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Paul Sch: Nine Songs from the Garden of Welcome Lies

by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2001

Australian electronic composer Paul Schütze inhabits the very nether realms of sound. It's too easy to slap the words “dark ambient" on his music, yet the label fits so well. Schütze's dim foundations serve as a framework within which the faintest illumination can serve as brilliant contrast. In much of his recorded work, he achieves texture by combining multiple layers of drones, exotic percussion, thick overtones, and surreal animal noises or human vocals. His particular interest in soundtracks has often ...