Credits:

Faust

Description:

First available as part of the box set 1971-1974, Momentaufnahme II gathers non-album material recorded by German art rock legends Faust during their original run. Mixing raw fragments with studio experiments and freewheeling jams, both Momentaufnahme volumes are closer in spirit to the logic-defying collage of The Faust Tapes than the bands other albums from the time period, offering a peek behind the curtain at the groups creative process while functioning as stand-alone artistic statements. “Gegensprechanlage” laces a broken jazz-rock groove with brittle, fizzling electronics that eventually take over the track, though the rhythm faintly bleeds through in the background. “Tete-a-Tete im Schredder” starts out as heavy and abrasive psych-rock, then shifts reality with proto-dub studio trickery. The guitars melt away, leaving only the pounding drums, then flanging effects produce a thick, mind-blurrin