Ulrich Schnauss Live @ Bloc Weekend 2009

A somewhat mysterious producer from Berlin, Germany, Ulrich Schnauss debuted under his own name in 2001 with Far Away Trains Passing By. Released by City Centre Offices, the album seemingly came from nowhere and wound up on several journalists' year-end favorites lists, impressing many with a beguiling level of charm that referenced the shimmer of the Cocteau Twins and the beat mining of the Black Dog. 2003's A Strangely Isolated Place, which was much closer to shoegaze than U.K. techno, was followed in 2007 by Goodbye. Schnauss has also had his hands in a number of other projects, including Hexaquart (minimal echno-house) and Ethereal 77 (drum'n'bass), in addition to engineering work for a number of other artists.

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