Outside the Dream Syndicate
| Outside the Dream Syndicate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Tony Conrad and Faust | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | Wümme, Bremen, Germany October 1972 | |||
| Genre | Experimental, minimalist, drone, krautrock | |||
| Length | 53:36 | |||
| Label | Caroline | |||
| Producer | Uwe Nettelbeck | |||
| Faust chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 9.0/10 |
Outside the Dream Syndicate is a 1973 album by American multimedia artist and composer Tony Conrad in collaboration with German krautrock group Faust. The album was Conrad's only commercial musical release for many years, and remains his best known musical work. It is considered a classic of minimalist and drone music. Brent S. Sirota of Pitchfork remarked in a retrospective review that "for a moment in Outside the Dream Syndicate, one forgets what exactly is moving and what is standing still."
The original LP contained two 26-minute pieces. The album was digitally remastered in 1993 and released on CD by Table of the Elements with an additional bonus track.