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Re: World album of the day (#390): Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh

Hayden — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:56:51 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/24/2013 21:56

BrandonMeow wrote:

Yes! mesmerizing and mystical and perfect.

Re: World album of the day (#390): Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:51:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/24/2013 20:51

Yes! mesmerizing and mystical and perfect.

Re: World album of the day (#390): Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:45:23 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/24/2013 15:45

My favourite Popul Vuh record. Beautiful.

Re: World album of the day (#390): Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:44:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/24/2013 15:44

Necharsian wrote:

Popol Vuh makes some of the most spiritual music ever made and while In den Garten Pharoas latches onto my soul more, Hosianna might be more haunting. It's like seeing the ghost of your great grandmother but never directly interacting with her.

Choosing between those two is really tough for me. I think they are in a way mirror images of each other; they achieve the same thing (haunting combo of eastern + western spiritual music, + hints of rock/popular music) but through opposite means (atmosphere focused electronic noodling vs. melodic meditative stuff with acoustic instruments).

I get frustrated though because I've had trouble getting into any other Popol Vuh records outside a few isolated songs. But this and In den Garten are among my favourite albums ever.

Re: World album of the day (#390): Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh

Norman Bates — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:33:13 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 09/24/2013 15:33

An interesting listen for sure, but there are at least three other Popol Vuh releases I like better.

Re: World album of the day (#390): Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh

Necharsian — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:02:33 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 09/24/2013 15:02

Popol Vuh makes some of the most spiritual music ever made and while In den Garten Pharoas latches onto my soul more, Hosianna might be more haunting. It's like seeing the ghost of your great grandmother but never directly interacting with her.

Re: World album of the day (#390): Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:10:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/24/2013 14:10

When I got this album, the sleeve had a quote from Stephen Malkmus saying it was the most beautiful music he'd ever heard

World album of the day (#390): Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh

albummaster — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:00:10 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 09/24/2013 14:00

Today's world album of the day

Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1972.
Country:
Overall rank: 948
Average rating: 80/100 (from 60 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Ah !
2. Kyrie
3. Hosianna-Mantra
4. Abschied
5. Segnung
6. Andacht
7. Nicht hoch im Himmel
8. Andacht

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