Released in 1974, Einsjäger & Siebenjäger (Earth & Sky) is a further rock entrenchment for Popol Vuh.
Florian Fricke's piano is more percussively present with its runs and large chord voicings rippling throughout each composition.
In addition, Daniel Fichelscher's electric guitar picks up where Conny Veit's left off, taking the bluesy space rock solo style into new territory by incorporating Eastern scales into the main body of his blues phrasing.
There are five short compositions on the first side, which merely prepare the listener for the mind-blowing title cut, which takes up the entirety of side two.
Here, in addition to the swirling organic percussion and pianism of Fricke and the loping, often singing guitar lines that repeat hypnotically with rock & roll tension, the vocals of the amazing Djong Yun become the catalyst for the other musicians to spiral off into extended improvisations.
This is certainly one of the most beautiful albums Popol Vuh issued in the 1970s, and remains a watermark for their trademark of melding beauty and free-flowing composition.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kleiner KriegerDanny Secundus Fichelscher | Popol Vuh | Play | 01:05 | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| 2 | King MinosFlorian Fricke | Popol Vuh | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | WürfelspielFlorian Fricke | Popol Vuh | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 4 | Gutes LandFlorian Fricke | Popol Vuh | Play | 05:13 | 11 MB | 25 MB |
| 5 | Einsjäger & SiebenjägerFlorian Fricke | Popol Vuh | Play | 19:24 | 44 MB | 112 MB |
| 6 | Morgengruss | Popol Vuh | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 7 | King Minos II | Popol Vuh | Play | 01:55 | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| 8 | Wo Bist Du | Popol Vuh | Play | 05:42 | 13 MB | 32 MB |
| 43 mins | 100 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 248 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bettina | Photography |
| 2 | Danny Secundus Fichelscher | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Percussion |
| 3 | Florian Fricke | Composer, Piano, Spinetta |
| 4 | Peter Geitner | Cover Design |
| 5 | Olaf Kübler | Flute |
| 6 | Hansjurg Meier | Engineer |
| 7 | Popol Vuh | Mix Down, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 8 | Djong Yun | Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |