Harald Grosskopf

Harald Grosskopf
Harald Grosskopf
Background information
Born	October 23, 1949 (age 75); Hildesheim, West Germany
Genres	Krautrock; Progressive rock; kosmische musik; electronic music
Instrument(s)	Drums, keyboards
Website	www.haraldgrosskopf.de

Harald Grosskopf (born Harald Großkopf) is a German electronic musician. He played with several Krautrock and progressive rock bands of the 1970s in Germany, and released solo music.

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Grosskopf was born in Hildesheim on October 23, 1949. He started his career in the 1960s as a drummer in the beat group The Stuntmen, and toward the end of the decade played in a then-unknown Scorpions. He later played drums in Wallenstein and Ashra, as well as for many of Klaus Schulze's solo albums. In 1980, he issued his debut LP, Synthesist, which became a cult classic of German electronic music.^[1] New York’s RVNG international label reissued the album, with remakes by James Ferraro, Oneohtrix and others in February 2011.^[1] In 1980 Grosskopf co-founded the Neue Deutsche Welle band Lilli Berlin, and he remained their drummer until 1983.^[2]

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Solo albums

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Year	Album Title	Label
1980	Synthesist	Sky Records
1986	Oceanheart	Sky Records
1992	World of Quetzal	4U Records
2002	Digital Nomad	AMP Records
2004	Yeti Society	Groove Unlimited
2010	Synthesist 2010	MellowJet Records
2011	Re-Synthesist	Rvng Intl.
2016	Naherholung	Little Marvin

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with Ash Ra Tempel

Starring Rosi (1973)

with Ashra

Correlations (1979)
Tropical Heat (1991)
@shra (1998)
Sauce Hollandaise (1998)
@shra Vol.2 (2002)

with Baltes, Grosskopf, Heilhecker

Viermaldrei (2001)

with Bernd Kistenmacher

Characters (1991)
Stadtgarten Live (1995)

with Cosmic Jokers

Cosmic Jokers (1973)
Galactic Supermarket (1974)

with Fishmoon

Twomoon Music (2007)

with Joachim Witt

Silberblick (1980)

with Klaus Schulze

Moondawn (1976)
Body Love (1977)
Body Love Vol.2 (1977)
X (1978)
Live (1980)

with Kosmische Kuriere

Sci Fi Party (1974)
Planeten Sit-In (1974)

with Lilli Berlin

Lilli Berlin (1981)
Süß und Erbarmungslos (1982)
Huh huh (1983)

with Mario Schönwälder

Hypnotic Beats (1992)

with N-Tribe

Tower of Power (1998)

with Steve Baltes

Pictures in Rhythm (1995)
Rhythm of Life (1998)

with Sunya Beat

Sunya Beat (1998)
Delhi Slide (1999)
Comin’ Soon (2006)

with Wallenstein

Blitzkrieg (recorded in 1971, released in 1972)
Mother Universe (1972)
Cosmic Century (1973)
Storys, Songs & Symphonies (1975)

with Walter Wegmüller

Tarot (1973)

with Witthüser & Westrupp

Bauer Plath (1972)

with 17 Hippies

Wer ist das? (1999)
17 Hippies play Guitar (2006)
Biester (2014)
Anatomy (2016)

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Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (2019)

Official website
Muzikzirkus: Interview mit Harald Grosskopf (in German)
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Fact Mag: Harald Grosskopf's Synthesist reissued; reworked by James Ferraro, Oneohtrix and others

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Harald Grosskopf: History

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Harald Grosskopf

Background information
Born	(1949-10-23) October 23, 1949 (age 75) Hildesheim, West Germany
Genres	Krautrock Progressive rock kosmische musik electronic music
Instrument(s)	Drums, keyboards

Website	www.haraldgrosskopf.de

Solo albums

with Ash Ra Tempel

with Ashra

with Baltes, Grosskopf, Heilhecker

with Bernd Kistenmacher

with Cosmic Jokers

with Fishmoon

with Joachim Witt

with Klaus Schulze

with Kosmische Kuriere

with Lilli Berlin

with Mario Schönwälder

with N-Tribe

with Steve Baltes

with Sunya Beat

with Wallenstein

with Walter Wegmüller

with Witthüser & Westrupp

with 17 Hippies

Solo albums

with Ash Ra Tempel

with Ashra

with Baltes, Grosskopf, Heilhecker

with Bernd Kistenmacher

with Cosmic Jokers

with Fishmoon

with Joachim Witt

with Klaus Schulze

with Kosmische Kuriere

with Lilli Berlin

with Mario Schönwälder

with N-Tribe

with Steve Baltes

with Sunya Beat

with Wallenstein

with Walter Wegmüller

with Witthüser & Westrupp

with 17 Hippies

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