On June 5, 2013, 11pm on Radio Eins "Electro Beats"
MG will speak with Olaf Zimmermann about his concert on Sa, June 15, 8
PM in Berlin at the ufaFabrik (see below) and the idea behind it.
You will be also informed about the new releases: the DVD of the
transmediale concert with the Joshua Light
Show
and the DVD of the "Correlations in
Concert" at
the ufaFabrik - both concerts from 2012. The DVDs will be ready for the
concert at the ufaFabrik, in shops available a bit later.
And last but not least, MG will also speak about his next concerts and
plans...
Don't miss the program!
Forthcoming concerts by Manuel Göttsching solo or with his band Ashra in 2013
Saturday 15 June 2013, 8pm in Berlin
"The Private Tapes" live on stage! Accompanied by his band Ashra, Harald Grosskopf on drums and Steve Baltes on electronics,
Manuel Göttsching will perform music from this sold out and very wanted album series
The Private Tapes Vol. 1,
Vol. 2,
Vol. 3,
Vol. 4,
Vol. 5 and
Vol. 6.
Most of the tracks have never been performed live, and playing them at ufaFabrik will be a true PREMIERE!
On YouTube we have found excerpts of music from those albums:
Bois de soleil with images from the film "Lawrence of Arabia", Whoopee, Wall of Sound,
Bois de la lune,
Ultramarine.
Visit also SoundCloud for some of the music:
Saturday 13 July 2013, 8.30 pm at the Ambient Festival in Gorlice/Poland
Manuel plays solo his greatest hits!
Other concerts are currently in discussion:
MG solo, but also Le Berceau de Cristal with Ash Ra Tempel & Florian Baron's light show
and an orchestra version to F.W. Murnau's silent movie from 1921 Schloss Vogelöd (Haunted Castle)
As Manuel's concerts are usually sold out quickly, we recommend to order tickets immediately
here.
We're looking forward to seeing you at the ufaFabrik in Berlin and the other places to be announced soon...
Some excerpts from Manuel's E2-E4 concert in Madrid
Visuals created live by Rod Maclachlan.
The FREEDOMUNE Special with Manuel Göttsching on Dax TV
Dommune in an interview with MG before his E2-E4-Eternity concert on August 11, 2012 in Japan, dedicated to victims of the Tsunami and Fukushima. Both speak about the danger of nuclear power, but also about "The Making of SEVEN UP", a film project that MG's film production company CV Films Berlin prepares.
Watch the interview on Dax TV or on youtube.
And enjoy an excerpt from the FREEDOMMUNE concert on Dax TV, on youtube and on Vimeo, as due to GEMA only this link works in Germany.
Daisuke Konno's T-shirt with an anti-nuclear power message for the festival
You can order it in the artist's shop, but a limited number of big sizes, signed by MG, is also available in our shop. A part of the money is contributed to orphans and animals of Tsunami and Fukushima.
Transmediale Blog
Laura H. Zurriaga created and posted one video for every day of the transmediale to show her impression. This video blog was supported by Realeyz TV, the transmediale festival and club transmediale (CTM). Click here to see the clip about Manuel!
First reviews of the E2-E4 concert with the Joshua Light Show on September 8, 2012 at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw as part of Sonic Fiction - przemiany festival 2012 - which he and his crew enjoyed a lot!
Damian Koczkodon's review in his music blog elmuzyka (scroll down for the English version), which is also dedicated to Manuel's music in general.
Popupmusic.pl writes: "A pity for this special place, the good sound, nice visuals, an interesting idea for a program - but with the exception of Göttsching's concert, Sonic Fiction was a solid disappointment, not to say - a waste of time."
(Polish: Szkoda wyjatkowego miejsca, dobrego naglosnienia, ladnej oprawy wizualnej, ciekawego pomyslu na program - z wyjatkiem koncertu Göttschinga, Sonic Fiction okazalo sie solidnym rozczarowaniem, zeby nie powiedziec - strata czasu.)
Even if we do not agree with the author's resume of this year's Sonic Fiction festival, it is nice to read that for him Manuel Göttsching's concert was the only one worth going :-)
More to follow....
Here are two video clips from the concert made by fans:
Clip 1 Clip 2
Announcing the concert: Gazeta Wyborcza honores Manuel and his work.
Informations about the concert also in the Polish rock magazine Teraz Rock.
In the article "Wszystkie odloty Manu" (All of Manu's high-flights) T-Mobile Music congratulates Manuel Göttsching for his 60th anniversary and announces his concert in Warsaw enthusiastically.
A Rare Occasion - Meeting Manuel Göttsching
Lodown Magazine visited Manuel in his historical Berlin studio
Ash Ra Tempel up for a laugh!
Manuel Göttsching's „Traummaschine“ a track from his first Ash Ra Tempel album is played in the British comedy quiz show "Lucky Sexy Winners" on Channel 4, hosted by the famous comedians Vic & Bob. The show started on August 23, at 10 pm BST, and can be watched online on Channel 4 on demand for the next 30 days. Please scroll down to "Episode 1 - Vic & Bob's Lucky Sexy Winners".
E2-E4-Japan
On August 11, 2012 Manuel Göttsching performed E2-E4 in Japan at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, as part of Dommune's benefit concert for orphans who have lost their families in the earthquake in Japan on March 11th, 2011 and its aftermath. The concert has been streamed all over the world, and we asked our fans for donations. But as there were some countries where it was not possible to see it, we will upload the stream soon to additionally help the victims. Thank you in advance for your support!
Space Shower TV has filmed the performance and interviewed MG before. A mixture of both will be shown as an 1 hour programme on Japanese TV in Septembert 2012. We will inform you about the date with a link soon. In the meantime please check out some excerpts of the concert filmed by fans.
Some photographs you can see here.
And here is a Japanese blog with reactions to this concert and two videos.
Previous concerts of E2-E4 with links to video excerpts:
8. Poland premiere at the festival Sonic Fiction/przemiany on September 8, 2012.
7. E2-E4-Japan - Dommune's benefit concert on August 11, 2012.
6. E2-E4 at Museum Abteiberg on June 23, 2012. Interview before the concert and 10 min. excerpt of the performance here
5. Spain premiere at Electrónica en Abril in Madrid on April 12, 2012
4. China premiere in Peking at Art Zone 798 on November 1, 2008
3. US premiere with the legendary Joshua Light Show in New York's Lincoln Center on August 15, 2008
2. Germany premiere on it's 25th birthday, December 12, 2006 in Berlin at Berghain
1. World premiere
in Japan at Mt. Fuji (the first performance EVER) on August 27, 2006
Special Event on March 25, 2005 at Volksbühne Berlin with the contemporary music ensemble Zeitkratzer (also known from the performance of Lou Reeds' Metal Machine Music)
E2-E4 30th anniversary:
For it's very birthday on December 12, 2011, THE WIRE dedicated the cover story of its December issue to the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking album. The author Keith Molinč also features Manuel's legendary bands Ash Ra Tempel/Ashra. By the way, how do you like Manuel as a Chess figure?
To read the article please click on the cover.
E2-E4 at Museum Abteiberg
Mönchengladbach, June 23, 2012: Before the concert Manuel Göttsching spoke with Düsseldorf's art channel Eiskellerberg.tv about music, art and life style. Scrolling down the linked page, you can enjoy the music & maestro in a 10 min. video excerpt.
MG & Joshua Light Show at Berlin's HKW
On February 4, 2012 they performed together as the hig light of the transmediale music festival. See some excerpts of the concert filmed by fans here:
Big Birds, Dream, Lotus, Encore - a new track, composed for this concert, which will be released as a CD-DVD-box soon. Watch out!
Order your music!
Some leftovers of the CORRELATIONS LP can be ordered here, a remastered CD of this title is to be released soon. Also available is a limited edition of a 5-CDs-box, the CORRELATIONS COMPLETE, which contains the history of this album in sound, pictures and text, check it out here.
The first 5 Ash Ra Tempel albums are re-released and remastered by Manuel:
The Tokyo Tower Shop Kuraiya is cellebrationg the new re-releases. Please see here, and check the news
there occasionally.
And Holger True dedicates a great article to the first 5 albums of the legendary band Ash Ra Tempel in Hamburger Abendblatt
SEVEN UP and Manuel Göttsching in the French daily newspaper Libération
It was Summer '72 when Manuel's band Ash Ra Tempel & Timothy Leary met on a farm in Switzerland to prepare the album Seven Up. Manuel tells about the meeting in the Summer Special of the French daily newspaper Libération.
In 2012, 40 years after the session, a documentary will trace what happened to all the artists with their dreams and hopes....
E2-E4 30th anniversary CD:
The 30th anniversary edition is finally available all over the world, but also at our shop.
For E2-E4's 30th birthday a very limited DVD-CD-set of the first live concert of E2-E4 ever is also available in our shop. The concert took place for the album's 25th anniversary at Mt. Fuji in Japan.
E2-E4 Live in Japan
was released with a detailed booklet in English & Japanese and with bonus material. Check out the video clip.
In March, 2005, E2-E4
was performed by the renown contemporary Zeitkratzer ensemble and Manuel Göttsching on classic guitar at the Volksbühne Berlin. Check out the video trailer.
The CD is available in our shop. The concert is planned to be released as a DVD-CD set with a nice booklet and bonus material.
- Alain Patrick from Brasil interviewes Manuel about E2-E4's for its 30. anniversary in his Electronic Standards.
- And Juan from Barcelona dedicates a block to E2-E4.
- Alexis Waltz congratulates in Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Red Bull Academy Radio Show presents:
Manuel Göttsching - Fireside Chat
"Manuel Göttsching - Klassiker", a new music series on Radio Eins dedicated to Manuel's "Classics"
On Manuel’s birthday, September 9, Elektro Beats started a new section where Manuel in person presents his most famous albums. Below the links to each programme from the recent to the first one.
On April 25, 2012 in the 10th part of the series Manuel presented the album Starring Rosi.
Christian Wheeldon, an author from the North of England is writing on Manuel’s biography:
It is possible to follow his work in this blogspot, which also includes a lot of interesting news!
Manuel's first solo album Inventions for Electric Guitar (1974) is out, remastered by maestro!
On Sunday, 19th February, 2012 Manuel spoke with Thomas Edlinger from Austrian radio FM4/ORF about how he created this album but also about "E2-E4"
- both titles re-released on Manuel's label MG.ART.
Listen to it on the programme "Im Sumpf". There you also can listen to 3 exclusive excerpts from Manuel's recent concert with Joshua Light Show at this year's transmediale at HKW in Berlin, on February 4, 2012 - Enjoy!
The first ever live concert of this composition for 4 electric guitars took place in September 2010 at the Metamorphose Festival in Japan, with Elliott Sharp, Steve Hillage, Zhong Shouwang and Manuel Göttsching performing. You can watch the track PLURALIS, filmed and emissioned by Japanese Music TV - thank you, Terutado Murao!
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