"When I get asked to do mixes I often take that as an opportunity to put together a selection of my favourite pieces from a specific era, genre or composer. In this case I compiled a number of my favourite Japanese electronic tracks as I have been listening to a lot of that stuff for the past year or so."
Throughout the last decade Ulrich Schnauss has produced three albums which perfectly captured his vision of taking the 90's 'Shoegaze' aesthetic - very uncool at the time as we'll discuss below - and placing it into an electronic context. With the new album 'A Long Way To Fall' Ulrich felt the need to change and explore new avenues. And it's another beauty.
On the 3rd July, German born musician and producer Ulrich Schnauss will play an extra special live A/V show at Electrowerkz. We decided that this was the perfect time to have him create his Ransom Note Mix and we caught up with him to find out a bit more about his background, his mix and his general thought on music;
Read all here: http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/mixes/ulrich-schnauss-the-ransom-note-mix-talk/
Tracklisting:
01) ryuichi sakamoto: before long
02) inoyama land: apple star
03) testpattern: souvenir glace
04) sandii: zoot kook
05) ymo: expected way
06) ryuichi sakamoto: exhibition
07) chiemi manabe: うんととおく
08) yukihiro takahashi: curtains
09) haruomi hosono: hotel malabar roof garden
10) testpattern: ring dance
11) testpattern: ryugu
12) ymo: perspective
13) ymo: 音楽
14) haruomi hosono: madam consul general of madras
