A U F A B W E G E N RELEASE INFO
2xCD / DL
release date: 25.08.2025
artist: PAUL SCHÜTZE
title: The Mosaic Of Starlight Slips Back Like The Lid Of An Opening Eye
order no.: aatp104
Label code (LC): 01291
time: ca. 125 mins
carton digifile sleeve using images by Paul Schütze, designed by Christa Marek. With contributions from Daniel Pennie. 300 copies.
Price: 18,00 € 2xCD / 10,00 € digital
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Digital available from aufabwegen-bandcamp
Ambient pioneer Paul Schütze releases new double CD
The Mosaic Of Starlight Slips Back Like The Lid Of An Opening Eye
This piece is the newest element in the ongoing Garden Of Instruments project which began in 1997 with Second Site. Since then the project has expanded to include sound, writings, video, virtual photography, printmaking, light-boxes, installations and lenticulars. The new piece, which at 124 minutes is broken across two CDs, further explores the astronomical/architectural phenomena of the Janta Manta instruments. To me they have always stood as monuments that collapse the illusions of time and place: non places that bend chronology and thinking in unprecedented ways; physical markers of paradigm shift and poly sensory exploration.
Paul Schütze
2025
About Paul Schütze
Paul Schütze was a member of seminal australian experimental collective Laughing Hands. In the late 1980ies he started a prolific solo career that has placed him among the top artists in the field of ambient and electronic music. Paul Schütze has been active not only as a musician and composer but has also worked in the fields of photography, film and video art, site specific installations, painting, curational work and perfume design. His work has been exhibited or performed internationally in museums, galleries and festivals. He has produced numerous sound tracks for experimental film works. Major audio releases have been Deus Ex Machina (1989), The Rapture of Metals (1993), Apart (1995) and Fell, together with Andrew Hulme of O Yuki Conjugate (1996). Paul Schütze is also noted for his long running collaboration with artist James Turell.