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Ridgewood Radio features concert recordings by adventurous bands and experimental musicians and restored archival tapes from private and institutional collections captured at venues large and small across the five boroughs of New York. It is produced by David Weinstein and Outpost Artists Resources operating out of the Ridgewood section of Queens, NY, where you'll find more yellow bricks than on the road to Oz and the cemetery of your choice is never more than a few blocks from home.

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Favoriting October 3, 2018: Popol Vuh

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The origin of the Popol Vuh "myth" is a document of ancient Mayan mythology
and culture (now Guatemala). Written in K’iche’ (a Mayan language)
mid 16th Century, it chronicles the creation of humankind.

A two hour experience with Popol Vuh, Florian Fricke’s prog-rock 19-album experiment,
alongside Can and Tangerine Dream, soundtracks for Werner Herzog, early Moog work,
and trippy journeys that influenced artists from Radiohead to Freddy Mercury.

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments
Popol Vuh  OM Mani Padme Hum 1   Favoriting For You and Me  Milan Records  1991  For You and Me is the seventeenth album by Popol Vuh. The origin of Popol Vuh is a document of ancient Mayan mythology and culture (now Guatemala). Written in K’iche’ (a Mayan language) mid 16th Century, it chronicles the creation of humankind. 
Malawi Mouse Boys  Kulira Kwambewa (The Crying of the Mouse)   Favoriting Forever is 4 U  Omnivore Records  2016  Ridgewood Radio Theme https://lovesupportunite.org 

Music behind DJ:
Popol Vuh 
Nascita Mix   Favoriting
Ridgewood Noise Library 
Beautiful Drummer 
2018 
A buzzy bed created from the Nascita track off the Popol Vuh album Revisited & Remixed 1970-1999. 
Popol Vuh  Affenstunde   Favoriting Affenstunde  Liberty Records  1970  Affenstunde (Hour of the Monkey) is the first album by German band Popol Vuh. It is a notable early example of the Moog synthesizer being used for the production and composition of popular music. Florian Fricke – Moog synthesizer; Holger Trülzsch – percussion; Frank Fiedler – Synthesizer mixdown; Bettina Fricke – tablas. 
Popol Vuh  Train Through Time   Favoriting Affenstunde  SPV  2014  A bonus track on the Affenstunde re-release. 
Popol Vuh  Hosianna Mantra   Favoriting Hosianna Mantra  Pilz  1972  Hosianna Mantra is the third album by Popol Vuh. 
Popol Vuh  Einsjäger und Siebenjäger   Favoriting Einsjäger und Siebenjäger  SPV  2004  The fifth album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1974 on Kosmische Musik. The album's title is a German translation of the names of two characters in the Popol Vuh legend, Hun-Hunahpu and Vucub-Hunahpu (One-Hunter and Seven-Hunter). 
 
Popol Vuh  Aguirre I   Favoriting Aguirre  PDU  1975  Aguirre is the seventh album by Popol Vuh. It contains music used in the soundtrack to Werner Herzog's film Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972). 
Peter Kruder  Aguirre I/II (Lacrima Di Rei Edit)   Favoriting Popol Vuh: Revisited & Remixed 1970-1999  SPV  2011  A Peter Kruder (Kruder & Dorfmeister) remix, part of a project by the son of Popol Vuh founder Florian Fricke, Johannes Fricke, to remaster the entire 19 album collection and commission artists influenced by the work. 
Alex Barck  Haram Dei Raram Dei Haram Dei Ra   Favoriting Popol Vuh: Revisited & Remixed 1970-1999  SPV  2011  Alex Barck (Jazzanova) remix. Original track 1976 on album Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte, United Artists. 
Popol Vuh  They danced, they laughed, as of old   Favoriting Agape – Agape / Love – Love  Uniton  1983  From the fourteenth album by Popol Vuh. 
 
Popol Vuh  Nachts: Schnee   Favoriting Cobra Verde  Milan Records  1987  From the soundtrack to Cobra Verde (featuring Klaus Kinski), the final collaboration between Popol Vuh & director Werner Herzog. This is the sixteenth album by Popol Vuh. 
Mika Vainio  Nachts (Schnee) Remix   Favoriting Popol Vuh: Revisited & Remixed 1970-1999  SPV  2011  A highly regarded remix by Mika Vainio (Pansonic) of the Cobra Verde soundtrack piece. 
Popol Vuh  Wanderer am Himmel   Favoriting Popol Vuh/Florian Fricke  Bell Records  1991  Recorded 1979, but released later as part of this compilation disk. 
Popol Vuh  Am Tor   Favoriting Popol Vuh/Florian Fricke  Bell Records  1991  At this point, if you are trying to keep track as we move into these anthems, the 1991 personnel is Florian Fricke / piano, vocals; Daniel Fichelscher / guitars, percussion, drums; Djon Yun / vocals; Al Gromer Khan / sitar; Bob Eliscu / oboe; Ted de Jong / percussion. 
Popol Vuh  For You and Me   Favoriting For You and Me  Milan Records  1991  For You and Me is the seventeenth album by Popol Vuh. 
Popol Vuh  Strofa 1   Favoriting Messa di Orfeo  Spalax Music  1999  Florian Fricke died in Munich in 2001, at the age of 57. His son Johannes Fricke provided much of the music in this program. Thanks to Johannes. 


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listener james from westwood:

Howdy, Ridgewoodians and all! I like the look of that show title!
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david w:

Hello James. 2 hours of Popol Vuh , yep!
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βrian:

Well ok, then.
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Webhamster Henry:

Hmm! sounds like a Daxophone!
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Stanley:

I hate mieces to pieces
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northguineahills:

Off to lunch, be back soon!
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steveo:

got my ears on and looking forward to this!
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geezerette:

Hello David, Ruth, fellow tourists. :D
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david w:

Hello Henry nad Stanley (squeak) ngh! steveo and geez all of you all!
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david w:

Hey that did sound like a Daxophone, but of course impossible.
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Sem:

Hiya, David, Ruth, the Ridgewood cadre, and aurally adventurous listeners.
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david w:

Welcome, Sem. Glad to have you for this one.
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geezerette:

collections.lacma.org...
4 views of a Mayan vessel. Drawing is more fluid than even the Japanese equivalent, and completely psychedelic.
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david w:

Geez1 That is remarkable. Thanks!
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geezerette:

::::)
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Sem:

I'll say, check the eyes on that toad. Licking himself, no doubt.
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Webhamster Henry:

Thanks @geezerette! Now that they've found a zillion more Mayan ruins in the Guatemalan jungle, maybe there are more "vessels to be found. Goog thing it isn't 2012 anymore!
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geezerette:

Sem! That would explain it!
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Jeff Golick:

I'll have whatever they were having in that vessel.

On second thought, never mind. I'll just listen to this show.
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geezerette:

Webhamster Henry, yeah, but Terrence wasn't far off the mark!
Hope you're right about extra crockery!
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david w:

I'm trying to avoid advocating for psychedelics while listening to this music. I'll leave it at that.
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geezerette:

The music is more than enough!
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βrian:

From Johns Hopkins: hub.jhu.edu...
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geezerette:

Ha! :D
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david w:

Thanks, βrian. I remember some excellent blues and greens.
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david w:

Option/Shift. Florian Fricke was an excellent pianist and later released an album of Mozart sonatas.
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geezerette:

This is just gorgeous.
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Sem:

So much goodness.
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northguineahills:

First Popol Vuh record I found!
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david w:

If you have a little something something, here is your link to our show: pledge.wfmu.org...
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βrian:

I happen to know this may frighten some dinner guests ...
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david w:

Aguirre was the entry point for a lot of people and then you dig a little and big wow.
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northguineahills:

I should ask Joe McG, but if I already have s4L at the $30/mo. I get both tees (I won't be able to add a heart until the end of the month.
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david w:

Oh, ngh, you dear.
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northguineahills:

Mika! (I need to get this remix album).

Leaving work early as I'm ill.
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david w:

Take care, ngh. And thanks!
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steveo:

ugh, feel better ngh
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geezerette:

NGH, get well soon!
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βrian:

The stream seemed to die, but it turns out our whole building is offline. Things are better now that I'm at home.
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david w:

So βrian, has the dinner party started?
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northguineahills:

Will do so, meds eff up my circadian rhythms and make me nauseous. I only get decent sleep if I drink, which I shouldn't do on my meds very often.
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βrian:

I need to be more selective when inviting guests, I guess.
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Sem:

Clicky-starred the show. I will pass this way again. Grateful for these two hours.
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βrian:

My cicadian rhythm is on a 7-year cycle. Feels great to shuck that exoskeleton, though.
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david w:

Thanks, Sem Your enthusiasm is appreciated.
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geezerette:

Elegant hippy music. I've been a jaguar for the last hour and a half, time to resume human form.
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david w:

Thanks, geez. Elegant indeed. Agreed!
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david w:

A quick point. This person, Daniel Fichelscher, was a loyal collaborator with Fricke for decades and deserves a mention.
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geezerette:

There's something so dignified about this music.
Thanks, David & Ruth !
Been lovely floating above the earth with you.
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steveo:

thanks david & ruth!
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listener james from westwood:

An utterly cosmic 2 hours. Thanks, y'all!!
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Stanley:

Great programme this afternoon/evening
Many thanks, David
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david w:

steveo, james, Stanley, geez and all. You keep this thing moving!
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Dream-sound collage, originally made live on radio, with music layers, word inspirations, live phone callers, fly-away loops. Just, wow.

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