Far Away Trains

Far Away Trains

Track Listings

1. Knuddelmaus

2. Between Us And Them

3. ...Passing By

4. Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn

5. Nobody's Home

6. Molfsee

Tracks:

Knuddlemaus
Between Us and Them
Passing By
Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn
Nobody's Home
Molfsee

Tracks:

Sunday Evening in Your Street
Suddenly the Trees
Nothing Happens in June
As If You've Never Been Away
Crazy For You
Wherever You Are

Amazon.com

Ulrich Schnauss is a German electronic artist who is influenced by forebears like Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk--but unlike retro-space artists, he doesn't sound like he just emerged from their dusty studios after being marooned there for 30 years. Instead, his synthesizers bristle with contemporary electro-rhythms, a bit of New Wave romanticism, and melodies you want to last forever. Schnauss has perfected a balance between quiet yearning and joyful heroism in his music, with sweeping major-chord progressions that are triumphal without being ostentatious, expansive without being pompous. For someone who is so rhythm-centered with crackling snares and electro-glitches, it's ultimately the melodies that draw you in, turned on glistening, bell-like timbres and space-organ sustains. Far Away Trains Passing By is actually his first album, released in Europe in 2001, but it's been out of print and is being issued in the United States for the first time. The reissue comes with a bonus CD that includes six pieces pulled from various Schnauss side projects and tracks that didn't make the original album. Far Away Trains Passing By is electronica with a melancholy soul, and it has lost nothing in the intervening years. --John Diliberto

Album Description

The long-awaited domestic release of Ulrich's dreamy 2001 debut. His 2004 set, "Strangely Isolated Place" was a hit with shoegazer and electronic fans alike, and toured with much fanfare in support of M83. Includes a 6-track bonus EP of non-LP material

Customer Reviews:

Like Cocteau Twins in Electronica...wonderful.......2007-07-23

Nothing to say, just listen to this ethereal electronic music. The first and the best LP of Ulrich Schnauss.

Love it!.......2007-07-19

Swirling melodic build-ups that end in joyful light house dance grooves - this album is excellent! I agree with the reviewer who stated that this was very happy music. One of the best finds in the ambient/electronica genre I have made in some time. This is very well made giddy stuff.

Just when you thought you'd heard it all..........2007-07-12

Don't get me wrong, I love music...but my tastes are pretty narrow in the overall scheme of things. I'm a mad electronica and dance music fan, like some more alternative rock, some mainstream...but not much. I also don't write reviews very often (probably more because I go on about other things instead and stay away from the topic at hand...oh well...

But then I came across this gem. My favourite artists are Depeche Mode, UNKLE, d*note, Cinematic Orchestra, Faze Action, Beastie Boys, Slowdive, Ride, etc, etc...I love them all...but this - this is something special. Yes there are aural soundscapes, yes there are gently evoked moods and rhythms (we've read it all before), but this is music that touches your very core. It talks to you and folds you into its melodic conversation. And THAT doesn't happen often. Buy this...and then buy everything else that Mr Schnauss has done. For what it's worth, I don't recommend music often, but this is absolutely beautiful.

audio endorphine.......2007-06-27

I noticed Ulrich Schnauss' work listening to Internet radio 'chill' stations, and simply had to have it.

I've been listening to electronic music for quite a long time -- all the way back to Wendy Carlos' 'Switched on Bach', and have tried my hand at it a bit too. Ulrich Schnauss has taken his place among the masters of the genre, and 'Far Away Trains Passing By' is a must-have for anyone interested in electronic music.

His selection and control of sounds and layering is a delight to the ears. The mix invites you to test the limits of your sound system. The compositions are more harmonically interesting than most electronica artists and his rhythmic sense is subtle and polished, and not guilty of the awkwardness or formulaic tedium that too often burdens European artists.

That said, Ulrich Schnauss' work transcends dissection. It is the feeling of love that pours forth -- alienation, yes, isolation, that too, coolness and detachment. But through it all, love. This music is art.

Thank you Ulrich.

absolutely must!!.......2007-05-14

i have been listnin to this for 1 or 2 yrs. now (god bless P2P networks) but i liked it so much that i have ordered the orginal even though it cost a fortune to ship it to India
neone who like IDM or Chillout sud listen to this
mezmerising soundscapes

Average customer rating:

Far Away Trains Passing By
Ulrich Schnauss
Manufacturer: City Centre Offices
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001VON60

Tracks:

Knuddlemaus
Between Us and Them
Passing By
Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn
Nobody's Home
Molfsee

Average customer rating:

Very Nice
Driving Music
Beautiful
exceptional.
good stuff

Far Away Trains Passing By
Ulrich Schnauss
Manufacturer: City Centre Offices
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005TZM9

Tracks:

Knuddlemaus
Between Us and Them
Passing By
Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn
Nobody's Home
Molfsee

Album Details

The Mysterious Electro Album that Seemed to Come Out of Nowhere and Landed on Many Critic's Best of the Year Lists in 2001. The Music is Rich and Alluring, with Underlying Beats that Keep Things Rolling Along Smoothly. Ambient Chill with all the Emotional Intensity and Passion of the Classics!

Customer Reviews:

Very Nice.......2005-08-29

This is not nearly as good as A Strangely Isolated Place, but it's still better than 99% of ambient/chillout music out there. I can't wait for his next release!

Driving Music.......2004-06-09

Between Us And Them... if you own a car and have to take a motorway/highway/freeway to work, slap this CD in your car stereo and continuously play Between Us And Them. Dont get me wrong, the other tracks are great, its just this one will get you to your destination faster!!! Its real driving music!

A Strangely Isolated Place is weirder but more refined. I have yet to see anyone post a review that compares most of this guys music to U2 and Eno. I think a large percentage of his stuff is based soley around With Or Without You!!! Thats not a bad thing because he takes the best of the U2/Eno sound and polishes it up a bit.

On another website, there was a big discussion regarding the way Ulrich Schnauss puts his music together. Well who gives a monkey's about that. If he can knock good music together sat at his PC in his back bedroom then good on him. If everyone could do it, they would be wouldnt they? Eh?

I look forward to hearing more...

Beautiful.......2004-06-02

"Simply put: Far Away Trains Passing By is elegant, simple and beautifully refined ambient techno. These melodies aim straight for the heart and capture it, embracing you in a dance of pure bliss that will have you spinning around the room like a whirling dervish."

exceptional........2004-06-01

Fresh, dreamy, beautiful electronica. Easily one of the better disks I have bought in a while (have several hundred). Not revolutionary and edgy like BoC, not upbeat like Thievery/ Dzihan & Kamien, just smooth, solid composition and beautiful music. First track, Knuddelmaus, (dare I say) in the same class as Orbital's Halycon. Looking forward to "A Strangely Isolated Place."

Also, I followed the suggestion listed by "tim" and bought the disk via the Forced Exposure website. $15, $4 shipping, arrived in 3 days. For some reason AMZN wants to charge $30 and does not have the last release (?!)

good stuff.......2004-05-09

Ulrich schnauss is really, really good.

That said, I'd suggest buying his albums on Forced Exposure instead of here... (amazon.com won't let me put up url's here, you can find it through Google though). Exposure has this album, as well as his other, newer album "A Strangely Isolated Place", which I think is much better. Both for $14 and $15, much cheaper than here!

So, buy his albums. But, as friendly advice, you can get them at a *much* better price over there :) Thank you.

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