April, 2005 - Nr. 4
Ulrich Schnauss brings German electronica to United States and Canada
TWIG - Electronic music artist Ulrich Schnauss of Germany will be touring major cities in the United States and Canada with French electronic duo M83 this month, following the U.S.-release of his latest album "In A Strangely Isolated Place," on Domino Records.
Born in the northern German city of Kiel in 1977, Schnauss developed a love for a broad spectrum of music ranging from songs such as My Bloody Valentine and Tangerine Dream to Chapterhouse and early breakbeat tracks during his formative years.
By the time he moved to Berlin in 1996, his own musical output had already become prolific with a variety of pseudonyms (most notably View to the Future and Ethereal 77) veering from techno to drum and bass via electronica.
These earlier works were soon catching the eye of Berlin electronica label CCO (City Centre Offices). Soon his submissions to CCO developed into Schnauss’s first album under his own name entitled, "Far away Trains Passing By" (2001), which became an electronic classic. Listeners were taken with the lush instrumentation and the emotion of the elegant, simple and beautiful music.
Yet nothing was to prepare his growing army of supporters for this next record, "A Strangely Isolated Place" (2003), which showed some of Ulrich’s youthful indie influences. His debut album under his real name had established Ulrich’s background as an outstanding composer in his field, but he managed to take it further on this new album by developing his interest in songwriting for electronic music, born of his love for such giants of the independent world as My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields and Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie. From this humble conception comes forth a record of surprisingly rare emotional power.
Since the release of both albums, Schnauss has been asked to
work with and remix a host of artists including: Mojave 3, Longview,
Johannes Schmoelling, The Zephyrs, Lunz (Rodelius). He is currently writing
and recording his third album.
Tour dates
04/12 Paradise, Boston, MA
04/13 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
04/14 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
04/15 Black Cat, Washington, DC
04/16 The Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
04/17 Club Metronome, Burlington, VT
04/18 Cabaret Music Hall, Montreal, PQ
04/19 Lees Palace, Toronto, ON
04/20 Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
04/21 Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
04/22 Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
04/23 Triple Rock Club, Minneapolis, MN
04/26 Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
04/27 Holocene, Portland, OR
04/28 Bimbos 365 Club, San Francisco, CA
04/29 Knitting Factory LA, Hollywood, CA
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