Wah Wah Records
Originally released on Klaus Schulze’s Innovative Communication label in 1981, “Sei still, wisse Ich Bin” is Popol Vuh‘s 13th LP.
Fricke and Fichelscher worked under the production of Klaus Schulze himself and were helped for the occasion by Chris Karrer on soprano sax, Renate Knaup on vocals and the Chorensemble der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Two of its songs, Laß los and …als lebtendie Engel auf Erden where used on the soundtrack of Werner Herzog’s film Fitzcarraldo, from 1982. There is also a film directed by Florian Fricke, inspired by The Bible and filmed in the Sinai Desert, which staged the music contained within this album.