Originator of Electric Drumming. Started drumming aged 15 with the STUNTMEN, a Beatband that mainly played Sixtieth pop. From 1971 on, drumming member of WALLENSTEIN, a German classic rock band with cult status. Left WALLENSTEIN in 1974, after recorded and released four albums. During those studio sessions he met MANUEL GOETTSCHING and KLAUS SCHULZE from Berlin, that used electronic equipment expressing themselves, with the intension to get away from Anglo-American main stream influences. Touring France and England with ASHRA in 1977. HARALD GROSSKOPF is to heard on several albums of MANUEL GOETTSCHINGS - ASH RA TEMPEL, later ASHRA and KLAUS SCHULZE. SYNTHESIST, first solo release in 1980. Since then he recorded four more solo albums. OCEANHEART, WORLD OF QUETZAL, DIGITAL NOMAD and at last YETI SOCIETY in 2004. HARALD GROSSKOPF is to be heard on more than 100 albums, mainly of the electronic genre. He toured England, France, Spain, Austria, Suizzerland, Japan, USA and Russia. In 1998, together with AXEL MANRICO HEILHECKER, Germanies most profiled guitarist, he founded SUNYA BEAT, a Trance and Big Beat oriented group. Later, STEVE BALTES (DEEP VOICES) joined the act as keyboarder and live editor. SUNYA BEAT produced three albums (Sunya Beat, Dehli Slide, Coming soon) and played several live appearances (check www.sunyabeat.com). In August 2008 with Manuel Goettsching and Ashra in Japan at Metamorphose 08, Japans biggest summer festival in front of 40000 visitors.
Check gallery 08 at: www.metamo.info/gallery
&: www.harald-grosskopf.de
& www.ashra.com
Harald Grosskopf performs an extraordinary, breathtaking Trance electronica live drumming solo act, along with different young musicians. ..
hier mal ein Bild meines ersten Digitalsequencers. Du warst ja einer der ersten, die sich getraut haben, oder in der Lage waren, zu Maschinen zu spielen.
Harald-Thanks for the friendship! I've been listening to you since you appeared on your first Klaus Schulze recording back in the vinyl LP days..when was that? 1978, '79? Anyway, it's been a LONG time! Hope all is well with you-keep up the great work! All my best Gary (USA)
Wenn Du möchtest, wirf einen kurzen Blick in meine Band-Info, und für mehr Kommunikation nutze (verwende? gebrauche?) bei Interesse bitte mein altes (=Haupt) Profil.
Das hier ist mein nagelneuer Standard-Begrüßungs-Kommentar (in Deutscher Sprache und aus Zeit(Not)Gründen) und ich hoffe, Du findest das OK...
Hallo und vielen Dank für's Annehmen der MS-Freundschaft. Eine große Ehre für einen kleinen Hobbymucker.
Dein Schaffen verfolge ich schon seit den langen Jahren,besonders die Sachen mit KS,aber auch was danach kam. Im Volkspark in Hagen hatte ich jetzt endlich mal Gelegenheit dich live zu sehen. War ein tolles Konzert!
