barbadoro (aka Koolmorf Widesen) recorded music for his 'Musica Automata'-project played by the robots of the Logos-studio of Godfried Willem Raes. The album will contain his own compositions. But he recorded also some of his favourite film music. Listen here to his tasty rendition of the ‘Aguirre’-theme.

A Raga for Florian

popol vuh future sounds2021-06-28:

Now on bandcamp: “A Raga For Florian - In einem unbekannten Land und einer unbekannten Zeit” by Valerio Cosi. Originally released in an ultra-limited quantity and privately pressed for friends only (30 copies, January 2007) with a different title ("A Sacred Homage To Florian Fricke"). "A Raga For Florian" has Valerio diving deep into German Kosmische Musik, heavily manipulating samples from the band Popol Vuh (prominently Dyong Yun's vocals) and his own album "Conference of the Aquarians" (a slowed down version of "Part III" with Enzo Franchini on drums).

Bronze Abstraction - Finematter

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2020-10-27

'Bronze Abstraction - Finematter', upload from Popol Vuh Beyond on Youtube, with Friedemann Wieland on soundbowles and Frank Fiedler gong.

Gerhard Augustin passed away

2021-04-2

March 17, Gerhard Augustin passed away aged 79. As a music producer he signed Popol Vuh in 1970 for United Artists for their debut album ‘Affenstunde’. Also he played a role in later stages of the career of Popol Vuh. Recently - since June 2020 - several tapes from the video-archive of Augustin are uploaded on youtube. Among the uploads is an interesting one-hour interview with Florian Fricke.