The Faust Cycle [Portion 01] Album

Faust Cycle
or, The House of Dr Faustus

Written, Composed, Performed & Produced by
Ergo Phizmiz

Project consultants
James Nye, Martha Moopette, The Travelling Mongoose



One afternoon Ergo Phizmiz finds himself lumbered into delivering a parcel to the house of legendary alchemist and necromancer Dr Johann Faustus who, since the events of some time ago for which he is renowned, has entered into a rather quieter life in a vast, labyrinthine house, with hundreds of lodgers running the gamut from artists, birds, bird-people, walking fictions, ventriloquists, a Cassowary, running chairs, walking gramophones, and myriad automata.

This enormous dream fable, told through speech, songs, collage and sound-design, is the result of over three years delving down various rabbit-holes, and features collaborations in a range of contexts with artists of many disciplines, including Jack Phoenix, Margita Zalite, Pete Um, Angela Valid, Bela Emerson, Martha Moopette, Amie Willingale, and Zenith Pitts.

In glorious radiophonic technicolour, it is a musical-comedy of disorientation and magick, somewhere between nightmare and the half-ed childhood whimsy of an insomniac music-hall artiste.

Please note – “The Faust Cycle” is not, necessarily, suitable for sensitive ears at times, containing, as it does, some naughty words, some sexy references, and a healthy smattering of scatological excess.* * * * *


Contains interpretations of music by

Claudio Monteverdi Carlo Gesualdo Melchior Franck Thomas Ravenscroft The Four Tops Peggy Lee Erik Satie Sergei Prokofiev Jacques Offenbach Arthur Sullivan Georges Bizet Camille Saint-Saens J.S. Bach Charles Tennier Giuseppe Verdi Argentian Tango from “Un Chien Andalou” Cole Porter W.A. Mozart Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
Contains samples too numerous to name…



Written & Recorded 2006-2009
Ventnor, Newport, East Cowes, Ryde, Freshwater, Buckfastleigh, Brighton, London (UK) La Ferriere aux Etangs, La Noe de Fendrement () Tirgu-Mures, Transylvania (Romania)
Thanks to
All the artists involved, Kate, Talulah & Autumn, Jeremy Court, David Fenech, Felix Kubin & Gagarin Records, Vulnavia Vanity, the Faustus of the West Country, Sal & Simon, Matt Johnson, Soundart Radio, Chris, Lucinda, et al, WFMU, Zoe & Storm, Vicki & Peter , Sid & Maz, Jo Hummel Newell & all at Quay, Penny King & Angela Unsworth, Steven Streight, Chinky Bolin, Soleilmoon, Doyouspeakenglish Radio, Proot Records, Patrick Sims, Sarah & Peter Nelson, Sataniornocultshop, Tomomi Adachi, Erik Bumbledonk, Anthony Locke, Moritz Grünke Dedicated to Joseph Cornell Ken Campbell Morecambe & Wise

ed by Arts Council England
Vaguely Marsupial Productions
Headphonica
Soundart Radio
VentnorBlog
Quay Arts
BüroPluspunkt


Weblinks Ergo Phizmiz
ergophizmiz.net
ergophizmiz.blogspot.com
twitter.com/ergophizmiz
myspace.com/ergophizmiz

James Nye myspace.com/frogweb

Angela Valid myspace.com/angelavalid

Bela Emerson belaemerson.com

Margita Zalite myspace.com/barenzunge

Martha Moopette myspace.com/marthamoopette

Pete Um umbusiness.co.uk

Mark Upton mark-upton.com

Amie Willingale myspace.com/amiesacoustics

Aaron Islamb myspace.com/aaronislamb

Simon Perry ventnorblog.com

Elements of The Faust Cycle were presented as works in progress on WFMU (wfmu.org), and Soundart Radio (soundartradio.org.uk), who also broadcast the premiere of the entire work.
Instrumental excerpts have been released as “Music From The House of Dr Faustus” on the FMA
Cover Art by Moritz Grünke (www.bueropluspunkt.de)
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