A Strangely Isolated Place

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From Resident Advisor:

"German electronic producer Ulrich Schnauss completes his shoegaze-meets-electronics triology with a third album. ‘Goodbye’ is out in mid-July.

In true Kevin Shields style, ‘Goodbye’ represents three solid years of work in the studio. Schnauss even moved back to his hometown, the tiny fishing port of Kiel, to make the album. "Up until last summer, I was really unhappy with this record and really frustrated," Schnauss recently told Billboard. "I almost gave up on it. But in the last five or six months, I got it right, and now I'm very pleased with the results."

Both of Schnauss’ previous efforts (‘Far Away Trains Passing By’, 2001) and (‘A Strangely Isolated Place’, 2003) were unexpectedly popular critical successes away from traditional electronic circles. "I see these three albums as moving closer to something I wanted to do right from the beginning but didn't quite manage," he says. "Merging songwriting and indie elements with electronic music."

‘Goodbye’ tracklist

1 Never Be The Same
2 Shine
3 Stars
4 Einfeld
5 In Between The Years
6 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
7 A Song About Hope
8 Medusa
9 Goodbye
10 For Good

As a taster for the album, Schnauss is also releasing the ‘Quicksand Memory EP’, which features a re-edit of the ‘Medusa’ from the album and two remixes of tracks from 'A Strangely Isolated Place' by Robie Guthrie from The Cocteau Twins. The EP arrives on May 22.

‘Quicksand Memory EP’ tracklist

1 Look at the Sky (Rob McVey Version)
2 Medusa (Edit)
3 Gone Forever (Robin Guthrie Version)
4 On My Own (Robin Guthrie Version)"

RA DJ Page: Ulrich Schnauss
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Official Site

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Amazon posted the Quicksand Memory cover

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hello,
thanks for your patience throughout the last couple of months (or years?) - i can finally confirm that independiente will release the "quicksand memory" ep today, while the new album "goodbye" will follow on june25. i will add domino´s american release dates as soon as i can get hold of them;
live dates are in preparation for late summer/autumn.

// LEAKING GOODBYE
while i´m aware that there´s not much point in complaining about the fact that mp3s of the album
have been out there for a while now, i´d still like to mention that these mp3s are based on a
version of the record that i´m not entirely happy with - there were some mastering issues (too
harsh compression that was causing a "pumping" effect) which have been resolved only quite
recently.

// AIRIEL
i was lucky enough to be asked to contribute a few synth bits to "sugar crystals" which features
on airiel´s excellent debut album "the battle of sealand" - this will be released very soon on
highwheel records.

// REMIX UPDATE
a few new remixes (dragons, televise and high violets) have been finished recently - will add
some more detailed release information as soon as possible.

// HOME STEREO FAVOURITES
*a sunny day in glasgow: scribble mural comic journal
*fleeting joys: extra sensory/don´t go downloads
*myspace.com/lochheed
*mahogany: connectivity! (uk release on track&field)
*auburn lull: new album demos
*johannes schmoelling: images & memory anthology
*twelve: 03 part one
*causa sui: free ride
*engineers: new album
*siobhan donaghy: ghosts
*stars of the lid: and their refinement of the decline
*fields: everything last winter
*sarabeth tucek: sarabeth tucek
*keren ann: keren ann
*experimental aircraft: third transmission
*all in the golden afternoon: all in the golden afternoon
*rachel goldstar: introducing... 2001-2005
*marissa nadler: songs 3
*onetwo: instead
*svarte greiner: knive
*robin guthrie & harold budd: before the day breaks/after the night falls

there´s some great re-issues out at the moment as well:
*prefab sprout: steve mcqueen
*black dog: book of dogma
*chapterhouse: the best of
*and seefeel´s monumental "quique" has been re-released as well!!