Paul_Schutze-Second_Site-2CD-1997-AMOK

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             Paul Schutze  - Second Site (c) 1997 Virgin


Artist....: Paul Schutze
Album.....: Second Site
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: cd1: 51 cd2: 51
Genre.....: Electronic
Label.....: Virgin
Catalogue#: AMBT23
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.discogs.com/Paul-Sch%C3%BCtze-Second-Site/release/328170


Tracklist:
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   Cd1

01 First Prologue                                                01:01
02 The Dial Is Only Visible By Starlight                         01:16
03 Every Day At Noon The Sun Shines Through These Apertures For  00:39
04 The Image Of The Sun Indicates The Sun's Position As It Passe 01:16
05 There Is A Brass Pointer Fitted With Sights And Pivoted To Th 00:49
06 This Chamber Is No Longer Accessible To Visitors              01:00
07 Access To Any Part Of The Engine Is By Steps Which Offer Vant 00:50
08 Suspended In The Hum Of History                               01:10
09 Originally Cross Wires Stretched Across Each Hemisphere, East 01:17
10 The Ramped Stair To The North Of The Two Drums Vanishes At Th 01:03
11 These Steps Enable The Observer To See All Aspects Of The Bra 00:40
12 There Is A Huge Calibrated Sundial On Each Of Its Sides       01:00
13 This Chamber Is Filled With Garden Tools And Broken Furniture 01:00
14 The Mosaic Of Starlight Slips Back Like The Lid Of An Opening 00:59
15 This Engine Is Primarily A Calculator, Though Altitudes May B 01:00
16 It Is Inscribed With Concentric Circles, At The Centre Of Whi 01:01
17 The Calibrated Parts Are Raised On Three-Foot Pillars         01:00
18 The Pink Masonry Charges The Twilight With A Faint Sound      00:59
19 Another Slope With Stairs For The Reading Of Figures          01:00
20 This Engine Is Now Only Visible In Twilight                   01:00
21 Here Is An Immense Brass Circle Suspended Vertically From Sto 00:49
22 Two Hemispheres Representing The Sphere Of Heaven Comprise Th 01:11
23 This Wall Describes Accurately The North,south Meridian       01:00
24 There Are Pillars At The Centre Of Each Circular Wall Each Op 00:50
25 First Memory                                                  01:10
26 The Sky Has Shaped This Place                                 01:01
27 Here I Find A Central Iron Pole With Hooks Facing To The Nort 00:59
28 A Shadow Is Cast To The West Before Noon                      00:59
29 The Shadow Can Fall In The Vacant Sector Of A Drum            01:02
30 Days And Nights Are Measured Here And In The Measuring Seem L 01:00
31 The Whole Brass Circle Can Be Revolved Around Its Vertical Di 00:59
32 A Lofty But Narrow Chamber Is Contrived In The Thickness Of T 00:37
33 A Further Series Of Steps Is Only Visible During The Vernal E 00:24
34 Hold The Machine In The Vertical Plane                        01:00
35 Visible Portions Of The Celestial Sphere Are Represented By T 01:02
36 To Move Through These Structures Is To Set Them In Motion     00:59
37 The Altitude Of The Body Observed Is Given While Observing Th 01:00
38 A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noon                       01:00
39 These Calibrations Are No Longer Clearly Visible              01:00
40 Another Flight Of Observation Steps And The Sense Of Quiet Ro 01:01
41 I Study The Vaults Of A Shell In Which We Float               01:00
42 Twenty-Seven Degrees Thirty-Seven Seconds                     01:00
43 The Roofs Of The Enclosed Drums Are Implied By Shadows        01:00
44 The Floor And Walls Are Calibrated To Read Altitude And Azimu 01:00
45 These Are The Cool Engines Of Celestial Map-Making            01:01
46 Here Is The Supreme Engine                                    01:00
47 The Sun Seen Through The Pair Of Brass Rings Is Used By The B 01:01
48 A Pointer Indicates On Three Arms; West, North And East       01:00
49 Here Was The Supreme Engine                                   00:59
50 The Engine Of Amplitude Has A Function Which Is No Longer Kno 01:01
51 This Engine Is A Rectangular Brass Plate                      01:00

   Cd2

01 Second Prologue                                               01:01
02 One Complete Engine Is Formed By Two Differently Incomplete P 01:00
03 At One Moment In The Year The Sun Shines Through A Hole In Th 01:01
04 The Stone Dish Is Slotted With Figures And Shadow             01:01
05 The Positions And Altitudes Of Heavenly Bodies May Be Gauged  01:00
06 Some Steps Ascend Past Markings To A Platform                 01:00
07 The Central Pillars Are Five Feet Three Inches In Diameter    00:59
08 On Tile East Face Are Inscribed Two Quadrants Of Twenty-Feet  01:01
09 The Plants Will Steal This Engine When We Have Gone           01:00
10 The Shadow Is Cast North,south At Noon By An Iron Pin         00:59
11 A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noon                       01:00
12 These Steps Are Worn To A Ramp And Lead Nowhere               01:00
13 All The Lead Calibrations Are Warm To The Touch               01:00
14 It Is Only Necessary To Engrave A Scale Of The Tangents Along 00:18
15 Second Memory                                                 00:43
16 The Lead Calibrations Are Poisonous To The Touch              01:00
17 This Is The North Pointer Engine                              01:00
18 The Rim Of Each Hemisphere Is A Horizon Divided Into Degrees  01:00
19 Here Is A Room To Divide The Sun Like An Orange               01:00
20 Sighting Bars Were Placed In The Slots Within The Chamber, Bu 00:59
21 The Sound Of Insects Here Studs The Night Like A Thousand Fiz 00:58
22 Access By Observers To Each Engine Is Gained By An Imperfecti 01:02
23 These Structures Are Made In Receipt Of Starlight             00:55
24 Seven Of The Eight Rings Indicate Signs                       00:32
25 Third Memory                                                  00:36
26 Fourth Memory                                                 01:07
27 I Have Observed And Measured For Seven Years                  00:51
28 The Heavens Were Spherical                                    00:38
29 Fifth Memory                                                  00:23
30 There Are Four Of These Arcs, Two In Each Chamber             00:59
31 These Are Instruments Fuelled By Shadow, And Engines Propelle 01:11
32 The Stars Are Ranged Across The Inner Shell Of A Vast Hollow  00:49
33 All The Gardens Will Concur=here Is The Mixed Engine          01:00
34 I Will Build Other Gardens, Other Engines                     00:59
35 And The Light Falls On The Circular Arcs                      01:03
36 Beneath This Circle Is An Arc Of Masonry Steps For The Conven 01:00
37 Threads Can Be Pegged To The Centre Of Each Quadrant And Semi 00:57
38 Here Is A Huge Vertical Right Angled-Triangle Made Of Stone   01:02
39 These Arcs Are Also Accessible By Numerous Flights Of Stairs  01:00
40 We Are Closer To The Sun Now                                  01:00
41 On The West Face Is Described A Semicircle Of Nineteen-Feet,  01:00
42 Into This Chamber No Ray Of Light Can Find Its Way Except Thr 01:00
43 The Movement Of The Engines Produces A Scent                  00:58
44 Sixth Memory                                                  00:56
45 Pointing Towards The Pole An Iron Pin Is Fixed At Right Angle 01:00
46 Some Of The Calibrations Are Now Submerged Beneath The Ground 01:01
47 This Room Is A Lidless Drum                                   01:02
48 Seventh Memory                                                00:58
49 Near The Bottom Of The Wall Facing The South Side Of The East 02:00
50 There Are Arcs Made Of Marble Which Are Calibrated With Inlai 02:01
51 I Have Seen Charts Sent From Portugal But They Are Flawed And 01:01

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Review:

One of Schutze's strengths as a musician and composer is the breadth of
his imagination. He is able to move effortlessly from the brutal
jazz-noise fusion of Phantom City to the solo church organ of Nine
Songs from the Garden of Welcome Lies and the ethnic chamber music
minimalism of this double CD, which involves only the spoken word
narration of Paivi Bjorkenheim, the ethnic flutes of Clive Bell and
Schutze's steel drums, assorted percussion and processing. Each disc
contains 51 short narrative statements, inspired by observation of and
meditation on an archeological ruin, which is pictured on the CD cover.
(Examples: "The ramped stair to the North of the two drums vanishes at
thirty-two feet." And, "A further set of steps is visible only during
the vernal equinox.") The location of this ruin is not identified, but
Schutze assures that it is real. Nonetheless, it has a fantastical,
otherworldly look to it, suggesting a highly evolved ancient
civilization with a strong interest in celestial configurations and
events. Both the narrative and music reinforce the inherent mystery of
this civilization. Bell, a master of the Japanese shakuhachi flute,
provides understated but evocative wisps of melody, and Schutze
contributes intermittent resonances on the steel drums and assorted
gongs. Barely perceptible birdsong and sounds of water complete the
atmosphere, and Schutze enhances the overall effect with electronically
enhanced drones. On the second disc, some muted vocal processing also
emerges periodically, a kind of whispered ritual chorus. A brilliant
and unique piece of work, Second Site is unlike anything you've ever
heard before.

Info on Paul Schⁿtze:

Australian-born composer and producer Paul Schⁿtze is among the most
focused and prolific artists of the contemporary experimental
electronic scene. Releasing album after album of sprawling, icy, often
difficult ambient and electro-acoustic music, Schⁿtze's work has most
often been grouped with post-industrial ambient/isolationist artists
such as Lull, Main, and Thomas K÷ner. While the depth of detail and
breadth of sound obtained in Schⁿtze's work already confounds that
association, albums such as Site Anubis and Abysmal Evenings do contain
their share of deep, dark, highly cinematic soundscapes (Schⁿtze spent
several of his years in Australia composing for film). Although he
bemoans the rampant genre hybridity characteristic of many of his
colleagues in both the dance-based underground and the more academic
experimental overground (Schⁿtze's discography includes entries for
industrial/experimental labels Sentrax and Big Cat, Belgian
ambient/techno label Apollo, work with ethno-ambient industrialists O
Yuki Conjugate, and collaborations with avant-funk pioneer Bill
Laswell), Schⁿtze has moved increasingly toward incorporating rhythmic
and percussive structures and ideas from not only ethnic musical
traditions (he started out as a percussionist, and has studied Indian
percussion formally), but also the more experimental strains of
dance-based electronica.

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