City Raga is the eighteenth 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 1995 on Milan Records

Milan Records

Milan Records is a record label located in Los Angeles, California specializing in film scores and soundtrack albums. In addition, Milan boasts an extensive electronic catalog which features down-tempo, chillout, and eclectic electronic releases....

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke, Guido Hieronymus, and Maya Rose except where noted.

1. "Wanted Maya" – 7:00
2. "Tears Of Concrete" – 5:30
3. "Last Village" (Fricke, Hieronymus) – 7:10
4. "City Raga" – 8:10
5. "Morning Raga" (Fricke, Daniel Fichelscher, Hieronymus) – 5:40
6. "Running Deep" (Fricke, Hieronymus) – 6:00
7. "City Raga (Mystic House Mix)" – 6:41

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...
  
   – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Guido Hieronymus – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• Maya Rose – vocals

Guest musicians

• Daniel Fichelscher
  Daniel Fichelscher
  Daniel "Danny" Secundus Fichelscher, , is a German multi-instrumentalist who played a pivotal role in Krautrock band Popol Vuh, was a member of German group "Gila" and is currently Amon Düül II's drummer...
  
   – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
   (on 5)
• Children's choir from Kathmandu

Credits

Recorded at New African Studio, Munich, on June - September 1994

Product and sound consulting by Johannes Fricke and Gerhard Augustin

Produced by Florian Fricke and Frank Fiedler

Product management by Hubert Hass

External links

http://www.furious.com/perfect/populvuh.html (Comprehensive article & review of every album, in English)

http://www.enricobassi.it/popvuhdiscografia90.htm (featuring the original credits)

http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/cityraga.htm