There are two kinds of rock festivals: the conventional and the adventurous ones. The former present music that everyone knows. Others are more experimental and put their ear into boundary zones. The Klangbad Festival, curated by Faust’s Jochen Irmler, belongs to the latter. Since 2004 the picturesque village of Scheer hosts an innovative musical journey crossing various genres. In today's profit-oriented event scene it is hard to find anything comparable. The festival is small but growing constantly. Despite this fact, it abandons commercial sponsoring funds unlike normal open air festivals. Award-winning filmmakers Dietmar Post (USA/Germany) and Lucia Palacios (Spain) portrait this fine festival in the style of direct cinemapioneers, such as, Murray Lerner, Albert Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker.
Or did you forget how those filmmakers combined simplicity and economy with craftsmanship in their seminal films
Monterey Pop, Gimme Shelter or Newport Folk Festival?
“Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows” stands in that same tradition of carefully chronicling an event.
In conjunction with the two films"Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows" and "Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival":
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This is 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
"Das sind die Dinger, die man nicht in den iPod tun kann." Junge Welt
"Do yourself a favour and feed your head: get this." Sounds XP
"These iconic krautrock cuts traverse contrasting paths to reach an alternate headspace." Record Collector
