Recorded in 2000, Friendship marked the return of Krautrock pioneers Ash Ra Tempel, though founding member Manuel Göttsching had been making music under the name Ashra on and off with a host of other players a few years after the 1973 breakup of the band's original lineup.
Friendship saw the reunion of Göttsching and fellow Ash Ra Tempel founding member Klaus Schulze, who had spent much of the '70s, '80s and '90s amassing an impressive body of his own solo work.
Working as a duo, Göttsching's fantastical guitar leads and Schulze's trademark synth pads are joined by more digital drum programming (also the handiwork of Schulze, who had originally served as the band's drummer back in their earliest days).
The album is made up of three lengthy compositions somewhere between trance, deep house, and hints of the early Krautrock experimentalism the band forged in the early '70s.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ReunionManuel Göttsching, Klaus Schulze | Ash Ra Tempel | Play | 30:40 | 70 MB | 167 MB |
| 2 | PikantManuel Göttsching, Klaus Schulze | Ash Ra Tempel | Play | 21:40 | 49 MB | 142 MB |
| 3 | FriendshipManuel Göttsching, Klaus Schulze | Ash Ra Tempel | Play | 26:30 | 60 MB | 176 MB |
| 78 mins | 180 MB | |||||
| 78 mins | 487 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ash Ra Tempel | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Tom Dams | Engineer, Mixing |
| 3 | Manuel Göttsching | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 4 | Klaus Schulze | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |