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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Album / Classic Manuel Gottsching's E2-E4 Turns 30
Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:13 AM
German kosmische-musik guitarist Manuel Göttsching (Ash Ra Tempel/Ashra) recorded E2-E4 30 years ago this month, and it's kind of a big deal. The 58-minute LP (which didn't see release until 1984) can stake a legitimate claim to being the forerunner of a certain strain of house music that reels in laid-back Ibiza vibes and subliminally Latin rhythms into its trance-inducing, euphoria-enabling composition. It became a foundational work for many elite producers, including Carl Craig, Sueño Latino, and LCD Soundsystem, as well as for neo-ambient explorers such as Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never.
The Wire magazine marked the occasion by putting Göttsching on the cover of its December 2011 issue. (To read Keith Moliné's story, you have to go to a shop and buy a copy of the mag, as it's not online. The Wire's hardcore that way.) As stated earlier this year on Line Out, Göttsching has made available the Ash Ra Tempel back catalog, albeit at a fairly exorbitant price.
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