A Long Way to Fall

The producer's latest finds him leaving his laptop shoegaze approach behind and ditching vocals in favor of airy mid-tempo instrumentals.

Creating an open-ended synthesized narrative, the artist most famous for the essence of music he leaves behind is starting to sound more like his true self.

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Ulrich Schnauss has never been afraid to embrace the new age side of his sound.

Ulrich Schnauss’ finely-honed blend of melodic techno and shoegazey electronica places A Long Way to Fall in the company of similarly blissed-out records of recent years, such as Pantha Du Prince’s Black Noise (2010) and Jesse Somfay’s A Catch in the Voice (2009). While some pieces have a cutesy, almost saccharine quality (Like a Ghost in Your Own Life, Borrowed Time), the titles speak of a darker and more melancholy sensibility underlying things (Broken Homes, A Ritual in Time and Death).

Berlin’s sonic explorer takes the familiar to new heights. CD review by Kieron Tyler