Faust "j US t"

Country:  Germany
Sub Genre: Krautrock
Label:  Bureau B
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: November 28, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. gerubelt
2. 80hz
3. sur le ventre
4. cavaquiñho
5. gammes
6. nähmaschine
7. nur nous
8. palpitations
9. der kaffee kocht
10. eeeeeeh...
11. ich bin ein pavian
12. ich sitze immer noch

Line-up: 
Jean-Hervé Peron
Zappi Diermaier

Description/Reviews: 

“j US t”—pronounced “Just Us”—is the new album from legendary Hamburg band Faust.
The Hamburg krautrock institution Faust invite the whole world to use their new album as a base on which to build their own music. The tracks presented by founder members Jean-Hervé Peron and Zappi Diermaier are clearly, intrinsically typical of Faust in their own right, yet offer enough space for completely different works to develop. Which is exactly what they hope will happen.
Whilst Diermaier largely remains true to his habitual handiwork – drums and percussion – Peron, as we might expect, incorporates all manner of unusual sonic sources alongside his bass, various string instruments and piano, even using a sewing machine as a metronome. Tracks like “nur nous” and “ich bin ein pavian” show that Faust have lost none of their predilection for avant-garde Dadaism and improvisation. Peron and Diermaier actually surprise us with folkloristic excursions (“cavaquiñho”, “gammes”). In short, there is something for everyone to work with here. Peron and Diermaier await the results with bated breath.

Media/Samples 
Samples

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Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Instrumental Krautrock
Label: Bureau B
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: September 12, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. From The Outside (4:40)
2. Parhelion (7:03)
3. Synhcron (4:24)
4. Roehre (4:09)
5. 4PM (1:42)
6. Haeata (5:08)
7. Ozymandias (6:12)
8. To The Inside (4:41)
9. 2AM (1:40)
10. Trophaee (5:59)
11. Vortices (5:57)
12. Hallraum (3:47) 

Line-up: 
Timm Brockmann - Guitar, Keyboards
Michael Drummer - Drums, Guitar, Bass
   With
Michel Collet - Guitar
Jacob Fuchs - Classical Guitar

Annika Henderson - Vocals
Maximilian Markowsky - Rhythm Guitar
Will Rattray - Guitar, Vocals
Ole Tholen - Saxophone

Description/Reviews: 

It’s an album that could have been released in many different years, be it ’72, ’81, 93, or now. But it's in no way reductive - instead, it’s a progressive rethink which manages to sound familiar and contemporary. Opener “From The Outside” and its companion piece “To The Inside” are indicative of their approach; beat driven, techno inspired drum patterns which propel the driving basslines are topped off with atmospheric keywork, acting as 2014 re-dubs of “Autobhan” but released from its oppressive thirteen minute length and restructured into something resembling instrumental pop.
Being fully instrumental means that it’s the dense atmospherics that are centre stage, the crunching glammy rock of “Roehre” sounds like The Fall with a migraine and additional jazzy breaks of squealing saxophone. They make the switch from vague ambient atmospherics (the Boards of Canada-ish “Ozymiandas”) to direct (the jarring hard post-punk of “Trophaee”) sound like a simple one. Atmosphere is the driver here, and the atmosphere is pretty dark.

 Read the full review by Chris Todd at thelineofbestfit.com

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Roehre
Synchron

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