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Ashra - New Age of Earth

SKU 15-VIRGIN 2080
This album, recorded in Berlin, and originally released in 1977 on Virgin, marks the first time Manuel Gottsching used the name Ashra (as opposed to Ash Ra Tempel). This was also possibly the first time that the term "new age" was used on a record! It's another completely wonderful, flowing, spacey album, featuring just Manuel performing on sequencer, keyboards and a lot of guitar. He did one more great one after this, Blackouts. I totally love Manuel's work; when he's on, he might be my absolute favorite of the Berlin scenesters. Highly recommended if you dig this stuff.
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Actually, to be picky, the original release of this album seems to have been on the Isodora label, out of France, in 1976. Either way, it's definitely among Gottsching's best work, along with Inventions for Electric Guitar and Early Water (with Michael Hoenig). This is positively essential if you're down with the kosmische/kraut/Berlin scene -- and possibly even if you're not.
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