Harald Grosskopf

Harald Grosskopf
Background information
Born (1949-10-23) October 23, 1949 (age 75)
Hildesheim, West Germany
GenresKrautrock
Progressive rock
kosmische musik
electronic music
Instrument(s)Drums, keyboards
Websitewww.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.

Biography

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]

Discography

Solo albums

Year Album Title Label
1980 Synthesist Sky Records
1986 Oceanheart
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
  • 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)
  • Characters (1991)
  • Stadtgarten Live (1995)
  • Cosmic Jokers (1973)
  • Galactic Supermarket (1974)

with Fishmoon

  • Twomoon Music (2007)
  • Silberblick (1980)
  • 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)
  • Lilli Berlin (1981)
  • Süß und Erbarmungslos (1982)
  • Huh huh (1983)
  • 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)
  • Blitzkrieg (recorded in 1971, released in 1972)
  • Mother Universe (1972)
  • Cosmic Century (1973)
  • Storys, Songs & Symphonies (1975)
  • Tarot (1973)

with Witthüser & Westrupp

  • Bauer Plath (1972)
  • Wer ist das? (1999)
  • 17 Hippies play Guitar (2006)
  • Biester (2014)
  • Anatomy (2016)

Videography

References