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  • Artist(s): Zappi Diermaier, Jean Hervé Peron
  • Summary: The 11th studio release from the German Krautrock band is said to be an invitation for fans to use the music as " a base on which to build their own music."
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. The Wire
    Dec 16, 2014
    80
    The tracks here, presented with the intention that other will use them as a creative starting pint, nevertheless feel fully realised, evoking a succession of fleeting states and ambiguous atmospheres. [Dec 2014, p.57]
  2. Dec 1, 2014
    80
    Faust have produced 12 tracks that perfectly encapsulate what they can do so well: to create catchy, bizarre sounds. It’s Popmusik/subversive all over again.
  3. Dec 1, 2014
    80
    You become mesmerised by Der Kaffee Kocht, its contagious rhythm produced by the rasp of a file, or the clanging Sur Le Ventre, with Peron exhorting in French.
  4. 65
    jUSt is by no means a catastrophe, it's just too empty an artefact to recommend to fans of a band who once infuriated, teased, scalded, intoxicated and destroyed their listeners with effortless aplomb.
  5. Under The Radar
    Dec 19, 2014
    65
    Faust explore a wide range of sounds, sometimes by changing the character of an instrument--or a non-instrument. [Dec 2014, p.90]
  6. Mojo
    Dec 17, 2014
    60
    While an absorbing listen in their original form these largely uncluttered canvasses also present an opportunity for further remodeling bounded only by the imaginations of those ready and willing to pick up the gauntlet. [Jan 2015, p.97]
  7. Dec 5, 2014
    40
    Too much space and too little aggro makes for a dull Faust, alas, and by the end of the album attention spans may well drift toward grocery lists or navel lint.

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