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| Hosianna Mantra | 
 enlarge | Artist: Popol Vuh
Label: Spv U.S.
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 27231
Format: Original Recording Remastered, Extra Tracks, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.3
MPN: 70122
UPC: 693723701226
EAN: 0693723701226
ASIN: B00042YJJ2
Release Date: November 9, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Hosianna-Mantra: | | • | Ah ! | | • | Kyrie | | • | Hosianna-Mantra | | • | Das V. Buch Moses: | | • | Abschied | | • | Segnung | | • | Andacht | | • | Nicht hoch im Himmel | | • | Andacht | | • | Maria (Ave Maria) (Bonus Track) |
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Album Description
Hosianna Mantra has finally been remastered with sparkeling and sharp sound quality. The bonus track Maria (Ave Maria) was recorded at the same time as Hosianna Mantra (1973) and is considered to be Popol Vuh's poetic album. A beautiful album and a beautiful bonus track.
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| Customer Reviews:
The tangerine dream of spiritual soundpainting November 3, 2005
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
Among the many German musicians who in the 1970s "traveled" (in person or just spiritually) to India and the Far East and absorbed Eastern spirituality in the format of western music, Florian Fricke is likely to be the greatest. His work has been a constant exploration of the same theme: how to express the most personal, profound, austere spirituality by the means of western classical music, western sacred music and profane rock music. It was a marriage of East and West, and a marriage of past and present, made on Earth. In fact, it was made in Germany, and it bears the stigmata of German history. Almost inevitably, Fricke ended up denying the fundamental tenet of German music of his age: electronics. The humble, peaceful tones of acoustic instruments served his purpose better than the majestic complexity of synthesizers and sequencers.
In 1972 Fricke converted to both Christianity and Hinduism, and decided to move even further away from electronic instruments, preferring the most humble acoustic instruments over high-tech devices. A new line-up, centered around the angelic wails of Korean soprano Djong Yun, recorded Hosianna Mantra (Pilz, january 1973) in a Buddhist meditative tone, showing a solemn and elegant way to bridge the Western mass and Eastern meditation. Fricke on keyboards, Amon Duul II's guitarist Conny Veit, Between's Robert Eliscu on oboe, Fritz Sonnleitner on violino, Klaus Wiese on tambouras build up ascetic atmospheres that catapult the listener into Tibetan or Gregorian monasteries. Most of the interplay is between the piano (tenderly caressed by Fricke) and the guitar (whose phrasing simulates the Indian mantras). The other instruments add evocative power to the music, rarely altering the flow, in a manner similar to renaissance music. The key difference between this music and classical or rock music is the repudiation of rhythm: Tangerine Dream was removing rhythm (i.e., Time) from its cosmic soundpainting, and Popol Vuh removed rhythm (i.e., Time) from its spiritual soundpainting.
"Mass for the Heart": Marriage of Eastern and Western Sacred Music November 13, 2007
One of the most deeply emotionally moving experiences in the history of music. Popol Vuh remains my favorite and the most unique among the experimental German Krautrock scene of the early '70s. Unlike other innovative bands such as Can and Neu!, Popol Vuh played music from the heart rather than the head. They first explored the expression of spirituality in the two side long tracks of electronic music on In den Garten Pharaos (In Pharaoh's Garden) with the revolutionary use of the Moog, as well as African and Turkish percussion. Later they used rock music and the bright, uplifting, affirming sound of Daniel Fischelscher's guitar on Einsjager & Siebenjager (Earth & Sky). Hosianna Mantra, however, remains their profound spiritual masterpiece--a marriage of Eastern and Western sacred music. Florian Fricke converted to both the Western religion of Christianity and the Eastern religion of Hinduism and composed this album as a "mass for the heart". The album was built around organic instrumentation, such as 12-string guitar, piano, oboe, violin, cembalo, tamboura, etc played in a Medieval and Renaissance manner and was recorded in a Buddhist meditative tone with the angelic vocals of Korean soprano Djong Yun. A true delicate treasure.
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