It is the dawn of the 1970s and a new generation of West German musicians is mapping out experimental sounds, unfettered by existing boundaries. Classically trained guitarist Manuel Göttsching is digesting the sounds of Clapton, Hendrix and Peter Green as part of a rich and diverse musical diet. His journey will take him to the heart of cosmic rock as a member of Ash Ra Tempel and the Cosmic Jokers, to a fusion of rock, minimalism and electronics, working both solo and with band as Ashra and on to the incredible E2-E4, a masterpiece of electronic music that will provide a blueprint for the next generation and beyond.
From Timothy Leary to Virgin Records, from fashion to film, from New York lofts to the Tokyo Tower, from tarot to techno, from the desert to a river, from analogue to digital, from studio to stage, from Berlin with genius - using previously unpublished interviews the author conducted with members of Ashra, as well as correspondence with other key personalities and selective historic sources, this is the first book to tell the Manuel Göttsching story in full.
