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One track per side: the power-drive storming \"Amboss\" and the shimmering timeless \"Traummaschine\". A yin-and-yang type concept that was followed on further albums. After this only the core of Göttsching and Enke remained constant for a while, with lots of other musicians passing through the band. Songs also featured on some, notably on \"Schwingungen\" which had psychedelic blues numbers on one side and a deep space trip on the other, and the similarly balanced \"Seven Up\" collaboration with acid guru Timothy Leary. Other related \"super-sessions\" that were born out of this \"Cosmic Couriers\" collaboration idea included albums with [a256782], [a256792] and [a222379].\r\n\r\nLater, only Manuel Göttsching kept the band-name going, with the duo project \"Starring Rosi\" and the cosmic guitar album \"Inventions For Electric Guitar\" after which Ash Ra Tempel were re-branded as [a49639].\r\n\r\nThe current version of the  Band is called [a5947028]. 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Recorded in August 1972 at Sinus Studio in Berne, Switzerland, remixed September 1972 at Dierks Studios in Stommeln, Germany. First release in spring 1973 by OHR Musik – the first release on the new sub-label \"Kosmische Kuriere\", Kat-Nr. 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It features guitarist Manuel Göttsching with drummer Klaus Schulze and bassist Hartmut Enke. Engineered by Conny Plank, it was recorded in March 1971 and released in June 1971 on Ohr Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 50th Anniversary Album is released in Memoriam of all the musical contributors to this release and on Manuel Göttsching's MG.Art label. It's the fourth and headlining edition in this series and was finalized, carefully overseen by Manuel Göttsching himself in the late Autumn of 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch has been written about the record and band. Having finished a first musical chapter with their Steeple Chase Bluesband and still at the very young age of only 17 and 18 years old, Manuel Göttsching and Hartmut Enke met Klaus Schulze. Together they started to write and compose what, to many, became one of the holy grails of Psychedelic Rock and early Electronic Music – the German variant which was later also named “Krautrock”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere we would like the Band to be heard, for what can easily be said as the first time in 50+ years, with the exception of some early Journalists for whom the young Manuel Göttsching wrote a statement of intent (the original text can be found inside this edition) as following:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Our musical concept is based on a combination of blues rock and delicate collages of electronic sound. These two elements should remain inseparable. And in their complex unity, the different musical philosophies of each musician find a common sweet spot.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Our music is a permanently impulsive experience left to develop as it will, starting from a common fixed point of departure. This is where the difficulty of the music begins: No standardized formulation of our music can and should be possible. Only the constant reaction within the band can determine the musical result. And this requires constant listening with full concentration on the part of the creators.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The idea of a particular musician will be – if flexible enough – absorbed by the others, transposed to their own instrument, and reflected back into the music as an individual contribution. This reciprocity within the band is then transferred over to the audience. And this process means that their reaction is not only a contribution to the end result; it actually makes them jointly responsible for the creation of the final musical product.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“On our album, the track “Amboss” represents the first layer. Conventional instruments communicate familiar music which is in part expanded through electronic means. In the second track of the album – “Traummaschine” – the actual basic sound approach is dissolved into an electronic Nirvana which no longer allows the concrete identification of actual instruments. Innocent, virgin listening, free from any and every association, can finally begin – and the music can be absorbed and processed free from the limitations of categorization. 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The album is a sonic journey that takes listeners through seven distinct tracks, each showcasing Manuel Göttsching's pioneering approach to music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the dreamy opening track \"\u003cem\u003eLaughter Loving\u003c\/em\u003e\" to the meditative \"\u003cem\u003eDay-Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\" and the atmospheric \"\u003cem\u003eInterplay of Forces\u003c\/em\u003e,\" the songs illustrate the band's evolution from their earlier, more intense and improvisational albums, showcasing a more reflective and introspective side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Fairy Dance\u003c\/em\u003e\" delves into the mystical and meditative, transporting listeners to a dreamlike state. 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Their self-titled debut-album from1971, in the line-up Hartmut Enke (bass), Manuel Göttsching (guitar), Klaus Schulze (drums), radically deconstructed elements of Rock and Blues, as it was combining electronic sounds to encourage new listening habits. Whilst Göttsching and Schulze later followed their solo careers, they always stayed friends and, over the decades, showed their musical solidarity in collaborations, with innovative electronics and guitar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it was only in 2000, when they decided for this short intermezzo to perform together again under the Ash Ra Tempel banner. Julian Cope (author of \u003ci\u003eKrautrock-Sampler\u003c\/i\u003e had invited Göttsching to his \u003ci\u003eCornucopia Festival\u003c\/i\u003e in London, and the two musicians took the offer as a great opportunity for a one-time reunion concert at the Royal Festival Hall on April 2, 2000. 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