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Faust are a German krautrock
band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck
and engineer
Kurt Graupner.
with Polydor
and soon began recording their debut, Faust
, which sold poorly but received critical acclaim for its innovative approach and established a devoted fanbase. Faust became one of the premier bands in the international appreciation of the genre that would eventually be known as krautrock
.
Faust became one of the first acts to sign to Richard Branson
's Virgin Records
, who embarked on a marketing campaign somewhat daring for its time, aimed at introducing Faust to British record-buyers. The Faust Tapes
was a cut-and-paste album which spliced together a large number of bits and pieces from their extensive collection of private recordings, not originally intended for release. Virgin issued it at the then price of a single
, 48 UK pence. The Faust Tapes reportedly sold over 100,000 copies but its low price tag rendered it ineligible for a chart placing.
Faust broke up in 1975 after Virgin had rejected their fifth album (some of the recordings later appeared on the "Munich and Elsewhere" album), but reissues of their recordings and various additional material through Chris Cutler
's Recommended Records
maintained a level of interest.
Faust experimented with the presentation of some of their records. Their first album was originally on clear vinyl in a clear sleeve with an X-ray of a human fist silkscreened
on the outer sleeve ("faust" is German for "fist"). The second album, So Far made extensive use of black, though inside the sleeve were sheets with one illustration for each song. The Faust Tapes had a visually disturbing op art
cover design by Bridget Riley
, while that for Faust IV
consisted of a series of blank music staves
.
After Faust's breakup, the group's whereabouts were unknown; the Recommended Records catalogues talked about the group's "disappearance". The official website lists three concerts during the 1980s, and the "Patchwork" album, a compilation of outtakes, feature three snippets that were recorded in the 1980s, but apart from that, the group's activities between 1975 and 1990 remain shrouded in mystery.
In 1992, members Irmler, Diermaier and Péron reunited for performances. In 1994, Faust toured the United States for the first time, with Péron and Diermaier assisted by Steven Wray Lobdell and with members of Sonic Youth
as an opening act. They have continued to perform in various combinations and with various additional musicians ever since.
In the booklet for The Wumme Years box set, Péron announced that Sosna had died on November the 10th 1996. Gunter Wüsthoff has not taken part in any of the reunions. Diermaier has always been behind the drum kit. Irmler was present, but contributed little to the reunited groups' first concerts, and did not participate in the 1994 US tour, but took a more active role after that, producing the groups' records and releasing them on his Klangbad label. He also compiled and edited the "Patchwork" album.
In 1996, Diermaier and Péron meet Olivier Manchion
and Amaury Cambuzat (Ulan Bator
). They performed for the first time together as "Collectif Met(z)" in November 1996 (this quartet is the basis of an actual Faust line-up and this concert is part of a 2005 release). A few days after, Faust performed at the Garage in London and at the Transmusicales de Rennes, featuring Chris Cutler
.
Péron left the group in June 1997. From mid-1997 to 2004, Faust tours as Zappi W. Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Steven Wray Lobdell, Lars Paukstat, Michael Stoll.
Diermaier and "art-errorist" Péron rejoined in 2004 by immediately recording Trial and Error, a DVD released in 2007 by Fuenfundvierzig Label. Zappi proposed to Péron to start a "new" Faust together with Olivier Manchion and Amaury Cambuzat from Ulan Bator
. Diermaier/Péron's new Faust made their debut at the Art-Errorist Avant Garde festival in Schiphorst
, Germany, where they also presented a new release entitled Collectif Met(z), a collection of live, new and unreleased songs. This incarnation of the group has been extremely active, releasing several CD-Rs and DVD-Rs and touring extensively, including a very successful autumn 2005 UK tour, released in 2007 as ... In Autumn by Dirter. This release also features ex Henry Cow
saxophonist/flautist Geoff Leigh
, vocalist Lucianne Lassalle, poet Zoë Skoulding
and the members of the Welsh group Ectogram
. In April 2007 the trio of Diermaier, Péron and Cambuzat performed at a Rock in Opposition
festival in France in April 2007. The trio also recorded a new album entitled disconnected which was mixed by Steven Stapleton
and Colin Potter of Nurse with Wound
. It was released to tie in with the 2007 Schiphorst Avant Garde festival in July 2007. C'est com... com... compliqué, the second album of this trio lineup was released in February 2009 on the Bureau B label.
Faust now exists in two completely different incarnations, both active and each reflecting different aspects of the original group.
Nettelbeck died on 17 January 2007.
In 2010, Faust with members Jochen Irmler, Lars Paukstat, Steven W. Lobdell, Michael Stoll and Jan Fride released a new studio album, Faust Is Last.
In 2011, Faust with founding members Jean-Hervé Péron and Zappi W. Diermaier and the British artists Geraldine Swayne
and James Johnston recorded a new studio album, Something Dirty.
's first two albums, Sort Of
(1972) and Acnalbasac Noom
(1973) which were also produced by Uwe Nettelbeck. Slapp Happy's Peter Blegvad
had played with Faust in Wümme and subsequently toured with them in the UK. That tour also featured Uli Trepte
, who had performed with Guru Guru
and Neu!
.
In contrast with Slapp Happy's song-based music, in 1972 Péron, Sosna and Diermaier also collaborated with the violinist Tony Conrad
on Outside the Dream Syndicate
; the record was released in 1973 at a low price in the UK and was, at the time, one of the few available examples of drone-based minimalism
. A live recording from 1995 of a later concert, entitled Outside the Dream Syndicate Alive featuring Tony Conrad, Zappi & Jean-Hervé of Faust and Jim O'Rourke
was released in autumn 2005.
Faust also collaborated with New Jersey avant-garde hip-hop crew Dälek
for the album Derbe Respect, Alder in 2004.
Krautrock
Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck
Uwe Nettelbeck
Uwe Nettelbeck was a German record producer, journalist and film critic. He was best known as the creator and producer of the German krautrock band, Faust, and changed the face of German rock music in the early 1970s...
and engineer
Audio engineering
An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
Kurt Graupner.
History
Faust formed in 1971 in the rural setting of Wümme. They secured a recording contractRecording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with Polydor
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
and soon began recording their debut, Faust
Faust (album)
-Personnel:*Werner "Zappi" Diermaier – Drums*Hans Joachim Irmler – Organ*Arnulf Meifert – Drums*Jean-Hervé Péron – Bass*Rudolf Sosna – Guitar and keyboards*Gunter Wüsthoff – Synthesiser and sax-Sound and art work:*Kurt Graupner – Engineer...
, which sold poorly but received critical acclaim for its innovative approach and established a devoted fanbase. Faust became one of the premier bands in the international appreciation of the genre that would eventually be known as krautrock
Krautrock
Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
.
Faust became one of the first acts to sign to Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
's Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
, who embarked on a marketing campaign somewhat daring for its time, aimed at introducing Faust to British record-buyers. The Faust Tapes
The Faust Tapes
The Faust Tapes is a 1973 album by the German krautrock group Faust. The album sold well in the United Kingdom because of a marketing gimmick by Virgin Records that saw it go on sale for the price of a single. This exposure introduced British audiences to Faust.Recommended Records reissued the...
was a cut-and-paste album which spliced together a large number of bits and pieces from their extensive collection of private recordings, not originally intended for release. Virgin issued it at the then price of a single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, 48 UK pence. The Faust Tapes reportedly sold over 100,000 copies but its low price tag rendered it ineligible for a chart placing.
Faust broke up in 1975 after Virgin had rejected their fifth album (some of the recordings later appeared on the "Munich and Elsewhere" album), but reissues of their recordings and various additional material through Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of a number of other bands, including Art Bears, News from Babel, Pere Ubu and Gong/Mothergong...
's Recommended Records
Recommended Records
Recommended Records is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected music released on other independent labels.In 1982 Cutler established November...
maintained a level of interest.
Faust experimented with the presentation of some of their records. Their first album was originally on clear vinyl in a clear sleeve with an X-ray of a human fist silkscreened
Screen painting
Screen painting is painting on window screens. It is a folk art form originating in immigrant working class neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland in the early 20th century....
on the outer sleeve ("faust" is German for "fist"). The second album, So Far made extensive use of black, though inside the sleeve were sheets with one illustration for each song. The Faust Tapes had a visually disturbing op art
Op art
Op art, also known as optical art, is a style of visual art that makes use of optical illusions."Optical art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing." Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made...
cover design by Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley
Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE is an English painter who is one of the foremost proponents of Op art.-Early life:...
, while that for Faust IV
Faust IV
Faust IV is a 1973 album by the pioneering German krautrock group Faust.The opener "Krautrock" is a drone-based instrumental where the drums kick in only after seven minutes, whilst later tracks such as "The Sad Skinhead" and "Jennifer" employ more conventional songwriting techniques. The closing...
consisted of a series of blank music staves
Staff (music)
In standard Western musical notation, the staff, or stave, is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch—or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Appropriate music symbols, depending upon the intended effect,...
.
After Faust's breakup, the group's whereabouts were unknown; the Recommended Records catalogues talked about the group's "disappearance". The official website lists three concerts during the 1980s, and the "Patchwork" album, a compilation of outtakes, feature three snippets that were recorded in the 1980s, but apart from that, the group's activities between 1975 and 1990 remain shrouded in mystery.
In 1992, members Irmler, Diermaier and Péron reunited for performances. In 1994, Faust toured the United States for the first time, with Péron and Diermaier assisted by Steven Wray Lobdell and with members of Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
as an opening act. They have continued to perform in various combinations and with various additional musicians ever since.
In the booklet for The Wumme Years box set, Péron announced that Sosna had died on November the 10th 1996. Gunter Wüsthoff has not taken part in any of the reunions. Diermaier has always been behind the drum kit. Irmler was present, but contributed little to the reunited groups' first concerts, and did not participate in the 1994 US tour, but took a more active role after that, producing the groups' records and releasing them on his Klangbad label. He also compiled and edited the "Patchwork" album.
In 1996, Diermaier and Péron meet Olivier Manchion
Olivier Manchion
Olivier Manchion is a French musician born in Suresnes, near Paris.In 1987 he started to perform on bass guitar together with Amaury Cambuzat. They founded Ulan Bator in 1993. They start to release albums in 1995 on Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier label...
and Amaury Cambuzat (Ulan Bator
Ulan Bator (band)
Ulan Bator is a French experimental post-rock band founded in 1993 by Amaury Cambuzat and Olivier Manchion. They got their name from Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia...
). They performed for the first time together as "Collectif Met(z)" in November 1996 (this quartet is the basis of an actual Faust line-up and this concert is part of a 2005 release). A few days after, Faust performed at the Garage in London and at the Transmusicales de Rennes, featuring Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of a number of other bands, including Art Bears, News from Babel, Pere Ubu and Gong/Mothergong...
.
Péron left the group in June 1997. From mid-1997 to 2004, Faust tours as Zappi W. Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Steven Wray Lobdell, Lars Paukstat, Michael Stoll.
Diermaier and "art-errorist" Péron rejoined in 2004 by immediately recording Trial and Error, a DVD released in 2007 by Fuenfundvierzig Label. Zappi proposed to Péron to start a "new" Faust together with Olivier Manchion and Amaury Cambuzat from Ulan Bator
Ulan Bator (band)
Ulan Bator is a French experimental post-rock band founded in 1993 by Amaury Cambuzat and Olivier Manchion. They got their name from Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia...
. Diermaier/Péron's new Faust made their debut at the Art-Errorist Avant Garde festival in Schiphorst
Schiphorst
Schiphorst is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
, Germany, where they also presented a new release entitled Collectif Met(z), a collection of live, new and unreleased songs. This incarnation of the group has been extremely active, releasing several CD-Rs and DVD-Rs and touring extensively, including a very successful autumn 2005 UK tour, released in 2007 as ... In Autumn by Dirter. This release also features ex Henry Cow
Henry Cow
Henry Cow were an English avant-rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler and bassoonist/oboist Lindsay Cooper were important long-term members...
saxophonist/flautist Geoff Leigh
Geoff Leigh
Geoff Leigh is an English jazz and progressive rock musician, playing primarily soprano sax and flute. He was a member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow and founded several bands himself, including Red Balune, Random Bob, Black Sheep, Mirage, and Ex-Wise Heads.-Biography:Geoff Leigh's...
, vocalist Lucianne Lassalle, poet Zoë Skoulding
Zoë Skoulding
Zoë Skoulding , is a poet, writer, musician, performer, and also a lecturer in creative writing.Since 1994 she has edited the creative writing magazine Skald, more recently alongside co-editor Ian Davidson with whom she also writes collaboratively, and is the current editor of Poetry Wales.She has...
and the members of the Welsh group Ectogram
Ectogram
Ectogram are a Welsh band from Bangor, United Kingdom.Ann Matthews and Alan Holmes were previously members of Welsh language post-punk band Fflaps between 1987–1993, touring Europe, releasing three LPs and recording two John Peel Sessions during that time...
. In April 2007 the trio of Diermaier, Péron and Cambuzat performed at a Rock in Opposition
Rock in Opposition
Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music...
festival in France in April 2007. The trio also recorded a new album entitled disconnected which was mixed by Steven Stapleton
Steven Stapleton
Steven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...
and Colin Potter of Nurse with Wound
Nurse with Wound
Nurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...
. It was released to tie in with the 2007 Schiphorst Avant Garde festival in July 2007. C'est com... com... compliqué, the second album of this trio lineup was released in February 2009 on the Bureau B label.
Faust now exists in two completely different incarnations, both active and each reflecting different aspects of the original group.
Nettelbeck died on 17 January 2007.
In 2010, Faust with members Jochen Irmler, Lars Paukstat, Steven W. Lobdell, Michael Stoll and Jan Fride released a new studio album, Faust Is Last.
In 2011, Faust with founding members Jean-Hervé Péron and Zappi W. Diermaier and the British artists Geraldine Swayne
Geraldine Swayne
Geraldine Swayne is a London-based painter, musician, and filmmaker.She studied Fine Art at Newcastle University, graduating in 1989. She won a Northern Arts Travel award in 1990 to paint and make super-8 films about Voodoo in New Orleans and later moved to Languedoc in France...
and James Johnston recorded a new studio album, Something Dirty.
Collaborations
During the Wümme years, Diermaier, Péron and Wüsthoff played on Slapp HappySlapp Happy
Slapp Happy was a German/English avant-pop group consisting of Anthony Moore , Peter Blegvad and Dagmar Krause . The band formed in Germany in 1972. The band members moved to England in 1974 where they merged with Henry Cow, but the merger ended soon afterwards and Slapp Happy split up. Slapp...
's first two albums, Sort Of
Sort Of
Sort Of is the debut album of the avant-rock band Slapp Happy. It was recorded in Wümme, West Germany in May and June 1972.-Side 1:#"Just a Conversation" – 4:02#"Paradise Express" – 2:40#"I Got Evil" – 2:30#"Little Girl's World" – 3:25...
(1972) and Acnalbasac Noom
Acnalbasac Noom
Acnalbasac Noom is an album by German/British avant-pop group Slapp Happy, recorded in Wümme, Germany in 1973 with Faust as their backing band. It had a working title of Casablanca Moon but was never released at the time because it had been rejected by their record label, Polydor...
(1973) which were also produced by Uwe Nettelbeck. Slapp Happy's Peter Blegvad
Peter Blegvad
Peter Blegvad is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and cartoonist. He was a founding member of the avant-pop band Slapp Happy, which later merged briefly with Henry Cow, and has released many solo and collaborative albums...
had played with Faust in Wümme and subsequently toured with them in the UK. That tour also featured Uli Trepte
Uli Trepte
Uli Trepte was a German musician best known for his collaborations with various influential Krautrock bands in the early 1970s.-Early career:...
, who had performed with Guru Guru
Guru Guru
Guru Guru is a German Krautrock band formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier , Uli Trepte and Eddy Naegeli later replaced by American Jim Kennedy...
and Neu!
Neu!
Neu! was a German band formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s...
.
In contrast with Slapp Happy's song-based music, in 1972 Péron, Sosna and Diermaier also collaborated with the violinist Tony Conrad
Tony Conrad
Tony Conrad is an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician/composer, sound artist, teacher and writer...
on Outside the Dream Syndicate
Outside the Dream Syndicate
Outside the Dream Syndicate is a 1973 collaboration album by United States avant-garde filmmaker Tony Conrad and German krautrock group Faust. The album marks Conrad's first and only musical release for many years, and remains his best known musical work. It is considered a classic of minimalist...
; the record was released in 1973 at a low price in the UK and was, at the time, one of the few available examples of drone-based minimalism
Drone music
Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics...
. A live recording from 1995 of a later concert, entitled Outside the Dream Syndicate Alive featuring Tony Conrad, Zappi & Jean-Hervé of Faust and Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
was released in autumn 2005.
Faust also collaborated with New Jersey avant-garde hip-hop crew Dälek
Dälek
dälek is an American experimental hip hop duo from Newark, New Jersey. The group is composed of MC dälek and the Oktopus...
for the album Derbe Respect, Alder in 2004.
Faust at a RIO festival in France, April 2007
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Studio albums
- FaustFaust (album)-Personnel:*Werner "Zappi" Diermaier – Drums*Hans Joachim Irmler – Organ*Arnulf Meifert – Drums*Jean-Hervé Péron – Bass*Rudolf Sosna – Guitar and keyboards*Gunter Wüsthoff – Synthesiser and sax-Sound and art work:*Kurt Graupner – Engineer...
(1971) - Faust So FarFaust So FarFaust So Far is a 1972 album by German krautrock group Faust. This, the band's second studio album, has a more commercially typical structure than its predecessor; it comprises nine separate tracks, each consisting of an individual and distinct musical style or theme...
(1972) - The Faust TapesThe Faust TapesThe Faust Tapes is a 1973 album by the German krautrock group Faust. The album sold well in the United Kingdom because of a marketing gimmick by Virgin Records that saw it go on sale for the price of a single. This exposure introduced British audiences to Faust.Recommended Records reissued the...
(1973) - Outside the Dream SyndicateOutside the Dream SyndicateOutside the Dream Syndicate is a 1973 collaboration album by United States avant-garde filmmaker Tony Conrad and German krautrock group Faust. The album marks Conrad's first and only musical release for many years, and remains his best known musical work. It is considered a classic of minimalist...
(1973) – collaboration with Tony ConradTony ConradTony Conrad is an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician/composer, sound artist, teacher and writer... - Faust IVFaust IVFaust IV is a 1973 album by the pioneering German krautrock group Faust.The opener "Krautrock" is a drone-based instrumental where the drums kick in only after seven minutes, whilst later tracks such as "The Sad Skinhead" and "Jennifer" employ more conventional songwriting techniques. The closing...
(1973) - Faust 5 (1975) – Virgin Records promotional cassette
- Rien (1995)
- You Know FaUSt (1996)
- Faust Wakes Nosferatu (1998) – the CD and vinyl editions contain completely different music
- Ravvivando (1999)
- Derbe Respect, AlderDerbe Respect, AlderDerbe Respect, Alder is a collaboration album released in 2004 by Faust and Dälek.-Track listing:#Imagine What We Started#Hungry for Now#Remnants#Dead Lies#Erratic Thoughts#Bullets Need Violence#Collected Twilight#T-Electronique...
(2004) – collaboration with DälekDälekdälek is an American experimental hip hop duo from Newark, New Jersey. The group is composed of MC dälek and the Oktopus... - Outside the Dream Syndicate Alive (2005) – 1995 collaboration with Tony ConradTony ConradTony Conrad is an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician/composer, sound artist, teacher and writer...
- Disconnected (2007) – collaboration album with Nurse with WoundNurse with WoundNurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...
- C'est Com...Com...Complique (2009)
- Faust is Last (2010)
- Something Dirty (2011)
Singles
- "So Far" (1972) (re-issue in 2010)
- "Chemical Imbalance" (1990)
- "Überschall 1996Überschall 1996Überschall 1996 is a 7" split record containing songs from Faust, Stereolab, and Foetus. The record was produced as a limited edition of 2,000 pressings in conjunction with the 1996 Überschall Festival in Bremen, Germany...
" (1996) – split single with StereolabStereolabStereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...
and FoetusFoetus (band)Foetus is the primary musical outlet of industrial music pioneer J. G. Thirlwell. Until 1995 the band underwent various name changes, all including the word foetus. Monikers adopted at different times include Foetus Under Glass, You've Got Foetus On Your Breath and Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel... - "Trafics" (1997) – split single with La Kuizine
- "Wir Brauchen Dich" (2001)
Compilations
- Munich and Elsewhere (1986)
- The Last LP: Faust Party No. 3, 1971–1972 (1988)
- 71 Minutes of Faust (1996) Compilation of material from the above two
- Faust/Faust So Far (2000)
- The Wumme Years: 1970–1973 (2000)
- BBC Sessions + (2001)
- Patchwork 1971–2002 (2002)
- Silver Monk TimeSilver monk timeSilver Monk Time is both a tribute record to the German-American beat band The Monks and the soundtrack to the award winning film Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback. The record was produced and compiled by the filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios. It was released in October 2006. The official...
(2006) – tribute album by various artists; Faust contribute one track
Live albums, and other releases
- Faust Concerts, Volume 1: Live in Hamburg, 1990 (1994)
- Faust Concerts, Volume 2: Live in London, 1992 (1994)
- BBC Sessions/Kisses for Pythagoras LP Lmt. Ed. (1996)
- Untitled (1996) – compilation of live and studio material
- Edinburgh 1997 [live] (1997)
- Land of Ukko & Rauni [live] (2000)
- Freispiel (2002) – remixes of Ravviviando
- Patchwork (2002) – compilation of unreleased material
- Collectif Met(z) (2005) – 3 CDs box + video CD
- Impressions (2006) – DVD
- Nobody Knows if it Ever Happened (2007) – DVD
- ... In Autumn (2007) – 3 CDs box + 1 DVD
- Trial and Error (2007) – DVD
- Od Serca Do Duszy (2007) – 2xCD
- Hamburg Studio Sessions 2009 (2009) – CDR
- Live in Oslo (2009) – CDR
Films
- Faust: Nobody Knows If It Ever Happened (2007) – DVD on AnkstAnkstAnkst was a Welsh independent record label formed in 1988 at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth by Alun Llwyd, Gruffudd Jones and Emyr Glyn Williams...
(live at The Garage, London, 1996) - Klangbad: Avant-garde in the MeadowsKlangbad: Avant-garde in the MeadowsKlangbad: Avant-garde in the meadows is the title of the feature length documentary film about the famous open air music festival "Klangbad" curated by Hans Joachim Irmler, one of the founding members of Faust . The film was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Dietmar Post and...
(2010) – DVD on Play Loud! ProductionsPlay Loud! Productionsplay loud! productions is a Berlin-based film production company and film and music label, founded in 1997 in New York by filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios... - Faust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: Live at Klangbad FestivalFaust: Live at Klangbad Festival is the title of the fourth film within the "play loud! music series". It features the German avant-garde pop band Faust...
(2010) – DVD on Play Loud! ProductionsPlay Loud! Productionsplay loud! productions is a Berlin-based film production company and film and music label, founded in 1997 in New York by filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios...
Further reading
- Faust: Stretch Out Time 1970–1975. Andy Wilson. Mute / The Faust-Pages, 2006. ISBN 0-9550664-5-X.
- KrautrocksamplerKrautrocksamplerKrautrocksampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik - 1968 Onwards, written by musicologist and former The Teardrop Explodes singer, Julian Cope, is a book describing the underground music scene in Germany from 1968 through the 1970s. The book was first published in the United Kingdom...
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