Ulrich Schnauss- A Strangely Isolated place

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Posted by frankgrimes87 on Mar-16-2007 02:56:

Ulrich Schnauss- A Strangely Isolated place

I just started listening to this album today and I gotta say that it is really awesome! Some really trippy stuff! Has anyone else heard this album?

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Mar-16-2007 03:29:

Posted by s3nate on Mar-16-2007 05:28:

Far Away Trains Passing By is better IMO.

Posted by Spirit5 on Mar-16-2007 05:32:

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Originally posted by s3nate
Far Away Trains Passing By is better IMO.

Their both good. I prefer "A Strangely Isolated Place". I find myself having to skip some tracks on "Far Away Trains Passing By". There's some gems like "Nobody's Home", "Suddenly The Trees" and "As If You've Never Been Away", but a few of the others are just okay. The only track I really don't like on "A Strangely Isolated Place" is "On My Own". It fit well on Sasha's "Involver" but it seems kind of out of place on "A Strangely Isolated Place".

Posted by SMC on Mar-16-2007 08:16:

Ulrich Schnauss is indredibly talanted and A Strangely Isolated Place is his masterpiece. Every track is absolutely flawless, the title track is one of my all-time favorites, there are some hard-on-inducing chord shifts in there.

Another amazing work of his is the remix he made for Depeche Mode - Little 15, it's a little masterpiece as well.

quote:
Originally posted by Spirit5
The only track I really don't like on "A Strangely Isolated Place" is "On My Own". It fit well on Sasha's "Involver" but it seems kind of out of place on "A Strangely Isolated Place".

I think it's just as important as the other tracks, and i really like it. It works well imo to have a little shift in mood somewhere on the album, to get a slight sense of contrast and dynamic.

Posted by GrimReaper on Mar-16-2007 11:04:

I prefer Far Away.., as a whole just does it for me better than A Strangely.. yet both of them are good. Looking forward to his new album whenever it's coming out.

quote:
Originally posted by Spirit5
I find myself having to skip some tracks on "Far Away Trains Passing By". There's some gems like "Nobody's Home", "Suddenly The Trees" and "As If You've Never Been Away", but a few of the others are just okay.

The latter two feature only on the '05 US reissue tho, not on the original '01 German release.

Posted by Quinders on Mar-16-2007 11:10:

A Strangely Isolated Place is one of my favourite albums. Ulrich is bringing out his third album in May called "Goodbye" - really looking forward to it. Check out some of his remixes too - Mojave 3 "Bluebird Of Happiness" and Justin Robertson pres. Revtone "Love Movement" are both excellent.

Posted by tango on Mar-16-2007 12:56:

Both of ulrich's albums are very nice...love his sound!

But even better:

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ALBUM 3
ulrich�s third album "goodbye" has been mastered last week and will be released in the next 3-4 months on independiente (europe) and domino (us).

Posted by Arraias on Mar-16-2007 13:55:

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Originally posted by GrimReaper
I prefer Far Away.., as a whole just does it for me better than A Strangely.. yet both of them are good. Looking forward to his new album whenever it's coming out.

+ 1

Posted by noikeee on Mar-16-2007 14:06:

I have to get this, really like all the tracks on the other album.

Posted by Basik on Mar-16-2007 15:17:

Im just checking out some of this & i must say this rocks so much, im going to have to see about getting his new album.

Posted by sljiva on Mar-16-2007 19:47:

Love the album. All tracks are beautiful, but my favourite is A Letter From Home. His other album is also good, maybe even better

Posted by frankgrimes87 on Mar-16-2007 23:07:

Does he play all the synth parts? Ive seen some pictures of him and it looks like he plays on a couple different synths.

Posted by [mart] on Mar-16-2007 23:14:

I love Ulrich. What a pleasant surprise that there's a new album coming out in a few months!

Posted by Spirit5 on Mar-17-2007 01:37:

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Originally posted by frankgrimes87
Does he play all the synth parts? Ive seen some pictures of him and it looks like he plays on a couple different synths.

He does, I believe, a combination of live synths and pre-programmed stuff. Some of his music is too complex, layered to have all the parts be performed live, it's largely studio music.

Posted by Mycron on Mar-17-2007 23:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Spirit5
Their both good. I prefer "A Strangely Isolated Place". I find myself having to skip some tracks on "Far Away Trains Passing By". There's some gems like "Nobody's Home", "Suddenly The Trees" and "As If You've Never Been Away", but a few of the others are just okay. The only track I really don't like on "A Strangely Isolated Place" is "On My Own". It fit well on Sasha's "Involver" but it seems kind of out of place on "A Strangely Isolated Place".

you missed the track called "...Passing By" which is a masterpiece also, just like "Nobody's Home"

Posted by Porky on Mar-17-2007 23:50:

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Originally posted by Quinders
Justin Robertson pres. Revtone "Love Movement" are both excellent.

you can hear Revtone - Love Movement (Ulrich Schnauss remix)

on Nick Warren's new GU30 Paris

CD1 -> 39min mark....

...beauuuutiful!!!

Posted by Porky on Mar-17-2007 23:50:

quote:
Originally posted by s3nate
Far Away Trains Passing By is better IMO.

+1

Both albums are awesome.. but i'm listening to Far Away a bit more

his music is so beautiful, they put me in a good mood.

Posted by Spirit5 on Mar-18-2007 02:16:

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Originally posted by Mycron
you missed the track called "...Passing By" which is a masterpiece also, just like "Nobody's Home"

Yeah I like that track too, forgot it....

I like his more melodic, sublime..bittersweet type music, vs. the more experimental sounding stuff that kind of reminds me of Boards Of Canada, but that's only a few tracks on that album that are like that.