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Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen 1972 (full album)


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Line-up / Musicians



Manuel Göttsching - guitar, organ, electronics, choir

Hartmut \"Indra Rogér\" Enke - guitar, bass, electronics RIP

Wolfgang Müller - drums, vibraphone

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John L. (Manfred Fuchs) - vocals, jew's harp, percussion RIP

Matthias Wehler - alto saxophone

Uli Popp - bongos



Tracks Listing



01.Light: Look At Your Sun

02.Darkness: Flowers Must Die

03.Suche & Liebe



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Schwingungen, Ash Ra Tempel's second effort, is a vastly underrated album even by ardent fans of the band. Perhaps it's due to the absence of Klaus Schulze? The controversy here surrounds John L., Ash Ra Tempel's one and only vocalizer (singer just isn't an appropriate term here). He is, to say the least, the Krautrock movement's supreme example of a paranoid schizophrenic. For those who are familiar with the LSD ramblings of Dawn on Brainticket's Cottonwood Hill, then John L. is her male equivalent. 'Darkness: Flowers Must Die' just about says it all. And boy does John L. say it all! While a steady rhythm section chugs along (not near the intensity Schulze brought on the debut however) - there are sax bursts, fuzz guitar flashes, tribal drums, and other phased sounds and noises creating a very edgy atmosphere. Through the chaos, John L. is screaming and anguishing (through electronic effects) about the decay of cities and the Earth. \"Flowers must die, flowers must die\", \"Die, die, die, die ,die...\" and all hell breaks loose. Here, Manuel Göttsching pulls off the most angry and concise guitar solo of his career, and at the end, if the listener is not left in a heap in the middle of the floor - well, they're just not getting involved! In keeping with Ash Ra Tempel's wild side/mellow side theme introduced on the first album, the flip 19 minute composition is an exercise in choral, tranquil electronic beauty - recalling Pink Floyd's Saucerful Of Secrets at their most cosmic and trippy. An album that should leave one emotionally exhausted if paying careful attention. \"



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Comments


 
A fantastic example of pure psychedelic "Krautrock" - a genre/movement I am just beginning to discover has so many great bands.
Dan Sunday, 16th May, 2021 @ 7:23 am



 
A fantastic example of pure psychedelic "Krautrock" - a genre/movement I am just beginning to discover has so many great bands.
Dan Albums Sunday, 16th May, 2021 @ 7:23 am



 
A fantastic example of pure psychedelic "Krautrock" - a genre/movement I am just beginning to discover has so many great bands.
Dan Albums Sunday, 16th May, 2021 @ 7:23 am


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