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Ash Ra Tempel | |
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| Origin | Berlin,Germany |
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| Years active | 1970–1976, 2000–2001 |
| Labels | Ohr,Virgin, Kosmische,King,Cleopatra,Spalax |
| Past members | Manuel Göttsching Hartmut Enke Klaus Schulze Wolfgang Müller Rosi Müller |
| Website | Official site |
Ash Ra Tempel was a Germankrautrock group led by guitaristManuel Göttsching that was active from 1970 to 1976. Their debut albumAsh Ra Tempel was released in 1971. Following the band's demise, Göttsching released music under the nameAshra.
The group was founded by Göttsching, drummerKlaus Schulze, and bassistHartmut Enke in 1971, following their participation inConrad Schnitzler's short-lived groupEruption. Prior to Eruption, Schnitzler and Schulze had played together inTangerine Dream.
Ash Ra Tempel released its self-titled debut album in June 1971; it is considered by critics to be a classic of the krautrock genre. Following the album's release, Schulze left for a solo career and subsequent albums utilized different drummers, frequently augmented by additional musicians. In 1972 the band collaborated withTimothy Leary, who was living in exile in Switzerland; an album,Seven Up, was released in 1973. On February 28, 1973,[1] a reunion concert performance with the original line-up took place inCologne. An album featuring the original three plus added vocalist Rosi Müller,Join Inn, was released later that year. AfterJoin Inn, both Schulz and Enke departed and for the next album —Starring Rosi — the band was credited as only Göttsching and Müller, with special thanks to Harald Grosskopf on drums and engineerDieter Dierks, who played bass.
In 1975 Göttsching released a solo album,Inventions for Electric Guitar, that was subtitled "Ash Ra Tempel VI" — dubbing it the sixth Ash Ra Tempel album. Later that year Göttsching collaborated on the soundtrack forPhilippe Garrel'sLe berceau de cristal with Lütz Ülbrich ofAgitation Free. The soundtrack's first commercial release — under the Ash Ra Tempel banner — wasn't until 1993.
The next Ash Ra Tempel album, 1976'sNew Age of Earth — for all intents and purposes another Göttsching solo album — was re-released the following year under the band nameAshra, signaling the end of Ash Ra Tempel. Ashra continued to release music into the early 2000s.
WhenJulian Cope, musician and author ofKrautrocksampler, invited Göttsching to perform at his April 2000 Cornucopea festival, an attempt was made to once again reunite the original trio. Unable to convince Enke to participate, Göttsching and Schulze nonetheless resurrected the Ash Ra Tempel name for the performance, releasing an album of new material —Friendship — later that year.
Ash Ra Tempel exerted a relatively large influence on later space rock, krautrock, electronic and ambient music. The psychedelic bandsAcid Mothers Temple andHash Jar Tempo named themselves in reference to Ash Ra Tempel. Theexperimental rock ensembleAl Berkowitz covered "Light: Look At Your Sun," fromSchwingungen, and featured it on their live albumApprenticeship and Attitude (2009).[2] Hungarian psychedelic hardcore, 'shaman punk' bandGalloping Coroners also said that they were influenced by Ash Ra Tempel in the late 1970s.[3]
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