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Rien

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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.

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.