ULRICH SCHNAUSS Schallplatten & CDs

Review: For the final part of his epic reissue series, Ulrich Schnauss has taken the chance to re-master and refresh 2016 set "No Further Ahead Than Today", which is now known as "No Further Ahead Than Tomorrow". As with its predecessors, the freshly polished set sounds gorgeous, with Schnauss adding extra sparkle to such positive and life-affirming downtempo gems as "Melts Into Air", the wall-of-sound shuffle of "The Magic In You", the undulating, morning-fresh ambient techno bliss of "New Day Starts At Dawn" and "Negative Sunrise", where Steve Reich style melodic refrains and Pat Metheny guitars vie for sound space alongside chiming melodies, crunchy beats and grandiose, enveloping synthesizer motifs. Even by Schnauss' standards, it's a big-sounding album, but that's certainly no bad thing.

Review: Ulrich Schnauss' re-mastered reissue series continues with a fresh edition of 2007 set "Goodbye", an album that saw him incorporate guitars and vocals for the very first time. Of course, these aren't standard guitars, and the 12 tracks stretched out across the CD draw more influence from the Cocteau Twins and Seefeel than they do rock or indie-pop records. By combining these glistening guitar sounds with his usual gorgeous synthesizers, ambient chords and gentle electronic beats, Schnauss delivered an album that was notably different from its lauded predecessors while still remaining in the same sonic ballpark. While it received mixed reviews at the time, "Goodbye" remains a gorgeous and largely life-affirming set that's well worth further investigation (especially now it sounds better than ever due to some fine re-mastering work).

Review: City Centre Offices champ Ulrich Schnauss undergoes some tidy refixes on new label Script Realities, linking up with some like minded romantic souls within the more meditative corners of electronic music. ASC is in an especially floaty mood on his version, riding a slow and splayed beat in his usual brew of harmonious pads. Arovane turns in two efforts, serving up a beat-driven, soaring symphony and an ambient, shapeless bath of melody. Tycho has a more low-slung, VHS-filtered stomp on the go, of course garnished with plenty of meandering chords and chimes but definitely providing the most grit of all the tracks on offer.

Review: There's something strangely excitable about the material showcased on this latest full-length offering from German electronics boffin Ulrich Schnauss. Rather than being downbeat but beautiful, full of shoegazing chords and mouse-quiet melodies, much of the material is bold, bubbly and surprisingly rhythmic - like he's necked a load of happy pills and let all his inhibitions drift away. Of course, the glistening electronics still shimmer, but the melodies are bolder and there's a lightness to proceedings that belies his snowy, icy past. "A Forgotten Birthday", for example, is near rush inducing in its breathless positivity. It's certainly a positive change in direction, and one that should win him plenty of new admirers.

Review: Over the last 11 years, Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk have periodically got together in the studio to record ear-catching and atmospheric electronic music that frequently prioritises mood and melody over specific sonic traits or stylistic approaches. Eight Fragments of an Illusion, their third album-length collaboration, takes their 'maximal ambient' sound to sun-soaked new places, with Schauss's minimalist melodic movements (think Terry Riley's synthesizer works) and sparkling electronic sounds being overlaid with gorgeous, effects-laden electric guitar textures courtesy of Munk. It's a gorgeous, life-affirming combination that guarantees blissful brilliance throughout. To our ears, there's no doubt that it's the duo's best joint work to date.

Review: Between them as solo artists, London-based producer Ulrich Schnauss and Danish guitarist and producer Jonas Munk have many decades of experience of laying down unique electronic music. They have also do so in collaboration for much of that time, but now serve up their first new record in almost a decade. 'Eight Fragments Of An Illusion' suits the ties in that it is a reflective and thoughtful album of ambient soundscapes and blissed out melodies. The synth float, the guitar patterns drift by like clouds, and the whole record is underpinned by a steady pulse that keeps it, and you, moving forwards.

Review: Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk first got together in the studio at the tail end of the noughties, subsequently releasing the well-received album, Epic. This belated follow-up continues in a similar vein, fusing Schnauss's ethereal electronics and ambient soundscapes with Munk's evocative, shoegaze style guitar passages. It's a combination that works well. Munk's guitars add a loose, raw feel to Schnauss's impeccable but occasionally overbearing compositions, while the latter does a bang up job melding the two things into a perfectly pitched whole. If My Bloody Valentine collaborated with James Holden or Trentemoller, it would probably sound something like this.

Review: Cult electronic fav Ulrich Schnauss has linked up with Engineers founder and Liverpudlian guitarist Mark Peters for this new album, which comes 20 years after he first made his mark. Destiny Waiving is the third and final part of an ongoing trilogy that started back with 2011's Underrated Silence and counted through 2013's Tomorrow Is Another Day. It has been being written for the last four years and is an exploration of progressive melody, star-gazing ambient and lush pop hooks. From foreboding like on 'Clair-Obscur' to optimistic and rushing like on 'Circular Time,' it is a complete work that makes for a proper listening experience

Review: Now here's a meeting of the mind. Old friends Seba and Schnauss collide for a one-off vinyl-only trio on BMT. Seba's sense of space and dynamics rekindle elements of Schnauss' Ethereal 77 alter ego as the pair wile out cosmically. "M7" is a pristine dream roller with several atmospheric layers wrapped over gentle synth bass plucks and a classically rolling drum arrangement. "Interstate" is a much more direct and contemporary piece with its precision plucked elements and off-beat acidic flurries. Finally "Snoflingor" provides the final trip into the stars with a firm sense of triumph rising subtly throughout. A collection that lives up to the hype.