Saturated Reworks

Mike Lazarev - Saturated Signals (Jason van Wyk Rework)

Sketches On Silence is an experimental ambient drone EP

There’s a certain feeling that creeps in when listening to Illuvia. A delicate suspension between rhythm and atmosphere, where the weight of a breakbeat never overwhelms the stillness it moves through. 

Since debuting as Illuvia on ASIP with Iridescence of Clouds back in 2021, Ludvig Cimbrelius has steadily carved out his own temporal rift in the world of ambient and jungle- a sound that sidesteps nostalgia and instead uncovers a forgotten future buried deep in the recesses of our collective memory. 

With such a history on the label going back to our earliest of releases and our 7th vinyl press (as Purl, alongside Lav) this is the second time Ludvig has appeared on an isolatedmix, along with the close ties and inspiration of this Portals mix from God Is No Longer A DJ. 

Both across his latest release, Earth Prism, and  Iridescence of Clouds, he introduced a world of ambient lovers to weightless pads combined with chopped breaks, barely tethered to gravity, and melodies that seemed to shimmer. It was both an echo of something familiar and an entirely new dialect, not strictly jungle, not wholly ambient, not liquid in the traditional sense, but unmistakably Illuvia. 

This new mix is a continuation of those worlds. Or maybe a glance sideways into a parallel one. Illuvia’s approach has always been about restraint and resonance: every snare hit is softened by reverb, every progression feels like it’s been carved out of silence. 

For those who have followed his trajectory through ASIP and beyond, this is another precious window into Ludvig’s meticulous and emotive world. And for those new to it, welcome.

isolatedmix 131 - Illuvia: 'Mauna Kea'

Soar. Featuring in the original motion picture soundtrack for the documentry Toxic Harvest set for release 01.09.2025

SOAR

Jason van Wyk is a composer and music producer based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Starting with his first release in 2004, producing mostly club music during this period, his productions soon found a home on the Dutch label Black Hole Recordings, where numerous singles, collaborations and remixes followed.

2013 saw the release of van Wyk’s first solo album Days You Remember. Moving away from his previously established sound, the album took on a range of influences, from abstract electronic music to post-classical and ambient.

Van Wyk’s second album Attachment was released in 2016 and his third album Opacity in 2017 on the UK label Home Normal. Both albums consisted of minimal compositions for piano, chamber strings and electronics.

In 2018, van Wyk signed to the American label n5MD. His fourth album Threads was released 23 July 2021, with its followup, Descendants, released 21 October 2022. While Threads reflects some of his previous electronic works, Descendants builds upon these production methods, taking its underlying elements further and pushing them to their extremes while diving further into abstract and ambient territory.

Besides his releases, van Wyk has composed for various film, documentary and media projects. These include the feature film Triggered (released through Samuel Goldwyn Films), brands such as The Criterion Collection, Taschen and LinkedIn, library and production music for Universal, Paramount and Netflix, as well as sound design work for Roland.

2023 saw a return to n5MD with Deepriver — a collaborative project together with Swedish, Stockholm-based Joni Ljungqvist. Working together since 2009, this new direction finds the two experimenting with atmosphere and composition to maximal effect while recalling the sounds and nostalgia of electronic music from decades past. Their first release, Volume One, was released 16 June.

Bio written by James Harris (updated June 2023)

Mike Lazarev - Saturated Signals (Jason van Wyk Rework)

Jason van Wyk

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