Release date: 15/07/22

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

2x12” 180g gatefold vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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Emerging from a thick spiralling haze, is the debut album from Mystic AM - a new project from Rod Modell and label founder Ario Farahani. Conceived as an immersive fictional soundtrack piece, the release tells the story of a traveller, some centuries ago, and the rather intense metaphysical experience he unexpectedly stumbles into whilst taking shelter on a hot desert night at Zein-o-Din Caravanserai, near Yazd in Persia. Dusk envelopes the vast barren landscape as the protagonist enters the ribat, treasures of woven silks, ornaments and exotic spices glint under the flickering oil lamps, swirls of perfumed vapour dance mesmerisingly in the darkness. As the music unfolds the events of the passing day quickly melt away, and the unsuspecting traveller is plunged into an otherworldly dimension. 

Utilising an extensive collection of old Iranian records as source material, the album is an intoxicating mise-en-scéne of whispering melodies, undulating rhythms, and atmospheric sound details. An active buyer of old Iranian music, Ario began extracting and editing samples from the records acquired during frequent trips to Iran over recent years - during which the mood and flavour of the project began to crystallise. Once handed over to Rod for further processing and arrangement, the album took its final shape - an endless tapestry of sights, sounds, and memories that fade mysteriously into the night’s reverie. Textures seep into one another in washes of colour, and hallmarks of classical Persian sounds filter through - the slow stroll of the daf, scintillating runs of santoor, and solitary lines drifting out of the kamancheh. Bridging the realms of the real and the imaginary, the collaboration signals the first contribution to Mystic AM’s enigmatic concept.

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Entering the Sublime

Release date: 01/09/23

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

180g vinyl//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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A year on since the collaborative Mystic AM project in 2022, Rod Modell returns solo to Astral Industries with AI-35. The album - entitled ‘Ghost Lights’ - comes as a gatefold 2x vinyl LP, showcasing the latest epoch of Modell’s signature soundscapes. Spread across four parts, ‘Ghost Lights’ draws out a wide, cinematic sound - with long arching contours, rippling textures and cavernous sound design.

Woven with layer upon layer of hidden fragments and supernal transmissions, each chapter takes the listener successively deeper into the twilight zone. Harking to dramatic off-world topographies and interstellar spaces, the work glistens with opulent sound treatment and monumental grandeur. Dense pulsations move with oceanic force, marked by washes of celestial light and subterranean drones. Exercising another side to Rod Modell's typically atmospheric productions, this album comes with an ambitious framework and a more assertive sound. Featuring some of Modell’s most epic storytelling to date, ‘Ghost Lights’ delivers a powerful immersive experience.

Ghost Lights

Side C

Release date: 26/01/24

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

2 x 180g gatefold vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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AI-36 comes from Ear to Ear - the debut collaboration between label regular Samuel van Dijk (Multicast Dynamics) and Ukrainian artist Yevgen Chebotarenko. Taken from a series of live recording sessions, the album explores in four parts a markedly darker realm of soundscape music. A cornucopia of abstract morphing scenes and heady synesthesia, the album brims with rich sonic detail and evocative gestures. Deftly blending organic sound textures with an experimental austerity, ‘Live Recordings’ displays potent and accomplished storytelling.

The album opens to a grey overcast vista, a natural landscape that slowly melts into a descending chasmic dysphoria. The mood transitions to a drone-based piece on the B-side, characterised by a more psychologically suspenseful framework and exotic blend of sound design. The atmosphere lightens, yet equally pensive as side C takes on a more elemental form, invoking water and its array of microbial and metabolic ecosystems. Brief cathartic moments in the final section pave the way for deeper wayfaring on the D-side. Stray signals and unknowable artefacts skitter across a vast subaqueous domain, a fathomless womb of potentialities that ebbs into eternity.

Live Recordings D

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The act of fictional world crafting is reserved for only a few, and https://soundcloud.com/astralindustries?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing seems to hone the craft without the need for any words. The London-based record label became a nucleus for deep electronic music across the globe, fusing introspective sonic explorations of the most pivotal musicians with the visual storytelling of Theo Ellsworth on limited-edition vinyl. The next chapter in this sacred discography is written by the Italian producer https://soundcloud.com/pianetisintetici?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing. He invites you on the journey of ‘Space Opera’.

Space Opera will be out on May 31st, 2024. Order a copy via Bandcamp. 

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-pianeti-sintetici---part-one

Premiere: Pianeti Sintetici - Part One [AI-37]

YUGA II
[LSYA006/ Lasya]
Produced by Various Artists
Mastered by Milena Krstevska at EOS Studio, Skopje
Artwork by Doan Akiti
Release Date: June 21st. 2024
Format - Digital
Download Link: https://lasya-label.bandcamp.com/album/yuga-ii

[LSYA006] Various Artists - Yuga II (Previews)

Monochrome presents, 𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖔𝖒𝖓𝖊 𝓥 : gi, world of knots.


This autumn, Monochrome is offering each month to one or several artists to discover their influences and inspirations through a forty-five minute to two hour recording. These three recordings will focus on percussive rhythms between Ambient, Deep Techno, Drum & Bass and Tribe.


Artist Biography :
gi is a musician from Gadi (Sydney.) Her sound blurs the outer limits of drone, idm and techno, interested in how generative sound design and asynchronous repetition can coalesce to create emotional music.

Following self-released sketches in 2022, and contributions to compilations by Comic Sans Records (FR), Pure Space (AUS), Twin System (UK), Companion (AUS) she released her debut EP on Altered States Tapes in October 2023 and follow-up liveset EP on Beyond the Bridge (Seoul) in March 2024.

In 2024 gi presented her debut album on Absorb  (AUS) and launched the World of Knots label, while continuing to refine her unique style of warehouse oriented experimentalism, across live & DJ sets.


gi
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/gistrung
Bandcamp : https://g--i.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/chorusofvoices/


Tracklist (not in chronological order) :
TOTSTELLEN - kopf+nagel
Pedro Maras - Dark Water
BODYXVIII - Nondescript
Relicttape - Andogred
Ведун - The bug
bassæ - d
ssabæ - structures chaotiques
Rashad Becker - Themes VIII
cypha - Cause 1
Ena - Behind The Loops
Photek - Ni-Ten-Ichi-Ryu (Two Swords Technique)
Carrier- Locus
Harald Uunk - **
hagva - **
DYL - Reductio Ad Absurdum
F&E - Premis II
gi - **
Yogg - Are You a Believer?
Harald Uunk - **
Aente - tean
Nebuchadnezzar - I cant do my woyk
Kaus Australis - Plasmatic Chamber
MARAKI - PZ2
Matthew Thomas - cycle two
Nevraltik - Escape the void
 Feral & Spekki Webu - Ziggurat
Sifres - Psychedelic Revolution (Stefan ZMK Remix)
l'uzure - Éternel Retour
DYL - Anthropomorphism
Ena - Dipteran
~Liv - Nebula Hmlovina01.

Monochrome presents, 𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖔𝖒𝖓𝖊 𝓥 : gi.

Today's new episode of our podcast series features Ata'ru. Based in Croatia and member of THm.uRN, Ata'ru is involved in klub Kocka in Split, organizing, volunteering and contributing to the DIY culture. She loves mixing with techno, minimal and experimental sounds. Enjoy the ride!

Metamorphosis podcast #021 - Ata'ru

shifty 1 take 1 11324 35 bpm

Ambient Dreamscapes for you to enjoy. Relax, unwind, meditate and chillout

CTHULHU MYTHOS - THE FORGOTTEN PLACE

Exo II

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Bookings and all label enquiries: info@astralindustries.co.uk

Please, no demos.

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Artists: Deepchord, Wolfgang Voigt, The Chi Factory, Heavenly Music Corporation, Waveform Transmission, Sonmi451, Atom™, J.Derwort, Shorelights, Multicast Dynamics, LF58, The Abyss Within Us, Monolake, The Humble Bee, Son of Chi, Lucid Dreams, Mystic AM, Dialog, Sa Pa, Toki Fuko, Rod Modell, Ear to Ear, Pianeti Sintetici, Marco Shuttle.

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AI-01: Deepchord - Lanterns
AI-02: Wolfgang Voigt presents Rückverzauberung live in London
AI-03: Chi - The Original Recordings
AI-04: Wolfgang Voigt & Deepchord - Colours of Time, re-interpreted
AI-05: Chi Factory - The Bamboo Recordings
AI-06: Heavenly Music Corporation - Lunar Phase
AI-07: Chi Factory - The Kallikatsou Recordings
AI-08: Waveform Transmission - V 2.0-2.9
AI-09: Chi Factory - Red Lantern at the Kallikatsou
AI-10: Deepchord - Immersions
AI-11: Heavenly Music Corporation - In a Garden of Eden
AI-12: Chi Factory - The Mantra Recordings
AI-13: Sonmi451 - Nachtmuziek
AI-14: Dots - Dots
AI-15: J.Derwort - Bamboo Music
AI-16: Shorelights - Bioluminescence
AI-17: Multicast Dynamics - Ancient Circuits
AI-18: Chi Factory - Travel in Peace
AI-19: LF58 - Alterazione
AI-20: Waveform Transmission - V 3.0-3.9
AI-21: The Abyss Within Us - Life in a Circle
AI-22: Wolfgang Voigt presents Rückverzauberung Exhibition
AI-23: Monolake - Gobi. The Vinyl Edit 2021
AI-24: The Humble Bee - A Miscellany for the Quiet Hours
AI-25: Son of Chi & Radboud Mens - The Transition Recordings
AI-26: Multicast Dynamics & Sid Hille - Metamorphosis
AI-27: LF58 Live at Brancaleone
AI-28: Lucid Dreams
AI-29: Son of Chi & Clara Brea - The Wetland Remixes
AI-30: Mystic AM - Cardamom & Laudanum
AI-31: Dialog - Dialog
AI-32: Son of Chi & Arthur Flink - The Fifth World Recordings
AI-33: Sa Pa - Atmospheric Fragments
AI-34: Toki Fuko - Spirit Medicine
AI-35: Rod Modell - Ghost Lights
AI-36: Ear to Ear - Live Recordings
AI-37: Pianeti Sintetici - Space Opera
AI-38: LF58 - Radials
AI-39: Marco Shuttle - Sonidos y Modulaciones de la Selva
AI-40: Wolfgang Voigt - Rückverzauberung im Tunnel
AI-41: ???

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