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Popol Vuh (German: [pɔpl̩ vuː]) [1] were a German musical collective founded by keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1969 together with Frank Fiedler (sound design, fine cut), Holger Trülzsch (percussion), and Bettina Fricke (tablas and production). [2]
The legendary Kraut band POPOL VUH was practically a moniker of one musician and composer, Florian Fricke, who passed away in 2001. This posthumous set of two cd's and a dvd contains a selection of solo piano tracks recorded between 1972 - 1989 and an unnarrated travelogue film shot in Tibet by Fricke and Frank Fiedler, plus its soundtrack.
Profile: Pioneers of German "krautrock" music, Popol Vuh was the creature of Florian Fricke (1944-2001). The first album "Affenstunde" (1970) is an early jaunt into electronic music with its massive use of the Moog synthesizer as well as added percussion.
At this stage Popol Vuh shared an interest for electronics and music that is not rooted in the Anglo-American pop- and rock culture, with bands like Tangerine Dream (‘Electronic Meditation’, 1970), Kluster (‘Klopfzeichen’, 1971) and Kraftwerk (‘Kraftwerk’, 1970).
Popol Vuh are considered as an influential German 70s Progressive Rock avant-garde act and are known as a pioneering band in Ambient-Electronica and Progressive Rock Music. Their records "Affenstunde" (1971) and "In den Gärten Pharaos" (1972), played with the Moog III Synthesizer, are claimed to be fundamentally influencing works in Electronica.
Popol Vuh. Experimental German band whose cosmic, trance-like music was a huge influence on modern ambience and worldbeat. Read Full Biography.
This German electronic band took its name from a manuscript containing the mythology of the Mayan people. The core members were keyboardist Florian Fricke, percussionist Holger.
