Ash Ra Tempel - Self Titled

[progman1975]

How is the album perceived in these parts...Is it worth checkin out???Is it more Krautrock than spacey or kinda both???

[spacefreak]

Krautrock essential!

[Udi Koomran]

Classic stuff - Mighty influential

[Trane]

Krautrock essential!

Classic stuff - Mighty influential

ART's best album by a margin

PM75, it's kinda both...

[Joe F.]

Great album.

One side is shimmering drone-y/space and the other side is acid guitar freak out with Schulze pounding on the skins.

[Pr33t]

Pretty much essential for the genre, and quite possibly the epitome of Göttsching's work. As mentioned above, it's got both the spacey vibe and the Krautrock credentials.

[mellotron storm]

How is the album perceived in these parts...Is it worth checkin out???Is it more Krautrock than spacey or kinda both???

Like Join Inn there are two side long suites and in both cases one is spacey and the other more experimental and heavier.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Although I might prefer Schwingungen (or at times even Join Inn) purely musically speaking, there's little doubt that the debut is their *defining* release and, like Udi stated, a highly influential piece of acid/improvrock skronk, sometimes bordering on early noise stuff. Klaus Schulze sounds solid on drums here, Göttsching is an absolute monster and Enke rips his bass right through the ceiling.

I've got the original Ohr release of this. Damn, that's one gorgeous album cover as well.

[per anporth]

Following on from the Can video thread, & the recommendations of Mr Scissor et al, I've taken a big plunge, & binged out on Krautrock - taking delivery of 15-20 albums, including the ART s/t mentioned here, & Schwingungen - if there's any interest, I'd be well up for talking more about these records, either on thread, or in a group...

Let me know if there's any more interest out there

(to give you some idea, aside from the ART albums, I got a couple of records each by Faust, Tangerine Dream, Guru Guru, Can, Kraftwerk, Amon Dull II, Cluster, Popul Vuh, Harmonia & Neu)

[Shadow]

I think I bought it on vinyl back in the 70's but haven't listened in a very long time.

[Hobo Chang Ba]

A winner. Easily an essential item in the krautrock oeuvre.

[Trane]

I've got the original Ohr release of this. Damn, that's one gorgeous album cover as well.

I'm hoping that one day, this will get the Mini-lp format, just for the sake of the gorgeous artwork.

[walt]

I've never owned this.I have a couple of Ash Ra cds and a couple of Gottsching solo cds but not the s/t.

Methinks i need to get it

[spacefreak]

I'm hoping that one day, this will get the Mini-lp format, just for the sake of the gorgeous artwork.

It already got two in Japan.

2004, on the Arcangelo label. Only cover, as CD media for that edition had been the Spalax one.






2010, on the Belle Antique label. Mini LP as well.

[Trane]

MMMhhhh... 40.00 USD for the Belle antique at Greg's....

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

Following on from the Can video thread, & the recommendations of Mr Scissor et al, I've taken a big plunge, & binged out on Krautrock - taking delivery of 15-20 albums, including the ART s/t mentioned here, & Schwingungen - if there's any interest, I'd be well up for talking more about these records, either on thread, or in a group...

Let me know if there's any more interest out there

(to give you some idea, aside from the ART albums, I got a couple of records each by Faust, Tangerine Dream, Guru Guru, Can, Kraftwerk, Amon Dull II, Cluster, Popul Vuh, Harmonia & Neu)

no Mythos?... no Agitation Free?!

[Scrotum Scissor]

no Mythos?... no Agitation Free?!

Hah! Give the guy a break - there's a lot to digest in this field.

[JeffCarney]

It already got two in Japan.

2004, on the Arcangelo label. Only cover, as CD media for that edition had been the Spalax one.

2010, on the Belle Antique label. Mini LP as well.

FYI, as far as sound, the Belle Antique SHM is still from the same old Spalax transfer; which is a pretty badly denoised needle drop.

So if one wants the cool mini lp cover, just getting the earlier edition makes more sense. One can save some money that way, I think.

[Trane]

FYI, as far as sound, the Belle Antique SHM is still from the same old Spalax transfer; which is a pretty badly denoised needle drop.

So if one wants the cool mini lp cover, just getting the earlier edition makes more sense. One can save some money that way, I think.

I thought SHM was the rage in terms of quality a few years back??


Don't know if the archangelo minLp is still available, though.

[JeffCarney]

I thought SHM was the rage in terms of quality a few years back??

SHM is meaningless. It's the mastering and source that matter.

[Progbear]

ART's best album by a margin

I’m quite fond of Inventions for Electric Guitar in a “you won’t believe it’s really all guitar” kind of way, but that’s more of a Göttsching solo album. The self-titled is definitely the best ART proper album. I, for one, find New Age of Earth (technically Ashra, though at least one release was credited to Ash Ra Tempel, the French one on Isadora, maybe?) to be one of the finest cosmic music albums; lots of synth in addition to the guitar on that one, but one of my most-loved relaxation discs. I never grow tired of it.

[Digital_Man]

I had it a long time ago. Great album that I'll need to buy again at some point. One side is proto metal and one side is proto new age.

[walt]

Got this a couple of days ago.Good stuff.