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A selection of ambient, modern classical, and electroacoustic works for Autumn 2019.  Closed on November 18, 2019

Photo by Eberhard Grossgasteiger on Unsplash
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Field Journal Comapnion | Autumn 2019

autumn > winter 19-20 🍁❄️

Friday, November 11, 2019

ASIP Releases (Previews)

all album here: https://sraunus.bandcamp.com/album/asperatus-clouds

Dunes Of Mars

The new album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

EU order link: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP055
US order link: http://www.midheaven.com/item/spaces-by-frahm-nils-cd

9/10 Drowned In Sound · 9/10 Clash · 4.5/5 Fact · 4.5/5 Resident Advisor · 9/10 Popmatters · 9/10 The Line Of Best Fit · 8.5/10 Under The Radar · 8/10 Exclaim! ★★★★1/2 Music Omh · ★★★★ The Irish Times · ★★★★ Arts Desk

‘Frahm truly excels’ 9/10 Uncut 
‘Frahm works his magic’ ★★★★ Mojo
‘The infinite elasticity of sound’ 7.8 Pitchfork 
‘Improvisatory, wild, heartfelt’ Interview Magazine
‘A fantastic record’ The Guardian Album of the Week 
‘Frahm creates something mesmerising’ ★★★★ The Observer
‘My favourite new piece of music this year’ Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

erasedtapes.com · nilsfrahm.com

Spaces

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Nils Frahm - Says

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Laura Mvula - She (Shlohmo Remix)

Download on Bandcamp: http://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/track/dissociation-extended

A beautiful extended version of Levi's original Places Series track, Dissociation. New textures, space and melody are introduced in this emotionally charged soundtrack piece.

Portrayed as places of magic and mystery and of death and decease, forests are a rich source of imagination - a place where fiction and fairy-tale come alive or where darkness is allowed to flourish undeterred. 

Conjured in the barren surroundings of a pine forest in Matakana, New Zealand, ‘Dissociation’ stirs all of the enchantment and subtle mysticism of a woodland world screened from prying eyes. There’s a peace at work that only nature can bring but also the untrusting trepidation of something of which we have no control. “It felt quite wondrous but with a subtle dark undertone,” Levi explains. “I wanted to capture the almost surreal feeling of the place and the mystery of exploring it.” 

‘Dissociation’ invites a curiosity and a gleeful sense of the unknown. School-room xylophone melodies evoke a happy abandon that promises adventure and escape; like dancing in-between tree trunks or finding giggly solitude in games of hide and seek. A track rich on slow-building, swirling atmospherics, it’s a casual wonder into a secret garden, tip-toeing down leafy paths and bursting into clearings chasing the sunshine. But there’s also the subtle undertone that, if you do go into the woods today, there’s a difference between being happily lost and hopelessly missing. 

Vocal performance by Giana Patel 
Viola performance by Kirsten McCrae 
Mastered by Mike Gibson of Munki Masters at Bonfire Audio, Wellington, NZ. www.munki.co.nz, www.bonfireaudio.com

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We're very excited to hear that Levi will be releasing a new music video, and an amazing new EP titled 'Forms', both due to be released this year.

View the original version of Dissociation here https://soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace/asip005-levi-patel

Free Download

ASIP005 Levi Patel - Dissociation (Extended)

http://asip.me/isolatedmix44 https://soundcloud.com/kaito

01. Susumu Yokota - Azukiiro No Kaori		
02. M83 - Sister (Part 1)	
03. Deaf Center - City
04. Minilogue - Europhonia	
05. Jean F. Cochois	- Silence Unheard
06. John Foxx & Harold Budd - Here And Now
07. Gonno - Turn to Light	
08. Walls - Vacant
09. Leo Abrahams - Sundown	
10. Lawrence - Friday's Child (Special Intro Version)	
11. Michael Stearns - Star Dreams (Peace Eternal)
12. Ken Hayakawa - Place To Stay Summer Breeze Version
13. Helios - Even Today
14. Model 500	- Starlight (Echospace Dub)
15. Deepchord Presents Echospace - Warm	
16. Múm - Random Summer	
17. Markus Guentner - Das Vergessene
18. Vessel - Tiny	
19. Inner Science - Emerge	
20. Justus Kohncke - Spukhafte Fernwirkung
21. Yagya - Rigning Fjórir	
22. Popnoname	 - Nightliner
23. Naohito Uchiyama - Solea
24. Junyamabe - nomeans...no	
25. M-koda - Conflict
26. Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Their Memories
27. Kaito - Until the end of time  (Beatless version)	

Hiroshi Watanabe has been releasing records since 1996, with styles ranging from deep house to his more recognized ambient/electronica works on Kompakt under the guise of Kaito. A stalwart for the label for the past twelve years, Hiroshi has clocked up no less than eight albums and recently released the rather brilliant ‘Less Time Until The End’.

His passion for introspective electronic music is clearly visible in his latest release and his Kaito moniker is seemingly dedicated to this emotional side. Named after his son and translating as “the one that is able to explain the universe”, Kaito’s music is warm, analogue and immersive electronica, riddled with a million stories. Hiroshi’s a big believer in communicating through his music and opens up to the many ways a track can be perceived- he’s a storyteller, a painter of the night sky and the magician behind the soundtrack which accompanies them.

Hiroshi’s isolatedmix stems from this approach and takes us on a night-flight through some of his inspirations that span the spectrum of the ambient electronic genre – a perfect introduction to the newbie or an expertly curated accompaniment for the veteran. Hiroshi will be the guide, but you’ll make your own way there…

“I started with this kind of electronic music, mainly because my father created some very imaginative ambient music when I was child (around the late 70s). I was watching how he made the music and the sound seemed so impressive. It was because of this I fell in love with electronic music.

I love how the music can portray special images within each person – no-one the same, it’s impossible. There’s no need for vocals, or lyrics or words, just sound. I can close my eyes and it’s all I need – every person connecting to the universe through tension, energy and inspiration.

This is a selection of music which reflects that feeling – something special. Of course, there are tonnes to choose from and some amazing ambient music in the world, but this is just a little selection. Please enjoy the music and use your imagination to travel your own way”

isolatedmix 44 - Kaito aka Hiroshi Watanabe

Rhubarb Orc. 19.53 Rev

More info: https://asip.me/asip042

A Strangely Isolated Place proudly presents Mirror EP, the first label release from Hungarian electronic artist https://soundcloud.com/swanasa (A. Abigél Bánházi). Following her 2023 debut, When You Need to Rest, Let the Sounds Hold You, released on Budapest’s EXILES, Abigél’s Mirror EP serves as a captivating follow-up and a purposeful first introduction to the world of ASIP, showcasing her ability to bridge experimental sound design with hypnotic, meditative drones.

~

“We begin at the edge, the Sad Sea, where the waves mirror our emotions, a boundary between the conscious and the deep unknown. As we dive, the waters grow wild, swirling in the chaos of our unconscious. But through the storm, we start to see the patterns—guided by the wolf, the soul’s escort through the shadows.

Deeper still, silence falls. In this quiet, the voices of whales, and dolphins become our companions, leading us toward truth. The water washes away the darkness, and in that stillness, the swan rises—a symbol of transformation, of wisdom found.”

~

Mirror EP encompasses a diverse range of textures, from deeply immersive soundscapes to intricate rhythmic elements, reflecting swanasa's dedication to pushing the boundaries of ambient music, informed by the interplay of folk culture, Jungian psychology, and digital experimentation. Each composition is a seamless blend of synthetic and organic sounds, influenced by her connection to nature, creating an evocative experience that resonates with themes of ecological awareness and modern technology’s role in artistic expression.

Featuring rhythmic chanting and layered vocal samples that invoke a sense of ritual and deep introspection, washes of abstract sounds manipulated from the recordings of wolves, and mystical sounds straight from nature’s own. The EPs tracks highlight swanasa's exploration of sound as a symbolic language, inviting listeners into a world where the lines between reality and imagination blur.

swanasa's music is brought to life through her live performances, where Mirror EP and her previous material form the foundation for dynamic, meditative sets. Having performed alongside artists such as Abul Mogard, swanasa’s live shows emphasize deep listening and immersive sound environments, drawing audiences into her unique sonic world.

Mirror EP will be released on November 22nd, 2024, available as a digital download, mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri @ Black Knoll Studio, New York. The artwork, an original texture created by Zsuzsi Palman, continues the theme from Abigél’s first EP.

ASIP042 swanasa - Mirror

swanasa / Sad Sea

A Strangely Isolated Place presents a long-lost collaboration between Polish artists Olga Wojciechowska and Tomasz Walkiewicz as Monoparts—a partnership formed many years ago that resulted in an album once destined to remain unreleased.

Olga Wojciechowska, known for her modern-classical masterpieces such as Infinite Distances (2019) and Unseen Traces (2020), as well as her 2022 collaboration with Scanner, breaks all known expectations with Soothsayers. In a dramatic departure, Olga unveils a new and unexpected side, debuting her haunting vocals—a delicate, spellbinding performance that recalls the golden era of trip-hop, and comparisons to the sounds pioneered by Tricky, Massive Attack, and Martina Topley-Bird.

With Tomasz adding layers of depth through intricate beats and electronics, Olga’s voice becomes the emotional core of the record, conjuring an intimate and nostalgic atmosphere.

"This album is like becoming one with the earth itself—feeling the rawness of the wood, tasting the earth in your mouth, and sensing the presence of ancient spirits. The music carries a deep, primal energy, like being part of the forest, with creatures watching you from the shadows." - Olga Wojciechowska

To complete the journey, ASC lends his signature touch with a stunning drum’n’bass reinterpretation, amplifying the album’s nostalgic essence. Soothsayers emerges as a spellbinding ode to times gone by, in more ways than one.

Featuring artwork by Moon Patrol, with mastering and lacquer by Andreas LUPO Lubich, Soothsayers will be available on 12” maroon smoke-colored vinyl and Bandcamp on February 28th.

Monoparts / Soothsayers (ASIPV052) [Previews]

Following https://soundcloud.com/mikkel-rev's debut album on the label in 2023, ‘The Art Of Levitation’, the Norwegian artist returns with Journey Beyond, a selection of tracks demonstrating his innate ability to conjure the most atmospheric trance music, irrespective of BPM.

Journey Beyond was created from an extensive set of tracks sent to the label that were initially sequenced as two shorter EPs. With the first offering a slower 80bpm trance style, and the second EP, a classic ~130bpm trance style. However, over time, with tracks swapping in and out, ASIP had the idea to create a mixed version, progressing through the tracks and increasing bpm's, showcasing Mikkel’s ability in bridging euphoric worlds - and a style that is often reserved for Mikkel’s live performances amongst the forest raves held as part of the Ute Collective in Norway.

Classic trance and the art of a DJ mix have been influential to ASIP since the label’s inception, making this release and the process of creating it a true reflection of how Mikkel and the label come together to define the end output.

Featuring artwork by Ventral Is Golden and mastered by James Bernard.

Mikkel Rev / Journey Beyond (Mixed by ASIP) [ASIP043]

KILN https://soundcloud.com/kiln return with an opulent new display of hue and swing on Lemon Borealis, a sumptuous gallery of dazzling motifs that display a finely hewn concoction of visual tones and vital pulse.

Across its 12 cuts, this collection utilizes a fresh process of condensing immersive sprawl into compact, punchy and colorful sound. Using aspects of live performance, beatmaking and waveform sculpting, the troika of Kevin Hayes, Kirk Marrison and Clark Rehberg III create evocative and invigorating dioramas, continuing to surprise and enchant listeners after over thirty years into their collaboration.

Deep in waves of Hi-meets-Lo Fi, KILN delivers a panchromatic daymark arranged to biochemically align and stimulate your personal syntax, forging a tapestry of sonic reveries ranging from the aquarium-on-fire radiance of DrnkGrlfrnd, a garden groove of field-recorded percussion in Maplefunk Diptych, to the sizzling guit-noise whiteout of Deacon Rayhand.

Their eighth album, and first for A Strangely Isolated Place, on Lemon Borealis, KILN expands upon the long-explored themes of mosaic texture, subtle melancholy, eroded consonance, and vivid cadence to reveal yet another aperture to their unique magnetic universe.

Lemon Borealis will be available on 12” Transparent Yellow/Ochre Smoke vinyl and digital on July 18th. Lacquer cut by Andreas Lupo Lubich, and featuring artwork by KILN.

KILN / Lemon Borealis (ASIPV053) [PREVIEWS]

WVLT is the newest sonic addition from https://soundcloud.com/wndfrm (Portland-based, Tim Westcott), an album of eight distinct explorations of micro-rhythmic IDM.

Tim Westcott’s practice is rooted in an acute, nearly forensic attention to sound. Subtle tones, sculpted drones, and lean percussive gestures, always pursued with a patient ear and obsession with sound design. 

With previous releases on Prologue, Home Normal, and Dragon’s Eye Recordings, and several live performances at Mutek, a new album from Tim is a rare yet welcome occurrence. The conceptual approach for WVLT began in 2021, mixing synths with drum machines and granular processing. Lightly arced structures slip between gates of rhythm, shifting pulses, translucent washes, and disquieting residue. There’s a precision to the hesitation and an insistence in the space between notes, a deft balance of raw improvisation and sculpted quietude.

An exercise in immediacy and response, each track builds and unspools, like form in fleeting motion, driven by the moment’s tonal contrasts, micro‑rhythmic interplay, and slight gestures that alter entire planes of listening. It’s minimal without sparsity, intense without density.

Available digitally and on limited transparent dark blue 12”  vinyl on September 26th 2025. Mastered by Taylor Deupree @12k Mastering and featuring artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding.

WNDFRM / WVLT (ASIPV056) [Previews]

was just sitting and made this, free download.

Piano Song

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"British ambient band Marconi Union has drummed up the world's most relaxing song: Weightless is 8 mins 10 sec. of aural bliss" - Time Magazine, Best Inventions of the Year. 

"An excellent compilation from the always interesting Just Music" - The Sunday Times

"The Ambient Zone is an album that feels like the world is peeling away, layer by layer, into multi-colored panoramas, just for you" - Echoes (CD of The Month)

The Ambient Zone is a beautiful journey into ambient and electronica inspired by universal themes of calmness, purity, relaxation and enrichment where Weightless is coupled with some exclusive first releases and other blissfully ambient tracks from Just Music artists and alumni.

Created instinctively and intuitively by Marconi Union, Weightless has been claimed to have therapeutic properties in the way the track almost appears to have a heartbeat running through it which slows down very gently throughout the piece, encouraging a deep sense of relaxation in the body, It's use of specific rhythms, beep bass tones, frequencies and intervals induce an almost trance like state in the listener.

"The Ambient Zone is an album that just screams (albeit quietly) of pure class" - Fluid Nation.

Weightless (Ambient Transmission Vol. 2)

Weightless Part 1

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Marconi Union - Weightless

Another Sunday piece, when everything is shimmering and still... If you like this, check out my mini-album on  1631 Recordings, titled "Unhinged" : https://1631recordings.bandcamp.com/album/unhinged

Mike Lazarev - Sunday

Excerpt from Piano Day 2016

Recorded by Myles Mumford at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms

Eighty-Eight Days

Ambre (Nils Frahm)

Grey Whale Beach by Memimo Tuati now available on all the usual suspects:
Spotify	https://open.spotify.com/album/5fh3Y5goP7pjsC5LRBITPR
Deezer	http://www.deezer.com/album/14437418
Itunes	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/grey-whale-beach-single/id1171201542?uo=4&app=itunes
Google	https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Memimo_Tuati_Grey_Whale_Beach?id=Btw2uemyonuk2vqynuuwsafbduy
Amazon	http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MDTNEKH
bandcamp	http://memimotuati.bandcamp.com/track/grey-whale-beach

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/cff02c'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Grey Whale Beach

Grey Whale Beach by Memimo Tuati

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Art by: Mario Clara

Petroll - Repulsion

Track 1, titled 'Cuando El Misterio Es Demasiado Impresionante Es Imposible Desobedecer' taken from Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri's album, 'La Equidistancia'. Available April 10th. Pre-order now available: https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/la-equidistancia

ASIPV008 - Leandro Fresco and Rafael Anton Irisarri / La Equidistancia

Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri / Cuando El Misterio Es Demasiado Impresionante...

Feeling of significance.
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Arros - Refresh One's Memory

Music that transcends time and place from Seahawks. 
For more info and download: http://asip.me/isolatedmix87

Tracklist:
1. Iasos – Helios and Vesta 
2. Seahawks – Eyes Of The Moon (Ocean Moon ambient mix)
3. Clifford White – Lost At Shore
4. Suzanne Ciani – Eighth Wave
5. Meditation Y.S. – Neocrystal (On The Beach Mix)
6. Swami Kriya Ramananda – Hymn To A New Age
7. Larry Heard – Summertime Breeze
8. Waak Waak Djungi – Rainbow Serpent
9. Jon Anderson – Deseo (Future Sound Of London remix)
10. Emerald Web – Nightsong
11. Seahawks – Run Through My Mind
12. Wally Badarou – Awa
13. Yoshio Ojima – Glass Chattering
14. Body San – Marimba Class
15. Iasos – Helios and Vesta

ASIP - isolatedmix 87 Seahawks: Celestial Voyage

isolatedmix 87 - Seahawks: Celestial Voyage

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JPom - Kaze

With releases on introspective labels such as Archives and Fluid Audio this isolatedmix, focuses on deep, rich textures, presented by Michael Tasselmyer, Andrew Tasselmyer, and Steven Kemner, known to many of us as Hotel Neon. More info and download: http://asip.me/isolatedmix90 https://soundcloud.com/hotelneonmusic

ASIP - isolatedmix 90 Hotel Neon

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isolatedmix 90 - Hotel Neon

You thought you knew New Age until you knew a Newer Age. Our latest Portals looks at a world of New Age through the lens of more recent releases. More information and download: http://asip.me/portals7

ASIP - Portals Episode 7: The Newer Age

from 'Glam Tear Stain' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den322
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/davidnorland

David Norland is an Emmy-nominated English composer living and working in Los Angeles. Most recently he composed the score to the current HBO film “My Dinner With Herve” (HBO 2018) starring Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan.

His work with Emmy-winning director Sacha Gervasi includes the award-winning documentary "Anvil! The Story Of Anvil", (which won the IDA Best Feature award, an Emmy award, the Indie Spirit Best Doc award, and numerous other best doc awards around the world) as well as the score for “November Criminals” (Sony 2017) starring Chloe Moretz and Ansel Elgort. David Norland was also the music supervisor for the movie "Hitchcock" featuring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren & Scarlett Johansson.

Since 2010 he has composed much of the music for US broadcasting giant ABC’s primetime news documentaries. His work for ABC is broadcast in the US and around the world on a daily basis.

Having been a chorister from an early age, singing daily in Westminster Abbey, and a boy treble in The Elizabethan Consort of Voices, a touring choral group of the time, he also composes choral music. His electronic band Solar Twins was signed by Madonna to Maverick Records, and rode high on the US dance charts, and his record writing, production and mixing work with Jamaican legends Sly and Robbie has been nominated for a Grammy.

"Glam Tear Stain" is the first real solo full length of David Norland. It combines electronic influences, elements of his film scoring work and more intimate, minimalistic piano and string arrangements.

"The music I want to make has changed over time - from imitation baroque pieces as an 11 year old chorister, through guitar pop with my first teenage bands, experimental sonic works with my first rudimentary recording equipment in my early 20s, through electronics, drum and bass, and reggae, leading finally to piano, choral, and string music informed by my film scoring work.”

"Glam Tear Stain" is simple melodic and tonal music for for piano and strings, filtered through the electronic, spatial, and experimental lens of Norland's earlier musical endeavors - and on a personal level was made over a time of profound sadness, change, and acceptance. It’s more unapologetically emotional than other music in the broad neoclassical field, and often stranger, too, drawing from influences as diverse as Future Sound Of London and 16th century English choral music.

"Glam Tear Stain" is the first album of a series of further solo works that David Norland will be releasing via Denovali over the next years.

Glam Tear Stain

David Norland - Agate Or Barium

Taken from the upcoming album 'Chapters' on Fluid Audio...

Music: Und_Ne
Mastering: Ian Hawgood
Design: Daniel Crossley

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com/mailing-list

Chapters

und_ne - Chapter 5

Pools

Enfolding

Jim Perkins - Enfolding

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

It’s Raining, Pt. 1

offthesky - 'fallow' (CD / CS / DL)
due out November 1st via Dronarivm

pre-orders start October 18th

fallow
definition: [verb] - to leave (land) fallow (uncultivated and un-sown for a period of time).

the songs herein are an ode to the still beauty of forgotten light, the smell of dust-covered memory, and time-stained fragments of abandoned space at the edge of winters past.

credits

vocals - rin howell
strings - julie slater
composed effects; all other sounds - jason corder

Buy CD / CS / DL

OFFTHESKY - Fallow

Remixed by Meydän
Original track by @poemme

Poemme - Southbound Formations (Meydän Remix)

Now available to preorder: asip.me/asipv020

Taken from Olga Wojciechowska's release on ASIP titled 'Infinite Distances', released November 4th 2019. 

Initially put together in memory of a family member, Olga Wojciechowska’s new album, 'Infinite Distances' is built around a similar-sounding melody that appears across the backbone of the album - the sign of something that won’t let go. Opening with ‘Images Imprisoned Within You’, the beautiful orchestral piece sets the tone for a potentially optimistic journey. But the album, with its changes in direction and varying emotion portrayed throughout the seven tracks, somehow always ends up at the same place. It was a memory Olga couldn’t shake. 

Told through several different approaches, varying from expansive modern-classical pieces, to more experimental and electronic touches in tracks like ‘Memory Of The Pioneers’ and ’Starless Water’; ‘Infinite Distances’ is a personal recollection that spans the emotions surrounding the feelings of loss; the highs, the lows, the polaroid-like happy memories, the ones that you never want to let go, and those that will never quite fade away. 

In contrast to the inspiration behind the album, the artwork from Marco Vannini brings a vivid and subjective aspect to the release, whilst maintaining the idea of fragmented and juxtaposing memories together in one place. 

As a true multi-instrumentalist, Olga has produced as Strië, for Serein with ‘Perpetual Journey’ (2018) and previously as her true name Olga Wojciechowska for the likes of Time Released Sound. Olga has also produced alongside Erik Skodvin on Sonic Pieces, collaborated with Greg Haines and reworked Nathan Fake on Ninja Tune. Olga can also be heard in the more contemporary space with commissions by Oslo Opera House and the Royal Opera House.

ASIPV020 Olga Wojciechowska - Infinite Distances [Digital Masters]

Olga Wojciechowska / Images Imprisoned Within You (ASIPV020)

Brambles returns with a new album and an accompanying inspired isolatedmix. More info and download: http://asip.me/isolatedmix94

"This mix is a little trip around my current influences. Starting with experimental ambient, to left-field pop and ending with dreamy folky shoegaze. Some tracks are recent discoveries and others are tracks I keep returning to. I love how the internet has spawned so many micro-genres and niches. It's overwhelming at times but also exciting to find a new style and follow that path through the various artists, collaborations and offshoots. I have also included an unreleased Brambles track which will be on my forthcoming album" - M.

ASIP - isolatedmix 94 Brambles

Morre info

isolatedmix 94 - Brambles

The new single from Will Samson - taken from the forthcoming album, Paralanguage, out 6th December.

Will Samson - Flowerbed

I See Planets

Under The Blue

Nearly thirty years after the original recording, I decided to reinterpret one of the best electronic albums of all time using completely new music. For the full tracklist visit: http://asip.me/portals8

ASIP - Portals Episode 8: The KLF's Chill Out (A New Dimension)

Finding calm in an age of information overload can be hard. To close our eyes, take a deep breath, and be fully present is such a treasure. Jacob David's piece Dvale was born in just such a moment...

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Dvale

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Jacob David - Dvale

Sometimes, an album comes along which blows everything else out of the water. Then, you learn it’s the artist’s very first release in this particular style. And then, that little tingly feeling you get from discovering a new favourite artist creeps up your back at you sit clasping your headphones with eyes wide open, in anticipation for the next track, for more, and more.

This sounds pretty dramatic, but this is exactly how I felt when I first heard Roger Martinez’s self-titled production as Horizontal Excursions. The electronic DJ/Producer from the Netherlands had well and truly grabbed my attention under his new moniker and his album, was easily one of the best releases of 2011.

Two years later, Roger has revisited his Horizontal Excursions ambient guise, taken a trip into nature’s beating heart and pulled off another absolutely beautiful piece of work that ambient enthusiasts like me, simply fall for again and again.

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The wilderness stirs something primal and unfathomable in us all. We become overwhelmed, awestruck, even emboldened, by these untamed frontiers, content to revel in the unspoiled beauty or compelled to explore what lies within. For some, it’s a cold, harsh reality; an unforgiving tundra of survival and subsistence. But, when afforded the indulgence, this isolation is the purest of them all.

“There aren’t many places left in Western Europe where you can still immerse yourself in pure wilderness” Roger begins, “in fact, the only environment where I have truly experienced this is in certain parts of Switzerland. My latest trip to Zermatt, located in the canton of Valais, has greatly shaped the music in this symphony and I was reminded that all of nature is something that should be respected and revered.”

A regular traveller through the country, Roger’s willingness to lose himself (in every sense of the word) in the abundance of natural beauty heralded Symphonica Helvetica – an untainted journey through the mysticism of the Alps, velveteen swoop of Swiss valleys, and the siren-song of nature.

“Away from the large cities of Zürich and Basel, you enter into a totally different kind of environment,” he states. “For me mountainous areas epitomize something indescribable, something sacred. I lose sense of identity and, sometimes literally, become lost in the landscape around me.

Inspired by the power of his surroundings, Symphonica Helvetica crystallizes those moments, and Roger captures, and softens, the endeavour of trekking through the terrain. A symphonic soundtrack that casts a heavy ambient blanket, there’s a sense of uphill resistance as the summit nears; the enormity of casting an infinite gaze for miles; the deep, contented inhale as you survey the forest canopy thousands of feet below and feel, for that moment, like it’s all you.

“In these places you really see nature at work: sculpting, flowing and grinding through the mountains,” Roger explains. “The fruits of my past trips through the mountains of Switzerland have amalgamated into the symphony that I present to you here. This is the musical translation of the visions and experiences I had standing on the edge of mountain cliffs, overlooking valleys, walking through snow-clad forests, enchanted by mountain tops in full view. These are the shamanic songs of Mother Nature still at reign in her grand domain: a living myth put into sound pressure waves.”

http://asip.me/ASIP024

ASIP024 Horizontal Excursions - Symphonica Helvetica

More info including an interview with Rafael > http://asip.me/isolatedmix37

http://www.substratafestival.com/
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-make-another-memorable-substrata-happen

Tracklist:

0:00. Lawrence English – Patterns Review
1:28. Rafael Anton Irisarri – Substrata Hydrophonic Listening
2:15. Yagya/The Sight Below – Sleepygirl
6:52. Markus Guentner – Get Anything Done In This World
16:17. Loscil – Hastings Sunrise
23:09. Mirrorring – Drowning The Call
29:45. Svarte Greiner – Final Sleep
32:57. Tim Hecker – Dungeoneering
37:28. Scanner – 47° 36′ 35″ N, 122° 19′ 59″ W
40:47. Biosphere – Warmed By The Drift
47:11. Jacaszek – Lament
54:01. Nils Frahm – Ambre
57:39. Marcus Fischer – Shape To Shore
63:05. Oren Ambarchi – Stars Aligned, Webs Spun
66:10. Eluvium – Under The Water It Glowed


isolatedmix 37 - Rafael Anton Irisarri: Substrata Edition

01. Accelra - Three Suns [Futuresequence] 
02. Nils Frahm - For [Erased Tapes] 
03. Jacaszek - Zal [Miasmah] 
04. Ulver - Eos [The End] 
05. Deaf Center - Hunted Twice [Type] 
06. Ferrein - Hover [Farver] 
07. Allez Allez - Defeatist (Somfay 'Doubled Up Foldable Iona Rarity' Remix) [free] 
08. Mark Morgan - Metallic Monks [Fallout OST] 
09. Volor Flex - Mistake [dub] 
10. Martin Stig Andersen - Gravity Jump [Limbo OST] 
11. Talvihorros - Alpha [Hibernate] 
12. Keosz - Desire [dub]

http://asip.me/isolatedmix38

isolatedmix 38 - Bulb - Stereogamia

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