Outside the Dream Syndicate is a 1973 collaboration album by United States avant-garde filmmaker Tony Conrad and German krautrock group Faust. The album marks Conrad's first and only musical release for many years, and remains his best known musical work. It is considered a classic of minimalist and drone music. Pitchfork Media exclaims "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.