Sebastian mullaert & eitan reiter - Ash layla

isolation and observation

Alex Bussé, also known as @ameeva born in Girona, Spain and based in Berlin since 2019.
This recording is a live performed as a closing set after @unjin at Perpendicular 2022, marking an end point but set as starting point for future subsequent editions.
In addition to other publications, he has recently published a live (die wellen)performed for 9128 radio back in the days of lockdown, is worth checking out :)

links:
https://www.instagram.com/_ameeva/
https://ameeva.bandcamp.com/
https://9128live.bandcamp.com/album/die-wellen. hosted by @astrangelyisolatedplace

pic by Pablo Garber: https://www.instagram.com/pablogarber/  from @subradiobcn

live@Perpendicular2022

Ameeva - Live @Perpendicular22

http://asip.me/isolatedmix50

So here we are. Half-a-century of isolatedmixes. Each, a window into the world behind ASIP; an insight into the inspirations and passion behind the site and label over the past six years, and beyond.

I always set out to keep the series exclusively for artists who’ve had a profound impact on ASIP and I’m glad I’t’s stayed that way. We’ve been lucky enough to host heroes of the genre, legends, new-comers, friends and innovators over the years, and each one is special in its own right.

Ulrich Schnauss provided the very first isolatedmix (fittingly so) but as soon as I realized the series, I started making lists of artists I dreamt would contribute, and bvdub was up top. Brock’s music is unique, and as close to perfection in my world, striking a balance of euphoria, emotion and musical progression in every production.

Many of you would have heard Brock’s music if you follow this site in any shape or form, but I’m pretty sure there’s lots of who you haven’t heard a mix from Brock – they’re as rare as they come.

Brock turned me down a few times before agreeing to do this mix. Mainly because a mix to him, isn’t about sitting down for hours, maybe days and carefully crafting an hour-long journey (like it is for most of us). For Brock, he needs to be in the right state of mind; the right period in his life. Mixes zap him of energy, and if the inspiration isn’t there he wont force it.

Let’s just say the stars aligned on this one. Some true inspiration that led to the mix; an emotional moment that unfurled; and a unique and original approach, led to Brock pouring his energy into a personal journey in the most unforgettable and special way possible.

Thanks to Brock for this rare opportunity and insight into his world and to everyone who has contributed, listened, commented and downloaded the series so far. Here’s to the next 50.

isolatedmix 50 - bvdub: Sleep Tight, Ono

A mix inspired by the Nepali Coast, Kauai, HI.

01. Horizontal Excursions - Into The Mariana Trench (Horizontal Excursions)
02. Arovane & Hior Chronik - A Winterday (Forthcoming / A Strangely Isolated Place)
03. Seraphim Rytm - Nastir Sina (Silent Season)
04. Peter Van Hoesen - Heliotrope (Mindgames)
05. Scuba - Drift (Hotflush)
06. Sebastian Mullaert & Eitan Reiter - Ash Layla (Mule Musiq)
07. Holger Zilske - A Preciso Acreditar (John Tejada Remix) (Acid Test)
08. Luigi Tozzi - Jormungandr (Hypnus)
09. Donato Dozzy - Fazah (Dozzy Records)
10. HTRK - Give It Up (Ghostly)
11. Donato Dozzy - Vaporware 07 (Spectrum Spools)
12. Aphex Twin - 101 Rainbows (Ambient mix) (Rephlex)
13. Donnacha Costello - Dry Retch (Mille Plateaux)

ASIP - Cathedrals

This mix has been brewing in my head for a while now.. An inkling of it first started to pop up back in October while we were at our biannual Delayed gathering in the mountains of upstate New York. I played a set with a dear friend on the Sunday morning there - cozy & hopeful music from various corners of our collections that don't get played very often but are set aside for special moments. My favorite kind of music.. It was one of the most memorable sets I've played & brought up a ton of emotions & memories from past experiences hearing some of those songs. Memories from my wedding, memories of my brother, memories from times living in Los Angeles when Sundays were all about lounging around all day in the sunshine after nights of dancing into the early hours of the morning. We laughed, cried, danced, ate lunch, all over the course of the morning into the early afternoon. It laid the foundation for how I wanted to approach this mix for Zach.

Sundays for me have always been a day of healing - mentally, physically, emotionally. It's a day to seek inner peace & a day to be reminded of everything you have to be grateful for in spite of anything else. I recorded this mix on a rainy Saturday earlier this month, channeling all of those memories & feelings, with my dog by my feet while my wife & daughter wandered about the house, making beaded bracelets & doing various arts & crafts.

From me to you, a warm hug & the promise of spring.

Words by @aspetuck

Track list:

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - The Milky Sea
Felbm - cycli infini (excerpt)
Neu! - ISI
Goesun - Peel Apart (What Was Once Sensible)
Paul Kalkbrenner - D-Zug
Dubtractor - M. U. R. M. 
Static - Headphones (Starring Ronald Lippok)
Dubtractor - W30
Blue Lake - Oceans
Roedelius - Veilchenwurzeln
Dubtractor - I Don't Care 
Frø - Beundrer Dig
Barefoot - Sleeper
Charles Webster - Put Your Hurt Aside
Horizon Fire - Piney Hills Blaze
Slow Mass - J.L. (Southfacing Remix)
Tensen Park - Water - Not A Sound
Andy Cato - Whose Groove
Repulsive Force - CSF Dub 6 Skit
System & Nils Frahm - Plus
Will Samson - Still Trains
People Press Play - These Days

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Sundays are for... Aspetuck

"Summer of Solstice 3055: 

I’d just returned from a long stint working the orbital docks, preparing to settle back into the life cycle routine that was Valkor Zenith. The last thing I expected was to reconnect with three old friends from my days at the Echo House orphanage. Sora had slipped back from exile on Neoterra Prime. Rion had fled the undercity of Crysalis after a grav-bike race gone bad. And Omrin, who I hadn’t seen or heard of in more than a decade, had shown up out of nowhere as if no time had passed with a stolen data map and a proposition: we’d go find the Dream Beacon.

We’d grown up with the story. A myth, really. Some ancient alien relic buried deep in the sand sea, spoken of in hushed tones in level D bars and back-alley data centres. The promise was simple, if you could reactivate its signal with your own transmission, you’d be granted your most longed-for dreams and unimaginable wealth. No one had ever found it.

I’m still not entirely sure what made us set off and follow Omrin so blindly that summer. Maybe it was grief, maybe hope. Or just that need to move, to do anything but sit still. Each of us were adrift in our own orbit of longing and loss, and somehow, we collided again, drawn together like shards of a broken constellation.

We had left the neon haze of Valkor Zenith behind at sunset, riding the wide stretches of plasma rail to the outer edges as the city lights faded behind us. Nights were lit by twin moons and we passed the time listening to old mixes we’d recorded in our youth, our playlists humming through our comms as we hurtled across other-worldly landscapes at 200mph. In the two months that followed, we would laugh in the ruins of the Oblivion Cradle, party with rogue miners in bioluminescent fungi caverns, feel the cold rush of air as our bikes skimmed the ridges of the Halcyon Scar, be chased by Karn bike gangs through synth-storms, and save a lone settler named Joyce trapped in a dust pocket whilst traversing the Ash Spires. 

As we hurtled towards the promise of the Dream Beacon, I often wondered, was the beacon even real? And if it was, what would I even upload as my transmission? Maybe one of those old mixes we used to make. I’m sure all these questions flickered across all our minds, unspoken. But that summer, deep down, none of it really mattered. I would’ve followed those three anywhere..."

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Distant Signals 077: Villella

Closing out HSJ @ Volume 20….leave them wanting more…..possibly?    Thanks to all the selectors, listeners and followers.  This series started out as a bit of fun and should always be considered as that but overall the music and sets have been top class.

Underworld /Dirty Guitar 
Boccagrande /Precedere
Lord of the Isles /dfsant 1A 
Massimiliano Pagliara /Magic Serials 
Vincenzo /Your Remind Me 
Move D /The Circle
Deepsace /Shinjuki Lights 07
Enrica Falqui & Claudio PRC /Amygdala
Ken Kojima /エトスママ
Eversines /Connection
DJ Longsleeve /Owner of a Lonely Heart
Chris Brann /What You Are
HVL /Away From Everything We Know (Reflektor Remix)
Bambounou & Priori / C.R.U.S.H
Ross Alexander /Reflections
Simic /Mad Mechanic
Mind Helmet 20 /A3
Aurora Hallall /Eternal Blue [Wata Iragashi Remix]
Abacus /Decadent Dub 
Diego Gamez /New Horizon
Vakula /Quantum Voyage

VR June 2025

Hypnotic Salad Jazz - Volume Final Reposte

"Venus appears to me in a dream. The sky is cloudless and I drift into a pine forest, mesmerised by the sound of her flute. I find myself entangled in a dance of indecipherable mumblings that, like the woods' inhabitants, change shape when night falls.
I glimpse a luminous mist in the distance, guiding me towards a veiled cedar cabin. I step inside, abandoning myself alongside the other participants. The melody of the flute begins to distort into a fossilised howl, melting into my eardrums and merging with the echoes of a forest that grows ever more distant.
And in the midst of these rustling whispers, I find myself reduced to dust. The flaming light of the cabin will show me the way out: in the fire of darkness, I choose a new life. "

Spanish-born but now based in Milan, Ultramarín (@ultramarin-blau) explores sound as a vessel of shifting consciousness. Embracing deep listening as a core element in her practice, her aim is to expand the boundaries of perception, going below the surface of what is heard. Distinguished by an eclectic approach, her sets span from experimental ambient to downtempo, to hypnotic and avant-garde techno.

Recorded at Espacio Perpendicular (@espacio-perpendicular) during the temple chptr. 9 † celebrating a world of echo † 28·06·2025 w/ ‡ Doozer  ‡ Josephine Soundscapes  ‡ DOC ‡ Pillen.

#temple_for_listeners is an event dedicated to attentive listening and static dance, curated by Camu and Josephine's Soundscapes for Espacio Perpendicular.+

HOCast #256 x temple chptr. 9 - Ultramarín

Welcome to episode #113 - Dylan Thomas

Brussels-based producer and DJ with Irish roots, Dylan Thomas is known for crafting immersive, genre-defying electronic music. His sound blends elements of ambient, techno, and experimental electronics, always guided by a strong conceptual drive and an instinct for emotional depth. His debut LP, We Don’t Own, We Create, released on the forward-thinking label @futurepastnosenseoftime , captures his philosophy as both a musician and a creator: resisting rigid definitions in favor of constant evolution and sonic exploration.
Dylan has built a solid presence in the Belgian underground scene, with performances at iconic venues such as @fusebrussels and @c12brussels . Whether through his productions or his DJ sets, he invites listeners into a soundscape that is hypnotic, textured, and always in motion.

Enjoy!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dylan-thomas-hayes
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/6709892-Thomas-Hayes-4
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylan.thomas.hayes/

E.M.C. atmospheres #113 - Dylan Thomas

Our next artist was born in Tbilisi, Georgia . He was greatly inspired by works of such artists like Biosphere, Robert rich, Saphileaum and more... As an ambient or techno selector, his sound is characterized by his love for landscapes and hypnotic structures. He is the co-founder of Structural Realism, a sub-label division of georgian's @palmstructure. Please welcome @giorgieradze

AF127 Giorgi Eradze

""...Techno was a mistake just like Detroit. It's the sound of Kraftwerk and George Clinton and the parliament funkadelics stuck in an elevator forced to make music together..."

12/07/2025
HUMMØ 03 @ Espacio Perpendicular

Blovk -live. [ @blovk ]
Notzing -live  [ @notzing ]
F-on  [ @f-ondj ]
Muted  [ @juan-sdz ]
Milo  [ @milo-official ]

F-on @ Hummø 03

Animalia alumni, the very talented @al-den-te at Diega, a New Years Festival held in the bush near Melbourne. 30th December 3-4am, 2024.

<3 


ani/live Seventy Two: Al Dente @ Diega

Madrid's F-on is a much beloved figure within the Spanish scene, known for his elegant all-vinyl sets and curation behind the brilliant Alpenglühen label among so much more. We stayed in touch after his particularly beautiful set at 2017’s Paral·lel Festival, and I've been looking forward to one day sharing this episode of the series since. Alfonso’s mix is uncanny in its precision and demonstrates a prowess behind the decks that few can match, a soft palette built through veteran and timeless selection. Two hours in and out of focus like rippling dust through which the flow of time slows, a stasis in the stream. Thanks Alfonso!

@f-ondj

Artwork by Camille Ferdinandus.

Sure Thing Mix 145: F-on

Legacy EP

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02 Horizontal Excursions - Into The Mariana Trench

Welcome to the 27th chapter of the Ambient Sessions presented by Deep Electronics. This monthly released podcast brings you the best and the most diversity Ambient music can offer. 

This month set is mixed by Ryan Griffin, owner of A Strangely Isolated Place.

An introduction:

I rarely approach mixes with a concept in mind and often find them developing organically in the process. I did however, want this mix to be a deep journey, which was hard, as I've been listening to lots of melodic synthesizer music recently, so I had to get in the right mind-set for it. I started to picture space, and was partly inspired by this video for an Alva Noto track which is a spectacular combination of imagery and sound. The mix ended up being an accompanying soundtrack to some kind of failed rocket launch - starting with optimism, becoming more intense, experiencing glitches and more dramatic moments along the way, and finally falling back down to earth and more recognizable, familiar ground. It's a little cliché for an ambient mix- but I find it extremely relaxing to picture a journey along the way and felt this one came together quite nicely if listened to as a whole.

Title: ASIP - Familiar Ground

Tracklist:
01. Moby - Long Ambient 3 (Excerpt) (Self released)
02. Steve Hauschildt - A False Seeming (Kranky)
03. Abul Mogard - The Purpose Of Peace (VCO Records)
04. The Black Dog - Phil 3 to 5 (Dust Science Recordings)
05. Phaeleh - Absence of Light (Undertow)
06. Casino Versus Japan - Miano: A Pink Night For The Snowmen (Attacknine)
07. Ben Guiver - Ex Machina (Silent Recordings)
08. Alva Noto & Blix Bargeld - Bernsteinzimmer (Kompakt)
09. Alva Noto - The Revenant Theme (Alva Noto Remode)
10. Tangent - Perceived Horizon (n5MD)
12. Carbon Based Lifeforms - RCA (Leftfield Records)
13. Phaeleh - Visions (Undertow)
14. Merrin Karras - Isolation (A Strangely Isolated Place)
15. Lav - Freedom & Joy (Amone Recordings)

Links:

http://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/

https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/

Fractal Design by Jeroen Smulders

Circuit Jellyfish design by NLz

ASIP - Deep Electronics Ambient Sessions

Ambient Sessions # 27 - Ryan Griffin ( A Strangely Isolated Place)

A look back at some of the best of 2016. More info, download and track notes see here: http://asip.me/2hHa95N

Tracklist:

01. Mark Pritchard - Sad Alron [Under The Sun] (Warp)
02. Bvdub - 07 [Yours Are Stories Of Sadness] (Self)
03. The Green Kingdom - Haze Layers [Harbor] (Dronarivm) 
04. Steve Hauschildt - Time We Have [Strands] (Kranky) 
05. Phaeleh - Frequency [Illusion of The Tale] (Undertow)
06. Comit - Under Your Spell [Trip 01] (Warm Communications)
07. Synkro - Midnight Sun (Helios Remix) [Changes Remix EP] (Apollo)
08. Jesse Somfay - Chorona (A Voice Like Sunshine) [Levamentum] (Tipping Hand)
09. Segue - Deep Valley [Over The Mountains] (Silent Season) 
10. Isan - Lace Murex [Glass Bird Movement] (Morr)
11. The Orb - 4am Exhale [COW] (Kompakt)
12. Ametsub - Skydroppin' [Skydroppin' EP] (Blueberry Records)
13. Tangent - Perceived Horizon [Collapsing Horizons] (n5MD)
14. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Heptapod B [Arrival OST] (Deutschegrammophon)
15. Hecq - Night Falls (reworked by Christopher Berg) [Night Falls] (Hymen Records)
16. Ocoeur - Fixo 2 [Reversed] (n5MD)
17. Eluvium - Fugue State [False Readings On] (Temporary Residence)
18. Drape - Detrial Rest [Let There Water Air] (Infraction)
19. Helios - Land Father [Remembrance] (Unseen Music)
20. Warmth - Odessa [Essay] (Archives)
21. Peter Michael Hamel - Colours of Time [Reinterpreted] (Deepchord’s Carolina Forest Mix)
22. Benoit Pioulard - Stone In Focus [Radial] 
23. Porya Hatami & Arovane - iaan [Kaziwa] (Time Released Sound) 
24. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Flight From The City [Orphée] (Deutschegrammophon)
25. Parks - Eternal Wind [Hidden] (Infraction - 2009)

ASIP - Reflection on 2016

ASIP  - Reflection on 2016

More info and download: http://asip.me/isolatedmix65

Tracklist:
01. Intro – Road Works / Open Fire
02. Anton Kubikov – Dekka - Pop Ambient 2017 (Kompakt) 
03. Marsen Jules – Yara 4 - Yara (Oktaf) / The Hunt For Red October (O.S.T.) – Plane Crash – The Hunt For Red October (MCA Records)
04. Gas – Pop 5 – Pop (Kompakt) / Efdemin – Ohara – Decay (Dial)
05. Higher Intelligence Agency & Biosphere – Augusta Road – Birmingham Frequencies (Headphone)
06. Markus Guentner – Paragon – Theia (A Strangely Isolated Place)
07. Max Würden – Perfect Moment - Or Lost (Farfield Records) / Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis – Suiren – Deep Listening (New Albion)
08. Thore Pfeiffer – Good Life – Pop Ambient 2017 (Kompakt)
09. Cory Allen & Marcus Fischer – Two / Twenty-Two / Seventy- Seven – Two / Twenty Two (Bandcamp) / Shades Of Orion – Liquid Shade – Shades Of Orion (FAX +49-69/450464)
10. Maps and Diagrams – The Shape of Things To Come – Air Texture Volume I (Air Texture)
11. Max Würden – Unterwasser III – Retour (Exponate)
12. Wounds – Losing Focus – Winter Ambient Box (Not on label) / Martin Schmitz – Orgel DX 10 - 50°58'2.19''N, 7°0'6.73''E (Noorden) / Main – Cavitation – Deliquescence (Beggars Banquet)

ASIP - isolatedmix 65 Würden & Pfeiffer

isolatedmix 65 - Würden & Pfeiffer

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Ambient & electronica music blog, mix series, record label and radio station. Est. 2008.

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