Live dates update

The rest of the years performances for Peron an Zappis Faust are:

20 Sep Uebel und Gefaerlich , Hamburg, GERMANY
21 Sep Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, GERMANY
23 Sep Szene, Vienna, AUSTRIA
06 Oct Teatro Maria Matos Lisboa, PORTUGAL
07 Oct Galeria Zé dos Bois (workshop) Lisboa, PORTUGAL
09 Oct Monasterio de la Victoria @ Monkey Week, Cadiz, SPAIN
17 Oct Tolbooth @ Le Weekend , Stirling, Scotland, UK
22 Oct Nødutgangfestivalen, Bodø, NORWAY
06 Dec JHP/ZAPPI @ Astra-Stube Hamburg, GERMANY

pirlouiiiit images from Mimi Festival

pirlouiiiit has some very nice images from Faust performance @ the Mimi Festival earlier this summer. Also a short videoclip here

A review (in French) from the same festival can also be found if you scroll down at this page.

The Timeless krautrock of Faust

Harry Prenger has written an article on Faust on his blog, ending with some nice talk about Faust is Last. It is in Dutch, so it's mostly for fans who are fluent in that kind of language. Others interested could try the google translate version.

Reviews from Evilsponge

EvilSponge has done a nice review of Faust is Last. Concluding quite rightly "I don't believe Irmler will stop now". Also a nice review of Peron and Zappi's Faust performance in Wrexham in May. Some images as well.

Faust live at Klangbad DVD and So Far 7" re-relase

The two films from Playloud!, one about the Klangbadfestival 2005, and the other about Faust performance of the same festival, is now available on one DVD. The two films are: Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows, Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival. In conjunction with the two films Playloud! also does the first re-release of the one & only Faust 7" vinyl single. Restored and remastered by Hans Joachim Irmler. Both tracks are non-LP tracks and they differ slightly from the original single versions.

Phantom Circuit Radio interview

The 38th edition of internet radio show Phantom Circuit features an interview with Jean-Hervé Peron, Zappi Diermaier, Geraldine Swayne and James Johnston of Faust and by their kind permission some tracks from their set in Birmingham, recorded on 10th May. The show is available for on-demand streaming from: Mixcloud

Klangbad festival timetable

Friday, 06.08.

Main Stage

17:30 Transmitter
20:00 Heaven And
22:30 Mekons
23:45 These New Puritans


Tent Stage

16:00 Fodderstompf feat. DJ Marcelle & Holger Mertin
18:45 Pendler
21:15 Cluster


Canteen I

01:00 DJ Fett

Canteen II

01:00 Skug Soundsystem


Saturday, 07.08.

Main Stage

13:15 QA´A
15:45 Trost
18:15 Metalycee
19:30 Liebezeit,Lippok,Irmler,Bell
22:00 FM EINHEIT + IRMLER
23:30 Jimi Tenor + Kabu Kabu

Tent Stage

12:45 Allroh
14:30 Violet Violet
17:00 Golden Disko Ship
20:40 Villalog

Canteen I

01:00 DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess

Canteen II

01:00 Phillip Sollmann (Efdemin)

Courtyard

01:00 Incite


Sunday, 08.08.

Main Stage

13:15 Aranis
17:15 Nufa
18:45 Gustav
20:15 A Hawk and A Hacksaw

Tent Stage

11:00 Max Dax / Martin Hossbach DJ-Set
14:30 Aquaserge
15:45 Fifty - Fifty

3-day and single day tickets also available from the website

Lydia Lunch's Big Sexy Noise @ Avantgardefestival Schiporst

Avantgardefestival Schiporst is closing in on us, and James Johnston will appear in various settings, not only Faust. The great Lydia Lunch will perfrom with her Big Sexy Noise project and James has been a regular in the line-up for some time. The programme is official, it looks like this:

Friday july 2 18:00 > 03:00
18:00 Press Conference
19:00 Blaakraft
20:00 Reportaz
21:00 Bloodstereo
22:00 LYDIA LUNCH's Big Sexy Noise
24:00 Quattrophage
01:00 Richard Lainhart
02:00 DJ Tango Mango

Saturday july 3 12:00 > 03:00
12:00 Tom Zunk
12:45 Datashock
13:45 Underdog
15:00 Chaos Physique
16:15 Gugu Flux
17:00 FAUST & Friends
18:15 Ferdinand FÖRSCH
19:00 Somnambule
20:00 Philippe Petit & Penates
21:00 GALLON DRUNK
23:00 Knight & Thrower
24:00 Jetzman
01:00 Anton Tornister
02:00 DJ Tango Mango

Sunday july 4th 12:00 > 22:00
12:00 Ookoi-A-Table !
13:00 Lisa Dillan
14:00 Sascha Aurora Akhtar
16:00 Kommissar Hjuler & C. Graham
17:00 BOBBY CONN
18:00 P.A.S. & Vultures
19:00 Qarad Quintette
20:00 Thorsten Soltau
21:00 Toys-R-Noise

The folowing artists will be performing at the Annexe / Workfloor according to their own plans :
Geoff Leigh ( UK) - Stadtfisch Filme ( D) – The Grand Erector (UK) – Patricia Molins (F) - Balog (D) – Matthieu Safatly (B) – Maya Danon (ISR) – Mareike Groschel (G) – Geraldine Swayne (IRL) – Karen Constance (UK) –Hardtart ( D) –

More details at the festival website

Faust at F.O.N. Festival

Here's a video of Faust at the Full of Noise festival:



If you follow this link, you can see the rest of the show added (it's 12 parts).

Was ist das?

Krautrock site Was ist das? features a review of the Manchester gig. The site has also a podcast radioshow, and the last show includes a track from the Faust is Last album.

UK tour video, review

The UK tour is over and done with. Here is a video from the Birmingham show:



Reviews from Scotoland here and here

An interview with Jean-Hervé Peron before the Glasgow gig can be found here

UK tour coming up

A quick reminder about the UK tour that will start tomorrow, so make sure you pay attention to the dates:

10 May - UK, Birmingham - The Rainbow Warehouse
11 May - UK, Glasgow - The Arches
12 May - UK, Manchester - The Ruby Lounge
13 May - UK, Wrexham - Central Station
14 May - UK, Minehaead - ATP Festival
16 May - UK, London - Corsica Studios

Ravvivando LP plus Faust is Last LP

This is too good an offer to pass: Ravvivando LP plus Faust is Last LP in one package from Klangbad. Four vinyls, two releases, less money. Ravvivando is by some described as the one you could compare the brand new latest release from Faust, so maybe they belong together somehow. Get it here

Gallon Drunk live dates

I know it's been out for a while, but it's not late for planning ahead. James Johnston's Gallon Drunk will appear (so far) at these dates and places in 2010:

4th of November @ Club Control, Bucharest, RO.
3rd of July @ AvantGarde Festival Schiphorst, Germany
17th of August @ the Lexington, London, UK

Btw, James Johnston, Ian White and Terry Edwards currently touring and recording with Lydia Lunch as Big Sexy Noise.

Faust will not bow out

With the new release Faust is Last, there has been speculations around the web that this is in fact the last release ever to come out of Faust. In an article about Faust is Last, FACT Magazine uses the headline "Faust bow out after 40 years with Faust Is Last", and in text "According to the band, it will be their final release". In addition, the blog of Play Loud production, who also has released a live Faust dvd, uses the phrase "Faust announce a last record", which is also quoted on the Klangbad info site of Faust is Last.

No wonder Fact Magazine and others are confused, but others as Freq has noticed that in fact Faust has been separated in two bands for some years, one with founder members Jean-Hervé Peron and Zappi Diermaier as the key members, and one with Joachim Irmler as the key member. Freq writes in their review of the said album: "Irmler (...) has announced that this manifestation of Faust will cease to exist in the near future, and that the two disks of Faust Is Last represent their last will and testament". As of yet, an announcement from Peron & Diermaier of bowing down has not been seen, in fact they are stil touring (UK tour starting 10th of May) and studio work is also on the way.

Faust w/Irmler - Faust is Last pr shot

Faust w/ Zappi & Peron 2008