Hosianna Mantra is the third 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 1972 on the German record label Pilz. 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 (originally released on a 1972 solo single by Korean vocalist Djong Yun).

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke. Lyrics based on original texts by Martin Buber.

1. "Ah!" – 4:40
2. "Kyrie
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   " – 5:23
3. "Hosianna Mantra" – 10:09
4. "Abschied" – 3:14
5. "Segnung" – 6:07
6. "Andacht" – 0:47
7. "Nicht hoch im Himmel" – 6:18
8. "Andacht" – 0:46

2004 bonus track

9. "Maria (Ave Maria)" – 4:30

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...
  
   – piano
  Piano
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  , cembalo
  Harpsichord
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• Conny Veit – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , 12-string guitar
• Robert Eliscu – oboe
  Oboe
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• Djong Yun – vocals
• Klaus Wiese
  Klaus Wiese
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   – tamboura

Guest:

• Fritz Sonnleitner – violin
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Credits

Mixed by Peter Kramper

Engineered by Wolfgang Loeper & Hans Endrulat, assisted by Toni Heudorf

Produced by Popol Vuh

Cover design by Ingo Trauer & Richard J. Rudow

Photography by Bettina Fricke

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)
• http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/hosianna.htm