Outside the Dream Syndicate is the only collaboration of Faust and Tony Conrad. It is considered to be Conrad's first proper recording, a three-day session recorded in 1973 at the Faust's farm in the northern German community of Wuemme.
The Dream Syndicate (also known as The Theater of Eternal Music) was an improvisational group active in the 60s, featuring avant-garde artists La Monte Young, his wife Marian Zazeela (on vocals), Billy Name (on guitar, better known from Warhol's Factory), Angus MacLise (on percussion), and later on, John Cale and Tony Conrad. In parallel with John Cage's performances and Fluxus sound experiments and 'events', the group was known for elaborate performances. They would sustain notes for hours at a time, introducing a lack of compositional theme (known as Eternal Music). The group disbanded in 1965.
Tony Conrad: I basically said, "Keep an even beat going throughout the whole thing", which is almost impossible. When I worked with Faust, I told the bass player this, but they didn't believe me.
Collaborating with Faust core members (Jean Herve Peron's rippingly metallic bass and Zappi Diermaier's stoically thunderous drums), Conrad added his shrill and ever-changing 'eternal music' violin ruminations. The result, an exact middle point between krautrock and early drone, could only be mind blowing.
Year of Release: 1973 / 2002 (remastered 30th Anniversary Edition)
Label: Table of the Contents (US)
Genre: krautrock / drone / experimental
Tracklist:
Cd 1:
From the Side of Man and Womankind (27:16)
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Wow.. thank you for this gem. I've been wanting to hear this for ages.
-Tony
Glad to hear so! Enjoy! If you have any requests or ideas, let me know!
Sab
Killer share. Thanks so much for this.
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Thanks for this - the 30th anniversary edition is tough to find now for much less than £GB 50. Strange for an album that originally retailed at £GB 1.49 in the UK! Wonderful stuff.
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Thanks, sab! You'll find Faust and Tony Conrad playing Outside the Dream Syndicate live in 1995, and many other rare Faust records such as Faust IV - Outtakes and Alternates and Faust V (The Unreleased Virgin Promotional Cassette, 1975) on my Faust megapost over at edo's. Cheers, Dave Sez.
http://knowyourconjurer.blogspot.com/2010/12/faust-mega-post-by-dave-sez-go-get-you.html
Fantastic post! The search for more Krautrock is never over..
FRAAAAKKKK
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is there any chance you could post part 3 somewhere other than MF, links to Parts 1 & 2 work, but part 3 is blocked, please
thanks
I just checked this & all three parts are working fine. Part three has a captcha that you have to enter to get it. any more problems, let us know.
heyyy, thank you -
mediafire has gotten really f'd, link was still blocked minutes before I checked back here, there was no captcha - I tried again, MF was down according to (isitdown.com), waited & tried again & there was a captcha - wasn't there before.
anyway, can't believe I don't remember hearing this back in 70's, then again those days were kinda foggy, thanks again
ok, listening to this is not really a nice kinda way to pass the time. After 10 minutes of repetition I think I've heard it,I may as well just pull the string and move on. Side of the Machine, track 2 rocks the hardest but it's fucking 26 minutes long....and there's so much competition for my fucking attention that the pushing of the next button kept getting delayed because the track really heats up. The Pyre Of Angus Was In Kathmandu is completely without narrative. It sounds like the instructions on how to play the composition. The short songs have more energy.
The last track is 31 minutes long. It starts off like a march with the beating of the drums...and continues... there's so much competition for my fucking attention....
to goinsidemyhead,
no thanks, don't think inside your head is a very pleasant place to be. all I have heard you do in all the comments you left here & elsewhere (which I simply deleted because they lacked anything worthwhile, positive or negative) is a bunch of bitching & whining. If you like a particular kind of music, say what & why (something to start an actual dialogue). If you just don't like what you find here (& elsewhere) then leave. These blog are not here for your feeble wrecking ball (marble? BB? grain of sand?). Go wherever it is they stroke your obviously needy ego. bitching like a baby is not the same as commenting, so if you really have something to say, then let me know.
If not, then FUCK OFF!!!
Fantastic. I have the original vinyl up in the loft somehere, but great to have this.
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