Timothy Leary & Ash Ra Tempel

Ash Ra Tempel

Ash Ra Tempel

While the collective Detroit obsession wi the Outer-spacings of Sun Ra and the free-jazz innervisions © John Coltrane had been tamed beyond recognition by the American record industry, Ash Ra Tempel suffered no such disappointment.

Ash Ra Tempel

Schwingungen

In the first two Ash Ra Tempel LPs, Ash Ra Tempel and Schwingungen, they had captured on record All that Iggy Pop had promised Could-be but, because of Record Industry Hangups, had been unable to deliver.

Klaus Schulze

Irrlicht

By the second LP Schwingungen (Vibrations). Schultze had temporarily left the band to record his mi ghty solo album Irrlicht, an album which begins like a ni ghtsome unknown stadium then continues into the very h cosmic-dom, Klaus accompanied only by his synthesizers an orchestra which he said later “possibly thought I was In the meantime, Schwingungen saw Ash Ra Tempel through its cosmic Stooges’ Funhouse stage, complete Mathias Wehler on wailing alto sax, in the Steve McKay tion.

Ash Ra Tempel & Timothy Leary

7Up

As both were already in 20s, they had put together the 7Up lyrics around a tradirock’n’roll construction which was totally at odds with Kosmische sound of Ash Ra Tempel.