Florian Fricke / Popol Vuh – Kailash – 2CD + DVD

Soul Jazz Records

Super-deluxe collectors very limited edition Popol Vuh box set vinyl + DVD and 2CD + DVD!

“Kailash” is a new collection of work from Florian Fricke, leader of Popol Vuh, seminal group in the German rock scene of the 1970s (Can, Faust, Amon Duul, Ash Ra Tempel, Tangerine Dream) and creators of classic soundtracks to the films of Werner Herzog (Aguirre the Wrath of God, Nosferatu, Fitzcaraldo and others).

Popol Vuh took their name from an epic mythological text from the 16^th century Quiché Maya people of Guatemala, the name translates as ‘meeting place, together or common house’. “Kailash” brings together essential and unreleased piano recordings, together with Fricke’s travelogue film Kailash, about his spiritual voyage to Tibet’s 22,000 ft. Kailash mountain, ‘Throne of the Gods’, and the accompanying soundtrack album to this film.