Cusco 2000

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Cusco 2000
Studio album by Cusco
Released	1992
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	cross-cultural new age
Length	41:43
Label	Higher Octave
Producer	Michael Holm
Cusco chronology
Sielmann 2000 Soundtrack (1991) Cusco 2000 (1992) Cusco 2002 (1993)

Cusco 2000 is an album by German cross-cultural new age band Cusco. It was released in 1992 under Higher Octave Music.

This album was created for the short TV series "Sielmann 2000". It was a documentary on changes occurring in the environment. Unlike the 1991 Sielmann 2000 Soundtrack, Cusco 2000 and its companion Cusco 2002 are arranged as proper studio albums. The music on this album combined classical styles, euphoric melodies and rhythms of Old Europe with the occasional Peruvian pan flute and African drum beat. Overall, this album is much more symphonic in style than any previous Cusco album (the soundtrack excluded), and this has gained the album much critical and commercial attention. The tracks North Easter and Flying Condor are completely different versions from those of the earlier abum releases, each severely reworked for these symphonic versions. Of lesser-known interest is that the opening track Islands of the Galapagos is a similarly extremely reworked version of Galapagos from their 1980 debut album Desert Island.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Islands of the Galapagos" – 3:52
2. "South America" – 3:25
3. "North Easter" – 3:46
4. "Rift Valley" – 4:53
5. "Dark Fascination" – 3:41
6. "Canada - Last Paradise" – 4:49
7. "Serengeti" – 3:20
8. "Rhythm of the Wilderness" – 4:18
9. "Africa - Afrika" – 4:04
10. "Flying Condor" – 5:21