Apurimac (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Apurimac
Type = studio
Artist = Cusco


Released = 1985
Recorded = 1984
Genre = cross-cultural new age
Length =
Label = Higher Octave
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Island Cruise"
(1984)
This album = "Apurimac"
(1985)
Next album = "Concierto de Aranjuez"
(1986)

"Apurimac" is an album by the German cross-cultural New Age band Cusco. This was the breakout album by the band, and garnered their first major international success with its release on the Higher Octave music label.

The album was originally written in 1984 and released to select markets in 1985, but it was not until 1988 that the project was finally released worldwide via the new signing with Higher Octave. This album would become the first album in a trilogy, with the second and third installments being released in 1994 and 1997. Despite the name of the band implying an ancient South American sound, this was the first album that focused specifically on beinging together native Incan instrumentation with traditional European rock music structures.

"Inca Dance" has been used as the closing theme of the radio show Coast to Coast AM, and other tracks have been used as bumper music for the same show. Several songs from the album, including "Inca Dance" and "Flute Battle", have been used as background music at the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort.

Track listing

# "Apurimac" – 3:43
# "Flute Battle" – 2:35
# "Tupac Amaru" – 3:03
# "Flying Condor" – 5:02
# "Inca Dance" – 2:43
# "Pastorale" – 2:22
# "Amazonas" – 3:47
# "Inca Bridges" – 3:21
# "Andes" – 3:51
# "Atahualpa - The Last Inca" – 3:51
# "Fighting Inca" – 3:22
# "Apurimac II" – 1:29

Album credits

* Kristian Schultze – Keyboards
* Michael Holm – Keyboards, producer, photography
* Todd Canedy – drums
* Hansi Strohr – Bass
* Billy Lang - Guitar
* Johannes Walter – Photography
* Dee Westlund – Art direction
* Murry Whiteman – Design
* Tom Baker – Mastering
* Jochen Scheffter – Engineer
* Cusco – Performer