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I'm sure I've said this before, but C'est Com...Com... Compliqué is probably my favourite Faust album by now.
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I'm sure I've said this before, but C'est Com...Com... Compliqué is probably my favourite Faust album by now.


That's a lovely album.  My favorite will always be "Faust Tapes" though.  It was my first, and you know how it is with "first" albums.
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I'm sure I've said this before, but C'est Com...Com... Compliqué is probably my favourite Faust album by now.

What's that album like? I have the first four albums, and I love the first two to death, so I bought Ravvivando and wasn't a huge fan. I definitely have not decided to give up on their later works though, so I'm wondering what I might like to try next.
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Originally posted by N-sz N-sz wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I'm sure I've said this before, but C'est Com...Com... Compliqué is probably my favourite Faust album by now.

What's that album like? I have the first four albums, and I love the first two to death, so I bought Ravvivando and wasn't a huge fan. I definitely have not decided to give up on their later works though, so I'm wondering what I might like to try next.

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.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Not to burst any bubbles here, but along with Golem's Awaken, Pyramid's Dawn Defender and some others that I forget, Mittelwinternacht is thought of as one of those modern hoaxes that are recorded with ancient methods - to lure in people who jump at anything obscure from the 70s. Mind you, the music is still what it is, and some of these are actually pretty good. I especially recommend Pyramid's take on Krautrock, which quite beautifully incorporates some of the most entrancing atmospheres off A Saucerful of Secrets and make them into one heck of a 34 minutes psychedelic space trackThumbs Up


Damenbart is another of those groups. it's a side project from a couple of H.N.A.S. members (a popular underground experiment/industrial group out of Germany in the '80's) released in '88. doesn't take anything away from the music, they certainly nailed the krautrock sound, especially in the re-issue. In general most (if not all) the releases on the Psi-fi label (home to both Golem & Pyramid) are such examples http://rateyourmusic.com/label/psi_fi/
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Originally posted by N-sz N-sz wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I'm sure I've said this before, but C'est Com...Com... Compliqué is probably my favourite Faust album by now.

What's that album like? I have the first four albums, and I love the first two to death, so I bought Ravvivando and wasn't a huge fan. I definitely have not decided to give up on their later works though, so I'm wondering what I might like to try next.

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.
 
Ravvivando may be my favorite later day Faust album. However, You Know Faust is also wonderful. More like eariler Faust then other later Faust albums. I'd also recommend there lastest two Faust Is Last and Something Dirty as two that really embrace the Faust spirit.
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Yeah, the last two are really nice
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Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

Another dark Kraut-agent. Luckily I've got their "rare" compilation CD. Cool



such utter genius!!! damn the LPs are worth quite some on discogs.....i must say though its lot closer to classic Nurse With Wound than krautrock i must say
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For some reason the only album I want to listen to when I'm drunk is Tago Mago
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Thanks Zoviet. Thumbs Up

Anyway, as David-bamsen has already listened to, let me suggest another Kraut world named Omoide Hatoba from Japan.


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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

For some reason the only album I want to listen to when I'm drunk is Tago Mago


I definitely know the feeling. 
Add to that - Captain Beefheart! Perfect music for a bottle of vodka and a pair of roller-skates.
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Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

Thanks Zoviet. Thumbs Up

Anyway, as David-bamsen has already listened to, let me suggest another Kraut world named Omoide Hatoba from Japan.


Omoide Hatoba


Hell yeah!!!

I am pretty jealous of you Keishiro - living in Japan and all. You've got a sprawling avant/psych scene happening right under your nose with a hundred different acts most of them touring insistently. These guys, in particular, are just out of this world. I'm talking cowboy-western-beach-boys krautrock with a love of strange toy instruments and Indian chanting! Unique doesn't even begin to describe this band....
And yes Triceratopsoil(or Colin is it?) I'm definitely looking at you. I gather these guys should be right up your alley.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

For some reason the only album I want to listen to when I'm drunk is Tago Mago


I definitely know the feeling. 
Add to that - Captain Beefheart! Perfect music for a bottle of vodka and a pair of roller-skates.


Back when I drank too much, I would often find a Tom Waits CD in the player the next morning.Beer


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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

For some reason the only album I want to listen to when I'm drunk is Tago Mago


I definitely know the feeling. 
Add to that - Captain Beefheart! Perfect music for a bottle of vodka and a pair of roller-skates.


Back when I drank too much, I would often find a Tom Waits CD in the player the next morning.Beer


And we all know Tom Waits is the poor man's BeefheartTongue
Just kidding... I once found Trout Mask Replica in the stereo after a night on the town - and up until then couldn't quite grasp why my room-mate was in such a sh*tty mood that particular morning... The volume button was high in the red though.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

Thanks Zoviet. Thumbs Up

Anyway, as David-bamsen has already listened to, let me suggest another Kraut world named Omoide Hatoba from Japan.


Omoide Hatoba


Hell yeah!!!

I am pretty jealous of you Keishiro - living in Japan and all. You've got a sprawling avant/psych scene happening right under your nose with a hundred different acts most of them touring insistently. These guys, in particular, are just out of this world. I'm talking cowboy-western-beach-boys krautrock with a love of strange toy instruments and Indian chanting! Unique doesn't even begin to describe this band....
And yes Triceratopsoil(or Colin is it?) I'm definitely looking at you. I gather these guys should be right up your alley.


That's some wild stuff.  Reminds me simultaneously of Guru Guru and Massacre.
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

For some reason the only album I want to listen to when I'm drunk is Tago Mago
 
On the CAN website, Holger states how Tago Mago was put together out of many hours of improvisations ... he says snip here snip there and up in the air, and voila ... Tago Mago.
 
It's hard to explain really, but the continuity and experience in that album is so far out there and crazy that it makes it terrific to listen to ... and very enjoyable.
 
I can't even drink, but closing my eyes and tripping on Augmn or anything else in there is really easy ... and different each and every time, which is even more fun!
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It's especially strange in my case because I don't even consider it my favourite Can album.  I definitely prefer Future Days and Ege Bamyasi, and I might even pick Monster Movie over it, but get 4 beer in me and, well, there you go
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Thanks David and Colin, and hahhaha, as for Seiichi Yamamoto and Atsushi Tsuyama (Omoide Hatoba), their character and personality should be more Krautly weird than their music itself, actually. LOL
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Omoide Hatoba sounds great, tks for the intro!! feels like being trapped in Shibuya mega junction raging high on acid hahaha....while charging to the record shops to buy kraut!!!
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Big smile Thanks for your appreciation.

Anyway, let me suggest "non-Kraut-ish" Krautrock ... Emma Myldenberger.


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