Paul Schütze
Second Site

Paul Schütze - Second Site

  • Release date: 1997
  • Genre: Ambient/Minimal
  • Format: CD
  • Category: misc
  • Duration: 1:40:02
  • ** 1/2
  • Added August 14, 2007
  • Rated September 24, 2009

Tracks

CD1
1. First Prologuenot rated1:01
2. The Dial Is Only Visible By Starlightnot rated1:16
3. Every Day At Noon The Sun Shines Through These Apertures For The Space Of About A Minutenot rated0:38
4. The Image Of The Sun Indicates The Sun's Position As It Passes Through A Hole In The Concurve Surfacenot rated1:15
5. There Is A Brass Pointer Fitted With Sights And Pivoted To The Centre Of The Circle By Which Altitude Observations Are Mnot rated0:49
6. This Chamber Is No Longer Accessible To Visitorsnot rated1:00
7. Access To Any Part Of The Engine Is By Steps Which Offer Vantage Points For Various Readingsnot rated0:49
8. Suspended In The Hum Of Historynot rated1:10
9. Originally Cross Wires Stretched Across Each Hemisphere, East To West And North To Southnot rated1:17
10. The Ramped Stair To The North Of The Two Drums Vanishes At Thirty-two Feetnot rated1:03
11. These Steps Enable The Observer To See All Aspects Of The Brass Calibration Belownot rated0:39
12. There Is A Huge Calibrated Sundial On Each Of Its Sidesnot rated0:59
13. This Chamber Is Filled With Garden Tools And Broken Furniturenot rated1:00
14. The Mosaic Of Starlight Slips Back Like The Lid Of An Opening Eyenot rated0:59
15. This Engine Is Primarily A Calculator, Though Altitudes May Be Observed Using The Sighting Bar Fitted To The Backnot rated0:59
16. It Is Inscribed With Concentric Circles, At The Centre Of Which Lies A Pointernot rated1:01
17. The Calibrated Parts Are Raised On Three-foot Pillarsnot rated1:00
18. The Pink Masonry Charges The Twilight With A Faint Soundnot rated0:59
19. Another Slope With Stairs For The Reading Of Figuresnot rated1:00
20. This Engine Is Now Only Visible In Twilightnot rated1:00
21. Here Is An Immense Brass Circle Suspended Vertically From Stone Supportsnot rated0:48
22. Two Hemispheres Representing The Sphere Of Heaven Comprise The Two Halves Of This Enginenot rated1:10
23. This Wall Describes Accurately The North/South Meridiannot rated0:59
24. There Are Pillars At The Centre Of Each Circular Wall Each Open To The Skynot rated0:49
25. First Memorynot rated1:09
26. The Sky Has Shaped This Placenot rated1:00
27. Here I Find A Central Iron Pole With Hooks Facing To The North, South, East And Westnot rated0:59
28. A Shadow Is Cast To The West Before Noonnot rated0:58
29. The Shadow Can Fall In The Vacant Sector Of A Drumnot rated1:01
30. Days And Nights Are Measured Here And In The Measuring Seem Longer, Suspended Somehownot rated1:00
31. The Whole Brass Circle Can Be Revolved Around Its Vertical Diameter So That Altitude Observations Can Be Taken Of Any Obnot rated0:59
32. A Lofty But Narrow Chamber Is Contrived In The Thickness Of The Walls And Access Is Gained From A Door Opening From Thenot rated0:36
33. A Further Series Of Steps Is Only Visible During The Vernal Equinoxnot rated0:23
34. Hold The Machine In The Vertical Planenot rated1:00
35. Visible Portions Of The Celestial Sphere Are Represented By This Map Which Has A Movable Elliptic Which Pivots At The Ponot rated1:01
36. To Move Through These Structures Is To Set Them In Motionnot rated0:58
37. The Altitude Of The Body Observed Is Given While Observing The Vertically Hanging Bar Through The Two Brass Ringsnot rated0:59
38. A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noonnot rated0:59
39. These Calibrations Are No Longer Clearly Visiblenot rated0:59
40. Another Flight Of Observation Steps And The Sense Of Quiet Rotation As I Ascendnot rated1:00
41. I Study The Vaults Of A Shell In Which We Floatnot rated0:59
42. Twenty-seven Degrees Thirty-seven Secondsnot rated1:00
43. The Roofs Of The Enclosed Drums Are Implied By Shadowsnot rated0:59
44. The Floor And Walls Are Calibrated To Read Altitude And Azimuthnot rated0:59
45. These Are The Cool Engines Of Celestial Map-makingnot rated1:00
46. Here Is The Supreme Enginenot rated0:59
47. The Sun Seen Through The Pair Of Brass Rings Is Used By The Bar To Indicate The Time From Sunrise Until Sunsetnot rated1:00
48. A Pointer Indicates On Three Arms; West, North And Eastnot rated0:59
49. Here Was The Supreme Enginenot rated0:58
50. The Engine Of Amplitude Has A Function Which Is No Longer Knownnot rated1:00
51. This Engine Is A Rectangular Brass Platenot rated0:59
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CD2
1. Second Prologuenot rated1:00
2. One Complete Engine Is Formed By Two Differently Incomplete Parts Which Combined Provide Total Referencenot rated1:00
3. At One Moment In The Year The Sun Shines Through A Hole In The Wall On To A Calibrated Arcnot rated1:00
4. The Stone Dish Is Slotted With Figures And Shadownot rated1:00
5. The Positions And Altitudes Of Heavenly Bodies May Be Gauged With This Enginenot rated0:59
6. Some Steps Ascend Past Markings To A Platformnot rated1:00
7. The Central Pillars Are Five Feet Three Inches In Diameternot rated0:58
8. On Tile East Face Are Inscribed Two Quadrants Of Twenty-feet Radiusnot rated1:00
9. The Plants Will Steal This Engine When We Have Gonenot rated1:00
10. The Shadow Is Cast North/South At Noon By An Iron Pinnot rated0:59
11. A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noonnot rated1:00
12. These Steps Are Worn To A Ramp And Lead Nowherenot rated0:59
13. All The Lead Calibrations Are Warm To The Touchnot rated1:00
14. It Is Only Necessary To Engrave A Scale Of The Tangents Along The Rim To Obtain A Direct Reading Of The Declinationnot rated0:17
15. Second Memorynot rated0:43
16. The Lead Calibrations Are Poisonous To The Touchnot rated0:59
17. This Is The North Pointer Enginenot rated1:00
18. The Rim Of Each Hemisphere Is A Horizon Divided Into Degrees And Minutesnot rated0:59
19. Here Is A Room To Divide The Sun Like An Orangenot rated1:00
20. Sighting Bars Were Placed In The Slots Within The Chamber, But None Remain Nownot rated0:59
21. The Sound Of Insects Here Studs The Night Like A Thousand Fizzing Starsnot rated0:57
22. Access By Observers To Each Engine Is Gained By An Imperfection Which Differs From One To Anothernot rated1:02
23. These Structures Are Made In Receipt Of Starlightnot rated0:54
24. Seven Of The Eight Rings Indicate Signsnot rated0:31
25. Third Memorynot rated0:35
26. Fourth Memorynot rated1:07
27. I Have Observed And Measured For Seven Yearsnot rated0:51
28. The Heavens Were Sphericalnot rated0:37
29. Fifth Memorynot rated0:23
30. There Are Four Of These Arcs, Two In Each Chambernot rated0:58
31. These Are Instruments Fuelled By Shadow, And Engines Propelled By The Sliding Of The Skiesnot rated1:11
32. The Stars Are Ranged Across The Inner Shell Of A Vast Hollow Sphere In Which Hung The Earthnot rated0:48
33. All The Gardens Will Concur=Here Is The Mixed Enginenot rated0:59
34. I Will Build Other Gardens, Other Enginesnot rated0:58
35. And The Light Falls On The Circular Arcsnot rated1:03
36. Beneath This Circle Is An Arc Of Masonry Steps For The Convenience Of Observersnot rated1:00
37. Threads Can Be Pegged To The Centre Of Each Quadrant And Semicircle To Enable Observationnot rated0:57
38. Here Is A Huge Vertical Right Angled-triangle Made Of Stonenot rated1:02
39. These Arcs Are Also Accessible By Numerous Flights Of Stairsnot rated0:59
40. We Are Closer To The Sun Nownot rated0:59
41. On The West Face Is Described A Semicircle Of Nineteen-feet, Ten-inch Radiusnot rated1:00
42. Into This Chamber No Ray Of Light Can Find Its Way Except Through Two Small Squares High In The South Wallnot rated1:00
43. The Movement Of The Engines Produces A Scentnot rated0:58
44. Sixth Memorynot rated0:56
45. Pointing Towards The Pole An Iron Pin Is Fixed At Right Angles To The Centre Of A Dialnot rated0:59
46. Some Of The Calibrations Are Now Submerged Beneath The Ground And Cannot Be Readnot rated1:01
47. This Room Is A Lidless Drumnot rated1:02
48. Seventh Memorynot rated0:57
49. Near The Bottom Of The Wall Facing The South Side Of The Eastern Hemisphere There Is A Holenot rated1:59
50. There Are Arcs Made Of Marble Which Are Calibrated With Inlaid Lead In Degrees And Minutesnot rated2:01
51. I Have Seen Charts Sent From Portugal But They Are Flawed And Full Of Errornot rated1:01
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