Biography
Manuel Göttsching (9 September 1952 – 4 December 2022) was a German musician and composer. As the leader of the groups Ash Ra Tempel and Ashra in the 1970s and 80s, as well as a solo artist, he was one of the most influential guitarists of the Krautrock (also known as Kosmische Musik) genre. He also participated in the Cosmic Jokers sessions. His style and technique influenced dozens of artists in the post-Eno ambient and Berlin School of electronic music scenes in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Ash Ra Tempel
1971

E2-E4
1984

Galactic Supermarket
1974

Join Inn
1973

Schwingungen
1972

Correlations
1979

Ash Ra Tempel VI: Inventions For Electric Guitar
1975

Starring Rosi
1973

Belle Alliance
1980

New Age Of Earth
1976

The Cosmic Jokers
1974

Gin Rosé (At The Royal Festival Hall)
2000

Sci Fi Party (Unser Flug Durch Die Kosmische Musik)
1974

Planeten Sit-In
1974
Credited work
661 releases · 113 albums · active 1971–2025
- Performance · 1,491
- Other credits · 454
- Production · 186
- Engineering · 66
- Mastering · 21
Studios: Studio Roma · Dierks Studios · ERD Studio · Panne-Paulsen Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Ash Ra Tempel
- Ashra
- Klaus Schulze
- Terranova
- Pluto
- The Cosmic Jokers
- Santos
