Black Outs [Import]

Ashra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Avalon
• ASIN: B000065U06
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #446,715 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 77 Slightly Delayed

2. Midnight on Mars

3. Don't Trust the Kids

4. Blackouts

5. Shuttle Cocks

6. Lotus, Pts. 1-4

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ashra - 'Black Outs' (Avalon) 4 1/2 stars, December 26, 2006

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Black Outs (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1977, another good side-project from Ash Ra Tempel's main man, Manuel Gottsching. Liked this CD almost as much as I do any of the first,say five (5) Ash Ra Tempel albums. Tunes that tend to stand out are the intricately-played "77 Slightly Delayed", "Midnight Oil" and the seventeen-minute astounding "Lotus, Parts 1-4". 'Black Outs' seems to really showcase some truly beautifully performed 'new age / ambient' guitar work from Gottsching. On the right night, this music will have the hairs on your neck standing up. Might appeal to fans of Tangerine Dream, some Gong die-hards, Mike Oldfield and possibly King Crimson. Give this CD a chance. A should-have.

4.0 out of 5 stars Dreamy, trance-y, May 3, 2011

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placidothecat (MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Outs (Audio CD)

Dreamy, trance-y, bubbly. Percolating electronic ragas for guitar, synthesizer and drum machines. Perfect for chilling out, thinking, working, relaxing. Lots of small, incremental changes in timbre, melody and rhythm -- ever evolving. No track really stands out, they just flow into one another. The longest track, "Lotus...", has some dissonance/tension the others don't have.

I also highly recommend "New Age of Earth" and, especially, "Inventions for Electric Guitar".

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Audio-CD new : Ashra - Blackouts, September 21, 2009

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siggi (Germany) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Black Outs (Audio CD)

The article reached me very fast in Germany - when I remember well within 5 to 6 business days.
Unfortunately there have been some cracks in the plastic cover of the CD - but this could have happen during the shipping and/or because of the aged plastic material - it doesn`t mean very much to me.
Thanks again!