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Represented here are tracks from 1990’s The Annihilating Angel, an album of blissed-out fourth-world mystery; from the transcendent homage to traditional Indonesian gamelan music \u003ci\u003eThe Rapture of Metals\u003c\/i\u003e (1993); from the ethereal, spiritual, Nino Rota-esque melancholy of 1991’s \u003ci\u003eRegard: Music by Film\u003c\/i\u003e. It is occasionally dark, industrial and begrimed; occasionally paradisiacal and breathtakingly elegant. There are works of celestial, astronomic grandeur alongside microscopically detailed miniatures. Empty, deserted spaces of man-made abandonment contrast with studies of ornate natural beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Melbourne, Schütze's musical life began as a composer of filmscore, winning the AFI award for best score for his first feature \u003ci\u003eThe Tale Of Ruby Rose\u003c\/i\u003e in 1987, while 1985’s \u003ci\u003eDeus Ex Machina\u003c\/i\u003e (the sound design for an eponymous exhibition co-curated by Schütze) is now considered the first true solo work in the sizable Paul Schütze canon. Now beginning to focus on his own expression alongside commissioned work, Schütze relocated to London in late 1992, welcomed by a burgeoning community of artists and musicians at a time of immense creative fertility. The stream of releases that followed, under his own name and under various pseudonyms and aliases, began to confirm an important new voice in experimental music, in Australian electronic music, and in early ambient music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a voice that, surprisingly enough, caught the attention of Virgin Records, in the middle of 1995. Then a huge, multinational company and a deeply ingrained cog of the major label machine, Virgin’s interest in an avant garde electronic \/ ambient composer from Australia was made yet more perplexing by their decision to release Schütze’s 100-minute, spoken word opera \u003ci\u003eSecond Site\u003c\/i\u003e on double CD in 1997. As the label was contractually obligated to include a complete tracklisting in their printed catalogue, Second Site’s 102 tracks (the opera’s libretto written out in full) occupied two whole pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch pure, eloquent artistry is difficult to distill down to a single statement, but \u003ci\u003eThe Second Law\u003c\/i\u003e offers a wide-ranging picture, held together with the music’s immense emotional depth. Though it is far from an exhaustive collection - Schütze has released some thirty albums over his extensive career - it looks to capture an overarching theme, a bird’s eye view, of Paul Schütze singular creative energy. His unique ability to bind disparate elements into a powerfully intentional voice. 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Blending slow-burning soundscapes, processed field recordings, and abstract industrial textures, this album explores the sonic equivalent of sacred ruins and distant, imagined geographies. Now officially reissued by Everland Music, this long out-of-print classic returns on vinyl with restored audio and updated packaging. The new brilliant remaster was handled by Miroslav Piškulić, a radio sound maestro renowned for his subtle approach to psychedelic electronic music. 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