Deep Texture Techno

The Unexpected Hours EP associates the works of AES Dana (Vincent Villuis) and MIKTEK (Mihalis Aikaterinis), the third chapter in a series of three. 

Dedicated to these time-lapse moments, when the Big Clock suddenly seems to stop, when we are entirely free of any burden, enjoying only the current flow and the simple pleasure, in a timeless and undefined cocoon. 

These 4 new & closing tracks continue to paint sturdy contrasts, conflicting and paradoxical emotions through grainy and liquid Drum works, magnetic soundscapes, blurry interferences and rushed audio switches. Welcome to the final intersections. 

The Unexpected Hours

Small Things Matter

Swiss deejay Cyril Miserez _dj mizoo takes you on a vibrant journey through vast downtempo ambient soundscapes with solid incursions in the deep trance and techno fields. Featuring engaging tracks from the deejay himself, Ultimae’s AES Dana, Scann-Tec, I Awake feat. Hybrid Leisureland, Cell, Miktek and new comers to the label’s realms such as Mystic Crok, Om aka Ovnimoon, Ascendant and Claudio PRC.

« … tiny seeds slowly converged, took root and from the depth, gently germinated… Greenosophy opens the door to these thoughtful, lunar and at times enlivened blooms »

Mizoo’s Greenosophy Second Chapter is a warm and lush record combining music by some of the finest composers, it’s a smooth outward extension from the original Greenosophy. 
Cyril Miserez dedicates this story to Francis Bégert, Michel Jaouen and Roberto Bonagura.

Mastered by Vincent Villuis at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe and Vincent Villuis

GREENOSOPHY chapter II | Collected by Mizoo

Black Flowers

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Throwback

Iolite

Security

Domo

From the passionate lands of France, Arnaud Galoppe, known as Focal and Kinosura, has hand-mixed an emotional labyrinth of dark techno and melancholy ambience in Ultimae’s latest compilation.
Polarity is a double-sided conglomerate of electronic expressions from all over the world, spanning across atmospheric soundworlds of intimate drone and deep, industrial progressions.
This collection of heartwarming soundscapes and foot-stomping house beats is smoother than butter, a series of 26 top-notch tracks that paint an interesting, auditory adventure. Although the album has a minimalistic approach, it offers a surprisingly detailed production. Each track is layered with expert craftsmanship and hypnotic melodies laced against diverse, psychedelic noise echoing in the distance.
Polarity is certainly an experience worth traversing, and we are proud to host it as an excellent addition to any electronica connoisseur's sound-library.

The Polarity artwork was imagined by plasticians Suzy Lelièvre and Raphaël Kuntz.
From a sphere, they conceived a parametric deformation protocol for a decomposition in several stages.
While Suzy imagines shapes and the potential modifications to impact, Raphaël works on the incarnation process to extract a mineral matter look, something geological, almost chemical. As they materialise, with slow lighting work, shapes undergo random offsets, revealing the tension between a near scientific protocol and its subjective interpretation. Beyond the infinite production of singular shapes, the goal of both artists, especially for this project, is to invent new processes that invite a reconsideration of our attitude to shapes.
In the same way, from Ambient to Techno, through a game of modulation of pads, rhythms and frequencies, Polarity offers a variety of musical spectra flowing into one another, a melodic exploration of the twists and turns which link both universes.

Mastered by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev at Ultimae Studios. 
Original Artworks by Suzy Lelièvre & Raphaël Kuntz.
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe.
Text credits : Emmanuelle Hebert & Nick Sumbles.

POLARITY | mixed by Focal

Otherness

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AES DANA | Otherness

The other half of Code Therapy (@Crennwiick) joins Floating Machine for a tech-trance flavored remix of the title track, 'Decompress'. Hypnotic and compelling progressive sounds ahead!

De|Compress

Floating Machine - Decompress (Code Therapy Remix)

Ultimae proudly presents the second edition of AES Dana’s highly acclaimed POLLEN album printed on CD, 2xLP and all digital formats.
Fully remastered, this vibrant and powerful opus presents 10 tracks fusing IDM/Downtempo, Deep Tech and ProgressiveTrance. 
A cinematic album which offers new perceptions of the work of the composer who weaved symphonic pads into deep bass grooves and haunting themes while bringing out a certain melancholia brushed by stratified rhythms.
Passionate about the concept of pollination and how it transposes with music, sounds, technology and humanity, Vincent Villuis recorded and gathered moments of his life as he walked through cities, fields, seaside and airports. Back in the studio, he introduced these field recordings in his electronic compositions to yield tracks that are eclectic yet retain a common essence. In this configuration, man and machine are both pollinators and pollenizers; music is the pollen.

Pollen

Borderline

Borderline (remaster)

Tree.Some

Tree.Some (remaster)

An electrifying stratosphere of vibrant realms and enchanting tonalities evolves with every breath of Martin Nonstatic’s hand-crafted synthscapes and mind-massaging oscillations, “Ligand” is an ambient downpour of dramatic euphoria.
Dark, yet soulful minimalism is engraved within the atmospheric frequencies that paint its melancholy walls, a downtempo outcry of distant, mechanical pads and dystopian melodies crawling against an auditory horizon.

Written and produced by Martin Van Rossum
Mastered by Vincent Villuis and Vladislav Isaev at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe and Vincent Villuis
Text by Nick Sumbles

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Ligand

Dendrictic Ice

Outermost Structure

Ultimae is proud to announce the release of the LIGAND Remixes by Martin Nonstatic, an immersive puzzle - complex and distractive - shaped by various talented artists : Erot (Denmark), Floating Machine (Portugal), Roel Funcken (Netherlands), Scann-Tec (Russia), Miktek (Greece), AES Dana (France) and Martin himself (Austria).

The 7 tracks explore the emotive IDM and Dubby Tech fields with some incursions in cloudy Electronica. 

Every artist involved in this restructuring musical project endeavored to create brand new tracks - real tribute to the initial ones – with re-dreamt audio architectures and feelings.

Mastering by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev | Ultimae Studios
Artwork design : Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis
Photo credits : Herman IJssel

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