ASH RA TEMPEL - ASH RA TEMPEL(50TH ANNIVERSARY)

Simply one of the all-time great Krautrock albums, this is the original 1971 Ash Ra Tempel lineup with Manuel Göttsching, Hartmut Enke, and Klaus Schulze (who had just left Tangerine Dream following the release of "Electronic Meditation"). Still at this point, Schulze was handling the drums, rather than keyboards that he's most famous for.

There are only two side-length cuts. "Amboss" is totally mindblowing guitar-oriented jam that's not unlike the most intense moments of "Electronic Meditation", I guess that shouldn't be any surprise as both were recording on Ohr, and Schulze was involved in both.

"Traummaschine" (German for "Dream Machine") is a much more relaxed, spooky sounding piece, mostly relying on ambience, with the guitar only rearing its head occasionally. Another mindblowing piece for the total opposite reason as "Amboss".

50th Anniversary transparent vinyl edition.

Tracklist:
Amboss 19:40
Traummaschine 25:24