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Mystic Science (Origin 2007)

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It comes as no surprise to find that Epic45 grew up - and still reside - in a small rural village in the heartland of the English Midlands.Based around the nucleus of 27-year-old school friends Ben Holton and Rob Glover, Epic45 have had a varied and fluid line-up since their debut in 1999, releasing a series of highly acclaimed EPs and albums for labels such as Bearos, Awkward Silence and Where Are My Records. The band has also received radio airplay from the late John Peel, Steve Lamacq and Verity Sharp.

Inspired by their surroundings, blissful childhood summers and mysterious/inspiring walks, the duo have been making music for more than a decade.

Epic45's last full-length album, 2007's “May Your Heart Be The Map” cemented the band's reputation as purveyors of gorgeous, hazy, atmospheric pop. Described by Word Magazine as “The best English summer album ever”, it displayed Epic45's masterful blending of acoustic and electronic instruments, their subtle use of field recordings to evoke different moods and memories, and glorious, understated vocal harmonies.

The first single from epic45’s new album, Weathering, is a song co-written 
by the band along with Stephen Jones of Babybird. The collaboration came about 
after Stephen saw a Youtube video of epic45 covering the early Babybird track,
‘Losing My Hair’ on a French radio station. Impressed by their cover, he contacted 
the band and after a few email exchanges, they agreed to work together on a track 
for epic45’s new album. 

Stephen lends his trademark falsetto vocals and lyrics to the track and, as with all 
of the other collaborations on Weathering, this was done entirely over the internet, 
with both parties still yet to meet in person.

epic45 - With Our Backs To The City

Inside invites you closer behind the scenes of Martin's studio, through dusty crackled samples, dub chords, layered atmospheres, drones and sonic ideas salvaged from previous live sessions and recordings, found throughout his hardware and recording libraries. 

To make the mix even more special, we've had three parts of the mix mastered by NikosF and prepared for download here on Bandcamp. There's a minimal price for the release for the people seeking extra quality, but the actual mix is as always, free to download here: http://asip.me/isolatedmix59

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isolatedmix 59 - Martin Nonstatic: Inside

Dirty Sticky Floors

Maybe

Un singe en hiver

Un singe en hiver (New Version)

The Nebulae live session took place in February 2016 at the Zeiss Planetarium in Bochum, Germany and presented performances by Ultimae artists with a special dome projection by Tobias Wiethoff. 
This is one of the recordings… 

Martin Nonstatic opened his live performance with "Into the Nebulae" a brand new work to introduce a spaced out exploration of his Granite album. All tracks were fully reworked to create a vaster atmosphere to fill the dome. You'll recognise the spirit, the story is something else!

Nebulae Live at the Planetarium

Distance B (Distanced Live Edit)

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Distance B - Distanced Live edit

Kurukshetra (Far East Live Edit)

Kurukshetra - Far East Live edit

Out of Silence (Live edit)

Out of Silence - Live edit

Luminal Remastered

Razz

Nuclear Sun - Chronicle of a Nuclear Disaster

End Credits - in Memoriam

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

Mystic Science (Origin 2007)

Solar Fields