Sunday, March 04, 2007

Krautrock #11: Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel

Ah, Manuel Göttsching. Yes, all the groovy fuckers know him for his early 80s solo trance epic, E2-E4, much beloved of ealy 90s Italian house producers and that Carl Craig chap. Back at the start, though, he was another longhair with his power trio, originally called the Steeple Chase Bluesband (mm, catchy) and also featuring a gent called Klaus Schulze on, erm, drums. Klaus, late of the first line-up of Tangerine Dream with Edgar Froese and Conrad Schnitzler, and soon to pioneer classic German trip-out synth stuff. Here, though, the freak flag flies high on two side-long workouts housed in another wacky cover, this time a central fold-out thing. The flip's "Traummaschine" is trancey and pacey but this rocks like a good 'un.

1. Amboss

Download here (mp3, 18.3 mb)

Manuel Göttsching's website focuses more on current work solo and as part of the shortened Ashra, but again our friends at Progweed have some things to say.

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