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Ash Ra Tempel

The debut by Göttsching, Hartmut Enke and Klaus Schulze: two side-long pieces, engineered by Conny Plank.
Manuel Göttsching, 1971

Wikipedia gives the recording date as March 11, 1971, and German Wikipedia places it at a Hamburg studio with Conny Plank as engineer; no producer is credited on the page we read. Manuel Göttsching played guitar, electronics and vocals, Hartmut Enke bass and Klaus Schulze drums, percussion and electronics. Side one is "Amboss" (19:40) and side two "Traummaschine" (25:24). AllMusic gave four stars and called it astonishingly prescient and just flat out good. A Spalax CD followed in 1991, and a 50th anniversary edition in 2023.

Track listing

  1. Amboss19:40
  2. Traummaschine25:24

More from Manuel Göttsching

Schwingungen (1972), Starring Rosi (1973), E2-E4 (1984), Dream & Desire (1991), Die Mulde (2005)

Sources

  1. Ash Ra Tempel (album), Wikipedia
  2. Ash Ra Tempel, German Wikipedia