Ash Ra Tempel (& Timothy Leary) - Seven Up / 1973 (3rd album) - 320Kbps - Krautrock # DrBnseeders: 10
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Ash Ra Tempel (& Timothy Leary) - Seven Up / 1973 (3rd album) - 320Kbps - Krautrock # DrBn (Size: 86.65 MB)
DescriptionAsh Ra Tempel & Timothy Leary Seven Up 1973  CD / 1993 / 320Kbps Tracklist: 1. Space a. Downtown b. Power Drive c. Right Hand Lover d. Velvet Genes 2. Time a. Timeship b. Neuron c. She Personnel: Timothy Leary, Brian Barritt, Liz Elliot, Bettina Hohls, Portia Nkomo, Michael Duwe: voices Manuel Göttsching: guitar, electronics Hartmut Enke: bass, guitar, electronics Steve Schroyder: organ, electronics Dietmar Burmeister: drums Tommy Engel: drums Klaus D. Müller: tambourine Dieter Dierks: synthesizer Seven Up is the third studio album by German krautrock band Ash Ra Tempel and their only album recorded in collaboration with American psychologist/drug advocate Timothy Leary. It was first released in 1973. Most of Seven Up was recorded live at the Bern Festival in Switzerland in August 1972. Timothy Leary was living in exile in Switzerland at the time, having escaped from prison in San Luis Obispo, California in September 1970. Seven Up is often very misunderstood by fans of their music. It's a real odd one to say the least, and if you're familiar with such albums as their 1971 debut, Join Inn (1973), or Inventions For Electric Guitar (1975, actually a Manuel Göttsching solo album) this one is quite a shock indeed. The album starts off with "Space". It's a suite divided in to four movements. It starts off with "Downtown", which doesn't sound too encouraging. It sounds like downright generic blues sung by a female vocalist, but never let that deceive you. You quickly face some truly mind blowing spacy electronic effects and noise that never lets up! It's pretty much the same throughout, although three more blues songs will follow, but as always, the blues songs never last because it sounds like the band was just so stoned at the time, they'd rather blow people's mind. I can sense quite a bit of irony in the way the band played those blues numbers. Thanks to the presence of Timothy Leary (who was in exile in neighboring Switzerland), it's no surprise that this music is the effects of an LSD trip. The second half of the album is taken up by a three movement suite called "Time". Here's where detractors of the album finds its redeeming qualities, as this is very much like like Alpha Centauri-era Tangerine Dream. The last movement of "Time" is "She" which is basically a re-recording of "Suche & Liebe" off Ash Ra Tempel's 1972 album Schwingungen. This is a wonderful, and underrated album, which if you approach with an open-mind you'll probably enjoy it. The name "Seven Up" was thought up by lyricist Brian Barritt, after the group were given a bottle of the lemonade drink 7 Up that had been spiked with LSD. >>> More “Ash Ra Tempel” :    Sharing Widget |