Faust IV

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The weirdos of an already weird genre, I’m all here for Faust’s eccentric brand of krautrock. Love this record. 8/10 Favorite tracks-“ The Sad Skinhead” “Jennifer” “Giggly Smile”

Why?

It see the merit in it, but it's not my taste.

The name sounded familiar, maybe just because of the word “Faustian,” but none of the tracks rang a bell. Listening through, it feels like a precursor to bands like The Beta Band, and I can hear shades of other prog rock influences that came later. It’s not bad by any means, though some of the songs tend to drone and stretch on a bit. The opening track runs nearly twelve minutes, but it almost justifies its length when the drums finally kick in around the seven-minute mark. Overall, Faust IV has a laid-back, hypnotic quality - an album you could easily throw on in the background and let it carry you somewhere strange and mellow.

Would be much more interesting under the influence of some hard hallucinogenics. Especially the 12-minute opener (aptly named Krautrock) that, fully sober, you can feel dragging on for its entire length. It's very repetitive on account of the 1-5-1-5 synth notes (which are boosted way up in the mix). I have to imagine the synth player wasn't having the most interesting day. Maybe he put paperweights on those two notes and then snuck out the back of the studio to go watch The Godfather, and the other band members were too wasted to notice. There's a reason why long, uninteresting tracks tend to be put at the end of an album – at least, if the album's good. (Think Endless Nameless, Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, Revolution 9.) In contrast, The Sad Skinhead is great. The addition of vocals lets the album pace really pick up after the endless slog of the opening song. There's some great guitarwork between the verses, and we actually hear a chord progression (rather than a drone) for the first time. Sounds intensely punkish (or proto-punkish). Unlike punk, though, there are lots of little details to keep your interest here, including some fluttery xylophone lines, sound effects in the left ear, and a simple, fun bassline. Jennifer is reminiscent of some early Black Sabbath (maybe Planet Caravan?) with its repetitive, echoey guitar tunes and spaced out lines. The throbbing bassline is cool but I would've liked to hear some more complexity. The outro is very weird but oddly enjoyable. The rest of the tracks continue in much the same way, and I'm left wondering what exactly happened in track 1. Did they forget how to write good, engaging music? Are they stupid? 3/5 Key tracks: The Sad Skinhead, It's A Bit Of A Pain

dosta dobro!

If this is what happens to music when you lose a world war, they make a very strong argument for peace!

Proof that the German belief in a supreme race is laughable.

Another band I never heard of. I liked it , but I found their first album and liked that much more.

Краут залупа

a welcome introduction to kraut

All of this sucked

I did like the fuzzy, sorta dirty guitar sound!

Interesting. Not my style. Reminds me of a German Frank Zappa kind of vibe

3.5/5

Not really, no

This was both a new genre and new artist to me. Interesting, but I don’t think it’ll be one I’ll return to.

Rough listen. I actually enjoyed “Jennifer” a good deal, but overall I felt like every time I was getting into a song, some more droning nonsense came in. Best Track: Jennifer

When it hits, it hits. (3.5)

The few elements of this that I did like were way too few and far between. If "Jennifer" was half the length, it would be a little slice of perfection... but it isn't.

Pretty cool

Not for me

Not so experimental that it isn't accessible, some great drone instrumentals and cool "typical" songs. It is a great Krautrock album

I like the instrumentals waaaaay better than those with vocals. That being said, I will never listen to this album or group again. It’s interesting but not interesting enough for me. I imagine a bunch of Germans were in someone’s basement during Oktoberfest when this was recorded.

I can't say I fully understand what "Krautrock" is as a genre other than experimental psych-rock produced in Germany, but maybe that is the point. I do thank Faust for trying to help with the definition by naming their intro track after the genre. If this tells me anything it is that Krautrock is without explicit form. This song is largely droning with distorted guitars wandering under a repetitive bassline and some static-y synths. Drums punch through after 7 minutes of wandering and give a brief sense of direction, but ultimately this is an atmospheric jam that fades out just as it came. In fact few songs on here adhere to any traditional song structures. The only exceptions being The Sad Skinhead, which is an abrupt change of pace into something that sounds a lot like Zappa, and (if you squint) It's A Bit of A Pain. My favorites on here are Jennifer and Giggy Smile. The former is a wonderfully spacey track built around a rippling bass refrain with little bits of static electricity sounds crashing through and distant, confined sounding vocals. The latter is just a solid jam with fun guitar and synth interplay. Just A Second feels a bit like Velvet Underground or something. And Lauft is an expansive folk-adjacent song that sort of just gives up steam halfway through for some experimental bullshit. Made for an interesting listen that kept me on my toes. Soft 4 for me.

Enjoyed this quite a bit during a chilly fall dog walk. Giggy Smile was great. I feel like this is an album I don't normally enjoy. It was a bit shoegazey at times, but I feel like overall it just had more energy. Low 4, with some really bright moments

That was some trippy stuff there. Took a while to get me going but the second disc was very cool. Giggly Smile was awesome and a great name of a song. Let this go into the deluxe edition without even knowing and was jamming the whole time. Was excited to see some Krautrock again and I was not disappointed.

OoOoOoOo I can definitely mess around with some krautrock. Loving the first track. Second is meh. Back to loving Jennifer. Now back to crazy! But kinda Floydish. Giggy Smile is a fun little diddy. Whatever instrument is being used in the first half of Lauft was incredibly peaceful. Honestly really loved that. Perfect amount of noise and fun.

More like shitrock. I’m all for weird left-of-center when it comes to music, and at times they nearly changed my mind with the injection of humor here and there into the songs. But overall it was just a Faustian waste of time.

Fuck. Off. I knew I was jumping into something back with the first song being almost 12 minutes of nonsense. I tried to give this a chance. I really did. But certain parts made my skin crawl like nails on a chalk board and even some songs that could be decent would be interrupted by obnoxious noise that hurt my ear holes. I spent too much time listening to this and writing my review.

The best part about this album is the name of the sub-genre it pioneered: Krautrock. I mean, not like I enjoy Krautrock, but the name is legit. Anyway, I thought maybe I would give this a 2*, but I didn't make it all the way through and don't have the energy to revisit. So.... 1.5/5

It was a nice chill vibe

another meh album for me. still pretty cool though!

I like Krautrock as a genre just fine, some of it is more interesting than the rest. This particular one ….well, “it’s a bit of a pain”(for me).

I don't really know what to say about this one. It is an album that I listened to today. I will not listen to it again. 2.5/5. That review is about as fulfilling as the album.

3/10 - I mean it's ok, long depressing riffs but it drags, it also put my wife in a bad mood so there's that

Very weird, but pretty cool too. Besides krautrock, it sounded almost like shoegaze as well (especially the first track)

I like the music, it's a cool vibe. I wish the songs weren't all so long though, they start to drag about halfway through each one.

Not a Krautrock fan

Very interesting album. Not as experimental as the band's previous efforts, but that's for the better. It's still pretty out there but is able to grab the listener by having some more familiar rock elements. Prime 70s German stuff. Key tracks: Krautrock The Sad Skinhead Jennifer

I like a good deal of krautrock, but not this.

Experimental, yes. There's cool synth on here and nice ambience. I think a lot of stuff that would have seemed new and edgy in the early 70s. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that this was inspiration for excellent and influential albums that came afterwards. I mean, I didn't hate it. But I wasn't particularly whelmed in any form. Not what I want from music necessarily. 3 stars.

This album is like interviewing a serial killer who eats babies, just before they sit in the electric chair. It’s your last chance to try and understand their motives. They ask for a piece of paper and request to be left alone. Forty minutes later, you return to the room to find they’ve used the paper to cut the corners of their own mouth, and they have smeared their faeces on the wall to create an image that kind of looks like Hitler being crucified.

Not sure what this was or who it was aimed it. Sounded an awful lot like when a band first gets together and is setting up. Some people jamming over others while one guy is struggling with amp feedback. Maybe there is an audience for this kind of "music". I don't know. And frankly, I don't want to know.

God damn ambient hippies

At some point a collection of sounds does not make a good music. This album is so random im unsure why it’s in the list.

Interesting sounds! With enough listens it would probably click

Na

- Trifft überhaupt nicht meinen Geschmack - Ist wie experimenteller Jazz mit Rock - Einfach nur Chaos und kein Spaß beim Hören - Heißt wahrscheinlich Krautrock weil es wie Kraut und Rüben klingt Topsong: Jennifer

Classic Krautrock that, while it doesn't have the driving motorik and funk energy of Can, has the loose jammy sprawling feel, emphasis on drones and repetitions and shifting textures, and psych exploratory energy to it. More of a proto-shoegaze than a house music precedent. Favorites: Krautrock, Jennifer, Giggy Smile

This one was strangely captivating. It pulled me in so many directions that follow up listens will happen. I gave it 3 because some of it is strange, but like another review said, I can see why the cat got freaked out by it

The first track was long and boring. I thought I was in for a long, annoying slog through some uninspired shit. But, it turned around soon after and began to get interesting. I won't be putting this into my regular listening rotation, but it is an early example of forward looking musicians trying to move on from the mostly boring standard fare of rock and roll at the time. Surprisingly good.

Not something I'd listen to often but kinda interesting. The second track is pretty good! Reminds me of Blur's more eclectic moments.

What a terrible, terrible album. Just because some teenagers decided to make some noise, it doesn't have to be put on this list. Or would it be sufficient to land on this list by going into a school of 14 years old and record their noise?

I actually like this kind of style of music. Experimental and long rock songs. I do kind of wish that they just didn't have any singing on the album, though. It takes away from the experience, I think. Their sound is really good. It also feels really well-crafted and intentional. Favorite Song(s): Krautrock

Meh

That first 12 minute track was mind-numbing, then there were some other experimental tracks, then the one good song, Giggy Smile that might get stuck in my head, then one with a long silent stretch, then another one and it ended.

This is a hard album to rate accurately. It's experimental for the time, but there are proper songs in there, albeit interspersed with an aural panic attack.

Nao é muito meu estilo nao

C'est excellent, des musiques, expérimentales, certaines atmosphériques certaines plus entraînantes. Des sonorités originales et des airs qui sont agréables dès la première écoute

seven minutes into the first song and nothing has happened. This is going to be a long one. Lots of guitars, fades into the background with the (occasional) mumbled singing. You probably had to be there. I do prefer the originals, not the digital remasterings.

Acid trip

More an experience and education that actual listening to music... I liked "Jennifer" though

Hypnotic rhythms and extended improvisation. A krautrock classical from '73.

4.0 Come on, for 1973 this is fantastic. Never heard of these before, but so many great moments. Can hear the inspiration in so much music today. Experimental soft electronica, I love it.

Krautrock should stay in its jar at the back of the fridge to be forgotten about.

Right off the bat I like this a lot. Grungy, dirty, somber and noisy. The mood it sets at the beginning is so warm, fuzzy and calming. Really cool and unique sounds used throughout that keep me thoroughly enticed. I was unfamiliar with this band before this record, and the only "Faust" artist I knew was DJ Faust (Faust & Shortee). This is one of those records I'm really happy I discovered while being a part of this project. This is album #489 in my journey.

This was an interesting German krautrock album, it wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst thing I've heard!

krautrock... ahhhh, dat voelt altijd een beetje als thuiskomen

Before even looking at the reviews I can tell people will hate this. But for me I actually love some of these sounds. The opening track is Krautrock noise rock, and when the drums kick in it really goes to another level, and the other Krautrock style tracks I also really like. But then the second track Sad Skinhead is weird reggae? And Jennifer is pretty dull. A mixed bag of enjoyment here for me, probably as intended but the band, given how the pretty standard It's a Bit of a Pain has harsh feedback, Swedish (?) and electronic bleeps inserted into a simple melody, but all this makes it a much more interesting album than most.

Grew on me the more I listened, but nothing I would seek out again.

Elektronische Musik aus Deutschland

This album rules. Every time I've come back to it, I'm like wow I need to listen to this more. It really has everything you want in Krautrock without getting too out there.

I preferred the instrumental heavy tracks to the vocal forward tracks. Overall it was an interesting album, good grooves, lots of synth.

Nope. I couldn’t wait for this album to be over. Way too artsy-fartsy for me. How do you listen to “It’s a bit of a Pain” and not want to blow your ear drums out. Oh, you don’t have to, Faust does it for you with that obnoxiously loud … noise. Terrible record. Not for me

Not as bad as the reviews here would suggest.

I don’t hate this but I also didn’t *love* it. Some good jams for sure.

An album that was trying to be a1, but kept accidentally playing good bits too.

This had a couple of interesting moments, but was mostly un-fun. I think harsh noise and other machine-generated experimental music can be captivating, but it works much better in a live setting. Recordings just come across like an album of old dial-up modem connection sounds.

As weird as this was, if you told me it was made any time in the last 60 years, I wouldn't be surprised. Would have been weird last week, and was definitely weird 52 years ago.

Great album with very unusual guitar/synth sounds. Particularly enjoyed the instrumental parts and the end of ‘it’s a bit of a pain’. A challenging but very rewarding listen.

Boring and German. Yuck

Enjoyed most of this, not quite as engaging for me as Neu! but still enjoyable and worth a return imo! There were parts that dragged on, and when that works well, it makes for great almost hypnotic listening, but sometimes it doesnt always hit that. Good stuff though, will be back

This sounded like a krautrock band and a prog band simultaneously recorded an album. It seemed to be walking the line between sounding actually interesting and just random in the hope of being interesting, there were some good songs and some that didn't do it for me. Picnic was great, krautrock was pretty good, most of the others were okay. For 1973 it's pretty impressive but I don't think I would be compelled to hear it again.

I presumed krautrock was the same sound as Kraftwerk, and so it took me ages to realise that it is trippy, experimental, funky rock. Not really my bag, a lot of it went nowhere and ended abruptly. I feel like the riff to Just A Second gets sampled a lot.

Ah the elusive krautrock, only learnt about this from this list..... Unfortunately I found most of this a bit too weird and without structure for me to get on board with. Bits of it were ok, but won't be rushing back. 2.5

Not for me

Verdammt, diese deutschen Jungs haben einfach gemacht, worauf sie Bock hatten, scheißegal was, oder? Still could not even begin to describe what the fuck krautrock is, even after a full listen. Interesting enough though, certainly didn't hate it.

Not for me

This started brilliantly. I loved Krautrock. I could listen to a whole album of that sadly much of the rest of t album was somewhat as I feared this record would be. A bit weird (but not aa weird as I expected). I liked some of the weird but it wasn't nearly as listenable as the first track. Giggy Smile probably the other highlight. A Bit of a Pain was aptly named.

Well this is pretty mad. I quite enjoyed the first track although it dragged on a bit, following that every track was totally different and largely unpredictable. It was fun. I don't know that I love any of it, but it was interesting. From reading it sounds like this is their least crazy release, so I'm somewhat intrigued to look into more of their stuff. Perhaps on further listens it would become a 4.

Krautrock, 1973 -> 1-2

Freaky soundscapes that I definitely preferred to the quirky circus songs

Why?

At first try I had a migraine and it was awful. At second try I was high and it was heaven sent.

Honestly, I have no clue as to how this album made the list. It was primarily noise and it was not ambient noise. Limited coherence throughout. Not something I will recommend or listen to again.

This was not my thing. I didn’t even finish the first half.

I had a negative reaction to Krautrock but there was some other interesting things on here. I probably wouldn't have chosen to listen to this but I didn't hate it.

I like krautrock and boy that's an unexpected genre to me.

kinda gorillaz kinda modest mouse kinda NIN really great

Slow, boring...

interesting album. I can see where some ambient music was certainly influenced by this. will need another listen

Maso

10/10 absolutely loved this! I can hear a strong influence from The Kinks in their music I also checked out their self titled album (with the skeleton hand xray thing) and was a little disappointed it was a lot dryer, but still alright

Esto sólo es soportable si consumes ciertas sustancias que han quedado fuera de mi alcance. Esto es de ser muy snob y es insoportable hasta para los años 70 por mucho que quieran venderlo como vanguardia de algo.

boring.

Noises. Nothing but goddamn noises.

It really feels ahead of it's time in terms of the production. Some drone/ambient/electronic stuff, mixed with a whole bunch of other genres. Outside of the experimental songs, it seems the band does have a knack for writing something catchy and even poppy. 6/10

Highlight Song/s: Krautrock, Jennifer and Lauft... I've been drowning in krautrock lately, can't keep myself from going under. Krautrock just sends the right signals to brain, I mean as I've said on other krautrock reviews, my favourite album is Low by David Bowie and I'm a fan of post-punk music. It's a great feeling when I hear what influenced my favourite bands, music genres and albums. For me this album sounds quite industrial but way before it was a genre, just yet another genre It practically created. The album was pretty much flawless. Mostly. Except I did not enjoy at all the 4th track with that chirping sound, that just completely triggered the wrong signals.

The opener, aptly titled Krautrock, is a textbook composition that brings the template of the genre Krautrock into play: driving motor-esque rhythms mixed with a bag of psychedelic and drony passages. Sad Skinhead is a fun take on pop by avant-garde, and Jennifer is a cool pulsating number. Other than the closer, which is similar to Sad Skinhead in that it's a shorter pop oriented song, Side B is more of the same, with a slight twist and addition of a folky twang to its suite like feel. My krautrock knowledge is limited, but Faust IV is to me, the perfect blend of accessible and the autobahn-driven motorik that adorns the genre. Faust IV is one of the albums you seek when you look into Krautrock, no doubt.

Nice.

Not sure this one is for me. I didn't hate it or anything. I get the appeal but just not for me. 2 stars.

Inoffensive, but the best part of this album was the 11-minute opening track which sounded like the uncut version of the intro to a sci-fi film.

It's definitely interesting. I do like it, but I don't love it. 3/5

Out of the blue genius with a handful of mood makers

Less KrautRock and more prog rock. Given the timespan of this group and their locale, this is a phenomenal album. 4.5/5

Materpiece

Ehhhh bit all over the shop, is it an album or just "Here's some really long tracks and some other ideas".

Like a SNL skit gone wrong. Weird and not very enjoyable.

I didn’t finish it but what I did hear of it was weird but not in a good way

Great stuff, influenced half of what I listen to. Iconic opener.

Enjoyed Jennifer and Lauft... Heisst Das Es Lauft Oder Es Kommt Bald..Lauft had me floating through space

Very enjoyable, weird I never knew of them considering they're like proto-post rock. I'll enjoy listening to it again

The opening track 'Krautrock' really be testing a mothafucka patience at 8am this morning. The rest of the album was OKAY, it definitely doesn't sound like it was released in the 70's, it was definitely ahead of it's time but also I don't really care

I'm really not sure about this one yet. I still haven't finished the first disc and it's 6 hours later. This album is painful. I see how Radiohead among others were influenced by this album, but it's like if you took all droning parts of Radiohead, but removed all the high energy climaxes and replaced them with super annoying nonsense, that's what this is. Not the worst album I've listened to, but I do not care for it.

THIS is why I'm here! Never heard of this before today and I LOVE it. Wild experimentation throughout. Reminds me a lot of what Hawkwind was doing at the same time.

generally enjoyable. feels like I'm not always getting it, kind of weird sometimes. Reminds me at times of film soundtracks, creating scenes and moods. opening track is pretty atmospheric. sad skinhead is groovy. giggy smile's pretty groovy and gets better as it goes on. Lauft is fun. Jennifer is really nice. I don't exactly know what to make of this, it's generally enjoyable but very hard to parse.

It was interesting, but not for me. 2 stars.

Faust IV was a wild album. It starts out with a pretty hard sounding ambient wall of sound, but then dives into are some wacky tracks (see "The Sad Skinhead" with its badass xylophone and the repeating lyrical ditty from "Jennifer" which will be stuck in my head for days). It's a very schizophrenic album, and I mean that in the best way. I never knew what would come next or, sometimes, how a song would even end because they rarely finished in the same fashion (or even genre) that they began in. It's weird and it kept me on my toes. I like that. Some of the riffs and recurring themes within songs are so catchy. Standouts were "Krautrock" "Jennifer" and "Lauft..." Full of weird sounds and good times, I don't even know how to rate this album. I had fun with it. It's unique as hell. But how much would I really relisten to? I dunno, maybe a song or two. But it's really cool and I can't stop thinking about it, and the musicians are actually pretty talented. It's getting a 4

Really conflicted with this one. Not an easy listen (perhaps 2/5 stars for that?), but that's part of the point. It's compelling and envelope-pushing, especially when considering its time (5/5 stars). There's plenty of intentional rock convention upending, which I appreciate.

Favorites: Jennifer Giggy Smile It's A Bit Of A Pain (except for the noise) The intro track, "Krautrock", is a lengthy epic soundscape - almost needlessly so. "Jennifer" lies to the listener, drastically changing tempo and feel twice. "Giggy Smile" does the same but in a more entertaining way. The album sounds like drivel mostly, though.

plenty of people complaining in the review that this one is weird, but i don't think it really is? it's mostly just an instrumental album that i actually enjoyed at several points... even if a lot of these songs drag on and on and on.... it's very, very, very german from start to finish. i liked the song "Jennifer" the most, as it's one of the only songs with full lyrics, but i also really liked "Piano Piece" and "Giggy Smile" tbh most people probably won't love this one, it's not for people who need more than just music or people who can't appreciate a strange sound or random sound going off for 2-5 minutes, over the track. not something i'll listen to again, but i have to respect the hustle and artistry of it, so.

I just rated a Bjork album 5 stars so I'm no stranger to indulgent soundscapes but this one's opening track is testing me. It's again one of those albums where you recognize how influential it is but you prefer the bands that it influenced. I hear a lot of post-OK Computer Radiohead in here. It's not as experimental as I was expecting when I read 'German krautrok'. OK I take that back - it gets so much better as it goes on. This is a great discovery for me. Will surely revisit this album when the mood is right for noise rock. Loved the songs 'Jennifer', 'Just a Second', 'Giggly Smile', 'Lauft...'

Дуже люблю краутрок і хоча четвертий фауст не є прям каноном жанру (що краутроку, що косміче), це все одно дуже класний і різноманітний альбом від одного з найцікавіших гуртів тієї сцени.

När vi äntligen får västtysk psykofarmaka helt befriad ifrån anglosaxisk bluestradition, ja då får vi Fausts skojfriska fyra. Och det vet ju alla att tyskar ska inte hålla på med något som tangerar humor. Öppnongsspåret driver med det av britterna nedlåtande hittepåbegreppet Krautrock. Andra spåret är en reggaepatisch i västtysk tapping, som förvisso är 100 gånger bättre än när Clapton ger sig på musikformnen men likväl en patisch. Och sådär håller det på genom i stort sett hela plattan, symfonirocken får sig en eller två kängor, liksom hippierock och annat, allt med glatt humör, jazztobak och krautens beståndsdelar mer eller mindre tydliga. För visst finns här ett tillsynes oändligt motorikbeat, det fins monotomi och upprepning, det finns experimentlusta och en centraleuropeisk klangvärld. Men det går inte att komma ifrån känslan att dom driver även med detta, för att demontera hittepågenren. Och kanske är just det skivans största förtjänst, att den bidrar till att genren inte blir cementerad och bara en ny form av bluesrock. Det är västtyskt och befriat ifrån bluesarv, bara det gör att det blir godkänt men så mycket mer kvalitativt blir det inte mer än i enstaka stunder. Lyssna hellre på Can - Tago mago, Neu! - Neu! , The Exorcist GBG - The Exorist GBG

Svår och svårbedömd skiva. Rytmiskt orytmisk. Kantig sång. Det gör lite ont. Påträngande. Är det ljudkonst eller är det musik? Troligen före sin tid 1973 och till inspiration för efterföljande artister. Sammantaget ändå mer intressant än bra att lyssna på.

- Tjena grabbar, läget? Redo att göra en ny skiva? - Jajamen Günther! Du har väl mad dig den där maskinen som gör konstiga ljud? -självklart gubbar. -Härligt! Kan vi inte se till att ljuden är symbios med resten av vår musik den här gången? -Nein! -Snälla -Ok, på nån låt då, men på sista spåret ska det låta för jävligt! -Kanon Günther, det kör vi på. Se fick vi ju knalla fall en tvåa.

Småtrevligt, men rätt konventionellt. Hade förväntat mig mer sauerkraut i krautrocken.

This is... Interesting. I don't know exactly how I feel about it. I like it and don't get much from it at the same time. It's decent music with some very strange choices. One song lulled me into a false sense of security with light guitar and vocals, then suddenly blared an Amber Alert-sounding alarm in my ear. It's bizarre. I can't say I dislike it. I also can't say I would listen to this again.

Didn’t care or pay attention so I listened again and it was pretty keen.

Weird

Who doesn’t love a long intro full of industrial distortion, anchored by a good dose of tambourine? This is a uniquely artful offering - atmospheric, trippy, surreal, even a bit dada-esque. Noise layered upon noise, and then more noise layered in. Yet, its held together in a pretty compelling way. I was not familiar with Faust before this but enjoyed it overall - particularly, the intro Krautrock, Lauft…Heisst… , and Piano Piece on disk two.

We're about 60+ albums into this project and finally we get served some Krautrock. Some of my favorite bands of all time have been clearly and heavily influenced by this movement, so I am eager to dig into some of their inspirations here. It's wild to consider this band specifically would influence subsequent artists as varied in their aesthetics as Throbbing Gristle, Radiohead, Swans, Madlib, and Simple Minds. What a swathe of styles. This album opens with a searing burst of synth noise on "Krautrock" that immediately demands the listener sit up and pay attention. And I do. This piece seems less about writing an iconoclastic song than instead shaping a space or an environment with sound, and it's discordantly rapturous. There are a lot of highlights here. "The Sad Skinhead" in all its bouncy ska-syncopated cartoon goofiness, also sounds like the template from which "Mongoloid" by Devo was crafted. "Just a Second" also bursts forward with a propulsive and engaging bass and rhythm guitar line that then takes a hard left and deconstructs itself into an experimental electronic foray that both bewilders the listener and psychedelically subverts the mood established in the first section; only to fall away and decay suddenly.  The lengthy repetition of the synth lines on "Giggy Smile" get really old really fast, which doubles my appreciation for its abrupt halt. I rayther appreciate the boldness of these guys to inject some stoney chill song closing out like "It's a Bit of A Pain" with an insane punctuation of buzzing alarm noise. I've been a fan of Neu!, Sand, and Can over the years, but this was my first sit-down with Faust, and I'm definitely going to be exploring some more. Most of my favorite music is that which takes big risks and transports you as a listener, and these weirdos deliver all of the above in shimmering multitudes. As for the the album cover, it is fucking brilliant. It's such a statement to just put rows and rows of empty staff lines for music that relies so heavily on improvisation and experimentation. The contrast of minimalist cover design with the abstract kitchen-sink maximalism of the contents also does not escape notice and appreciation. It says everything we need to know: these guys aren't playing notes so much as crafting a soundspace for the listener to explore. The page is blank; inviting the listener to inhabit that space and fill in the empty monochromatic space with whatever images the music conjures up. And those images are fucking COLORFUL.

I don't have a job that allows me to do the kind of drugs to properly enjoy this album. That being said, it accomplishes its goal of being an acid trip induced jouney

Nach Orchestral Manoeuvres noch mehr experimentale Mallotigheiten, dieses Mahl aus Deutschland. Sie rummeln lecker was an, aber schmeißen da nicht mit der Mütze nach. Stärker noch, es klingt was vage, aber ich kann es gut haben, diese Raumschifffahrtsmusik. Dichselbt nur nicht zu viel abfragen was du da eigentlich mit mußt. Keine Experimente? Sicher wohl!

Ik luister dit direct na Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. En dan valt een enorm kwaliteitsverschil op. De Manoeuvres krijgen nu een lesje van een bijna 10 jaar ouder album. Ook nu volop digitale ondersteuning en (digitaal) gespeel met geluidjes. Echter op een veel sterkere muzikale basis en met veel meer balans. Ook nu geen Grammy voor de zang. Maar het is soms ook hoe je ermee omgaat. Misschien waardeer ik het nu net iets te hoog door de vergelijking met het vorige album, maar dat is goed tegen het zure broeder imago.

Krautrock, ik weet niet of ik dat al eerder echt geluisterd heb. Ik heb het boekje gelezen van Don Leo Blokhuis over de Berlijnse muziekscene en daar beschrijft hij wel wat van die krautrockbandjes, en hoe ze van invloed waren op oa Bowie. Wat hij omschreef, leek me nu niet echt heel interessant. De openingstrack komt langzaam los, een beetje saai, maar op het eind gaat het wel iets lijken op de postrock zoals ik die ken. Esoterisch komt in me op, geen idee waarom. Vervolgens luisteren we naar een Duitse Frank Zappa, gek stemmetje, gekke geluidjes. En zo wisselen die twee stijlen met elkaar af. De ene keer Zappaesque, met name als ze gaan zingen. De andere keer meanderend, soms experimenteel, maar wel nog met een lijn erin. Ik kan het vanmorgen erg goed hebben moet ik zeggen. Op elke andere dag zou dit absoluut een dikke onvoldoende kunnen scoren, maar vandaag bevalt het me bijzonder goed. Voor nu geef ik zelfs een 4. Ik check nog even de score van mijn favoriete Brabantse luistermaat, die zal dit wel neergesabeld hebben. Kan ik weer met beide beentjes op de grond, wat bezielde me ook om dit leuk te vinden. Wat blijkt: 5 sterren. Dan mag ik dit prima een 4 geven. Hiephoi

La verdad es que el disco es un tanto insoportable. La menos escuchada: Picnic on a frozen river es la que más chula está.

I usually like short songs. Not repetitive drones like this. But it's surprisingly good. Favorite song: krautrock

Très bon ! C’est du Krautrock, alors je m’attendais à quelque chose comme du Tangerine Dream, mais non ! C’est plus rock, il y a du psychédélique mélangé avec. C’est très intéressant à écouter !

2.9 // weird space-y sounds a lot of the time, some songs drag out a while, weird but not too much where it's hurting the music

More ambient than anything else, I wasn’t sure about it at first but better with a second listen. Still ended up getting pushed to the background but I was decently busy and was pretty shallow in my attention. 3/5

shoutout to germans with synths

I liked it. Great background music! I'm trying to come up with a ranking system. I think: 1) did not enjoy/finish the album 2) finished did not enjoy 3) finished might seek out more/listen again 4) finished and listened to more 5) can play on repeat

I have no idea what they are up to. It is interesting to me that punk rock which often told its audience to go fuck itself is more inviting than experimental music.

I enjoyed the parts of this album that didn’t make me want to hurl my headphones across the room. Sadly that was only about 20% of the time! It’s weirdly creative and like little I’ve heard before; it just sounds like bullshit to me.

This is such a mix of styles that I don't know where to begin. I really liked the first track, all 11 minutes of it, and then the skinhead novelty song kicked in, and it all kinda went off the rails. Shame really.

what the fuck 92/100

Man, I don't know. The ambient/prog-y/shoegaze-y stuff in the first few tracks I enjoyed, and I imagine it was pretty groundbreaking. Almost anything with lyrics didn't hit for me, with some of it being actively off-putting (esp., "Giggy Smile"). There are pieces of intentionally irksome music I've enjoyed and found interesting (see, in particular, the early work of IDLES), but this ain't it.

This is the kind of album that I like to see on this list: strange, innovative and ultimately influential. It's the last of the albums from the original line-up of the band, and it's a bit of a grower.

Strange album, but somehow was kind of into it. It wasn't groundbreaking or life changing, but a solid, fun album that was completely new to me. 3.5/5 Might listen again

1st time every hearing this band

Spacey, psychedelic and experimental rock. On the face of it, this is right up my alley and there were lots of parts I really loved. But some of it felt slow and aimless, with seemingly intentionally grating bits thrown in here and there. Highlights: Giggy Smile (especially the last section).

Not really to my taste - not a bad album by any stretch but not much in it for me personally.

Mega experimentele Duitse tjak. Is onwaarschijnlijk een soort hele oude trendsettermuziek geweest. Beetje psychedelisch. Niet om aan te horen.

Not really sure what this was.

Not for me

I dont like

This is kinda like "what if we did Jazz with random stuff I found in the elementary school music room" and also one guy is goin crazy on the synth. If this is your thing I can see the appeal but I feel like I'm starting a twelve book series at book 7.

Very varied and a bit weird. I didn't enjoy all of it, but that's not surprising given how many tracks there were and how many genres it spanned. Overall, I enjoyed it more than I expected. It seemed like the kind of album that I wanted the Velvet Underground to make.

Nonsense

a bit disappointed, kinda boring tbh I expected more

this sounds like prog rock for people on lithium and/or lexapro But it's not bad, just a bit of a snooze fest. Lucky I was in the mood for something boring, so this gets a solid pass.

My expectations were definitely played with going into this. From initially seeing a fairly low global rating, to being taken back and enjoying the 11 minute opening track, to back to being a bit disappointed that a remainder of the album did not maintain this same energy. If the change in direction on the tracks following Krautrock is what people were upset by back in the day, I can understand. It does find shades of that opener on side B but not enough to entirely win me back.

Boring dreck so uninspiring that even half cut I have nothing to say about it.

Front and back loaded without much in the middle. Final track is really really cool. Jennifer is also great. 7/10

If, before I started this project, that fans of this band would criticise this album for being 'sellout' and too palatable, I would not have believed you. The opener is good, the rest of these songs range from goofy to experimental (read: shit). The one with the really long name in German is pretty cool too. At least it isn't Throbbing Gristle. Highlights: Krautrock

2/5

Krautrock is noise. Did I need to be on drugs to enjoy this? It wasn’t good. 2⭐️

nothing special

To było takie dziwne! Dziwne, oryginalne, zdeformowane, czasem naprawdę wdzięczne i dźwięczne a czasem odpychające, jakby przypadkowe, taplające się z dumą w swojej ohydzie. Ale przede wszystkim było to JAKIEŚ! Nie sprawiało przyjemności, ale fascynowało, pociągało i odrzucało, ale robiło to wszystko trzymając Cię za fraki. Nie mam pojęcia jak to ocenić, ten dziwny twór, ten eksperyment szalonego naukowca. Dam 6/10, ale ta płyta wymyka się gwiazdkom i ucieka wprost na swoją, zupełnie obcą, zamieszkaną przez kosmitów planetę.

Idk what to say

I feel like this didn't make sense because I didn't see Faust I through III, but I keep meaning to see whichever one has Mr. T in it.

Interesting, unusual, influential.

Impressive experimentation for the time. Didn't do much to grab me but great in the background.

Weird. Not the worst but not great.

Kæm visste at rar krautrock e sånt æ like? Ikke æ! Men tydeligvis når det dukke opp på riktig dag og alt sånt. Eneste ulempen va jo at æ tidvis måtte skru av for å finne ut av om den rare lyden kom fra omgivelsan eller musikken (det va stort sett musikken), men sånt får man tåle i kunsten.

Not my favorite genre. To harsh.

There is a lot of really good rock music out there, but you won't find any of it here. 1 star or F.

Now this is a really interesting pick! I've heard of Faust before, but never really listened to them, so I was happy to see them here and give them a chance. What I liked about this album is how forward-thinking it is, while still offering moments of simple and nice songwriting, sometimes paired with playful musical ideas and sarcastic lyrics. Some ideas here would appear in music much later - like the opener, "Krautrock", which is an almost 12-minute-long drone piece that slowly evolves and grows over time. It adds subtle layers, with the track fully developing when drums come in, very late in the song's runtime, around the 7-minute mark. Here, you can hear the influence on post-rock bands such as Swans and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but maybe a bit of Sonic Youth and Stereolab, too. Hard to believe this came out in '73. On "The Sad Skinhead", we get a complete 180 - a track featuring playful, sarcastic and absurd lyrics I previously mentioned, combined with psychedelic guitar sounds and a xylophone solo that reminds me of Zappa’s 70s fusion work. A really cool and fun track. "Just a Second" starts with a funky groove, but halfway through breaks down into an unpredictable ambient/drone mix of synths, piano, and guitar. The way these two parts are joined strangely reminded me of some of The Mars Volta’s sudden changes. This track feels a bit under-developed - like the band wasn't sure where the opening idea should go. For me, another highlight is "Giggy Smile" - an energetic mix of jazz, prog, and blues with unusual rhythms and creative instrumentation. It has a restless energy that brings to mind the adventurous Canterbury scene. However, not every track works this well. Some experiments feel more like sketches than finished songs, and the album’s flow can be a bit uneven. The last two tracks explore some folky ideas, which is another complete left turn in this album, providing even more musical diversity. Still, Faust IV balances humor, surprise, and real musical ambition and inovativeness, while still providing enough . At its best, it's fascinating and bold. At its weakest, it feels a little self-indulgent. I’d give it a solid 3.5 out of 5 - definitely worth listening for its highlights and historical importance, even if I wouldn’t listen to it all the way through very often. 3.5/5

Amazing krautrock. Heard this one before and it still rocks.

Some kinda wild stuff -- good enough as a background listen, but gets a little drony after awhile.

Droning, repetitive, lacking anything fun or memorable.

3.4 1x flagged for another listen... pretty cool

Singulier; grandiloquent dans son minimalisme

I went into this with great trepidation, but it wasn’t that bad. It certainly seemed ahead of its time as moments reminded me of Beta Band and later experiments with sound and spoken word. I mean, I’m not adding it to my collection or listening ever again on purpose, but it was not nearly as bad as I feared.

Bigger fan of the instrumentals on this than I am the parts with vocals. But the whole thing is really fun to listen to.

Krautrock? All these genres. Not my bag.

ooh old ass krautrock. i still dont fully understand what krautrock but theres a lot cool albums that I like that are considered to be krautrock love the sound design on here its so crazy. very ahead of its time

First track was a drag and I thought this was going to be a hard one to sit through, but there were some interesting bits and pieces here. The album as a whole didn’t feel cohesive at all, but I like what they were trying to do.

Fine

eh

Krautrock...it's more than just a notification that what you're about to listen to is terrible for Faust...it's also the name of the opening track. I won't lie, this isn't that different from a number of other, non-German, art rock acts, maybe it's even better (for art rock, not in general). 12 minutes of a "sonic landscape" to kick things off, it manages to be both annoyingly repetitive and annoyingly surprising at the same time. The good news is now that it's over I'm a quarter of the way through the album. The only Krautrock I'm interested in is Autobahn. They are really playing with stereo on The Sad Skinhead. Krautrock is apparently just the German word for psychedelic music with found sound and industrial noises. Giggy Smile is the best song so far. The song with the really long German title sucks. This is an awful album. What is a bit of a pain is the random annoying noise over the middle of a song. And a second go at it.

The last Krautrock offering by Neu was exciting and captivating to listen to and something I was sorry I hadn’t heard in last few decades since it’s release. This however was something I was sorry I had listened to!

the only time germans were cool

Meh

I’ve been having a good time with the krautrock on this list. Could there possibly be a more Cool German Guy band name than Faust? Doubt it.

Bueno

Some ok moments but not enough.

No need to include this one.

12/1001 :: Faust - Faust IV Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Rating: 5 Fav Tracks: Just A Second/Picnic on a Frozen River File this under bizarre industrial album that would be cool to play if you owned a coffee shop and didn’t want to offend anyone with your music taste but also wanted to come off as avant garde. Lots of interesting parts here but the structure of these songs are so loose. A couple of them have no words too and would have been good contenders for our Discogs Instrumentals run. While I can appreciate this and thought some of it was pretty rad I’m not sure I would go back. That is of course unless I open up a avant garde coffee shop, which if I’m being honest I would love to do… So I guess there’s still hope, but the chances are slim.

I was pretty bummed when I checked my phone to realize I was only half way through track one. I decided to end that misery and found myself well engaged for the remainder. This album is meandering and weird, with many left turns, some of which introduce feelings of minor discord, some of which feel more sublime. It has a Zappaesque feel in that regard, minus the technical superiority....but that isn't the point here. Regardless of where it was going, I always found myself ready for it and wanting to see what came next. Good stuff. 3.5 stars.

Glad it created much of the music I like, but I will not listen to this again.

Das also ist des Pudels Kern!

It's a mood. Reminds me of my parents, and aunts/uncles with the lanterns around the pond. White noise, with a bit of hypnosis.

Experimental sounds that sometimes causes me to stop and listen more than usual.

Krautrock and Jennifer (the latter of which I had heard before) rock, the rest not so much.

No dont get it, probably never will

It’s weird, but I like weird. Liked the futuristic and hypnotic sound. More of a mood piece than a regular listen.

The opening track, Krautrock, is so much to my taste that I could quite happily have extended it to forty minutes and had it be the whole album. I liked the other stuff too, but not to the same extent.

Sprawling, experimental, sometimes catchy, a little strange, often a bit repetitive. Bends riffs until they break. The kind of listening experience I’m appreciative of but don’t need to have again.

Enjoyed listening to this album. Will have to listen to it some more!

A real discovery for once! I had never heard of this band before, but I truly enjoyed the cinematic and atmospheric vibe they created while alternating between traditional songwriting, ambience, and noise. This is super ambitious stuff, for 1973. They were way ahead of the curve. Quite delightful. I added "Just a Second (Starts Like That)/ Picnic On a Frozen River/Deuxieme Tableaux" to my collection.

***An ok mostly instrumental album

It was cool but but nothing remarkable.

I really liked this, and had never heard the artist or the album before. Then again, it's right up my alley. I generally like Krautrock, and also prog, and this fits nicely into both genres. Cool example of the 1001 turning up something I will probably explore further, now that I'm aware of the artist.

shit

im bored

There were parts that hit so hard but they were overshadowed by the general incongruity of the songs, even internally.

Not that great

Not my style. Some songs were decent

Ok I suppose. Doesn't particularly stand out.

Weird German electronic rock, nice :)

It was quite dense

There's quite a lot of different styles on this album, from sound collage to jazz and baroque pop to ambient etc. Interesting stuff, which i will probably have to listen to again, to get the full grip on things.

Pleasant floating around experience without any hooks. At least I didn't find hooks.

I love me some krautrock, but I prefer that of Can, Neu! or say Amon Düül, with emphasis on rock and minimum amounts of gimmicky artsy fartsy bollocks. Faust leans too much on the art side for my taste.

Inspired by the space they have to play and riff. Contiguous enough to stay engaged, but never any idea where we are in the track, and yet not bored out in a rush to find out

Very weird... Krautrock look up Riem 1994

Nein.

Based on the other reviews, I expected to hate this album. I was pleasantly surprised! Overall, the songs hit a groove and stay there, while the band plays around, sometimes melodically, sometimes with noise or other rhythmic sounds (insects, water dripping, etc.) But the effect is fun and groovy.

krautrock psychedelic fun times

kind of a crazy album! enjoyed the instrumental songs a bit more, krautrock and laust. a real challenge to listen to but not entirely unpleasant. by my scale i should probably give it a two but i see the merit in it.

Utterly astonished by how much I enjoyed this Could be convinced to go to 4 after a few listens I think

Jag vet inte vad det var exakt. Men fan, jag diggar soundet rätt mycket, rakt igenom. Lite för långa låtar dock. Men kommit på mig själv med att fortsätta lyssna igenom skivan flera gånger och njuta. Lattjo med svenska snacket på sista. Jennifer är bäst. Riktigt grym.

Gillar direkt soundet i den första instrumentala låten, även om den är lite lång. Nästa låt är sämre, men så lyfter det från Jennifer och framåt och är tillräckligt bra och intressant för att det ska bli en fyra. Lite skruvat men på ett bra sätt. Kul överraskning.

Fav: Jennifer Least Fav: The Sad Skinhead The best parts were when they were not singing, loved the atmosphere they were able to create

Hardpanninga gjorde det litt vanskelig å høre på. Litt kult men og litt ensformig. De remastra greiene var bedre

Not a fan

Couldn't finish it, just funny sounds in funny orders that dont sound good together.

Weird ass album but kinda interesting Germans are always goofy tho Mid asf tbh 3/10

Best Song: The Sad Skinhead Til there is a thing called "krautrock" and if this is it, then it's not for me. It's not terrible, just not for me. I'll stick with sauerkraut, that's German enough.

A very interesting album with plenty of rock and ambient/industrial sounds. I can't believe this album released in '73 it sounds like a more modern era of music.

I see the influence they had on ambient and industrial music.

That was an interesting listen and I am looking forward to it coming up again in the shuffle in years to come

great experimentation and groove 3.5/5

its extremely healthy for the Soul to sit down with music so determined to conceive of The Future. a forerunner to so many things but still ultimately has a vision that by necessity no one else could have...and so kind of preserves its present despite being consciously separate from it. super vibrant and super vital but it doesnt feel like a righteous fight , it feels Effortless yk? many moments are breezy and funny, some sedate and peaceful, and almost everything else is just jawdroppingly beautiful and powerful. feels like how life should be yk

2 1/2 Stars: This has been a weird week for 1001 generator picks. Can you throw me something somewhat normal today, please?!

2/5

This one was weird and repetitive and I kinda liked it. A series of sonic landscapes. Favorites were Krautrock, Just A Second, and Giggy Smile.

Actually unpleasant at times

If this album is typical of the krautrock genre, I guess I'm not likely to become a fan.

Interesting

Nice aber sehr experimentell

Surprisingly cohesive given its stylistic diversity. It’s occasionally beautiful and often interesting, but I don’t find myself drawn to the songs.

not entirely bad but none of the songs really feel cohesive

Really enjoyed this, excited to dive into their back catalogue!

Not for me really

Yikes

Preferred instrumental songs but enjoyable album overall.

It might be good for some, but I did not enjoy

There are a few half decent tracks here but several tracks are just the same nine seconds on repeat for 3-7 minutes before the music changes up for a bit. Meh

I was being bouncing between this is great and this is weird I think I settled on “at least it’s interesting”

Was really hot when I listened to this one, so it tested my patience a little and didn't enjoy as much as I'd hoped. Got better towards the end, bit more jammy and rhythm section came to the fore, but a bit disappointing.

Doidinho. Curto paradas diferentes assim, mas admito, literalmente dormi por um momento escutando esse aqui. Poderia ter gostado mais. 3/5

Not awful, but Faust was never my cup of tea.

Whats cool about this is that it’s on the brink of something. It’s not just elements that will influence other artist. It’s not something that steals the spotlight from artists, it feels like a building block for a lot of things. Very cool.

made my anxiety worse

I like my beep boops with a little more melody, but there were some interesting bits here. I liked The Sad Skinhead and Just A Second, although I thought something was horribly wrong with my car when the weird sounds started in on the latter. 2.5 rounded up, what the hell.

Sorry folks - that's just noise - 1973 and today.

"Faust IV" is the fourth studio album by German krautrock band Faust. This is the last album by the first incarnation of the band and was recorded at Manor Studio in England with producer Uwe Nettelbeck. Faust was one of the first bands signed to the Virgin record label and bandmembers included Werner "Zappi" Diermaier (drums), Hans Joachim Irmler (organ), Jean-Hervé Péron (vocals, bass), Rudolf Sosna (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Gunther Wüsthoff (synthesizer, saxophone). Critics consider this album a krautrock classic. The album opens with the instrumental "Krautrock." A wobbly guitar , synth, bass and tambourine create a drone sound that lasts for seven minutes after which drums kick in with a funky bass. Phasing guitar and laser synth sounds appear to close out the song. Hey, it's stoner krautrock to me. A scream wakes me up at the start of "The Sad Skinhead." A plodding bass and guitar slashes. A guy with a German accent starts singing. They add a xylophone and a background hum. The song ends chaotically. This is scary stuff indeed which continues in "Jennifer." A hypnotic song with an echoing synth and guitar strums. There's a melody in here somewhere. For some reason they add a cabaret piano to conclude the song. The second side begins with "Just a Second." A conventional wah-wah guitar and heavy bass remind us it's 1973. Can they stay there? Of course not, the conventionality stops as layered synths invade, take over and drive the song into 1973 prog rock. They combine Frank Zappa, jazz and progressive rock in the epic "Giggy Smile / Picnic on a Frozen River, Deuxieme Tableau." Weird lyrics, layered vocals, a sax, a organ and guitar jam, bass and drum anchored, all sorts of rhythm and time changes. Impressive and I need an aspirin. The album ends with the Brian Eno-esque "It's a Bit of a Pain." A lovely acoustic guitar, piano, soft drums and a guy singing interspersed with annoying synth and guitar noises and a woman randomly talking. Don't let perhaps the worst album cover that I've seen distract you from a unique and wild ride. These songs take you all over the place; Prog rock, Frank Zappa, Roxy Music, electronica, folk rock, ambient music and jazz are just some of the things that pop into my head listening to this. A very impressive display of musicianship and imagination. Never a dull moment. I don't know if this is for everyone but for those who like a bit of a musical adventure, this works.

Faust VI by Faust was great in testing my patience. Multiple times I thought to myself, "This isn't so bad; when there is no singing, the instrumental pieces are tolerable," and then the music turned discordant and unappealing. Or Faust even included beeps or whatever that nonsense was in "It's A Bit of a Pain." I don't know the point of this album or even its inclusion on this list. And I'm sour enough to give it a 1.

This album was an absolute slog. I'm already not really one for prog rock, but apparently krautrock turns the "nope" levels up even further. This album really just seemed to ramble on and on.

This was just awful noise

Not bad, musically it was pretty solid.

There's a lot to unwrap with this album. Some of it was shit but some of it was crazy and cool.

1/5 did not like the auditory sound of the album and couldn’t wait for it to be over

Noise is not music. Can we give negative stars?

So beyond boring

Guess I have another 3 to sift through (3.5/5)

If Jennifer dumped these guys, I wouldn’t blame her.

A few good songs, which save it from a 1 star. But the noise in some of the bad song (especially the first and last songs) were absolutely awful. Literal noise, had me turn down the audio because it was so grating. I thought something was wrong with my device at first.

Faust has never really been one of my favorites out of the krautrock scene, but I think that might be, in part, because they’re a little hard to pin down. Are they minimalists, electronic experimenters, a psych/jam band, sonic terrorists, the second coming of the velvet underground, a reggae band or mad scientist tape-splicers? Yes. In a way, that might make them the most “Krautrock” of all the Krautrock bands. They’re not tied down to any specific sound and whatever they come up with is what they are. I think that’s awesome.

An interesting music style, I liked Panic On A Frozen River the most.

Noise

If I won tickets to a Faust show, I guess I'd go.

I've never really listened to krautrock so I didn't really know what to expect (bleeps and bloops, I guess), but this was a very pleasant listening experience--very prog-rock in some places. Also, that is some beautiful manuscript paper on the cover of this album.

Whatever

I thought this would be interesting but it was not.