Faust - Ungebunden [Indie Exclusive]

Each living member of Faust's legendary 1971 to 1974 lineup has been invited by Bureau B to make an LP of their own, working alone or with collaborators to present a personal take on what Faust can be in the present day. Ungebunden is the work of Hans Joachim Irmler, who has spent over half a century chasing the outer limits of sound, ever since he neglected his childhood flute to pluck at his grandmother's zither until his fingers bled.

Irmler found his instrument in the organ, and he still performs on the first one he built himself, expanding it with synthesizers, tape manipulation and self-modified electronics. Ungebunden was recorded alone in the Faust studio in Scheer over just three weeks, and it treats music less as composition than as a force of nature: a single side-long opener, "Gefallen," followed by the three-part descent of "Zerfallen" and "Auseinanderfallen."

Rather than revisiting Faust as a songbook, Ungebunden pushes the band's spirit somewhere new, into immersive, disorienting drone that rewards loud, uninterrupted listening.

This indie exclusive edition is pressed on limited transparent vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve, hand numbered and limited to 700 copies.