{"product_id":"the-great-ecstasy-of-woodcarver-steiner-vinyl-lp","title":"The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner: Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePre-Order Item. Release Date Subject to Change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel: Latency\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: 27th November\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExperimental German space rock band Popol Vuh made a soundtrack for a 1974 Werner Herzog doco about a Swiss Skiman, apparently this lad could fly with those sticks and so the moog pioneers set about making a score that conveys this white powder botherer's ability to hold himself in the air with grace before returning to earth at speed. It's airy, it's light, it hits the ground with weight and aplomb but the thing didn't come out - until now. One of the year's best reissues includes reworks by ace modern experimentalists James k, ML Buch and Lorenzo Senni.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"150\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/steiners-ecstasy-james-k-variation\/6807446789?i=6807446860\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eComposed for Werner Herzog's documentary The\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eGreat Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974), this\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003epreviously unreleased score by the German\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003emusical collective Popol Vuh accompanies the\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eextraordinary flights of Swiss ski flyer and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewoodcarver Walter Steiner.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFounded by Florian Fricke in Munich in 1969, Popol\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eVuh are considered one of the most influential\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eGerman avant-garde groups to emerge from the\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eprogressive rock movement of the 1970s. After\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003epioneering the use of the Moog synthesizer on their earliest recordings, the group gradually moved\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003etowards a more acoustic and spiritual sound, drawing\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eon piano, guitars, percussion, and musical traditions\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efrom India, Africa, and South America. Fricke resisted\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003elabels such as \"krautrock\" and \"new age,\" preferring\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eterms like \"magic music\" or \"cosmic space rock\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewhen a description was needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTo accompany this release, three contemporary artists — James K, ML Buch, and Lorenzo Senni — revisit Popol Vuh's original soundtrack. Their reinterpretations create a dialogue across five decades, revealing the enduring resonance of Popol Vuh's music and its remarkable capacity to continue evoking wonder, contemplation, and transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBeginning with Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Werner Herzog and Florian Fricke developed one of cinema's most distinctive artistic collaborations. Across more than a decade of films — including Heart of Glass, Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo, and Cobra Verde — Popol Vuh's scores became an essential part of Herzog's cinematic language, shaping the immersive atmosphere and emotional intensity that define his films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1. Dream of Flight\u003cbr\u003eA2. Utter Solitude\u003cbr\u003eA3. Steiner's Ecstasy\u003cbr\u003eA4. Steiner's Ecstasy (Studio Session)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB1. Steiner's Ecstasy (James K Variation)\u003cbr\u003eB2. Steiner's Ecstasy (Lorenzo Senni\u003cbr\u003eVariation)\u003cbr\u003eB3. Steiner's Ecstasy (ML Buch Variation)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Popol Vuh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54208838172966,"sku":"LTNC40LP","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7734\/2621\/files\/2f0eb6c8-b7dc-f69f-412b-5f6fdffb0c52.png?v=1793028624","url":"https:\/\/www.limitedadditionrecords.com\/en-us\/products\/the-great-ecstasy-of-woodcarver-steiner-vinyl-lp","provider":"Limited Addition Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}