Ulrich Schnauss (born 1977 in Kiel) is a German electronic musician and pro… Read Full Bio ↴Ulrich Schnauss (born 1977 in Kiel) is a German electronic musician and producer based in London, England.
During his formative years, Schnauss 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."
The result is an oddly retro-futurist record, which owes more to MBV's Loveless or Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack than Ulrich's computer-centric peers.
Since the release of both albums, Ulrich has been asked to work with and remix a host of artists including Mojave 3, Longview, Johannes Schmoelling, The Zephyrs, Robin Guthrie, A Shoreline Dream, Engineers and Lunz (Rodelius).
Goodbye, Ulrich Schnauss's third album, was released in 2007.
During his formative years, Schnauss 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."
The result is an oddly retro-futurist record, which owes more to MBV's Loveless or Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack than Ulrich's computer-centric peers.
Since the release of both albums, Ulrich has been asked to work with and remix a host of artists including Mojave 3, Longview, Johannes Schmoelling, The Zephyrs, Robin Guthrie, A Shoreline Dream, Engineers and Lunz (Rodelius).
Goodbye, Ulrich Schnauss's third album, was released in 2007.
A Strangely Isolated Place
Ulrich Schnauss Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Ulrich Schnauss:
Between Us and Them Enriquez Joy Joy Enriquez Between You And Me Verse 1: Wh…
Bluebird of Happiness Gotta find a way to get home strong Gotta find a…
Blumenwiese neben Autobahn (Intrumental)…
Crazy for You crazy for your love…
Gone Forever …
Goodbye Hello Now take me home To the dream Ever lasts just once Cl…
Look at the Sky I'm letting go I'm letting go So suddenly Away from me-…
Medusa I see things black and white If there was one I won't…
Molfsee "Are you mad?" "No!"…
Setting Sun Mother will look with me Father will pray for me Religion wi…
Shine Shine, So fragile Try, With such kindness Self-regardless L…
Stars Here beginning for the end When it's all gone Why should I…
Wherever You Are I was waiting for you here To see you walk away…
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Ryan Scott
I snowboarded in the mountains of banff to this album. It was the best moment of my life and I couldn't have had better music accompanying it....
James Howarth
I love this! You get it!
Joel Gandia
Holla, too bad Canada is mad woke now.
tweakiepop
Wow, to have that experience
ptanyuh
I grew up in Banff :) Nice to see reference to it. I miss it a lot.
Jebediah Kerman
@Aaron Kennedy Dude. I thought you were me. I love this album too!
Andrew Vaaler
Damn near timeless. So rare with electronic music. Usually you can hear a date firmly stamped on it. Such a gem of an album.
zoinG
Velocity Design Comfort does the same to me (it's from 2003 too)
Kathleen Olsson-Nelson
I love Ulrich's soaring synth sweeps that are so beautiful at times like on Gone Forever, that I find myself crying at it's beauty. Brilliant musician. I am addicted to Ulrich Schnauss's music.
permaveg
+Mick van Plateringen I love music, I've found meaning. I'm not one to follow the crowd or fashion either. Well my "empty" commenting got you to comment so not all in vain is it ?