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█ ARTIST: Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters █
█ TITLE: Underrated Silence █
█ LABEL: Bureau B █
█ GENRE: Ambient █
█ BITRATE: 235kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 49min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-02-13 █
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█ 01. The Messiah Is Falling 3:44 █
█ 02. Long Distance Call 2:52 █
█ 03. Forgotten 4:14 █
█ 04. Yesterday Didn't Exist 5:30 █
█ 05. Rosen Im Asphalt 5:34 █
█ 06. The Child Of The Pigeon 3:44 █
█ 07. Ekaterina 5:31 █
█ 08. Amoxicillin 4:20 █
█ 09. Gift Horse's Mouth 7:22 █
█ 10. Underrated Silence 6:52 █
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█ From the label: █
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█ LP version, including a free CD of the entire album. Transporting the █
█ sound of shoegazer aesthetics into an electronic context, this is how █
█ Ulrich Schnauss once described his artistic goal. Influenced by bands █
█ such as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins and Chapterhouse on █
█ the one hand, yet wholly at ease with the electronica of bands like The █
█ Orb, Bionaut, Orbital, 808 State and unequivocally appreciative of █
█ veterans of the genre, Tangerine Dream or Manuel G÷ttsching, for █
█ example. A brother in spirit to Robin Guthrie, one might say ù an █
█ apposite epithet for Schnauss. His collaborative partner Mark Peters █
█ might also be considered his soul brother. Through his band, Engineers, █
█ he has similarly found success in following in the footsteps of his █
█ musical paragons. Engineers have released wonderful albums of dream-pop, █
█ infused with the same spirit as the solo efforts of Schnauss. Peters and █
█ Schnauss have been friends for many years and over a year ago, Schnauss █
█ joined the ranks of Engineers. For the past couple of years, they have █
█ been meeting up sporadically and making music. The fruits of these █
█ sessions served as the basis for the ten tracks on this joint album. █
█ More used to traditional songwriting, the working process was new to █
█ Peters. In the absence of conventional structures, the sole aim of █
█ creating an atmosphere was an approach he was somewhat unfamiliar with, █
█ but one he found liberating. Working only at night was a decisive factor █
█ for Peters, lending the music a somnambulant quality ù an effect that █
█ was intentional, striving to create something which cannot be ascribed █
█ to a particular musical category or zeitgeist. For Schnauss meanwhile, █
█ conjuring up an atmosphere through music is the most normal thing in the █
█ world: he creates music for those little escapes. On this latest album, █
█ Schnauss brings the piano more into play than usual, which enhances the █
█ overall impression splendidly. Underrated Silence is a quiet album, for █
█ the most part. Its multi-layered fabric reveals something new every time █
█ one listens to it ù a wealth of fresh discoveries, new rhythms emerging █
█ from the sound cloud, hitherto unnoticed melodies illuminating the █
█ background. Schnauss and Peters have crafted music which is enchanting █
█ in the truest sense of the word ù shimmering sounds, floating echoes, █
█ rhythmically reverberant chords which wrap themselves around the █
█ listener, lifting you into a state of suspension and carrying you gently █
█ away. █
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