Moshkito

smallstonefan

BobF
Cool toy, James. 
 
Last year I got stone tablets with a hammer and chisel.

How is that working out for ya? Post pics! :)

I keep thinking that he is trying to re-invent "krautrock" ... heck if Faust can do it, so can he!

craigb
I believe I've seen that seen that video (will check later).   If so, there should be some guys playing a cement mixer!

 
(Pedro would approve!)

Moshkito

BobF

craigb
I believe I've seen that seen that video (will check later).   If so, there should be some guys playing a cement mixer!

 
(Pedro would approve!)

IIRC, Faust is playing the mixer.  This is a really great documentary

There are 6 parts to that documentary if I am not mixing them up ... and the last one is messed up because it had David Bowie in it too much. But in between there are a lot of really far out bits and pieces, and Edgar Froese's words stand out ... quite a bit in helping define the creativity that became known as "krautrock".
 
The only part that is missing is that "krautrock" was not a solo thing for music only. There was theater, film, and other arts involved that helped define the whole thing. It's just a shame that folks don't look at Damo Suzuki (for example) and realize that this came from some theatrical design and idea, and it fit rock music well if it was experimental and improvised.
 
Faust is fun listening ... but hearing it today, I think many of us, specially here, would get annoyed with ... that's just the turning of a knob and the same note ... and this would also fit early Neu and Kraftwerk and such.
 
But all this sounded better on a turntable, and Guy Guden, SPECIALLY, in his main show in Santa Barbara used to help it even more by speeding things up and slowing them down, and giving these things an even greater appreciation and out of the universe spectacle on FM radio ... and some comedy in between as well! His satire on the washing machine thing (with Guru Guru early stuff ...) was excellent, and ... it did his shorts, too!
 
This was, probably, one of the best things of a turntable ... and you ought to hear Guy's version of many pieces of music where he plays two at the same time so you can get that far our swoosh ... and one of the best he ever did it on? Klaus Schulze ... and later even better Tomita! You can't do this digitally, although you probably can use effects and do a few fun things with it, but the airwaves add a third dimension to the turntable that the CD never will!