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Among the first bands to use the studio as an instrument, Germany's Faust stitched engrossing albums from bits of improvised ensemble play, primitive electronics, lovely folk motifs, lo-fi musique concrete, and fragments of punk, psychedelic, jazz, and progressive music. THE FAUST TAPES is even more of a splendid mishmash than the earlier FAUST and SO FAR, as the album is sequenced as a single track. As haphazard as TAPES' construction might seem, with an excess of ideas that almost seems to have tumbled out of the Faust 5 at random, one must realize that "construction" is the operative word here.
TAPES is a rare relic of cut-and-paste creativity from the days before sampling, and Faust's revolutionary jigsaw post-production techniques provided the model for future musical collages from other bands. TAPES' coarse cut-ups and abrupt splices continue to influence music, clearly informing the work of the so-called "Plunderphonic" artists (John Oswald, Negativland, Severed Heads), the lo-fi home tapers, and such post-industrial experimental outfits as Cabaret Voltaire, Death in June, and Nurse With Wound.
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Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Faust, MainArtist - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Tapete Songs, MusicPublisher - Arnulf Meifert, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer - Joachim Irmler, Composer
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
Album review
Among the first bands to use the studio as an instrument, Germany's Faust stitched engrossing albums from bits of improvised ensemble play, primitive electronics, lovely folk motifs, lo-fi musique concrete, and fragments of punk, psychedelic, jazz, and progressive music. THE FAUST TAPES is even more of a splendid mishmash than the earlier FAUST and SO FAR, as the album is sequenced as a single track. As haphazard as TAPES' construction might seem, with an excess of ideas that almost seems to have tumbled out of the Faust 5 at random, one must realize that "construction" is the operative word here.
TAPES is a rare relic of cut-and-paste creativity from the days before sampling, and Faust's revolutionary jigsaw post-production techniques provided the model for future musical collages from other bands. TAPES' coarse cut-ups and abrupt splices continue to influence music, clearly informing the work of the so-called "Plunderphonic" artists (John Oswald, Negativland, Severed Heads), the lo-fi home tapers, and such post-industrial experimental outfits as Cabaret Voltaire, Death in June, and Nurse With Wound.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:30
- Main artists: Faust
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Bureau B
- Genre: World Europe Germany
(C) 2021 Bureau B (P) 2021 Bureau B
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