Ash Ra Tempel - 1975 Roundhouse London 1. 5:51 2. 16:30 3. 7:42 4. 13:34 5. 11:44 Manuel Göttsching Lutz Ulbrich «55'31"» Ash Ra Tempel UK tour 1975 21.02.1975 Guildford 22.02.1975 Manchester 23.02.1975 London Roundhouse extract from an interview conducted by members of the Kosmische Musik Group with Manuel Göttsching via email from 8 July 2002 to 9 October 2002: John Wilby (UK): I saw ASH RA TEMPEL at the Roundhouse in London in 1975 (I think it was, supporting Magma). You blew my mind by walking onto the stage with candles in holders as your lightshow. This was so effective and so right for your music. Your music is very simple and very effective. What do you have to say about simplicity/effectiveness? What is your viewpoint on this question? My other question about this occasion is "Who was the other guitarist at this gig?" MG: I remember the Roundhouse concert very well. It was our first small tour in England with very little money, just Lutz Ulbrich and me. When we arrived for the first concert in Guildford there were some people at the backstage entrance welcoming us and asking: "Where's the truck?" (to unload the equipment). They were quite impressed when we shrugged our shoulders and said: "Sorry, there is no truck!" All our equipment was packed in our VW beetle, two keyboards, two guitars, a Revox A77 for the echoes, a mini mixer, and of course the legendary candle-holders. It was in a review from England about one of my earlier albums (I don't remember which one) when somebody wrote "simple but effective", and I liked the term a lot. To create something new out of very few ingredients is a challenge for me and in my opinion it can give more inspiration to people than excessive use of material. Of course you can produce a great show with tons of equipment, twenty five trucks and your own hair-dresser, but often people are disappointed because the expectations are equally high, and some will merely say: if I had all this... The other guitar player in London as aforementioned was Lutz Ulbrich (LüüL). He was co-founder of the Berlin band Agitation Free (with Chris Franke - later Tangerine Dream). He joined ASH RA TEMPEL for a first concert in Paris, December 1974, and we are good friends and partners ever since. We played only as a duo in 1975 [http://www.ashra.com/press/ina210.htm]