Die Nacht der Seele
Studio album by
Popol Vuh
Released1979 (1979)
RecordedMarch 15-August 1st, 1979
StudioBavaria Muskistudios, Panna-Paulsen Studios
LabelBrain Records
ProducerFlorian Fricke
Popol Vuh chronology
Nosferatu
(1978)		 Die Nacht der Seele
(1979)		 Sei still, wisse ICH BIN
(1981)

Die Nacht der Seele (subtitled "Tantric Songs") is the twelfth album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1979 on Brain Records. In 2005 SPV re-released the album with four bonus tracks. "Engel der Luft" and "Im Reich der Schatten" (slowed down) were used in 1982 for the soundtrack of Werner Herzog's film Fitzcarraldo.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke except where noted.

  1. "Mantram der Erdberührung I" – 2:13
  2. "Engel der Luft" – 2:38
  3. "Mit Händen, mit Füßen" – 2:42
  4. "Wo bist Du, der Du überwunden hast?" / "Gesegnet Du, Bei Deiner Ankunft" – 5:41
  5. "Mantram der Erdberührung II" – 2:12
  6. "Im Reich der Schatten" (Fricke, Daniel Fichelscher) – 2:10
  7. "Wanderer durch die Nacht" – 4:07
  8. "Mantram der Herzberührung I" – 1:48
  9. "Auf dem Weg" – 2:53
  10. "Mantram der Herzberührung II" – 1:40
  11. "In der Halle des Lernens" – 4:02
2005 bonus tracks

All bonus tracks composed by Florian Fricke and Daniel Fichelscher.

  1. "Mantram der Stirnberührung I" – 2:16
  2. "Zusammenkunft" – 0:47
  3. "Mantram der Stirnberührung II" – 2:03
  4. "Im Garten der Ruhe (Piano Session Version)" – 10:19

Personnel

Guest musicians
  • Susan Goetting – oboe
  • Alois Gromer – sitar

Credits

Recorded in 1979 at Bavaria Ton Studios, München and Panne/Paulsen Studio, Frankfurt/Main
Engineered by Hans Keller, Rudolf Wohlschläger, Eberhard Panne & Robert Wedel
Produced by Florian Fricke for Gammarock Music
Executive producer: Gerhard Augustin

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