Color: Transparent. 140 Gram Vinyl. Re-Cut and Overseen by Manuel Gottsching. 350 Gram Quadro Fold Out Sleeve, A2 Poster, 2 x A4 Inlays in German and English with Original Bio Sheet written by Manuel Göttsching. UPC: 4251804142489 Ash Ra Tempel is the eponymous debut studio album by the Krautrock band Ash Ra Tempel . It features guitarist Manuel Gottsching 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. This 50th Anniversary Album is released in Memoriam of all the musical contributors to this release and on Manuel Gottsching's MG.Art label. It's the fourth and headlining edition in this series and was finalized, carefully overseen by Manuel Gottsching himself in the late Autumn of 2022. Much 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 Gottsching 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". Here 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 Gottsching wrote a statement of intent (the original text can be found inside this edition) as following: "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." "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 concentr...