Rien

Faust | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Table of Elements
• ASIN: B000003U68
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,182 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rien

2. Long Distance Calls in the Desert

3. Eroberung Der Stille, Teil II

4. Eroberung Der Stille, Teil I

5. Fin

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dirty Little Secret, April 20, 2008

By 

Gaberman (Southern Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rien (Audio CD)

I know a secret about this Faust CD. All of the music on this CD was composed by Jim O'Rourke the producer. From what I understand he painstakingly took all the disappointing "jam session" source tapes sent to him by the band and completely altered and reconstructed them into his vision of what a Faust record "should" sound like. He literally created every sound and drum beat from the tapes they gave him but what you have here, from a composition standpoint sounds nothing like the original tapes. Basically, Rien ended up being Jim O'Rourke's tribute (and gift) to the heroes of his youth.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Faust - 'Rien' (Table Of The Elements), February 2, 2006

By 

Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Rien (Audio CD)

Wow!After a twenty-year hibernation,the German krautrock pioneers Faust come out with an all-new release(featuring two original members).I tell you,I personally thought 'Rien' was good,for a comeback effort anyway.The opener title cut "Rien" is a fourteen-second snippet of dead silence.Tracks here I got the most out of were "Eroberung Der Still,Teil II" and "Long Distance Calls In The Desert",which features some of that trademark experimental kraut/noisy drone that Faust is known for.Hard to make of the untitled track 5,which lasts fifteen minutes.It's decent,my guess is maybe they're attempting to reminisce the band's very early works.Recommended.