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Schwingungen by Ash Ra Tempel (CD, 1972)

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Title: Schwingungen. Originally recorded and released in 1972, this edition on MIG has been remastered by band leader Manuel Gottsching. Schwingungen: Suche/Liebe. Artist: Ash Ra Tempel. Format: CD. Genre: Rock.

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ProducerRolf-Ulrich Kaiser

Record LabelMg.Art

UPC4260017591120

eBay Product ID (ePID)18050136979

Product Key Features

Release Year1972

FormatCD

GenreRock

Run Time38 Mins 28 Seconds

StyleArt Rock

ArtistAsh Ra Tempel

Release TitleSchwingungen

Additional Product Features

DistributionMusic Video Distribution

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Number of Discs1

ReviewsUncut (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The twinkling, bluesy 'Light: Look At Your Sun' imagines a more blissed-out Can..."

Additional informationPersonnel: Manuel Göttsching (guitar, organ, electronics); Hartmut "Indra Rogér" Enke (guitar, electronics); Wolfgang Müller (vibraphone, drums). Audio Remasterer: Manuel Göttsching. Ash Ra Tempel's second album featured the first of several personnel changes, Klaus Schulze having departed for other realms and replaced as a result by Wolfgang Muller. A few guest players surfaced here and there as well, with one John L. taking the lead vocals -- another difference from the self-titled debut, which was entirely instrumental. The general principle of side-long efforts continued, though the first half was split into two related songs, "Light" and "Darkness." "Light" itself sounded halfway between the zoned-out exploration of "Traummaschine" and bluesy jamming, a weird if not totally discordant combination that still manages to sound more out there than most bands of the time. Gottsching's fried solo, in particular, is great, sending the rest of the song out to silence that leads into "Darkness." Said song initially takes a far more minimal approach that bears even more resemblance to "Traummaschine," fading out almost entirely by the third minute before a full band performance (including Uli Popp on bongos and Matthais Wehler's sudden alto sax bursts) slowly builds into a frenetic jam. John L.'s vocals become echoed screams and yelps not far off from Damo Suzuki's approach in Can, and the overall performance is a perfect slice of Krautrock insanity, sudden swirls of flanging and even more on-the-edge solos from Gottsching and Wehler sending it over the top. "Suche & Liebe" takes up the entire second side, the performers this time around concentrating on the quiet but unsettling approach, Gottsching's massive soloing kept low in the mix but not so much that it doesn't freak out listeners. The song concludes on an almost conventionally pretty band jam, something that could almost be Meddle-era Pink Floyd, only with even a more haunting, alien air thanks to the wordless vocal keening. ~ Ned Raggett

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo