― robin (robin), Thursday, 15 May 2003 16:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt (cgould), Thursday, 15 May 2003 17:49 (twenty years ago) link
― direct_program, Thursday, 15 May 2003 18:13 (twenty years ago) link
US is insanely dudtastic.
― Mike Taylor (mjt), Thursday, 15 May 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Thursday, 15 May 2003 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
In hindsight, both of those labels turned into monsters. I will stick up for the two records that turned me on to CCO. Tides by Arovane has not dated well and was a harbinger of the lukewarm IDM-hop that CCO would promote. At the time it I saw it as a way out for the tyranny of the predictable that 4/4 floor tracks were becoming. It was a massive technical step up from the work he was doing for DIN (even if I like Atol Scrap and his EP's better than Tides.)
The record he did with Phonem for Vertical Form was a letdown, and I really have not investigated his work any further. Oddly enough, I totally disliked the early Phonem material, but he has really come into his own in the last few years. A friend of mine played a recent LP on Morr and I was pleasantly surprised.
The other was Christian Kleine, who would also go on to disappoint me as well. The Minus Time/Quadringa 7" he did for CCO is one of my favorite records of all time. It is a shame that the Hermann and Kleine material and his solo albums never lived up to the glory of that first single. He has released good material, but the quality is very uneven. You need to put more than one good track on your album if you want any of my record money.
― Mike Taylor (mjt), Thursday, 15 May 2003 23:02 (twenty years ago) link
― keith (keithmcl), Friday, 16 May 2003 00:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Stewart (Tim Stewart), Friday, 16 May 2003 01:38 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.city-centre-offices.de/http://www.morrmusic.com/
― Xii, Friday, 16 May 2003 06:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Omar (Omar), Friday, 16 May 2003 08:57 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 May 2003 09:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Nathan W (Nathan Webb), Friday, 16 May 2003 09:27 (twenty years ago) link
― pulpo, Friday, 16 May 2003 09:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Kim Tortoise, Friday, 16 May 2003 11:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Andy K (Andy K), Friday, 16 May 2003 11:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Kim Tortoise, Friday, 16 May 2003 11:30 (twenty years ago) link
i agree, but can anyone REALLY explain why this is such a crime?
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 May 2003 11:32 (twenty years ago) link
BoC's last album was painfully dull, imo.
― lizardfister, Friday, 16 May 2003 11:46 (twenty years ago) link
― pulpo, Friday, 16 May 2003 12:03 (twenty years ago) link
i dont get how 'Geogaddi' could be 'duller' than the new Schnauss tho
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 May 2003 12:40 (twenty years ago) link
ulrich though breathed a bit of lie into the CCO/Morr scene which was getting a bit dull and derivative at the time. none of the artists had moved on in the slightest. he also played a great set at the Big Chill last year despite being some german with dodgy hair and his laptop. BoC live??? Don't be silly.
― lizardfister, Friday, 16 May 2003 14:16 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 May 2003 14:38 (twenty years ago) link
artists should do whatever satisfies them, not you ;)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 May 2003 14:40 (twenty years ago) link
...and we should feel free to criticise them if we believe they (a) indulge themselves wantonly or (b) do the same old thing time after time. Not that I'm levelling either accusation against the Boards (although I do wonder if they reached their peak with the "Beautiful place" ep), but I don't buy Steve's line as an riposte to Mr Fister's views.
Back on topic. I love Ulrich and I'm a bit bewildered by level of dislike he seems to have attracted here. As far as I'm concerned "Far away trains" may not be particularly groundbreaking, but it's a lovely, lush melodic record and what I've heard of the new one sounds just as good. Then again, I don't pay the slightest bit of attention to hype nor do I blindly shell out money for a record I've not heard, then complain that I've been somehow ripped off.
― Tag (Tag), Friday, 16 May 2003 18:02 (twenty years ago) link
― stolenbus (stolenbus), Friday, 16 May 2003 18:32 (twenty years ago) link
Nothing sounds like BoC, they have a sound all their own, and why they are even in a discussion about cco/morr acts is a mystery. It's like comparing White Stripes to The Strokes.
Sure, there aren't a lot of album on either CCO or Morr that I play with regularity, but if you're expecting any of this type of stuff to be Album of the Year material, you're hoping for a bit much.
A couple fantastic albums I've heard recently are:Digital Jockey - Paradise & FragmentNova June - Ground
― blutroniq (blutroniq), Friday, 16 May 2003 19:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Tag (Tag), Friday, 16 May 2003 19:25 (twenty years ago) link
― keith (keithmcl), Friday, 16 May 2003 23:56 (twenty years ago) link
It's hardly IDM, it's more like MBV or someone but also quite dancey with that little breakbeat in the background. I'd definitely like to hear the album.
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 24 May 2003 17:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 25 May 2003 18:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 25 May 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link
― j0e (j0e), Sunday, 25 May 2003 19:07 (twenty years ago) link
I am surprised that Andy K disagrees with me because I find that our tastes are very similar and that Omar agrees with me because I do not think we have previously agreed on anything ever.
― Mike Taylor (mjt), Sunday, 25 May 2003 20:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Lukas (lukas), Friday, 3 September 2004 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 3 September 2004 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Saturday, 4 September 2004 10:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― chaki, Saturday, 7 April 2007 01:01 (seventeen years ago) link
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― SusanD, Saturday, 7 April 2007 01:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 April 2007 01:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― fandango, Saturday, 7 April 2007 01:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― SusanD, Saturday, 7 April 2007 01:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― libcrypt, Saturday, 7 April 2007 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― fies, Saturday, 7 April 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― libcrypt, Saturday, 7 April 2007 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 April 2007 19:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Display Name, Sunday, 8 April 2007 01:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Trayce, Sunday, 8 April 2007 02:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Trayce, Sunday, 8 April 2007 02:39 (seventeen years ago) link
I just found out about this. Way to keep it a secret, guys!
http://blog.pedigreecuts.com/?p=294
We are proud to announce that this magnificent album, the fruit of a collaboration between Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk is now available to our agents via Harvest Media. This stunning 14 track foray into the world of the emotive and uplifting has already started gathering interest and reactions worldwide. A big thanks to Ulrich & Jonas for their efforts and to everyone else involved in this project.
PED A010 – Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk – “Epic” is available now.
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Ulrich and Manual? Damn. Has anyone heard it?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, "Chasing Rainbows" streaming on that link above is *immense*. Never heard of this before, and by the look of it they are not even definitely releasing it for sale = insane.
― Bill A, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 11:40 (thirteen years ago) link
http://astrangelyisolatedplace.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/ulrich-schnauss-jonas-munk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk552H2SUKY
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 11:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, Chasing Rainbows doesn't actually suck! I know that's damning with faint praise, I'm surprised to find I like it. I just wish they'd turn that endless Ulrich-verb down a bit.
― Fantasia, having a party is NOT my idea of a fantasy (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually just discovered that if you scroll through the album covers up in the header like you would in iTunes, and get to the Schnauss & Munk album, you can stream the entire thing.
http://blog.pedigreecuts.com/?cat=16
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Hint: go to your left.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
mmm
― exit through the (Tape Store), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link
v good job JF. This will be the soundtrack to this morning!
― exit through the (Tape Store), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:17 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/08/engineers-return-in-praise-of-more/
:D
― let it sb (acoleuthic), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
hubba hubba.
― Johnelle Fevráe (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
did I hear SHOEGAZE SUPERGROUP
― let it sb (acoleuthic), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
this is bigger than Kevin Shields, bigger than religion
― let it sb (acoleuthic), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow. I never did get around to that second Engineers album since I never saw it any shops. Worth looking into?
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, it's better than the first one
― let it sb (acoleuthic), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
It's as good as the first one was bad. (This doesn't include the first ep, which was quite good in its own right.)
― Johnelle Fevráe (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
it contains this for a start
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esuEMkGiU8s
― let it sb (acoleuthic), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, you've convinced me to track it down.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
dear school of seven bells street team, your record's good but if I were you I'd be QUAKING IN YOUR BOOTS come the 2010 Shoegaze Album Of The Year award ceremony
― let it sb (acoleuthic), Thursday, 5 August 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
"sirocco" off this new schnauss/munk album is....... really good
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 6 August 2010 11:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, that album has surprised me by how good it is - on first listen it seemed a bit low-key, but Munk seems to have tamed the needles-in-the-red tendencies of Uli's last album and I've enjoyed it more with every play. My favourite Schnauss has always been Trains... and this feels like he's rediscovered some of the unfussy melodicism that he used so well there.
― Bill A, Friday, 6 August 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
better than school of seven bells? that is setting the bar pretty low.
― keythhtyek, Friday, 6 August 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I think it might be safe to post on this thread now LJ has gone?
Anyway, a YEAR later, I am finally getting around to listening to the Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk album. (I was actually looking for the Robin Guthrie remix of On My Own and this popped up in Spotify, don't ask why.)
Shock, horror, I actually quite like it. I'm not sure if this is because of the beautiful sweeping guitar soundscapes - or because I'm feeling a lot more tolerant towards Schnaussy now I'm not tripping over him every damn week at Sonic Cathedral. (also, finally, he has dumped that pompous twat from Longview and got in a decent collaborator, which definitely helps.)
― Aphex Twin … in my vagina? (Karen D. Tregaskin), Monday, 22 August 2011 10:45 (twelve years ago) link
I just checked out that Robin Guthrie remix...he still has the goods!!
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Don Nots (Mount Cleaners), Saturday, 8 October 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
New Schnauss collaboration with Mark Peters from Engineers sounds like it will be fantastic. The couple of songs Ive heard really break away from his syrupy shoegaze and are closer to JMJarre/Krafwerk in ambience.
BUT IT ISNT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE DIGITALLY. Only on CD/vinyl. I wanna listen to it now and I dont want to pyrat it :(
― zooey bechamel (Trayce), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
But meantime, some tracks from it are on YT:
Gift Horse's Mouthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuEVOJIhM98
Rosen im Ashphalt:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENbbqMl9J4M&feature=related
― zooey bechamel (Trayce), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
Pitchfork razzed the new album, but I think the basis of the criticism is nonsense, so I'm disregarding it. Of course I'm a big fan of Enya, too. Anyone heard it yet?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 11 February 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
i like the last one w/mark peters a lot, though jessica harvell didn't
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 11 February 2013 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
I truly cannot make sense of the "begs for a riskier approach" thing that the Pitchfork reviewers are fixated on. I haven't heard the Mark Peters collaboration, but Goodbye and the "album" with Jonas Munk were each an improvement over his previous releases.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 11 February 2013 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
Coming to the new one as a long-time fan, I'd say there's lots to recommend it - def. better than Goodbye and it *does* feel like he's trying to do something a bit different, he's certainly got some new gear since his last solo release. Heavy rotation on the title track, the splendidly mid-tempo "Like a Ghost in Your Life" (the snaking melody line on this is vintage Ulrich) and all last week I was hammering "I Take Comfort in Your Ignorance" - the latter has an ace remix by Tycho just out too.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Thursday, 14 February 2013 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
so i'm see Ulrich Schnauss Sunday Night at the world famous Troubadour in West Hollywood. wow, last time i went there i saw Sonic Boom's E.A.R. and meet Timothy Leary (true story) so it has been a few years. so what can i expect is he any good live, has anyone seen him recently?
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:23 (ten years ago) link
see seeing
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link
saw him a few years back, and it was pretty interesting... he's got some kind of device that triggers samples and laptops and keyboards, and while your recognize parts of stuff that he does, it's like he is kind of mixing it live? it was fun to dance to, and had good energy.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 02:25 (ten years ago) link
anyone else seen him? starting to get excited about seeing a show again. it's like two in two months, reminds me of the old days where i saw shows all the time.
― Bee OK, Friday, 16 August 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
so the show was a lot of fun. he had someone with him on stage that looked like Martin Gore, dressed liked him as well. the visuals were about all you could watch. the music is really beautiful and hearing it that loud was neat. i would not really recommend this show but i had a good time.
there was this goth type of band called Nostalghia that opened. they were really cool as well. know nothing about them but she sounded like Bjork at times and really intense. just looked them up and they are a new band from Los Angeles, will keep an eye on them.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
new one is a bit dull so far and he's starting to rip himself off something rotten
― imago, Saturday, 5 November 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
title-track is golden and lovely though ^_^
― imago, Saturday, 5 November 2016 15:03 (seven years ago) link
I didn't know there was a 2-disc version of Far Away Trains Passing By, the second disc is just as good as the first one
― frogbs, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 12:20 (seven years ago) link
I still don't know that album. Sometimes when you get on the train at the supposed leap forward it's hard to track back
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link
its amusing that the simplest music always seems to be the most polarizing. not that what he's doing is simple-minded or anything, but the music is very overt in what it's trying to do.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 12:30 (seven years ago) link
it's not like ASIP is particularly obscure in its intentions either!
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 12:33 (seven years ago) link
nah. but I kinda like it, for that reason. like BOC without the whole "oooooo this is spooky tape music, maybe there's a GHOST in the room!" element
― frogbs, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
it's p much direct shoegazing ecstasy, sunny-day melancholy unfiltered
but then i guess there are songs like 'medusa' that could have sparked entire movements of michael bay electronica on their own (but didn't)
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 12:41 (seven years ago) link
I picked up one of his CDs for a buck at a charity shop and it's really gorgeous
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
ok I got ASIP now and yeah this is very good, definitely better than Far Away Trains
amazed this man hasn't made a mint in soundtrack work
― frogbs, Monday, 12 June 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
This reminds me. I bought an album he was involved in recently, played it once, then filed it somewhere. Can't remember who or what it was called though. Shit. Far Away Trains is so good. The rest of his stuff is just rehashing the same feeling. You probably don't need more than 5-10 songs of his to experience the entirety of his range.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 12 June 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
and that was easy to find, thanks Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/Ulrich-Schnauss-Jonas-Munk-Passage/release/9725721 - This is the album. It's decent but not great.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 12 June 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
Something new on his Bandcamp page
Free?
― Hilarity Winner (doo dah), Monday, 12 June 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
name your price isn't ... well, if you want, I guess, sure.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
this Synthwave thing is pretty okay
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:08 (six years ago) link