{"title":"Faust","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"faust-iv-color-vinyl-lp","title":"Faust - IV (Color Vinyl) LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition clear color vinyl.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"383\"\u003eBy 1973, Faust had already rewired the circuits of German rock. Their first two albums had exploded traditional song form with a joyous disregard for continuity, coherence, or commercial appeal. \u003cem data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"212\"\u003eThe Faust Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e, released earlier that year for 49p as a surreal sampler of their cut-and-paste genius, had earned them a curious British audience and the indulgence of Virgin Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"620\"\u003eFor a brief moment, it seemed as though Faust might finally play the game, just a little. What emerged instead was \u003cem data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"510\"\u003eFaust IV\u003c\/em\u003e, their most paradoxical work: accessible enough to lure listeners in, complex enough to keep them guessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"1015\"\u003eFor the first time, the band left their rustic headquarters in Wümme—a former schoolhouse in rural Lower Saxony, stuffed with cabling, hand-built electronics, and limitless weed—and entered the professional confines of The Manor, Virgin's newly christened studio in Oxfordshire. Gone was the radical freedom of the commune. In its place: deadlines, engineers, and a rapidly dwindling budget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1348\"\u003eThe sessions stretched on and grew increasingly fraught, yielding a mixture of fresh material and fragments drawn from earlier experiments in Wümme. \u003cem data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1176\"\u003eFaust IV\u003c\/em\u003e is the result: part studio artefact, part salvage operation, part séance. It is uneven, restless, and full of contradictions—and that’s exactly what makes it compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1708\"\u003eIts rough edges and loose threads sit right alongside moments of real focus, giving the sense of a band following ideas wherever they lead. Rather than polish things smooth, Faust left the seams visible, and the result feels all the more vital for it. Nearly half a century on, its spirit remains intact: mischievous, mysterious, and gloriously unfinished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1906\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIf Faust had set out to build a new language, \u003cem data-start=\"1756\" data-end=\"1766\"\u003eFaust IV\u003c\/em\u003e shows them mid-sentence—trailing off, cracking jokes, then suddenly profound. 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In its place: deadlines, engineers, and a rapidly dwindling budget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1348\"\u003eThe sessions stretched on and grew increasingly fraught, yielding a mixture of fresh material and fragments drawn from earlier experiments in Wümme. \u003cem data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1176\"\u003eFaust IV\u003c\/em\u003e is the result: part studio artefact, part salvage operation, part séance. It is uneven, restless, and full of contradictions—and that’s exactly what makes it compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1708\"\u003eIts rough edges and loose threads sit right alongside moments of real focus, giving the sense of a band following ideas wherever they lead. Rather than polish things smooth, Faust left the seams visible, and the result feels all the more vital for it. Nearly half a century on, its spirit remains intact: mischievous, mysterious, and gloriously unfinished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1906\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIf Faust had set out to build a new language, \u003cem data-start=\"1756\" data-end=\"1766\"\u003eFaust IV\u003c\/em\u003e shows them mid-sentence—trailing off, cracking jokes, then suddenly profound. 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