''Apurimac III: Nature – Spirit – Pride'' is an album by the

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new-age New Age is a range of spiritual or religious practices and beliefs that rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise definition difficult. Although many scholars consid ...

band

Cusco Cusco or Cuzco (; or , ) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous Cusco Province, province and Cusco Region, department. The city was the cap ...

, released in 1997. The album peaked at #7 on the Billboard Top New Age Albums chart. All tracks on this album are related to the

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cultures of

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. The beats, chants, and flute works depict a

musical style, though are made more accessible to modern ears through the use of overtly synthesized instrumentation and percussive rhythms.

Track listing

All songs written by

Michael Holm Michael Holm (born Lothar Walter; on 29 July 1943) is a German singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is primarily known as a singer of Schlager music. Although his first appearance in the hit parade was in 1962 ("Lauter schöne ...

and

Kristian Schultze Kristian Schultze (21 January 1945 – 22 November 2011) was one-half of the German new-age band Cusco. Schultze partnered with Michael Holm and the two produced numerous new-age albums. The two met in late 1970s, when they discovered th ...

except where indicated. # "Ghost Dance" (traditional) # "Kokopelli's Dream" (featuring

Craig Chaquico Craig Clinton Chaquico (or Chaquiço, ; born September 26, 1954) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer. From 1974 to 1990 he was lead guitarist for the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship (band), Starship. In 1993, he started ...

) # "Geronimo's Laughter" # "Medicine Man" # "Little Pigeon and Crazy Horse" # "Pahrump — Big Water" (Holm) # "Dream Catcher" # "Legend in the Redwoods" (Schultze) # "The Hunt" # "White Buffalo" (Holm)

Album credits

— Arranger, programming * Maria Ehrenreich — Director, production director * Dan Selene — Executive producer *

— Arranger, producer, mixing * Frank Von Dem Bottlenburg — Engineer, mixing * Giuseppe Solera —

Flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

* Murry Whiteman — Paintings, photography * Johan Daansen —

Acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

* Debra Holland — Liner notes * Craig Chaquico — Guitar, performer * William Aura — Digital assembly, digital mastering * Matt Marshall — Executive producer

References

External links

Apurimac III at MP3.com
1997 albums Cusco (band) albums {{newage-album-stub