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- Artist: Popol Vuh
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- Release Date: 1983
- Genre: Electronica
Review
Two years after the issue of Sei Still, Wisse ICH BIN, Agape-Agape (Love-Love) offers a deeper view of the same animal. Still utilizing a choir for Gregorian chant-like ethereal intensity -- though they sing in Byzantine scales -- pianist Florian Fricke, guitarist/percussionist Daniel Fichelscher, guitarist Conny Veit (who came back to the fold after a prolonged absence), and vocalist Renate Knaup delve deeply into the drone world of Fricke's sacred music muse. There are eight pieces on this set, the longest of which is the final one, "Why Do I Fall Asleep." But they are all of a single theme, even Fichelscher's "They Danced, They Laughed, As of Old," which is an extended retreatment of "Kleiner Kreiger" from the Einsjäger & Siebenjäger album. Fricke only comes to the fore on the title track with his shimmering, insistent mantra-piano, but the twin guitars of Fichelscher and Veit more than compensate elsewhere as they entwine and slip through and around one another. Once again, though the music might seem formulaic, it is in the subtleties and dynamics that Fricke's compositional growth is revealed, and Agape-Agape is a worthy, devastatingly beautiful outing. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Hand in Hand | Popol Vuh | (2:53) | |
| They Danced, They Laughed, As of Old | Popol Vuh | (4:53) | |
| Love, Life, Death | Popol Vuh | (1:29) | |
| The Christ Is Near | Popol Vuh | (3:54) | |
| Love-Love | Popol Vuh | (5:26) | |
| Behold, the Drover Summons | Popol Vuh | (5:56) | |
| Agape-Agape | Popol Vuh | (4:57) | |
| Why Do I Still Sleep | Popol Vuh | (8:00) |
