Along with Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel was one of the first bands to convert the trippier side of late-'60s psychedelia into the kosmische rock of the '70s. Most Ash Ra titles were solely the work of Manuel Göttsching, plus any other additional players who happened to be around during the recording of his ten albums. Göttsching trained in classical guitar and studied improvisational music plus electronics at school. In 1970, he formed Ash Ra Tempel with Klaus Schulze (fresh from a brief stint in Tangerine Dream) and Hartmut Enke. After a self-titled album in 1971, Schulze left for a solo career; Göttsching continued on with a variety of bandmembers and guests, including Timothy Leary on 1973's Seven Up (and Schulze again, for Join Inn).
By 1975, Göttsching had released his first solo album (Inventions for Electric Guitar) and though Ashra returned the following year, the next two records by the "group" were Göttsching-only albums, the brilliant New Age of Earth in 1976 and Blackouts one year later. For the 1980s, most Ashra LPs were band-setting albums (with the assistance of guitarist Lutz Ulbrich and drummer Harald Grosskopf) while Göttsching solo records (like the landmark E2-E4) were, truly, solo records. He also reunited with Schulze to work on Alphaville's 1989 LP, The Breathtaking Blue.
ASH RA TEMEL was founded by Enke, Göttsching and as third Schulze came, who left already after 1 year. Then ART was Enke and Göttsching. And when Enke left music for good it was Manuel who remained. That's why some of his solo albums were released under the name of ART.
When Manuel signed with VIRGIN he started to perform with new musicians and shortened the name of the band to ASHRA, also to make a distinction between the two different styles of ART and ASHRA. To play with his band ASHRA Manuel invited first Lutz Ulrich (Lüül), later Harald Grosskopf joined them, 1997 Steve Baltes came for the Japan concert, Herzberg and Berlin. 2000 was the last performance of the band.
CIAN NUGENT 'Childhood, Christian Lies & Slaughter' CD Cian Nugent is a 19 year old guitar player from Dublin who combines squicky pre-war blues, Appalachian string band music, and the Takoma school into a deeply personal style. This cd documents a great live set, produced by Jozef Van Wissem.
Hey Friends, the new Trip in Time Compilation CD is coming - We keep it Psychedelic!
feat. Electric Mystical Soul Vibration (UK), The People (SWE), Ginger (CH), Jenda Wight (USA), Jarvis Jay (AUS), Fuzz Manta (DK), Mother And Sun (SWE), Psychoine (ES), The Magnificent Brotherhood (DE), Crystal Caravan (SWE), Living Room (DE), The Flying Eyes (USA), Black Box Massacre (DE), Serpentina Satelite (PER), Aqua Nebula Oscillator (FR), Space Debris (DE), Fantasyy Factoryy (DE), Zaphire Oktaloque (DE)
Welcome to Manuel Göttsching's solo concerts in the US (2008/08 - 2009/03) and his band's performance in Japan, 2008: New York, Lincoln Center: August 15, 2008 Philadelphia, The Gatherings: August 16, 2008 New York, LOVE, August 17, 2008 Japan, Metamorphose: August 23, 2008 Los Angeles, UCLA Live, Royce Hall: March 7, 2009 For more information and for the links to the venues please check at www. manuel-goettsching. com
Manuel Göttsching & his band ASHRA at Metemorphose Festival in Japan! It was 1997 when Manuel Göttsching & his band ASHRA visited Japan for their first concert tour. Now the time for the band’s return has come: On Saturday, August 23 ASHRA will be performing at one of the most important Open Air Events in Japan, the Metamorphose Festival. This concert also marks the 30. anniversary of the band's recording of its first album CORRELATIONS. On this occasion a 5 CDs album will be released as Special Edition. Watch out here for the precise release date at www. ashra. com
Manuel Göttsching for the first time live on stage in the USA ! Wordless Music: 800 Years of Minimalism - The Spiritual Transcendent Friday, August 15, 2008 7:00 PM Lincoln Center Out of Doors @ Damrosch Park Bandshel 7:00 Beata Viscera (Debut): The Music of Pérotin (fl. c. 1200) 7:30 Rhys Chatham: A Crimson Grail (Outdoor Version World Premiere) 9:00 Manuel Göttsching: E2-E4 (12.12.1981) (U.S. Premiere), with the Joshua Light Show (World Premiere collaboration) There are no tickets or advance registration. The seated capacity is about 4,000, including standing room up to 12,000. So don't be too late ! Joshua White is a New York-based multimedia artist, well known for his collaboration with artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin, among many others. Wordless Music (“There is no more inventive music series in New York.” - Alex Ross, The New Yorker) is devoted to the idea that the sound worlds of classical and contemporary instrumental music—in genres such as indie rock and electronica—have more in common than conventional thinking might suggest. To illustrate the continuity between these worlds, the series pairs rock and electronic musicians in an intimate concert setting with with more traditionally understood classical music performers. MORE at www. ashra. com
Hi. We've just upload our first album "Pomeroy". You can listen and download the whole album in our myspace. If you like Progressive and Math-rock music, if you listen to King Crimson, The Mars Volta, Dream Theater, Russian Circles, Lite,Tool, Yes, Don Caballero...Check out our album!!
Hi friends! I play your track "Traummaschine" in my "Nachtflug" (episode 12) radioshow at Freies Radio Salzkammergut in Austria (in March). More details at my site or here: www. sulatron. com/nachtflug. html Love and peace! Dave/Sula
