A few years ago I sold all (around 250) my 12" singles coz I needed the money, all from the 90s thru to the 00s, from breakbeat, jungle, DnB to hardcore..... Ray Keith, Goldie, the Sub Base crew, Grooverider and so on.....

This is the one and only vinyl that I kept mainly due to the first track. Jamie Myersons "Music for the Lonely" is an awesome DnB track that creeps up and bites you in the face, a beautiful classical sweep that gets swallowed by a booming rhythm. Should be in any DnB collection :)

Strange and isolated.... a place.... hmmm.... desert islands spring to mind, desolated inner city car parks, forests at night or a state of mind..... isolated yes, but strange?

Melodic swathes and swirls of vocals sweep by, bubbly electronica with rhythmic isolation and lenghty formations piercing out of the speakers make a long car drive seem ideal for this CD. Ulrich has created a musical trip reminischent of Manual, that flows from one track to the next with the ease of forgetfullness....

CD on the player, headphones on, and forget the day to day routines. That is what this is about, and this is what the tunes manage. The album builds up from one track to the next, sometimes melancholic (Gone Forever, A Letter From Home), sometimes trippy but poppy (On My Own), generally interesting (Monday - Paracetamol, In All the Wrong Places), occassionally chilly and even beautifully composed(Clear Day, Blumenthal, A Strangely Isolated Place). A few tracks are generally release candidates as singles, and all Schnauss fans are going to like the album. For those not in the know, this is a great CD for those making their first steps into the world of non-commercial electronical music.