Affenstunde
| Affenstunde | ||||
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| Studio album by Popol Vuh | ||||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | Bavaria Music Studio, München, Germany | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 40:02 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Bettina Fricke, Gerhard Augustin | |||
| Popol Vuh chronology | ||||
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Affenstunde ("Hour of the Monkey")[1] is the first album by German band Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1970 on record label Liberty. In 2004 SPV re-released the album with one bonus track.
It was one of the earliest albums featuring the use of the Moog synthesizer set to original music.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic called it "an auspicious debut, which holds up wonderfully in the 21st century."[2] Perfect Sound Forever described Affenstunde as "a landmark electronic album" that "also doesn't have the timeless quality of many of their later works".[1] Julian Cope described it as "a debut album of incredible sounds and sensations that were unlike anything prior to its existence".[3]
Track listing
All tracks by Popol Vuh except track number 4 by Florian Fricke.
- "Ich mache einen Spiegel – Dream Part 4" – 8:44
- "Ich mache einen Spiegel – Dream Part 5" – 4:41
- "Ich mache einen Spiegel – Dream Part 49" – 7:43
- "Affenstunde" – 18:30
- 2004 Bonus track
- "Train Through Time" – 10:30
Personnel
- Florian Fricke – Moog synthesizer
- Holger Trülzsch – percussion
- Frank Fiedler – Synthesizer mixdown
- Bettina Fricke – cover design, production, tablas (un-credited)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bearman, Gary (October 2008). "The Transcendent Music of Popol Vuh". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Affenstunde at AllMusic
- ↑ Cope, Julian (January 2012). "Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage | Unsung | The Book of Seth | Popol Vuh – Affenstunde". Head Heritage. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
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