Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
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Artist: Ulrich SchnaussEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Music Label: Domino
Soundtracks:
- Gone Forever
- On My Own
- A Letter from Home
- Monday - Paracetamol
- Clear Day
- Blumenthal
- In All the Wrong Places
- A Strangely Isolated Place
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Free Music Review: Schnauss Delivers ... again
Hit: 5 Stars
Schnauss fuses combinations of ethereal synth pads and overboosted electric guitar chords to deliver angelic yet funky and powerful compositions. Most of his tracks are what I like to call "Building" tracks. He'll begin with a minimalist beat, or no beat at all, and build his pieces to emotionally charged crescendos of bliss. Vocals, both male and female are limited, for the most part to roles of "effect" and "accent" to keep the listener grounded and connected to his work. I detect little evolution in the Ulrich Schnauss' style from one CD to the next. Whereas with other artist you might not get what you expected from one CD to the next, with A Strange Isolated Place, if you liked Goodbye, you'll like this collection of his music as well. Unlike on his followup CD, Goodbye, Schnauss has shown restraint with his upbeat pieces on A Strangely Isolated Place. These tracks on Goodbye make me feel as if, like with many great minds, he walks a fine line between genius, and just plane madness. His style is eccentric and whereas many of his experiments work beautifully some of them tend to be "too much of a good thing". I love my new Schnauss CD and will keep it in my collection and play it for years, I'm sure.
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The domestic version of Schnauss' second album, originally released by Berlin/Manchester's City Centre Offices in May '03. Fuses the ambient electronics of Eno & Boards of Canada with Slowdive & My Bloody Valentine, with an emphasis on melody.Ulrich Schnauss's A Strangely Isolated Place was released in Europe during May of 2003, but fans had to wait over a year for it to arrive on these shores. The Berliner's follow-up to Far Away Trains Passing By is another gentle and fascinating record, similarly drunk with melody. But Schnauss has augmented his electro-synth sound with tsunamis of huge, arching major chords that rival M83's over-the-top lushness. Shoegazer influences show up in the Slowdive-esque "Gone Forever," as well as the My Bloody Valentine buzz in "Clear Day". Despite Place's ethereal sheen, the bones of solid dance-ability are also here, as several clever DJs have already noted (see Sasha's use of "On My Own" for Involver). The record could use a few well-placed batches of noise to act as counterpoint, but long-suffering fans of early Cocteau Twins looking for a fix of dreamy songcraft should find much to love. --Matthew Cooke
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