NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Ash Ra Tempel on 14 December 2022. Ash Ra Tempel has been played over 50 times on NTS, first on 20 March 2014. Ash Ra Tempel's music has been featured on 53 episodes.

Ash Ra Tempel was one of the most notable German Krautrock groups of the 1970s, and a notable example of cosmic or space rock. Emerging from the late-60s Berlin underground scene, the group was active until 1976 and re-united briefly from 2000–2001.

The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971. All three founding…