Ulrich Schnauss releases Goodbye

German electronic artist and producer Ulrich Schnauss will release his long-awaited third artist album, Goodbye, through Independiente / Domino Records (US) in July.

After a considerable amount of tracks released under numerous aliases, Schnauss' 2001 debut Far Away Trains Passing By slowly seeped into peoples' consciousness and became an electronic classic. In 2003 he released A Strangely Isolated Place - an album which has become a genuinely word-of-mouth record that truly established Schnauss as an outstanding electronic composer.

According to Schnauss, Goodbye is the end of a chapter in his sound. "I see these three albums as moving closer to something I wanted to do right from the beginning but didn't quite manage," he says. "Merging songwriting and indie elements with electronic music. I've tried to take all the ideas to the maximum."

Tired of the Berlin scene, Schnauss moved back to his hometown of Kiel to record Goodbye. In a recent interview with Billboard he admits that "up until last summer, I was really unhappy with this record and really frustrated. I almost gave up on it. But in the last five or six months, I got it right, and now I'm very pleased with the results."

His last two album titles spoke of isolation and his third LP is equally ambivalent. "Emotionally, I find farewell situations interesting," he says. "Saying goodbye can be tragic or hopeful."

Quicksand Memory EP will precede Goodbye, due May 22. The EP features an edit of "Medusa", a collaboration with Rob McVey of Longview titled "Look At The Sky" and Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) re-workings of two of Schnauss' most celebrated songs from A Strangely Isolated Place, "Gone Forever" and "On My Own".

Format: CD
Label: Independiente (UK) / Domino Records (US)
Release date: July 10, 2007

Tracklist:

01. Never Be The Same
02. Shine
03. Stars
04. Einfeld
05. In Between The Years
06. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
07. A Song About Hope
08. Medusa
09. Goodbye
10. For Good

Quicksand Memory EP:

01. Look At The Sky (Rob McVey Version)
02. Medusa (Edit)
03. Gone Forever (Robin Guthrie Version)
04. On My Own (Robin Guthrie Version)

Download: Ulrich Schnauss - Suddenly the Trees Are Giving Away [MP3]
Download: Ulrich Schnauss - A Million Miles Away [MP3]