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  • Artist: Cusco
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1994
  • Total Time: 52:41
  • Type: Instrumental
  • Genre: New Age

Review

Cusco, under the watchful direction of Michael Holm, has once again managed to adopt traditional world music melodies and instrumentation into a Western Eurojazz sound with Apurimac II. Taking the music of the Andes, with its strong rhythms and ethereal flute sound, Holm has added the music of modern technology. The result is a near full orchestra of wonderful music with new depth and complexity without betraying its native roots, where Holm had found his inspiration. ~ MusD, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Montezuma Ralph Stemmann, Michael Holm Cusco (5:16)
Quetzal's Feather Kristian Schultze, Michael Holm Cusco (5:00)
Dance of the Sun Priest Michael Holm, Kristian Schultze Cusco (5:10)
Tula Kristian Schultze, Michael Holm Cusco (5:02)
Yucatan Kristian Schultze, Michael Holm Cusco (5:20)
Xul-Kan, King of Palenque Michael Holm, Kristian Schultze Cusco (3:58)
Maya Temple Michael Holm, Kristian Schultze Cusco (4:12)
Mexica Michael Holm, Kristian Schultze Cusco (5:17)
Goddess of the Moon Michael Holm Cusco (4:15)
Temple of Remembrance Kristian Schultze, Michael Holm Cusco (9:11)

Credits

Kristian Schultze (Arranger), Matt Marshall (Executive Producer), Joseph L. Steiner III (Digital Remastering), Dee Westlund (Art Direction), Michael Holm (Producer), Kristian Schultze (Programming), Frank Von Dem Bottlenburg (Mixing), Murry Whiteman (Design), Michael Holm (Mixing), Dan Selene (Executive Producer)
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Apurimac II
Studio album by Cusco
Released 1994
Genre cross-cultural new age
Professional reviews
Cusco chronology
Australia
(1993)		 Apurimac II
(1994)		 A Choral Christmas
(1995)

Apurimac II: Return to Ancient America is an album by German cross-cultural new age band Cusco, released in 1994 on the Higher Octave music label. The album peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top New Age albums chart.[2]

It is second in the Apurimac series, and contains native Central American and South American sounds reincarnated with a very modern European musical touch, and has a much more lush, contemporary sound than the first Apurimac album, or other Cusco albums in general. Sounds of ancient American civilizations like Maya, Inca and Aztec are represented, and the orchestral touches remind of the then recent Cusco 2000 and Cusco 2002 albums, though on this album they are used more sparingly. This album is also a commercial high watermark in the band's career, selling more copies overall than any other Cusco album.[citation needed] The track "Montezuma" was featured as bumper music on Coast to Coast AM, and was also used for a Bud Ice television commercial. Some versions of this album have the final track title as "Temple of the Forgotten".

Track listing

  1. "Montezuma"
  2. "Quetzal's Feather"
  3. "Dance of the Sun Priest"
  4. "Tula"
  5. "Yucatan"
  6. "Xul-Kan, King of Palenque"
  7. "Maya Temple"
  8. "Mexica"
  9. "Goddess of the Moon"
  10. "Temple of Rememberance"

Album credits

  • Matt Marshall – Executive producer
  • Kristian Schultze – Arranger, programming
  • Dan Selene – Executive producer
  • Joseph L. Steiner III – Digital remastering
  • Murry Whiteman – Design
  • Dee Westlund – Art direction
  • Frank Von Dem – Bottlenburg mixing
  • Michael Holm – Producer, mixing
  • Cusco – Main performer

References

  1. ^ MusD. "Review of Apurimac II". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifyxqehld6e~T1. 
  2. ^ "Charting for Apurimac II". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifyxqehld6e~T3. 
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