The Krautrock Space

Anyone out there feel the urge to break out the more electronically minded Krautrock, whenever summer turns on the the heat? I swear, each time the weather breaks out in full sun tan mode, like today actually, I get an overhanging craving for electronic music. Just listened to the Kluster this morning and it was absolutely heaven. Then jumped on the bike with Siinai's recent Olympic Games and it was a brilliant ride with loads of synths worming their way into my brain.

I've heard most of Faust's latter-day albums (was just listening to one now, in fact), and can say for the most part that I like them all.  They can be a bit one-sided, picking up where the song "Krautrock" and the "Munic and Elsewhere" album left off, that is to say, harsh distorted pummeling jams.  Ravvivando is pretty typical of this approach.  If you like the more unpredictable, eclectic nature of the first two albums, then I can see where this stuff might seem underwhelming.  C'est Com... Com...Complique is probably the most contemplative and texured latter-day album, with some more soothing Stereolab-like moments, and less of the harshness.  One you might enjoy is "Patchwork", which takes the fragment/collage approach of The Faust Tapes and brings it up to date.  I first expected a dumb "remix" album, but it's really better than that.  Another good one is "You Know Faust", which has a more variety and surprises than the average Faust album.