Affenstunde
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Affenstunde is the first album by Popol Vuh
Popol Vuh (German band)
Popol Vuh was a German electronic avantgarde band, in the mainstream-media so called Krautrock, founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1969 together with Holger Trülzsch and Frank Fiedler...

. It was originally released in 1970 on Liberty Records
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...

. In 2004 SPV
SPV GmbH
SPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....

 re-released the album with one bonus track.

Track listing

All tracks by Popol Vuh except track number 4 by Florian Fricke
Florian Fricke
Florian Fricke was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the Krautrock group Popol Vuh...

.
  1. "Ich mache einen Spiegel – Dream Part 4" – 8:44
  2. "Ich mache einen Spiegel – Dream Part 5" – 4:41
  3. "Ich mache einen Spiegel – Dream Part 49" – 7:43
  4. "Affenstunde" – 18:30


2004 Bonus track

  1. "Train Through Time" – 10:30


Personnel

  • Florian Fricke
    Florian Fricke
    Florian Fricke was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the Krautrock group Popol Vuh...

     – Moog synthesizer
    Moog synthesizer
    Moog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...

  • Holger Trülzsch – percussion
  • Bettina Fricke – cover design
    Album cover
    An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...

    , tabla
    Tabla
    The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...

    s
  • Frank Fiedler – Synthesizer mixdown
    Audio mixing (recorded music)
    In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...


External links

  • http://www.furious.com/perfect/populvuh.html (Comprehensive article & review of every album, in English)
  • http://www.enricobassi.it/popvuhdiscografia70.htm (featuring the original credits)


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