Faust

Germany, 1971–now

German band formed in Wumme in 1971, working by tape splicing and studio collage. The Faust Tapes, sold at the price of a single, reached an unusually wide audience for the method.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Faust and 3 artists Faust influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Faust?

• Karlheinz Stockhausen — Faust's tape-collage method descends from the Cologne studio tradition — Stockhausen's cut-and-splice avant-garde turned into rock anarchy.

Which artists did Faust influence?

• Swell Maps — Faust's tape-collage experimentalism is a direct model for Swell Maps' DIY chaos.
• Nurse With Wound — Stapleton's krautrock obsession is founding NWW lore — Faust's collage anarchy heads the famous NWW list of influences.
• Stereolab — One of the three German bands Tim Gane calls transformative, with Neu! and Can.