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Ulrich Schnauss was born in the northern German town of Kiel in 1977. During his formative years, he came to love a wide spectrum of music, ranging from My Bloody Valentine to Tangerine Dream, from Chapterhouse to early bleep and breakbeat tracks. There was not much opportunity to see his musical heroes in Kiel, so he moved to Berlin in 1996.
By that time, Ulrich was already a prolific musician in such genres as ambient and drum and bass, with a variety of pseudonyms (most notably View to the Future and Ethereal 77). These earlier works soon caught the eye of Berlin electronica label CCO (City Centre Offices), who took him up.
Soon his submissions to CCO developed into Ulrich’s first album under his own name, entitled Far Away Trains Passing By. It became an electronic classic; listeners were smitten with the lush instrumentation and the emotional impact of his elegant music.
Yet nothing could prepare his growing army of supporters for the next record, A Strangely Isolated Place, which slowly came together in 2001. The album truly displayed Ulrich’s youthful indie influences and established his pedigree as an outstanding electronic composer. A Strangely Isolated Place has become one of those extraordinary and rare occurrences: a record that slowly grows in stature by virtue of its overriding ability to deliver more than the usual arid and academic treatises on the state of the synthesizer.
“When you’ve worked with computers and keyboards for a number of years, they become not so fascinating of themselves anymore,” he said. “I gained in confidence after people began to discover Faraway Trains, and it hasn’t really stopped since then. This time I decided not to compromise on what I wanted to do, with what I thought people might want me to do.”
By that time, Ulrich was already a prolific musician in such genres as ambient and drum and bass, with a variety of pseudonyms (most notably View to the Future and Ethereal 77). These earlier works soon caught the eye of Berlin electronica label CCO (City Centre Offices), who took him up.
Soon his submissions to CCO developed into Ulrich’s first album under his own name, entitled Far Away Trains Passing By. It became an electronic classic; listeners were smitten with the lush instrumentation and the emotional impact of his elegant music.
Yet nothing could prepare his growing army of supporters for the next record, A Strangely Isolated Place, which slowly came together in 2001. The album truly displayed Ulrich’s youthful indie influences and established his pedigree as an outstanding electronic composer. A Strangely Isolated Place has become one of those extraordinary and rare occurrences: a record that slowly grows in stature by virtue of its overriding ability to deliver more than the usual arid and academic treatises on the state of the synthesizer.
“When you’ve worked with computers and keyboards for a number of years, they become not so fascinating of themselves anymore,” he said. “I gained in confidence after people began to discover Faraway Trains, and it hasn’t really stopped since then. This time I decided not to compromise on what I wanted to do, with what I thought people might want me to do.”
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A Strangely Isolated Place
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Far Away Trains Passing By
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Goodbye
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Quicksand Memory EP
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pink_gin wrote:
love it!
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DotsDisconnect wrote:
hello new found hero
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Stellardrone wrote:
I love this guy (and I am straight)
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Hollow7 wrote:
Fucking brilliant. [2]
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anytrashy wrote:
Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
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24db wrote:
Fantastic musician. If you like Ulrich's stuff then checkout Kettel's new album on last fm...highly recommended
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rubenladwig wrote:
Fucking brilliant.
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tomvaro wrote:
Passing By!!
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WavesofMagenta wrote:
Bottom line: Ulrich Schnauss is absolutely and positively brilliant.
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BoringArcade wrote:
Need a lot more Ulrich, though listening to his albums over and over again still keep me satisfied.
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Avoil wrote:
goodbye - ticket to stratosphere. when will be new album?
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baxinski wrote:
"Great magic mushroom music"? yeah, i`m sure of that. especially played live.
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frankc53 wrote:
Thank you Ulrich Keep the music coming .
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zeppoleon wrote:
Amazing.
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veroxxv3 wrote:
pro
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ohh1972 wrote:
Tach auch. Der Norden ist eben doch am Besten. Genialer Mensch.
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Zino89 wrote:
Great magic mushroom music
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yaboilarry69 wrote:
pretty much the soundtrack to my dreams every night
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planetstoney wrote:
The track, or the album?
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motagaly wrote:
Amazing .. i love "Goodbye"
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Feb
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Ulrich Schnauss
The Bell House, Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Club AC30 presents Chapterhouse with Ulrich Schnauss JAPAN TOUR
LIQUIDROOM,3-16-6 Higashi Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 東京都, Tokyo, Japan
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| 9 attendees
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22/08/09 CHAT
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