Sei still, wisse ICH BIN (subtitled "Szenische Gesänge") is the thirteenth 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 1981 on Klaus Schulze

Klaus Schulze

Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.-1970s:In...

's record label Innovative Communication. In 2006 SPV

SPV GmbH

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 re-released the album with one bonus track. "Wehe Khorazin", "Garten der Gemeinschaft", an extract of "Laß los" and "... als lebten die Engel auf Erden" were used in 1982 for the soundtrack of Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...

's film Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke.

1. "Wehe Khorazin" – 6:22
2. "Und als ER sah es geht dem Ende zu" – 7:04
3. "Garten der Gemeinschaft" – 4:41
4. "Gemeinsam aßen sie das Brot" – 2:51
5. "Laß los" – 6:46
6. "Gemeinsam tranken sie den Wein" – 3:50
7. "...als lebten die Engel auf Erden" – 2:10

2006 bonus track

8. "King Minos III" (Studio Version) – 5:02

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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  , vocals
• 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...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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• Renate Knaup – vocals

Guest musicians

• Chris Karrer
  Chris Karrer
  Chris Karrer is a German guitarist and composer. He also plays oud, saxophone and violin.He is known as co-founder of Amon Düül and for his collaboration with Embryo.With his band Amon Düül II he composed film music for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Niklashauser Fart...
  
   – soprano saxophone
  Soprano saxophone
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• Choir ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera
  Bavarian State Opera
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Credits

Recorded at Bavaria Studio, Munich, 1981

Produced by Florian Fricke and IC - Klaus Schulze Productions

Track number 8 produced by Florian Fricke

Cover photography by Thomas Lindner

Liner notes

Und als ER sah es geht dem Ende zu,

sonderte ER die Betroffenen aus

im Garten der Gemeinschaft zu leben.

Gemeinsam assen sie das Brot

Gemeinsam tranken sie den Wein

Als lebten die Engel auf Erden.

(aus den Schriftrollen vom Totem Meer)

External links

• http://www.furious.com/perfect/populvuh.html (Comprehensive article & review of every album, in English)
• http://www.enricobassi.it/popvuhdiscografia80.htm (featuring the original credits)
• http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/seistill.htm