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.Fact Mag: Harald Grosskopf's Synthesist reissued; reworked by James Ferraro, Oneohtrix and others New York’s RVNG international label reissued the album, with remakes by James Ferraro, Oneohtrix and others in February 2011. In 1980 Grosskopf co-founded the Neue Deutsche Welle band Lilli Berlin, and he remained their drummer until 1983.Harald Grosskopf: History
Discography Solo albums YearAlbum titleLabel1980Synthesist Sky Records1986Oceanheart1992World of Quetzal4U Records2002Digital NomadAMP Records2004Yeti SocietyGroove Unlimited2010Synthesist 2010MellowJet Records2011Re-SynthesistRvng Intl.2016NaherholungLittle Marvin
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)
Videography Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (2019)
References
External links Official website Muzikzirkus: Interview mit Harald Grosskopf (in German) Discogs