MANUEL GÖTTSCHING & ASH RA TEMPEL – The Private Tapes Vol. 2 (1996) FULL ALBUM - Krautrock

Описание: | 00:00:00 | Manuel Göttsching - Deep Distance (live)
| 00:21:23 | Manuel Göttsching - Shuttle Cock (live)
| 00:39:48 | Manuel Göttsching - Wall of Sound
| 00:52:03 | Ash Ra Tempel - Soirée Académique (live)
| 01:16:32 | Ash Ra Tempel - Interview (Klaus Schulze)

NOTES:
Limited edition of 1000 copies.
This is the second volume in a series of six CDs with unreleased historic recordings from the '70s by Manuel Göttsching and his groups Ash Ra Tempel & Ashra.

Track 1 & 2: Live at the Bataclan, 14th December 1976
Track 3: Studio Roma, 1979
Track 4: Live at Akademie der Künste, 19th May 1971
Track 5: Klaus Schulze interview, December 1970

CREDITS:
Mastered By – Klaus D. Müller, Peter Harenberg
Producer – Klaus D. Müller

MANUEL GÖTTSCHING
Real Name: Manuel Göttsching
German musician, born September 9, 1952 in Berlin; died December 4, 2022 in Berlin. Göttsching was hugely influencial with his E2-E4 album (recorded 1981, released 1984) and as a Krautrock guitarist. He had started his career in music at a young age, with various Berlin pop and blues bands in the late 1960s, including the Steeple Chase Bluesband. He became the mainstay of Ash Ra Tempel and Ashra, and also worked with The Cosmic Jokers, and other Kosmische Kuriere projects. In 1976 he established a project together with Michael Hoenig, and on numerous occasions he also played as a guest/collaborator along with Klaus Schulze.

ASH RA TEMPEL
German band born out of the late 1960s underground scene in Berlin. Centered around Manuel Göttsching (guitar) and Hartmut Enke (bass), Ash Ra Tempel were rooted in a succession of beat and blues bands, including the Bluebirds, The Bomb Proofs, Bad Joe and Steeple Chase Bluesband. The latter were transformed entirely when Klaus Schulze from Tangerine Dream met up with them, and formed Ash Ra Tempel.

The trio of Göttsching / Enke / Schulze decided to abandon conventional composition and songwriting in favour of free-form improvising and developing a new musical language. As such, they became notorious for jams that could exceed 30 minutes (some such recordings can be found on The Private Tapes releases). Ash Ra Tempel went to Hamburg in March 1971 to record their debut, with the aid of top engineer Conny Plank. A Krautrock twist on the space-rock music as pioneered by Pink Floyd and Hawkwind, with elements of both yet devoid of songs. One track per side: the power-drive storming "Amboss" and the shimmering timeless "Traummaschine". A yin-and-yang type concept that was followed on further albums.

Schulze departed after the band's debut, with lots of other musicians passing through the group for their second album Schwingungen. The record had psychedelic blues numbers on one side, and a deep space trip on the other. The same concept appearing on the similarly balanced Seven Up collaboration with acid guru Timothy Leary. Other related "super-sessions" were born out of this so-called Cosmic Couriers collaboration idea included albums with Sergius Golowin, Walter Wegmüller and The Cosmic Jokers. Schulze returned for the band's 4th album Join Inn, in 1973.

Hartmut soon left the band and abandoned music altogether, leaving Göttsching to keep the band-name going, with the duo project Starring Rosi, the cosmic guitar album Inventions For Electric Guitar, and the album New Age Of Earth, after which Ash Ra Tempel were re-branded as Ashra. A later incarnation of the band was called Ash Ra Tempel Experience. The members were Manuel Göttsching, Oren Ambarchi, Shags Chamberlain and Ariel Pink. When Göttsching died in December 2022, the Ash Ra projects died with him.

Members:
Klaus Schulze, Manuel Göttsching, Lutz Ulbrich, Dieter Dierks, Rosi Müller, Hartmut Enke, Wolfgang Müller