{"product_id":"ashra-new-age-of-earth-reisssue","title":"ASHRA - New Age Of Earth (Reisssue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - 180g Black Vinyl. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1977 Virgin Records release.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter an initial European release in 1976 on the \u003cstrong\u003eIsadora\u003c\/strong\u003e label \u003cem\u003eAge Of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e was re-issued on \u003cstrong\u003eVirgin Records\u003c\/strong\u003e in Summer 1977 and fast became a beacon for electronic music and what was becoming known as ambient - Some cite its very title as helping introduce 'new age' music - This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1977 Virgin Records release and is pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuitarist and synthesiser player \u003cstrong\u003eManuel Göttsching\u003c\/strong\u003e formed Ashra after disbanding \u003cstrong\u003eAsh Ra Tempel\u003c\/strong\u003e, the outfit he had led since 1971. Moving away from the space rock of his previous group, Ashra was a far more electronics-based project. Recorded in Berlin, between March and June 1976, the four pieces on the album represent the very best of what became known as Kosmiche: dreamily repetitive, glancing to the stars while keeping feet firmly on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Age Of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is a record full of contrasts: the throbbing, techno-predicting \"\u003cem\u003eSunrain\u003c\/em\u003e\" opens the album; with its waves and crickets sound effects, \"\u003cem\u003eOcean Of Tenderness\u003c\/em\u003e\" pulses gently like a space-age early Fleetwood Mac; \"\u003cem\u003eDeep Distance\u003c\/em\u003e\" brings elements of surf music into glacial electronica. At 21 minutes long, \"\u003cem\u003eNightdust\u003c\/em\u003e\" occupies all of the album's second side, a ruminative, slowly unfolding piece that, after its crescendo, gives way to Göttsching's impressively celestial electric guitar solo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proper Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - 180g Vinyl","offer_id":55882521182553,"sku":"SDZ-02242","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Ashra_-_New_Age_Of_Earth_-_2025_Reissue.jpg?v=1754586264","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/ashra-new-age-of-earth-reisssue","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}