Altered Zones

Ash Ra Tempel's stellar run of 1970s albums, as well as Manuel Göttsching's Inventions for Electric Guitar, have been remastered and reissued on CD by Göttsching himself (aka Mr. Ash Ra). The albums-- Ash Ra Tempel's self-titled, Schwingungen, Join Inn, Seven Up, and Starring Rosi-- are all through Manuel's MG.ART label, available for purchase on the official Ash Ra Tempel website. If you choose to grab all of them, you're sent a freebie DVD of Manuel Göttsching: Postcards From Japan 2008, Manuel Göttsching & Kinga: Wroclaw Live 2007, or Ashra: Live at the Open Air Festival Herzberg 1997. These reissues were quietly released a few months back, but are essential listenings as valuable today as they were in the golden age of krautrock. --Matt Sullivan, Altered Zones via The Wire

All the albums are out on MG.ART and still available in Ash Ra Tempel's little shop