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Faust

Fliegen Lernen (LP)

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Faust's vaults, opened by the band itself. Co-founder Gunther Wusthoff curates unheard tapes and fragments, motorik grooves, collage and pure invention from krautrock's great disruptors.

LP version. Over the years, Faust has become many things, distinct as fingers, yet united as the hand that forms the fist. This series of new LPs on Bureau B sees each living member of the legendary 1971-1974 line up present their own interpretation of the Faustian myth, working alone or with collaborators to create new material that reflects their contemporary vision of what Faust can be. For Wüsthoff, music began long before Faust. As a child he watched his father lose himself in music, playing accordion renditions of operettas, film themes and folk songs with complete absorption. At eleven he discovered jazz through a radio program tracing its history, then taught himself guitar and piano as a teenager, developing an instinctive relationship with sound driven by curiosity rather than convention. Produced by Onnen Bock alongside Bureau B's Gunther Buskies, Fliegen Lernen continues that philosophy. Drawn from decades of archived recordings, new studio experiments and collaborations with musicians in Hamburg, it is a living extension of Faust's open-ended creative spirit. Ideas emerge through chance as much as intention, with sounds, words and stories setting one another in motion until they gradually find their own form. Its title, simultaneously suggesting "flies are learning" and "learning to fly," perfectly captures the playful shifts in perspective that have long defined Wüsthoff's work. Throughout Fliegen Lernen, Wüsthoff revisits and reimagines ideas that have animated his career for more than half a century. Much of the material grew from electronic sequences discovered in his archive, some echoing the patterns behind the homemade "Spieluhr" frequency-divider and sequencer he built during his Faust years. By turns humorous, reflective, cinematic and groove-driven, Fliegen Lernen demonstrates that Wüsthoff's creative imagination remains as restless as ever. Rather than recreating the past, it embodies the same openness that made Faust so singular in the first place: a belief that any sound, object or passing observation can become the spark for something unexpected. More than fifty years after those formative experiments, Wüsthoff continues to approach music as an act of curiosity, collaboration and continual discovery.

Details
Cat. number: BB455LP
Year: 2026

Release notes

Issued in a gatefold sleeve with a black paper inner sleeve. Limited edition of 700 hand-numbered copies on clear vinyl. Includes a small folded 6-panel promotional insert from [l=bureau b]. faust Fliegen lernen (from the front sleeve) faust Fliegen lernen (from the spine) curated by [...] [...]: Synthesizer, Spieluhr, Lapsteel Guitar, Samples, Midi-Saxophone, Voice [...]: Bass, Double Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Drum Machines, Voice [...]: Bass, Electric Guitar,…

Tracklist
A1Hörst Du Die Schritte6:07
A2Sonntag Nachmittag4:31
A3Charme Quarks Boogie1:10
A4Down, Down And Come To Me2:55
A5Fliegen Lernen Schnell5:10
A6Sandra Tanzt6:12
A7Sendepause5:17
A8Erstbesteigung4:39
A9Schongang3:27
A10Ganz Gut, Oder?6:54
Credits
Onnen Bock
Bass, Double Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Drum Machine [Drum Machines], Voice, Producer [Produced By], Written-By (A1, A2, A5 to B4)
Gunther Buskies
Bass, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Baritone Saxophone [Bariton Saxophone], Synthesizer, Piano, Drum Machine [Drum Machines], Voice, Producer [Produced By], Written-By
Gunther Wüsthoff
Curated By, Photography By [Photo By (Fly)], Synthesizer, Musical Box [Spieluhr], Lap Steel Guitar [Lapsteel Guitar], Samples, Saxophone [Midi-Saxophone], Voice, Written-By
Dorothee Schüler
Drums, Percussion, Voice
Kerstin Holzwarth
Graphic Design [Graphic Design By]
Michael Garbsch
Mastered By [Mastering By]
Karsten Böttcher
Mixed By [Mix By]
Asterix Westphal
Percussion
Paul Vangenhassend
Photography By [Photo By (Cover)], Cover [Photo By]
Geboren Wustmann
Photography By [Photo By (Portraits)]
Heiko Preller
Recorded By [Atmo Recordings By] (A2, A5, B3)

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