''Messa di Orfeo'' is the twentieth and last album by
Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1999 on
Spalax and features music played during an audio-video-light installation as performed in the Labyrinth of Molfetta,
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
, during the Time Zones Festival in 1998.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Florian Fricke.
# "Deep in the Ocean of Love" – 2:50
# "Strofa 1" – 3:37
# "Nascita dell' ape" – 7:18
# "Strofa 2" – 3:45
# "Dall' origine al divenire" – 2:15
# "Strofa 3" – 4:05
# "Strofa 4" – 3:49
# "Primo movimento" – 13:41
# "Strofa 5" – 3:48
Personnel
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Florian Fricke
Florian Fricke (23 February 1944 – 29 December 2001) was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the krautrock group Popol Vuh. His music and that of the band however soon e ...
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keyboards
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Frank Fiedler
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Guillermina De Gennaro
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recitation
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Maya Rose
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vocals
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Johannes Fricke
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Credits
Live recording by Popol Vuh
Studio recording at Tom Tom-Studio,
Bari
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, Italy
Produced by Popol Vuh and Time Zones
Liner notes
The liner notes of the album are in
Italian.
Original text in Italian
Orfeo, il bardo, fa parte degli argonauti
Oiagros, dio del fiume, suo padre
Calliope, la musa, sua madre
I suoi emblemi sono l'ape e la cicala, animali divini, amici delle muse
Translation in English
Orpheus, the bard, part of the Argonauts
Oeagrus, god of the river, his father
Calliope, the Muse, his mother
His emblems are the bee and the grasshopper, divine animals, friends of the Muses
Lyrics
Original in Italian
La terra ed io siamo uno
i suoi occhi ed i miei occhi sono uno
le sue orecchie e le mie orecchie sono uno
La terra ed io siamo uno
le sue ossa e le mie ossa sono uno
La terra ed io siamo uno
la sua carne e la mia carne sono uno
La terra ed io siamo uno
il suo sangue ed il mio sangue sono uno
La terra ed io siamo uno
il suo respiro ed il mio respiro sono uno
La terra mi tiene e mi ama da sempre
Translation in English
The Earth and I are one
His eyes and my eyes are one
His ears and my ears are one
The Earth and I are one
His bones and my bones are one
The Earth and I are one
His flesh and my flesh are one
The Earth and I are one
His blood and my blood are one
The Earth and I are one
His breath and my breath are one
The Earth always holds me and loves me
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20081029050641/http://www.furious.com/perfect/populvuh.html (Comprehensive article & review of every album)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080119183134/http://www.enricobassi.it/popvuhdiscografia90.htm (featuring the original credits)
* http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/messa.htm
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