{"product_id":"tony-conrad-with-faust-outside-the-dream-syndicate-lp","title":"Tony Conrad with Faust – Outside the Dream Syndicate [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Violinist, composer and filmmaker Tony Conrad started his career in New York in the early 1960s. As a member of the Theater of Eternal Music (a.k.a. the Dream Syndicate) alongside John Cale, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Angus MacLise, he participated in now-legendary and often legendarily loud drone performances with many pieces having no beginning and no end. During a fateful trip to Germany in 1972, Conrad met with avant-rock visionaries Faust and made the very first record to bear his name. Outside The Dream Syndicate, originally released in Europe only in 1973, is a stunning debut. Two side-long tracks -- 'The Side Of Man And Womankind' and 'The Side Of The Machine' -- show just how far Conrad had moved beyond his minimalist peers. Werner Diermaier's repetitive drum beat and Jean-Hervé Peron's stripped-down bassline conjure a tense, ascetic groove, while Conrad's seamless violin, initially so controlled, reveals a surprising adaptability. The music shifts almost on a subliminal level, pushing and pulling to the drone's internal pulse. It is hard to imagine Conrad's trajectory from downtown Manhattan to a farmhouse in the German countryside that ultimately resulted in Outside The Dream Syndicate, yet no other record captures -- so completely and instantly -- the intersection of avant-garde and rock forms. Outside The Dream Syndicate remains ahead of and bracingly outside of its time. This first-time vinyl reissue and long out-of-print CD release have been carefully been carefully mastered from the original master tapes and include liner notes by musician Jim O'Rourke and author Branden W. Joseph.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuperior Viaduct, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"naturestripstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42705541562609,"sku":"SV048","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8859\/0065\/products\/SV048_web_1024x1024_0fb6762a-ecaf-41b5-bded-17788ee7e6ce.webp?v=1650268954","url":"https:\/\/naturestripstore.myshopify.com\/products\/tony-conrad-with-faust-outside-the-dream-syndicate-lp","provider":"naturestripstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}