Wasp Boutique, The

Organic avante experimentalism, collaboration inc. Faust member. Tripped out heavily treated instruments, voice, clanging metal, very organic. Obvious comparisons to Einsturzende Neubauten, moments of Scott Walker/Sunn((O))), Noriegas. Fanstastic stuff. This from the interwebs: “In the late summer of 2011, Faust’s Jean-Hervé Péron drove from Hamburg to Budapest in his flamboyant camper van to perform with the Hungarian musician, Zsolt Sőrés and their mutual friends, Theme. The concert was marred by a double-booking with a techno party. After fifteen or so minutes, the venue was besieged by a throng of students completely oblivious to the music being performed in one corner. The concert abruptly ended with Jean-Hervé Péron chasing some of the more unruly men out of the venue with his trusty chainsaw. Despite the ill-fated concert, Messrs. Péron and Sőrés remained in Budapest to record the double album that is The Wasp Boutique, which is a devastating amalgamation of two highly original talents.”

1) (13:18) starts industrial noise spooky creepy drone with voices, after 3 minutes instruments with a beat slowly emerge out of the noise fog, the song has a false ending with about 2 minutes left, and a spoken word in german appears with a subtle noise background, fades away 2) (12:02) very abstract, organic, with treated stringed instruments (hammered dulcimer?) then looping effects, tripped out for sure, very treated guitar or something with a “straight into the board” quality dominates the last half or so 3)* (4:46) cant escape the Einsturzende comparison with the clanging metal, dissonance, some voices auf deutsch, industrial noise for sure 4) (14:31) slow minimal sparse trippiness, quiet but creepy, Scott Walker/Sunn collab comes to mind with some vocals, super cool, goes through moods, false endings 5)* (13:05) starts with stringed instruments, a slow build into a hypnotic solid beat with clanging, lovely 6)* (9:50) lovely drone, guitar, grows crazy with noise synth, excellent 7) (15:20) killer echoplexed analog synth bursts, mindful and weird collage