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Artist:
ASH RA TEMPEL
Title:
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14244
The reissue of historic, early albums of Germany's legendary space/psych outfit is a legitimately great thing, and the network of people who continue to discover this stuff seems to expand daily with no let up. The first, self-titled, Ash Ra Tempel album, from 1971, is a flat-out massive overdriven psych monster. Formed by Klaus Schulze (on drums & electronics, after having left Tangerine Dream), guitarist Manuel Gottsching (who would remain the one constant with Ash Ra), and Hartmut Enke (bass), this is the most intense recording in their discography & an absolute must if you're interested in the early glories of Krautrock bliss.
Artist:
ASH RA TEMPEL
Title:
Inventions For Electric Guitar
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14245
Actually a solo album by Ash Ra guitarist Manuel Gottsching, consisting of three long appropriately named tracks ("Echo Waves," "Quasarsphere," "Pluralis"). Simple effects-laden guitar trance-outs. Some technological truthseekers claim this album sounds "dated"; others are more willing to luxuriate within the purely pleasing waves of analog band-width.
Artist:
ASH RA TEMPEL
Title:
Join Inn
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14246
"The original Ash Ra Tempel line-up got together to record
Join Inn
during breaks in the
Tarot
album recordings. The album's two lengthy tracks were completely improvised. The first, 'Freak 'n Roll' is basically self-explanatory(!) with Manuel Gottsching coming into his own with his talented, bluesy upbeat improvisations. 'Jenseits' (Beyond), on the other hand, is a showcase for Klaus Schulze's then new-found electronic sound painting skills. The lyrics on the 2nd track are read by Rosi Muller; new band member and then-girlfriend of Gottsching. She tells the story of the band's meeting with Timothy Leary and all the excitement that surrounded it."
Artist:
ASH RA TEMPEL
Title:
Starring Rosi
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14247
From 1973, and now paired down to just a main duo of Manuel Gottsching (guitar and most other musical accompaniment), and Rosie Muller on vocals. A lesser/lighter album than some of the above, but still with charms, especially if you're looking for insight into the hippie-flower floatation system lifestyle.
Artist:
ASH RA TEMPEL
Title:
Schwingungen
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14248
2nd album from 1972, and another stoned psych masterwork, with a beautiful spaced vibe. Schulze had gone solo by this point, and was replaced by Wolfgang Muller, but it was no huge loss. The mixture of electronics and psychedelic rock was perfectly realized.
Artist:
ASH RA TEMPEL
Title:
Seven Up
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14249
The 3rd ART album. With the presence of Dr. Timothy Leary, this 1972 album divides between power-splurge-psych (the side-long epic "Space") and more levitational space-outs (the side long "Time").
Artist:
ASH RA TEMPEL
Title:
Le Berceau de Cristal
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14275
Previously unreleased film soundtrack, recorded in 1975 by Manuel Gottsching (guitar, organ, electronics) and Lutz Ulbrich (guitar, electronics). In a similar style to
Inventions for Electric Guitar
, this is spacy, consciousness-elevation that will appeal to fans of Gottsching's mid-period style.
Artist:
ASH RA TEMPEL
Title:
New Age Of Earth
Label:
SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
SPA 14505
"...was Manuel Gottsching and Ash Ra Tempel's seventh album, originally released in 1976. It has been described as the quintessence of all that they had previously produced...it's simply an undisputed masterpiece." Despite the name and prominent Rosi Muller photo on the cover, this is a all-solo Gottsching affair, playing keyboards, synthesizer and guitar; long cosmic tracks, showing some Schulz-ian trance-out influence, as well as bits of the roots-of-Derrick-May sound that would fully unravel with the later
E2-E4
. Previously tough to find on CD via a label known as Virgin. This album marked the beginning of his relationship with that label, which he followed up
Blackouts
,
Correlations
&
Belle Alliance
.
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