In light of the 1990s postrock scene and the often clear links back to krautrock of all stripes, ash ra tempel s monster debut album stands as being both astonishingly prescient and just flat out good, a logical extension of the spacejamfreakout ethos into rarified realms. Aquila areknames aretha franklin argent argus arthur lee ash ra tempel asterix atlantis audience black oak arkansas bloody mary blue goose blue sandelwood soap bo hansson brian auger. Jan 26, 2015 ash ra tempel reunion from friendship studio album, released in 2000 musicians manuel gottsching guitars klaus schulze synthesizers, percussion. With their selftitled debut album, the 1971 formation consisting of hartmut enke bass, manuel goetsching guitar and klaus schulze drums bounded rock and blues elements to their completely deconstructed and radical new sound collage. Last call for ash ra tempel, in this form, during the 70s, is seven up, an album that rewards the creativity of the gesture with the quality and the sheer introspective madness that lies within the music and within its klautrock definitions, ones that seems rarely pushed to such extents in ash ra tempel. Featuring the original trio of enke, gottsching and schulze, ash ra tempel consists of only two sidelong tracks, both. Ash ra tempel was one of my fav band after floyd 20140331t11. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Julian cope presents head heritage unsung ash ra tempel. Look at your sun is a dreamy blues, reminiscent of the doors or cream. Second life was the original band that members went on. Emerging from the late60s berlin underground scene, the group was active until 1976 and reunited briefly from 20002001.
Dating 1971, it comes to the decision that it is ash ra tempel in big haze. Seven up is the third studio album by german krautrock band ash ra tempel and their only album recorded in collaboration with american psychologistdrug advocate timothy leary. Oct 08, 2009 found an ohr firstpress of ash ra tempels debut today. Ash ra tempel paris downers salle wagram 6 december 1974 live germany kraut rock electronic bootleg recorded live from the audience at salle. I prefer the early ash ra, up thru starring rosi, when they were an actual band before m.
Contact general information about ash ra tempel, ashra and manuel gottsching. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It happened thanks to my dear old friend mick glossop, who made the suggestion. Released in 1973, it is by far the most accessible ash ra temple album. Seven up, ash ra tempel s third album, partrecorded at the bern festival in switzerland in summer 1972, flew the countercultures flag high by including acid guru timothy leary as a guest vocalist. After the dissolution of the original ash ra tempel in the mid70s, manuel gottsching streamlined the groups moniker, redefined its aims and goals, and then reemerged in 1976 as a one man cosmic army. A 1973 release by ash ra tempel and timothy leary 1 01 space. Look at the sky with me the clouds tell us a story there is a lovely gypsy queen it lives in rainbow land one day a caliph came down from the rainbow and saw the little gypsy sitting there among the coloured clouds and she seemed to be very unhappy so he ask her why do you look so sad you live in rainbow land and everyone is lucky here and the gypsy replied i like to know all about things. Engineered by conny plank 3, it was recorded in march 1971 and released in june 1971 on ohr. Ash ra tempel s second album featured the first of several personnel changes, klaus schulze having departed for other realms and replaced as a result by wolfgang muller.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Next to tangerine dream ash ra tempel is also one of the pioneers of the berlin school. It happened thanks to my dear old friend mick glossop, who made the. The ash ra templeashramanuel gottsching appreciation thread. The temporary return of klaus schulze also greatly contributes to this feeling of summation. A few guest players surfaced here and there as well, with one john l. Ash ra tempel went to hamburg in march 1971 to record their debut, with the aid of top engineer conny plank. Ash ra tempel s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Stream 01 ash ra tempel reunion by bkool from desktop or your mobile device. Albums include ash ra tempel, schwingungen, and join inn.
Ash ra tempel is the eponymous debut studio album by the krautrock band ash ra tempel. Ash ra tempel foi um grupo alemao ligado a cena krautrock, ativo entre 1970 e 1976. Ash ra tempel was one of the most notable german krautrock groups of the 1970s, and a notable example of cosmic or space rock. Oct 08, 2009 my most memorable ash ra memory was coming on to a heavy dose of liquid lsd while listening to the pulsating heaviosity that is ash ra tempel the 1st one coincedentally in the former residence of sly stone in the late sixties 55 haight st. Feel free to download the files and listen to the music, but please respect the. Ash ra temple are one of the krautrock bands here, this track is quite a straightforward rocking jam compared to their more experimental stuff, and could quite easily be from a stoner rock band of today. Leary, described by president richard nixon as the most dangerous man in america, was at the time on. Each file contains an excerpt from 1 to 3 minutes in nearfm quality. Its this aspect which leads to the new age, which has since been quite successful.
Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Major krautrock band of the 1970s, cofounded by klaus schulze. Ash ra tempel schwingungen 1972 re1993 studio album, released in 1972 songs tracks listing light and darkness 1. A krautrock twist on the spacerock music as pioneered by pink floyd and hawkwind, with elements of both yet devoid of songs. Manuel gottsching, ash ra tempel, ashra miscellaneous. Samplers that contain only parts of previously released tracks are not mentioned here the aim of this list is to give a summary of his work published on cdlp. The original lp is said to have a gimmick cover like elps brain salad surgery. Schwingungen, released in 1972 on ohr, is an exceptional ash ra tempel record.
Ash ra tempel was a german krautrock group active from 1970 to 1976, manuel gottschings first prominent musical output. No jumps or skips, some plopps and a fair share of surface noise. Guidati dallistinto e dalla passione del chitarrista manuel gottsching. Ash ra tempel s fourth lp marked something of a pause, a recap, especially after the surprising seven up which featured timothy leary as a guest. Out of the blue i was invited to perform in melbourne, australia. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Ash ra tempel biography formed in berlin, germany in 1970 from 1976 to 1998 renamed as ashra regrouped as a duo in 20002001 one of the most formidable of the german krautrock groups, ash ra tempel were a powerful force led by guitarist manuel gottsching, and also included former tangerine dream drummer klaus schulze at various points. Ash ra tempel s first two lps had taken the metal of detroit to heights not even considered by the mc5 or the stooges or even funkadelic. I prefer the early ash ra, up thru starring rosi, when they were an actual band before. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Ash ra tempel s debut, originally released in 1971 on ohr, same label that tangerine dreams earliest material was on, is highly regarded as one of the greatest krautrock albums of all time, and i have no argument about that. While the collective detroit obsession with the outerspacings of sun ra and the freejazz innervisions of john coltrane had. The result, new age of earth, is a triumph in every way. Jul 29, 20 schwingungen, released in 1972 on ohr, is an exceptional ash ra tempel record.
Ash ra tempel teve varias formacoes, sendo gottsching o unico membro a figurar em todas elas. Ash ra tempel experience live in melbourne boomkat. The lineup was augmented by their road manager uli pop on congas, and wolfgang muller on drums, and came on like an organic freerock blitz. But even in that condition it looks and sounds better than the 2010 counterfeit. Show all release groups instead, or show various artists release groups. Joined by longtime colleague klaus schulze, the appropriately titled friendship was released. Gottsching retired the use of the ash ra tempel name after he became the sole remaining member. This is the best release by manuel since blackouts and shows that he hasnt lost his touch. Ash ra tempel by ash ra tempel 42600175911 cd barnes. Ash ra tempel is probably the best known band of the german space scene. In the meantime, schwingungen saw ash ra tempel going through its cosmic stooges funhouse stage, complete with mathias wehler on wailing alto sax, in the steve mckay tradition. We have put together several mp3 files from many recordings by ashra, ash ra tempel and manuel gottsching.