For You and Me [Bonus Tracks] [Digipak]

Performer: Popol Vuh
Producer: Florian Fricke; Frank Fiedler; Florian Fricke; Frank Fiedler
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Popul Vuh: Florian Fricke (vocals, piano), Renate Knaup-Aschauer (vocals), Daniele Fischelscher (guitar). Additional personnel: Guido Hieronymus (guitar, keyboards), Ann-Marie O'Farell (Irish harp). Recorded at G/H-New African Studio and Sound Farik, Munich, from January to April 1991. All songs written by Florian Fricke. Popul Vu was created by Florian Fricke who is best known for his film score collaborations with director Werner Herzog ("Fitzcarraldo," "Nosferatu," and "Aguirre, the Wrath of God"). He is also considered a pioneer in new age and world music. Popol Vuh: Renate Knaup (vocals); Daniel Fischelscher (guitar); Florian Fricke. Personnel: Danny Secundus Fichelscher (guitar); Florian Fricke (piano). Liner Note Authors: Michael Fuchs Gamb�ck; Gerard Augustin. Recording information: G (01/1991-04/1991); H-New African Studio (01/1991-04/1991); Munich And Sound Fabrik, Munich, Germany (01/1991-04/1991). Author: Michael Cr�tu. Popol Vuh's 1991 release comes as a positive celebration of world music, guided by the sure hand of Florian Fricke. Among those recruited for the journey is Renate Knaup-Aschauer, who provides celebratory vocals for music that shifts, sometimes giddily, from Africa to Ireland to South America. Never static, never uninteresting, For You and Me provides a strong statement for diversity within the Popol Vuh catalog. ~ Steven McDonald Popol Vuh's 1991 release comes as a positive celebration of world music, guided by the sure hand of Florian Fricke. Among those recruited for the journey is Renate Knaup-Aschauer, who provides celebratory vocals for music that shifts, sometimes giddily, from Africa to Ireland to South America. Never static, never uninteresting, For You and Me provides a strong statement for diversity within the Popol Vuh catalog. [SPV Recordings reissued the album in 2006, including the bonus track "Om Mani Padme Hum 3 (Piano Version)."] ~ Steven McDonald

With their early experiments in sky-touching electronic music, German group Popol Vuh are sometimes lumped in with the Krautrock bands of the 1970s, but they had been working their own territory from the beginning. Less interested in classical forms and intellectualism, keyboardist/composer Florian Fricke crafted mind-expanding ambient Moog pieces supported by tribal percussion that mimicked Indian ragas, African drum circles, and other ethnic influences. It was one of the first examples of "world fusion," uniting the best aspects of Western technology with second- and third-world sounds and forms. The band pursued this track into the '90s, and released 22 albums, including soundtracks to several Werner Herzog films.

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