It took 20 years to get the mysterious Faust back in the studio, and Rien was the baffling result. With only two members of the original group left, the sounds on Rien owe more to their impromptu, anarchic, industrial noise concerts in 1992 than any of their original work and should be taken on a different level as almost a different group. With the weight of nostalgic expectations against them, Faust did what they could to separate themselves from their past. The first track, for instance, is pure silence; the second is mostly feedback, with segues into environmental sounds of a cold (presumably) windy day, children playing in the background. Gone are the lyricism and melody, and even the prog-rock aesthetics of the original group. Only track five, a drum and drone with the lyric "listen to the fish," retains some of the early style. Producer Jim O'Rourke wisely refrains from copying Uwe Nettlebeck's work with the group but gives shape to Faust's sound. Older fans will be puzzled, newer ones will be interested.
Faust Rien CD "From 1971 to 1975, Germany's Faust carved a megalithic reputation as the greatest avant-garde group of the era. Formed in the spirit of the May '68 uprisings, they inspired the term 'Krautrock,' influenced generations of subsequent bands, and to this day define an entire genre. In 1994, Table of the Elements brought the reclusive Faust to America for the first time, taking them o...
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Faust Rien CD "From 1971 to 1975, Germany's Faust carved a megalithic reputation as the greatest avant-garde group of the era. Formed in the spirit of the May '68 uprisings, they inspired the term 'Krautrock,' influenced generations of subsequent bands, and to this day define an entire genre. In 1994, Table of the Elements brought the reclusive Faust to America for the first time, taking them o...
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| 1 Rien |
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| 2 [Untitled Track] |
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| 3 Long Distance Calls in the Desert |
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| 4 Eroberung Der Stille, Teil II |
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| 5 [Untitled Track] |
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| 6 Eroberung Der Stille, Teil I |
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| 7 Fin |
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