The latest Portal's episode is an introduction to the atmospheric world of Dum & Bass, mixed by DJ Sin and Curated by Spyros Papatzitzes / God Is No Longer A DJ. For more information on the feature including in-depth track notes see: http://asip.me/portals9

01. Photek – T-Raenon (Op-Art, OP1, 1996)
02. Ulrich Schnauss & ASC – 77 (Auxiliary Music, AUX007, 2012)
03. Akasha ‎– Brown Sugar (PFM’s Cosmic Journey Mix) (Wall Of Sound, WALLT028X, 1997)
04. Bungle – Astral Travel (Soul:r, SOULR060, 2013)
05. Jonny L – Underwater Communication (XL Recordings, XLT74PR2, 1996)
06. Voyager – Apollo (Good Looking Records, GLR027, 1998)
07. Blu Mar Ten – Believe Me (Blu Mar Ten Music, BMT002, 2009)
08. Bop x Synkro – Blurred Memories (Punk’s Not Dead LP, MEDIC41LP, Med School, 2014)
09. Omni Trio – Who Are You? (Aquasky Mix) (Haunted Science LP, Moving Shadow, ASHADOWLP6, 1996)
10. Forme – New Element (Headz 2A, Mo’Wax, 1996)
11. Justice – Aquisse (Pseudo Jazz EP, Basement Records, BRSS54, 1996)
12. Om Unit – Adventures in Eden (Torchlight Vol. 2, Cosmic Bridge, CBR014, 2016)
13. Future Engineers – Exhale (Exhale EP, Transference Recordings, TRF003, 2013)
14. KMC – Space Echo (Partisan Recordings, PART015, 1998)
15. Aural Imbalance – Icefields Of Proxima (Legacy LP, Cadence Recordings, CADLP001, 2012)
16. Seeka – Momento (Modern Urban Jazz 01, Creative Wax, CWLP001, 1997)
17. Intense – The Genesis Project (Earl Grey Remix) (Rugged Vinyl, RUGGED17, 1996)
18. Wax Doctor – Offshore Drift (R&S, RS96103, 1996)
19. Alaska – Jasheri (v2) (Arctic Music, AM009, 2017)
20. Klute – Angel Makers (Read Between The Lines LP, Commercial Suicide, SUICIDELP018, 2017)
21. Boymerang – Soul Beat Runna (Regal, REG14, 1997)
22. Naibu – Opium Lady (Horizons Music, HZN030, 2008)
23. Shogun – Together (Nautilus EP, Renegade Recordings, RR008, 1996)
24. Seba – Dangerous Days (Warm Communications, WARM015, 2009)
25. Eschaton – Callisto (Drum & Space Vol. 2 LP, Omni Music, OMNI016, 2013)
26. dBridge & Instra:mental – Translucent (Sepia Tones EP, Darkestral, DARKESTRAL 004/005, 2009)

ASIP - Portals Episode 9: Atmospheric DnB Vistas

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Portals Episode 9: Atmospheric Drum & Bass Vistas (Mixed by DJ Sin)

A Trance-inspired trip into the mind of a promising Norwegian label collective https://soundcloud.com/ute-rec and label-co-founder https://soundcloud.com/mariusbo. For more info & download see http://asip.me/isolatedmix110

Tracklist:
01. Mikkel Rev - Unreleased
02. Suso Saiz - Dulce
03. DJ Ibon - Sorgpad
04. Mikkel Rev - Unreleased
05. Gas - Microscopic
06. Joey Beltram - Across The Hemisphere
07. 2030 - Intermissions
08. Alpha Tracks - L'amore Innocente
09. Ra - Light Receiver
10. Mikkel Rev - Unreleased
11. Global Communication - 5:23
12. James Bernard - Lost In It
13. Eliza Michel - Eli's Exodus
14. Oprofessionell - Unreleased
15. Naone & S.O.N.S - Separate Ways
16. Mikkel Rev - Unreleased
17. Omformer - Unreleased
18. Mikkel Rev - Unreleased
19. Pete Namlook - Subharmonic Interference (Excerpt From Namlook VII)
20. Mikkel Rev - Unreleased

ASIP - isolatedmix 110: Marius Bø

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isolatedmix 110 - Marius Bø

Japan-based DJ and curator Chris SSG / https://soundcloud.com/mnml-ssgs provides us with a 2hr installment of ambient gems for isolatedmix 116. Read a short interview between ASIP + Chris to accompany the mix:  http://asip.me/isolatedmix116 

Tracklist:
01. ELpH - Glimpse
02. Alva Noto - Xerrox Île
03. Bandhagens Musikförening - Cirkelskifte (Oberheim Matrix 6R)
04. Nadia Struiwigh - Starring
05. KMRU - Neutral Points
06. Coil - Sara Dale's Sensual Massage 7
07. Air - Spiritual Invocation
08. Niagara - V
09. Imaginary Softwoods - The Hi-Lonesome Conifers
10. Bea Brennan - Losos 2 (Nog mix)
11. Li Yilei - Kou
12. Elysia Crampton - Dog Clouds (feat. Jeremy Rojas)
13. Bernard Parmegiani - Pop Secret
14. Agonis - Sunlight Filtering Through Skyscrapers
15. SKY H1 - Labyrinth
16. XOR Gate - Conic Sections
17. Felisha Ledesma - 2AM
18. Mika Vainio - Shells
19. Autechre - Metaz Form8
20. Voiski - Confinement 18 (Why Is Time Passing So Quickly These Days?)
21. SØS Gunver Ryberg - Velvet Dome Of Becoming
22. Steve Moore - The Prophet Speaks
23. Mike Nigro - Loose Time
24. Brett Naucke - Parallax
25. London Modular Alliance - Hive Mind (Sketch #1)
26. Vivian Koch - I Know You're Here
27. Merrin Karras - Crevasse
28. Hamatsuki - Adaptation is Inevitable
29. Jo Johnson - Beithe
30. Nueen - Moving II
31. Mucho Sueño - Relacional
32. Priori - Shkrub
33. Anthony Naples - I Don't Know If That's Just Dreaming

isolatedmix 116 - Chris SSG: fuzzy edges and a scarlet core

An extended ambient session from the deep techno realms of Silent Season, Mind Express and Semantica producer, Refracted. http://asip.me/isolatedmix117

ASIP - isolatedmix 117 Refracted

isolatedmix 117 - Refracted

Our latest Portals feature takes a look at Ambient music that can't be ignored, and is "as interesting, as it is interesting"... https://asip.me/portals12

(Get the tee while you can: https://everpress.com/power-ambient )

Tracklist:
01. James Murray - Second Sight (Home Normal)
02. Ameeva - Die Wellen (9128.live)
03. Faru - Mirror of Consciousness (Self released)
04. Sciama - Subsumed (Auxiliary)
05. Joachim Spieth - Akasha (Affin)
06. Abul Mogard - Against a White Cloud (Self released)
07. Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri - Baja dos Singlos (A Strangely Isolated Place)
08. Mount Shrine - Foggy Deck (Cryo Chamber)
09. Araceae - Gleaming Embers (Faint Music)
10. Markus Guentner - Cavus (A Strangely Isolated Place)
11. r beny - vestigial (Self released)
12. Caterina Barbieri - TCCTF (Important Records)
13. Christina Giannone - Realms II (Past Inside The Present)
14. Christina Vantzou - Glissando for Bodies and Machines in Space (Kranky)
15. Pechblende - Shackles of Time (Auxiliary) 
16. Tim Hecker - Hatred of Music II (Kranky)
17. Bana Hafar - Intersecting Voids (Self released)
18. FRKTL - Scene I: Terra Nullius (Self released)
19. KMRU & Aho Ssan - Resurgence (Edit) (Subtext Recordings)
20. Mika Vainio - Kytkenta (Connection) (Touch)
21. Rafael Anton Irisarri - Arduous Clarity (Dais)
22. Mika Vainio - Unessa (Sleep) (Touch)

ASIP - Portals Episode 12: Power Ambient

Not many producers can create new aliases after 10+ years and still manage to drop something completely unexpected and refreshing. 

Peter Rogers’ Wardown project did just that in 2020, debuted on the respected Blu Mar Ten label, the self-titled album found admirers from a cross-section of music styles; spanning Jungle, Drum’n Bass and a strong atmospheric element. Wardown / Wardown was consequently one of my most played and admired albums of the year (finding a sweet spot in my Reflection on 2020 mix of course). I found it near impossible to stop the album once it started, as it flowed easily between stories, styles, and sentimental reflection. 

Peter is now set to drop his second album under the Wardown alias, simply titled Wardown II, but those who absorbed the nostalgia from his first, will undoubtedly be confident that despite its modest title, the conceptual approach is as strong as ever, and the music will once again be left to do the storytelling. 

Continuing with this brilliant reflective approach from the first album, Wardown II can be considered another vivid capture of one of Peter’s undoubtedly many memories he has begun to create with this alias. And just like his productions, his isolatedmix is a natural extension of this approach. As is the case with many producers in this genre, DJ’ing is integral to the culture, so it’s of no surprise for us to be treated to a little bit of a masterclass with this latest installment…

Tracklist:
01. Soft Robot ‘Point Nemo’
02. Kerguelen ‘Proxemics’
03. Sycamore Investments ‘Cherry Bomb’
04. Wardown ‘Stimulus Progression Pattern’
05. LTJ Bukem ‘Rainfall’
06. Offthesky ‘Insofar, In So Far’
07. Freedive ‘Watering A Flower On The Moon’
08. Photek ‘Complex’
09. Ki One ‘Life At The End Of The World’
10. Micronation ’Photographs of Clouds’
11. Wardown ‘The Ideal City’
12. Advanced Sound & Vision ‘The Engineered Yes’
13. Wardown ‘Lifespan’
14. Fisher Associates ‘Scorched Earth’
15. Wardown ‘Graphite and Glitter’
16. The Architex ‘Altitude’
17. Creative Innovations Inc. ‘Stone Tape Theory’
18. r beny ‘Eistla’
19. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma ‘Song Of Forgiveness Pt. 1’

ASIP - isolatedmix 119 Wardown

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isolatedmix 119 - Wardown

We return to the isolatedmix series after a significant hiatus, with a very special 100% unreleased mix by Scottish maestro, https://soundcloud.com/lordoftheisles. More info and a short interview: http://asip.me/isolatedmix120

ASIP - isolatedmix 120 Lord Of The Isles

isolatedmix 120 - Lord Of The Isles

Isolatedmix 121 comes from the South Koren label collective https://soundcloud.com/oslated and https://soundcloud.com/huinalidub, and choice label DJ S-Pill. More info, download, and short interview: http://asip.me/isolatedmix121

Tracklist:
1. Inhmost - River Crossing [HNL008]
2. Gallery Six - Wish On A Star [HNL006]
3. Vâyu - To Achieve Awareness [HNL015]
4. Earthen Sea - Outcropping [HNL004]
5. Moon Patrol - Inparke [OSL026]
6. Adhémar - Smell Of A Summer Field [HNC001]
7. Lindamann - Blue Hour [HNL017]
8. Javier Marimon - Dem Cics [HNL002]
9. The Vision Reels - Her Form Is Slowly Morphing [HNL016]
10. Daniel[i] - Eubela [HNL010]
11. Segue - Deep Green Dub [HNP001]
12. Launaea - Reflected Life [OSL017]
13. Asllan - Citizen of the World (Soolee Rework) [OSL024]
14. Saphileaum - No Clue Of Life [OSL006]
15. Zemög - Hiking In Chicaque [HNL011]
16. Owl - Forest Shadow [HNL014]
17. Doltz - En [Forthcoming on Huinali Recordings]
18. ABSIS - Static Trip [OSL021]
19. Polygonia - Tanz der Gliederfüßer [HNL012]
20. Einox - Chirico (Romi's Paradox) [OSL016]
21. Sanjib - Without Words [OSL008]
22. Javier Salazar - Acae (Adhémar & Javier Marimon Repitch) [OSL025]
23. Aspetuck - Microscopic Moments Of Focus [OSL023]
24. Modeo - Nobody Sleeps [OSC002]
25. Ryefield Society - Sun Fossils [HNL018]

ASIP - isolatedmix 121 Oslated & Huinali Showcase

isolatedmix 121 - Oslated & Huinali Showcase (Mixed by S-Pill)

We are very excited to welcome Mary Yalex to the label soon, and her upcoming release is set to be announced in August. Until then, enjoy a mix and short interview by the German producer. https://soundcloud.com/mary-yalex https://asip.me/isolatedmix122

01. James Murray - Careful Now
02. CORBEN - The Zills
03. Ripperton - Ingénuité
04. The House In The Woods - Tone Intervals
05. Chestnut People, Priori, Ludwig A.F: - IV
06. Viul & Benoit Pioulard - Catalune
07. Mary Yalex - Endless Possibilities
08. Lauge, Alvaro Suarez, Fallen Metropolis - -FAM015- May 7 - Live 
09. Room 208 & Zuwe - Time Moved Like It Used To
10. DJ In A Dream - La Silhouette
11. Måla - E Is For Elegance (With Burning Pyre)
12. Martinou - ...in all it's splendor
13. Boliden - Pools
14. Malibu - Atlantic Diva
15. Boy is Fiction - Silversand
16. nthng - Looking Outside

ASIP - isolatedmix 122 - Mary Yalex

isolatedmix 122 - Mary Yalex

In anticipation of a new release here on ASIP set for the end of the month, Australian producer, label-head and DJ, Alex Albrecht https://soundcloud.com/melquiadesmusic dives into his archives for a classic sounding isolatedmix, including a track from his upcoming album.

Also available via the ASIP Podcast or the (new!) www.9128.live iOS and Android app

Tracklist:

01. IMPS - Heaven and Bagpipes
02. O.S.S - Bianga
03. Sense - Rain 5
04. Marow - Tsih
05. Jesse Somfay - Tomorrow's Yesterday is Today
06. Cyan341 - Pattern4
07. Alex Albrecht - Forest Dance
08. Castel - Estrel
09. Remote - Public Service
10. John Beltran - Gutaris Breeze
11. HOLOVR - Outer Time
12. The Phantasy - Love Will See Us Through
13. Ariet - Shaman's Heart (Polygonia Remix)
14. Boards of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden
15. Dousk - Sidewalk Lovin

Isolatedmix 123 - Alex Albrecht

isolatedmix 123 - Alex Albrecht

Isolatedmix 124 comes from Milo Bragg of https://soundcloud.com/future-primitive-records & https://soundcloud.com/clubrooted taking us on an ambient and techno trip with some of his favorite vinyl records. https://asip.me/isolatedmix124

01. Dwig - Keep Us outro (Dwig)
02. Leo Anibaldi - Evocation Part II (Future Primitive)
03. Benjamin Brunn - Life Cycle (Black Wall)
04. Deadbeat - Right As Rain (~scape)
05. UD - Adapter (Kimochi)
06. Alexx A-Game - Braver (Swing Ting Smooth Version)(Swing Ting)
07. CN - Adrift (Future Primitive)
08. Satoshi & Makoto - Crepescule Leger (Safe Trip)
09. Bauri - Have No Fear (Expanding Records)
10. Sindh - Ayaka System (Sindh)
11. Being - I Can't Look At It Though (Firecracker Recordings)
12. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Float (Peacefrog Records)
13. Leo James - Lonely (Mind Dance)
14. Money Morning - Therah (Acting Press)
15. Mike Paradinas - Hi-Q (Interdimensional Transmissions)
16. John Heckle - Where The Wild Ones Go (Mathematics Recordings)
17. Tongues Of Light - Awakening outro (Pre-Cert Home Entertainment)
18. Design A Wave - Weird F (No 'Label')

isolatedmix 124 - Milo Bragg (Future Primitive Records)

A showcase of individual tracks from our 2023 label releases and a special continuous mix of select tracks from https://soundcloud.com/djtodos
It’s become somewhat of a tradition since our first annual compilation release in 2019, and each year I find it tough to separate tracks from their album releases in this way. We pride ourselves on delivering an album format, and more often than not, specifically a conceptual album format that works best as a whole. So I appreciate the artists who allow us to separate their musical children for this worthy annual exercise. It’s so easy to skip over releases nowadays - at no fault of anyone but the pace of life and technology today - and so this compilation not only helps us reflect on the year gone by, but also ensures anyone new to the label, or dipping in and out over time, can get a taste of what we have proudly spent our time and passion presenting this year. Please take the time to visit each respective artist's release to realize its full form. 

Not only is separating tracks from an album format a formidable task, but finding a way to combine them in one seamless mix is even more so. Once again, we’ve asked our esteemed todos to provide the continuous mixed version. Creating a flow using a limited predetermined set of music across a variety of styles, moods, and tones is an almighty feat. But no-one does it better than todos. Here, he is left to his own devices as we have grown to admire time and time again, using snippets and samples from many of the releases, but focusing on delivering a long-form mix that stands on its own, using nothing but the ASIP 2023 library of music. 

It was a year that introduced new faces to the label with Iceland’s Gunnar Jónsson Collider providing a spectacular audio-visual experience in S.W.I.M, and welcoming Germany’s Mary Yalex who explored imaginary worlds of fascinating texture and melody. We fulfilled a long-awaited foray into more classic trance styles through the exciting Mikkel Rev, and finally presented the magical drums of Alex Albrecht’s heart-warming soundscapes. Max Würden continued his foray into expansive sonics with Landmark, and Quiet Places returned with their second Volume of psychedelic long-form trips into the unknown. One Million Eyes returned with more compelling genre-defiant magic, and OKRAA brought his live edits of his debut album 1994 to life once more. 2023 will also be remembered as the year Brock Van Wey’s Earth House Hold project came both full circle, and full stop. The last track title on this compilation coincidentally represents the perfect swan song for a project that has found a home on ASIP for the past five years. 

Thanks for all your support, comments and encouragement this year. We have an exciting 2024 lined up.

Available as Name Your Price on Bandcamp https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/2023-label-compilation-mixed-by-todos

ASIP Label Compilation 2023 (mixed by todos)

The annual Reflection mix contains music from some of our favorite releases of 2023 in one extended mixed narrative, crossing a wide range of ambient and electronic music styles. For more info and a full Buy Music Club list to support the music: http://asip.me/reflection2023

Tracklist:

01. Sleep D - Hector (Dreaming) (Butter Sessions)
02. Liis Ring - after-image IV: abborresjön (Breton Cassette)
03. William Selman - Leaky Paradise  (Mysteries of the Deep)
04. Etüüd - Õhtute kollane tolm (Self released)
05. TU M' - Monochrome # 26 (Line Imprint)
06. Arovane - ypaal (Quiet Details)
07. Field Lines Cartographer - Mountain Icicles (Castles in Space)
08. Dream Dolphin - Gaia (Ethereal Fantasy) (Music from Memory)
09. Salamanda - Nostalgia (Wisdom Teeth) 
10. Endurance - Crest v2 (Muzan Editions)
11. Suzanne Ciani & Jonathan Fitoussi - Coral Reef (Transversales)
12. Alex Israel - Vacua (Somnambulant Drift)
13. The Black Dog - The Mundane (Dust Science)
14. Locust - Miriam (Mysteries of the Deep)
15. Niko Tzoukmanis - Way Home (Libreville Records)
16. Jo Johnson - Transience (Mysteries of the Deep)
17. Dasha Rush - Dubby Doo (Raster Noton)
18. ǝɯǝɐ - Andrei Rublev  (Secuencias Temporales) 
19. Rod Modell & Gigi Masin - Red Hair Girl At The Boat Shop (13)
20. Toki Fuko - Part Two (Astral Industries)
21. shedir - Deer Fluent in the Wind (n5MD)
22. Ayaavaaki & Purl - Distant Lights (Ovum III) (LILA)
23. Bana Haffar - Sit Still (Touch)
24. Mike Lazarev - Tonality Number Two (PITP)
25. Claire Deak - In Defiance of Time (Lost Tribe Sound)
26. Lord of the Isles feat. Ellen Renton - Don't You Ache (AD93)
27. nthng - Unlimited (I) (Self released)
28. Donato Dozzy & Sabla - Flusso III (Gang of Ducks)
29. Sindh - Spyres (Sindh)
30. James Holden - In The End You'll Know (Border Community)
31. Andrea - Audieze (Ilian Tape)
32. ASC & Aural Imbalance - Overcast Skies (Auxiliary)
33. Accelio - The Garden (Sawteeth)
34. Yolabmi - Liquidity (29 Speedway)
35. MPU101 - nurMKS30 (Ilian Tape)
36. Ylia - Ame Agari (Balmat)
37. Azu Tiwaline - Antenna Opening (I.O.T Records)
38. Purelink - We Should Keep Going (Peak Oil)
39. Priori - Top Soil (Rhythm Büro)
40. Hysterical Love Project - Ionian Sea (Motion Ward)
41. Om Unit + TM404 - Microdose Mondays (Acid Test)
42. David - Daybreak (Simpler Times)

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ASIP - Reflection on 2023

Our latest mix is a 3.5hr recording from  https://soundcloud.com/absurdlustre founder and Astral Industries artist https://soundcloud.com/sapaofficial, recorded at a recent sleep in event, from 2am until 5.30am. Read more about the mix and words from Sa Pa: http://asip.me/isolatedmix125

isolatedmix 125 - Sa Pa (Sleep In)

More info + links to buy: http://asip.me/asipv047

“Music gives us a place to be lost. Washing away thought, place, time, and identity. It’s in the falling into the river, the dream, that we find just who we could be”. 

Classically trained cellist, composer, and storyteller https://soundcloud.com/lihqun (Lih Qun Wong) presents her debut album, ‘Socha’ for A Strangely Isolated Place. Combining a vast instrumental skillset of piano, cello, electronics, and spoken word, she crafts intensely immersive aural-hallucinatory worlds of intricately shifting landscapes. 

A deeply personal work, Socha explores the ‘diaspora of time and space, and why we all feel so displaced.' Piano chapters capture the meeting place between memory and longing, while explorational vocal and cello textures invoke and echo the ancient, the feminine, and the otherworldly. 

Lihla’s voice guides us, weaving through electronics and field recordings of the ‘real world' to set the path for a poetic and deeply haunting journey through the internal psyche that is truly transportive and escapist. 

‘Socha’ is available on transparent smoke 12” and digital. Mixed by Sebastian Lee Philipp and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri, featuring artwork by Lihla and Visions of Akira.

Lihla / Socha (ASIPV047) [Previews]

Georgian producer of ambient, new age and tribal techno, https://soundcloud.com/saphileaum presents us with a mix of similarly inspirational music. More info and download: https://asip.me/isolatedmix126

Tracklist:
1. DJ Sports - Akrasia (Subsidiary Mix)
2. William Arist - Black and White
3. Andrew Pekler - Hy Brasil
4. Don't DJ - Southeast Subteranne
5. Another Fine Day - Esperanto
6. Greville - Marbles
7. Forest on Stasys - Atlantico Sur
8. Eyot Tapes - Jungle Tapes
9. Robert Rich - Rainforest Suite Drumsong
10. Jeans - Ganglia
11. Om Buschman - Prima Kalimba
12. Guem et Zaka - Mouvements
13. Sara Berts - Nova
14. Mo Boma - Jijimuge Two
15. Yves Tumor - Role In Creation
16. Posm - Bamboo
17. Steve Roach - The Reflecting Chamber
18. Jorge Reyes & Antonio Zepeda - Wawaki
19. Auragraph - Downcast
20. Nicolas Gaunin - Marama
21. Matthewdavid - Unfolding Atlantis
22. Sage - Mind BodyAlgorythm
23. Gigi Masin - Panama Girl
24. Asa Tone - Perpetual Motion Via Jungle Transport
25. Alex Kassian - Chopstick Romance

ASIP isolatedmix 126 Saphileaum

isolatedmix 126 - Saphileaum

More info and buy links: http://asip.me/asipv046 

As a professional sound engineer by day, Colin Dunkerley aka Lapsed Pacifist, spends much of his time traveling and rarely gets to focus on producing his own music. Despite high praise from those who have become familiar with his work over the years, Colin’s previous productions have mainly consisted of shares with friends and DJs in smaller circles through his Negative Neutron alias. 

Colin envisaged a more pronounced and darker ambient style to emerge one day but struggled to dedicate the time. Hypatia came to life over an extended and fragmented period, with field recordings and loops of audio created on the go, later processed through his modular setup. In the autumn of 2022, Colin spent time collating and listening to these many fragments and field recordings, making notes in a book as he wandered around cold, unfamiliar places with headphones on, trying to shape disparate starting points into something thematically connected.  

The title of Lapsed Pacifist’s debut album, Hypatia is a reference to one of the many fantastical descriptions of imaginary places by Marco Polo in the book, Invisible Cities. Written as a dialogue between Mongol emperor Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, the book became the inspiration and a clear parallel for how Hypatia came to be and what it means to Colin today. 

Attaching music to a place and time can become a very powerful and long-lasting memory. Across its eight tracks, Hypatia depicts fragmented glimpses of color and textures –a scrapbook of senses– traversing the optimistic first steps; the first smell of cold air; cityscapes burnt into your head; and the many emotions from exploring new places that stick with you longer than any photograph ever could. 

“The experience of moving between places so frequently can be fascinating but also dislocating and often quite lonely. I have so many small stories about places I’ve been, but I often think they aren’t necessarily real reflections of anywhere, no more real than anything Invisible Cities author Calvino dreamt up”. - Lapsed Pacifist.  

Hypatia is available on transparent Copper smoke 12” + digital, mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri and featuring artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding.

Lapsed Pacifist / Hypatia (ASIPV046) [Previews]

Sun & Smoke is originally a 2-hour self-produced mix uploaded to Youtube and Soundcloud (https://asip.me/3wvukf4) in 2018 by Greek artist, https://soundcloud.com/dj_theef. Consisting of unreleased productions, the set was uploaded as a safe space, with zero expectations of it ever gaining attention or release.

After many late-night listening sessions, ASIP contacted Theef to discuss how a release might come to life. Originally consisting of 21 tracks in total –with two subsequently released on Morevi Records in 2022– ASIP had the honor of curating and sequencing an album from the remaining 19 unreleased productions, finally landing on those that best represented the intention of the original mix and the feelings it evoked upon those first moments of discovery. 

The appeal of Sun & Smoke can be found in its purity. Built with no intention or audience in mind, the album traverses core elements of deep techno, trance and downtempo. Progressive atmosphere building, addictive underlying grooves, and expansive moments of euphoria; as a mixtape, Sun & Smoke is a zero-visibility haze of eyes-closed, body-moving, forward momentum. As an album, each track is now allowed the space to deliver on its own defining atmosphere. 

From the ambient leaning beginnings of Sky Textures and the title track, Sun & Smoke, to the electro tinges of Primal Age, and the metallic swirls and glistening synths in Approaching Stars, the parts now have the chance to become greater than the sum of its original whole. 

Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci (Neel / Voices From The Lake) with artwork photography by Juan Fernandez (edited by ASIP), Sun & Smoke will be available on Transparent Red/Orange Smoke gatefold 2LP + digital.

Theef / Sun & Smoke (ASIPV048) [Previews]

‘Vakna’ was inspired by the forests of East Gothenburg during spring time, which is the most beautiful part of the year. The intention was to make it a more monotonous piece but when we started tweaking it, we began to hear harmonies and melodies that weren’t there before. 

Carbon Based Lifeforms - Vakna

http://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/asipv004-markus-guentner-theia

There was chaos and violence, a collision of dark matter and heat. 
In the maelstrom, a legacy was created and a new moon born. 
She left something here forever.
But amongst infinite black depths,
Theia rages on. 

Markus Guentner's new album, Theia, arrives November 9th on double transparent vinyl housed in a matte-laminated gatefold sleeve.

Markus Guentner - Baryon (Feat. The Sight Below) (ASIPV004)

Taken from Markus Guentner's new album, Theia - now available on double vinyl and digital: http://asip.me/asipv004

There was chaos and violence, a collision of dark matter and heat. 
In the maelstrom, a legacy was created and a new moon born. 
She left something here forever.
But amongst infinite black depths,
Theia rages on. 

Depicting the legendary impact of the planet Theia, Pop Ambient pioneer Markus Guentner returns to vinyl, with a highly anticipated full-length LP.  

Markus Guentner - Magnetar (ASIPV004)

Taken from Markus Guentner's new album, Theia - now available on double vinyl and digital: asip.me/asipv004

There was chaos and violence, a collision of dark matter and heat. 
In the maelstrom, a legacy was created and a new moon born. 
She left something here forever.
But amongst infinite black depths,
Theia rages on.

Depicting the legendary impact of the planet Theia, Pop Ambient pioneer Markus Guentner returns to vinyl, with a highly anticipated full-length LP.

Markus Guentner - Redshift (ASIPV004)

Arovane's remix, taken from the Arovane & Hior Chronik remix EP now available on Limited Edition Vinyl + Digital download.

Available here: http://asip.me/asipv003r

Arovane & Hior Chronik - After Tomorrow (AMX)

'Isolation' taken from Merrin Karras' album, 'Apex' available on limited edition colored vinyl + digital.

More info and links to buy: www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/asipv005-merrin-karras-apex

Apex

Merrin Karras - Isolation (ASIPV005)

'Un Horizonte En Llamas', taken from Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri's album, 'La Equidistancia'. Available on 12" and digital, April 10th: https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/la-equidistancia

ASIPV008 - Leandro Fresco and Rafael Anton Irisarri / La Equidistancia

Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri / Un Horizonte En Llamas (ASIPV008)

Since 2014, UK-based label, https://soundcloud.com/astralindustries have been responsible for some of the most enlightening and entertaining releases of recent years. Their output has helped otherwise forgotten or out of print music see the light of day, provided new takes on previous classics, whilst also pushing forward new music by some of the most well-respected artists within the ambient genre. 

Debuting with a release by dub-techno legend DeepChord in 2014, Astral Industries went on to release Wolfgang Voigt's live project, Rückverzauberung Live In London in 2015.  In 2016 they followed with a 1985 recording from disbanded dutch collective Chi - a timeless and undoubtedly classic record, whilst in the same year pitching Wolfgang and Deepchord together for the very first time, with reinterpretations of Peter Michael Hamel's classic, Colors of Time. By then, and combined with the continually brilliant artwork of Theo Ellsworth, we knew that Astral Industries was a label with staying-power, and a growing catalog of releases worth collecting - be it just for the framed artwork, or moreover, the complete music package. 

In 2017, we've seen an LP by Heavenly Music Corporation, aka Kim Cascone (likely encouraged by the recent re-release of his own label Silent Records), a third LP by The Chi Factory, and then just last month a beautiful album by Waveform Transmission (Rod Modell of DeepChord and Chris Troy), with a sublime follow-up album, a massive 20 years after their first. 

The man behind the Astral Industries machine, Ario is a proven expert at plucking obscure gems from the past, or ensuring that good music gets the platform and artistic presentation it deserves. In just a few years, Ario has curated a highly respected and anticipated label roster that demands attention, and has yet to disappoint. The music is always gentle, deep and often extremely vivid, be it deeply hypnotic ambient, or gentle murmurs of dub-techno. 

With curatorial talents like this, we're overjoyed to host an exclusive 2hr+ mix of Ario digging into his record collection, and interlocking a few select exclusive Astral Industries bits in-between. It's one hell-of-a hypnotic journey and just like the Astral Industries releases, deserved of your full undivided, escapist attention.

ASIP - isolatedmix 73 Astral Industries

isolatedmix 73 - Ario/Astral Industries

DJ mix by ASIP, originally broadcast as a 2-hr guest mix as part of the www.9128.live Astral Industries takeover weekend, April 4/5/6th 2020.

Includes several upcoming ASIP releases noted as Forthcoming.

Tracklist:

1. Radio sample March 2020
2. Markus Guentner - Gradient Spirits
3. Joachim Spieth - Equilibrium [Affin]
4. quinev - Forgiveness Brings Peace [De Lichting]
5. Bartosz Kruczyński - Selected Ambient Projects 9 [Self Released]
6. woob - Foundation 1 [Bigamoebasounds] 
7. Chill Collins - In The Air Tonight (Snared 1000 Cuts Remix) [Self Released]
8. Blinkar från Norr - Disconnection From Reality [A Strangely Isolated Place]
9. Forthcoming [A Strangely Isolated Place]
10. woob - Foundation 3 [Bigamoebasounds] 
11. Max Würden - Unreleased 
12. Forthcoming [A Strangely Isolated Place]
13. Vernal Equinox - Galaxy [Clover]
14. Forthcoming [A Strangely Isolated Place]
15. Kettel - Oblomov [Self Released]
16. Swoop & Cross - St. No [Time Released Sound]
17. Tukico - It Appears [Hush Hush Records]
18. LF58 - Untitled [Auxiliary]
19. Merrin Karras - Monument [A Strangely Isolated Place]
20. Vernal Equinox - Sunrise [Aural Medium]
21. Mick Chillage - Hypersleep [FAX]
22. Atom TM - Dense [Astral Industries]
23. Lena Deen - Dorsal [Stellar Remnant] 
24. Higher Intelligence Agency - B-theory [Touched]
25. Forthcoming [A Strangely Isolated Place]
26. Milieu - In Blue Fields [Install]
27. Olga Wojciechowska - Labyrinth made of Labyrinths [A Strangely Isolated Place]
28. Warmth - Spherule (Purl remix) [Archives]
29. Alaska - Denalis Realm [Arctic Music]
30. Forthcoming [A Strangely Isolated Place]

ASIP - Astral Industries Takeover Mix

ASIP - Through The Other Side (Mix for 9128.live Astral Industries Takeover)

isolatedmix 100 and we have a legend at the controls. One half of Global Communication and a big inspiration for ASIP from day one, the Jedi Knight himself, Tom Middleton. For more information, track-by-track notes, sleep tips and an interview with Tom Middleton: http://asip.me/isolatedmix100

Tracklist:
01. Tom Middleton - ASIP + 9128 intro
02. Global Communication 0:54
03. The oldest sound in the cosmos - cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang Tuning out Saturn radio waves
04. Carl Sagan - Voyager Gold Disc interview
05. Ganymede and Whistlers
06. Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Pt.1
07. Tomita - Suite Bergamasque / Clair de Lune
08. Vangelis - Dr. Tyrells Owl
09. Chihei Hatakeyama + Federico Durand - Luisa
10. Sigur Rós - Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do
11. Underworld - Sunshine
12. Brian Eno - 3M5
13. Julianna Barwick - The Harbinger (Alex Somers Remix)
14. Lowercase Noises - The Last Stages of Consumption
15. Global Communication - 4:14
16. Kara Lisa Coverdale - Grafts (edit)
17. bvdub - Make The Pain Go Away
18. Steve Roach - This Moment Is Memory
19. GCOM - Atmosphere Test
20. Brian Eno - Signals
21. Qebrµs - ۩ ִ ְ ֲ ֳ ֲ ۩ - 05 ฌฎ๒๓๔ญ°°°°°
22. Marc Streitenfeld - Earth
23. Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (Theme from 'The Cosmos')
24. Tom Middleton - Sunset
25. Reload (+E621) - Event Horizon (TM edit)
26. Boards of Canada - Olson
27. The Orb - O.O.B.E.
28. Shur-i-kan (Tom Szirtes) - Ebb and Flow
29. Jeff Taylor Cross - Ambient 02
30. Spooky - Orange Coloured Liquid
31. Marcomé - Memoria
32. Aphex Twin - Lichen
33. Lowercase Noises - Ambient Songs 06
34. Laraaji - Being Here
35. Machine Drum - 528Hz Love Frequency
36. Yoko Sen - Sleepscape 6
37. Tom Middleton - St Ives Bay
38. Dustin O’Halloran - Memories (Lion)
39. August Wilhelmsson - Somewhere in Between
40. Sienna - Seven Bays for Seven Days
41. Lights & Motion - Glaciers
42. Rone - Human
43. Tom Middleton - Sea Of Glass (Jon Hopkins mix)
44. One Divided Soul - Of
45. Jakob Ahlbom - Ether
46. LA Synthesis - Zyllvakrynn
47. The Presets - Promises (Nils Frahm Version)
48. Ilya Malyuev - Universe
49. Global Communication - Incidental Harmony
50. Tom Middleton and Ulrich Schnauss - Midaus 1
51. Tom Middleton - WYV AUW CHU (Ambient mix)
52. Mmoths - Deu
53. John Beltran - Clouds Pull
54. Universal Solution - Liquid Love
55. Ralf and Florian - Tanzmusik
56. Brian Eno 1:1 (excerpt)
57. Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders (featuring Tommy Middleton) - Always and Always
58. Ben Kenobi - The Force Will Be With You Always

ASIP - isolatedmix 100 Tom Middleton

isolatedmix 100 - Tom Middleton

One-third of new ASIP artist Quiet Places, half of the legendary duo Spooky, and one brilliant isolatedmix from https://soundcloud.com/charliemay More info and an interview see http://asip.me/isolatedmix102

Tracklist
01. Sample - Storm beach 01
02. Brian Eno - Aragon
03. Dick Mills - Adagio
04. Aphex Twin - Tree
05. Ryuichi Sakamoto / Alva Noto - Second Dream
06. Field recording - Victoria line 01
07. Henry Wolff + Nancy Hennings - Time Ice
08. Sample - meta 03
09. Sample - last breath
10. Henry Wolff + Nancy Hennings - The Silver Eye
11. Brian Eno - Tal Coat
12. Chris watson - Vatnajokull
13. Jerry Goldsmith - The Alien Planet / Main Title
14. Sample - last breath
15. Field recording - rain roof innit
16. Field recording - rainy thundery aug 2020
17. Field recording - speed lift 01
18. Leandro Fresco + Rafael Anton Irisarri - El Reflejo Que El Sol Ha Perdido
19. Field recording - gong 01
20. Burial - In McDonalds
21. Jon Hopkins - Feel First Life
22. Sample - terrence mckenna
23. Julianna Barwick - Inspirit
24. Sample collage -  misc instagram
25. Colleen - Please Gamelan Again
26. Sample collage - misc instagram
27. Monolake - Silence
28. Aphex twin - White Blur
29. Fennesz - Shift
30. Earthaven - By the Little Mississippi River
31. Earthaven - Massasauga Marsh
32. Donato Dozzy - Vapourware 01
33. Sample - metasynth 01
34. Sample - metasynth 04
35. Andy Stott - Leaving 
36. Sample collage - misc instagram
37. Mark Pritchard - ?
38. Sample - din is noise
39. Max Richter - Infra
40. Sample - ram dass - fear
41. John Cage - Dream
42. Leandro Fresco + Rafael Anton Irisarri - Elevado Como Barrilete
43. Robert Henke - [_Flicker]
44. Robert Henke - [Convex]
45. Lorn - I Am A Dagger
46. Sample - misc instagram
47. Brian eno - Shadow
48. Cliff Martinez -  My Name On a Car
49. Hans Zimmer / Benjamin Wallfisch - All The Best Memories Are Hers
50. Daniel Lanois - Space Love
51. Lorn - Replika
52. Lorn - All Directions Are The Same
53. Thomas Ankersmit + Valerio Tricoli - Hunt
54. Bernard Szajner - Spice 
55. Sample - misc instagram
56. Sample - winter storm ambience
57. Mozart - Sequentia Lacrimosa Dies Illa (cm re-tweak)
58. Sample - ufo sighting
59. Stormloop - Snowbound
60. Cliff Martinez - Wrong Floor
61. Cliff Martinez - I Drive
62. Daniel Lanois - Carla
63. Sample - metallic portal 
64. Vivaldi - Winter (cm re-tweak)
65. Henry Wolff + Nancy Hennings - Transmigration 02
66. Brian Eno - Matta
67. Merrin Karras -  Drawn, Quartered
68. Sample collage - misc instagram
69. Sample - sophia - i will destroy humans
71. Allen Bruce Ray - High Spirits Walnut Condor cm flute
72. Jonuzi Me Shoket - Vome Kaba (cm re-tweak)
73. Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim
74. Lunatik Sound System - November Sky
75. Sample - ce5 radar
76. Sample - byron katie - walk in silence
77. Sample - misc instagram
77. Brian Eno - Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills)
78. David Hykes - Current Circulation
79. STL - Loosing Touch With My Mind
80. Sample collage - misc internet
81. Sample - overview effect
82. Robert Henke - Signal To Noise 2
83. Sample - instagram drone
84. Sample - acustica purple demo
85. Jon Hopkins - Campfire
86. Sample - Ekhart Tolle - Resist Nothing
87. Ólafur Arnalds - Brot

ASIP - isolatedmix 102 Charlie May

isolatedmix 102 - Charlie May

View the original source and download here: http://childmusic.me/

Aphex Twin - Rhubarb (Child Deep Techno Remix)

Music from A Strangely Isolated Place + 9128.live.

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