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Review: A cornerstone of 70s German music, Popol Vuh's third album marked a radical shift from their electronic beginnings. Led by Munich-based Florian Fricke, the group dropped the Moog for piano, tambura, oboe and guitar, channelling a sacred, organic minimalism that still defies easy categorisation. The presence of Korean vocalist Djong Yun gives 'Kyrie' and 'Hosianna Mantra' a weightless emotional clarity, hovering somewhere between devotional music, chamber folk and early ambient. Conny Veit's soft-focus guitar work lends a subtle psychedelic edge, but the overall tone is one of spiritual stillness. 'Abschied' and 'Nicht hoch im Himmel' carry a hymnal, meditative depth that prefigures later cosmic jazz and ECM recordings. It remains one of the most singular albums to emerge from Germany's experimental underground-sublime, sincere, and beyond time.