Valerio Cosi - "Plays Popol Vuh" LP / lim. ed. LP / DL - DS009

LP edition in store (black vinyl only). Red Marbled Black vinyl is OOP/sold out. Listen to it on Bandcamp:

Side A
1. Aguirre (In B Major: Stars Aligning) - feat. Paul de Jong (The Books)
2. Hosianna Mantra

Side B
3. Vuh
4. Train Through Time
5. Affenstunde

Italian sax wizard/multi-instrumentalist/electronic musician (and one of Caribou's Italian favorites) Valerio Cosi comes back after 5 years of silence with a new LP entitled "Plays Popol Vuh". We're not sure if he meant to cover the original titles by the legendary Krautrock collective, because if you're enthusiastically devoted to the 70's band you'll have hard time to find their original melodies in Valerio's renditions. We're sure and proud to tell that the magic he spreads in his work is just beyond your imagination.
The modern classical suggestions of "Aguirre (In B Major: Stars Aligning)" (feat. Paul de Jong from The Books on cellos), the quasi-industrial/distopic visions of "Hosianna Mantra" (ending like a furious jam that would perfectly fit into a Swans' record), the unusual techno landscapes of "Affenstunde", the psychedelic trance of "Vuh" and the future-funk brilliance of "Train Through Time" trace new exciting paths into Valerio's electronic territories.



“Plays Popol Vuh è il mio disco ‘rock’. E’ elettronico come tutti gli altri lavori precedenti, ci suono davvero tutto, c’è dentro Paul de Jong dei Books e ci sono milioni di clicks di mouse… ma è profondamente legato alla dimensione rock più di qualsiasi mio altro lavoro. Dei brani originali è rimasto davvero poco o quasi nulla, ho cercato in tutti i modi di ri-plasmare delle creature sonore che avevo in loop nel mio studio per diverso tempo. Lo scopo era di quello creare un album senza nostalgia, un album tutto italiano che avrei sempre voluto ascoltare, ricco di dinamiche e colori, pieno di dettagli che emergono ascolto dopo ascolto“. (SentireAscoltare)

"Plays Popol Vuh" has been recorded in Valerio Cosi's Home Sweet Home Studio, A.D. 2013. All music, instruments, editing and mixing by Valerio Cosi except for "Aguirre (In B Major: Stars Aligning)" (co-written with Paul de Jong - © 2014 SIAE/BMI Inc.)

Guests/additional musicians/samples:
Tks 1/5: Paul de Jong (The Books) on cellos and samples - Tks 2/4/5: Zac Nelson on additional acoustic drums - Tk 4: Florian Fricke ("train" sample from "Train Through Time" by Popol Vuh - "Affenstunde" bonus track from 1999) - Tk 5: Mauro Corvaglia: electric guitar.



Artwork by Evan Piccirillo. Mastered, cut and manufactured by Duophonic GbR, Ravenspurgerstr. 41, 86150 Augsburg (Germany).

1st edition
400 copies: Black vinyl
100 copies: Red Black Marbled vinyl (currently SOLD OUT - try distros)