:) that amp mod sound combined with the diving porta part is fantastic !

03. Reflective Cognition

Ultimae label founder Vincent Villuis aka AES Dana returns to one of his favourite emotional fields with (a) Period. and explores these times of forlornness and oblivion in a Cinematic Ambient 10 chapter story. 

As a creative observer, the French artist instantiates our endeavour to establish stillness, he steers the tale with a wide palette of sensitive chords, melting distant rumbles into bittersweet melodies and diaphanous pads thus leading the listener to a state of introspection and intimate isolationism. 

AES Dana's 9th album "(a) period. " stands as an elegy for unimaginable loss, and, as the composer says, "any resemblance with your personal experience is no coincidence".

All tracks written & produced by Vincent Villuis
Mastering by Vincent Villuis | Ultimae Studios
Artwork design : Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis
Photo credits : Ivan Tsaregorodtsev

inre0105 - (C) & (P) 2021 Ultimae

(a) period.

Period 07_Evermore

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AES DANA | Period 07_Evermore

Download the full EP from Bandcamp: https://andrewodd.bandcamp.com/album/simplicity

Andrew Odd - Purity

From the debut album "Interstellar" by 
Terminus Void.

About Terminus Void: 
Founded in 2021, Terminus Void is the ambient space music project of Seattle based independant electronic music composer J. Ronald Smith. 

If you enjoy the music of Terminus Void, please consider following Terminus Void and sharing this soundtrack.

Interstellar

Distant World

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Distant World(Ambient Space)

Title track from the debut album "Interstellar" by 
Terminus Void.

About Terminus Void: 
Founded in 2021, Terminus Void is the ambient space music project of Seattle based independant electronic music composer J. Ronald Smith. 

If you enjoy the music of Terminus Void, please consider following Terminus Void and sharing this soundtrack.

Interstellar (Ambient Space)

The second album release from Terminus Void, Origins Unknown, available now on Bandcamp and your favorite streaming service.

To purchase this album: https://terminusvoid.bandcamp.com/album/origins-unknown

Follow Terminus Void:

▪ www.terminusvoid.com
▪ http://www.youtube.com/terminusvoid
▪ https://terminusvoid.bandcamp.com
▪ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4sFGFbJT64mn7tbnodKRM8
▪ https://www.instagram.com/terminus_void/
▪ https://twitter.com/terminus_void

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Origins Unknown

03 - Terminus Void - Origins Unknown

Ultimae proudly presents "ISOLATED", a various artists compilation selected by Danish DJ Christian Samsara with a definite ambient and cinematic downtempo spirit.
The 10-track story presents exquisite tracks by Christian Samsara, Martin Nonstatic, AES Dana, Erot, Lauge, Claudio PRC, SONMI451, MIKTEK and newcomer to our realm, ASC. 

It reveals remarkable nuance and depth of field, fuses intricate rhythmic patterns and atmospheric elements with evocative melodies conveying a gentle mesmerizing power. 
A feeling of wandering and softened yearning fills the air; isolation, according to Christian Samsara, heightens our senses and brings up a deeper resonance with music and nature.

Written and produced by James Clements, Tore Kofod Hyldahl, Vincent Villuis, Claudio Porceddu, Martin Van Rossum, Mihalis Aikaterinis, Henrik Laugesen, Christian Borgmann and Bernard Zwijzen.

Artwork by Christian Samsara & Vincent Villuis
Mastering by Vincent Villuis | Ultimae Studios
C&P 2022 Ultimae

ISOLATED

Silicium

EROT & CHRISTIAN SAMSARA | Silicium

Liquid Oxygen

Sphere

Moth

NEW RELEASE
Kaito 
The Invisible and Irreplaceable   

1. The Invisible and Irreplaceable 06:43
2. Where the Silence Stays 06:08
3. The Invisible and Irreplaceable (beatless version) 06:43

This marks first Kaito release on my own label since the spring of 2024. 
These two tracks unfold as a meditative soundscape — an exploration of where the Kaito sound is heading, and a quiet inquiry into what it truly means to live as a human being. 
Not simply music, but a reflection: on time, on presence, and on the unseen forces that shape our inner lives. 

Cosmic Signatures
released August 1, 2025 


https://hiroshiwatanabe.bandcamp.com/album/the-invisible-and-irreplaceable


The Invisible and Irreplaceable

The Humming

1708 TYPE BEAT Cm

[ Passages ] is the third compilation by London based DJ, promoter and music journalist Massimo Terranova aka Nova. Following in the footsteps of his previous releases, [ Albedo ] in 2005 and Imaginary Friends in 2009, Nova presents a brand new mix of emo-ambient and electronica to evoke today’s dichotomy in relationships and rites of passage.

Gathering emerging artists and seasoned talents in the realms of pulsating minimal dubs, atmospherica, and downtempo, [ Passages ] offers a rich palette of serial music and soundscapes depicting the London’s urban skyline and a life of mono/poly-chromatic contrasts.

Nova delivers an elegant musical story wrapped in Italian art & fashion photographer Giovanni Calemma’s modish black and white illustrations and featuring James Murray, Fingers in the Noise, Cygna, Brando Lupi, Miktek, Murya, Martin Nonstatic, Lars Leonhard, AES Dana, Connect.Ohm, Max Million and Zinovia.
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Released April 16, 2014
inre068 - (C) & (P) Ultimae 2014
https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/passages-framed-by-nova
https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/passages-framed-by-nova-24bits


All songs framed by Nova.
Artwork design and mastering by Vincent Villuis | Ultimae Studio(contact : studio@ultimae.com)

[ PASSAGES ] | framed by Nova

Kinematics

Ultimae proudly presents the new remastered edition of Connect.Ohm's first album "9980" a subtle and emotive story born of the musical encounter between Hidetoshi Koizumi aka Hybrid Leisureland and Alexandre Scheffer aka Cell.

The nine tracks on "9980" compose a serene ballad in atmospheric realms where finely chiseled rhythms and fluid melodies are sustained by discreet downtempo grooves and deep drones. 
Koizumi’s widely spread, otherworldly, organic, sustained wizardry, compliments Scheffer’s spiraling, liquid, delicate yet sumptuous acid ambient type architecture. This combination creates a kinetic and spacious tapestry that stimulates the mind and soul. A pure delight for vast soundscapes audiophiles.

This second edition released with a brand new artwork will be available in CD and all digital formats on June 28th 2018 and a few weeks later as a magnificent Double LP.

Written & produced by Alex Scheffer & Hidetoshi Koizumi. 
Mastering by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev | Ultimae Studios. 
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis.
Words by Nocturnal Ghost | Igloomag

9980

Winter Sorrows (remastered)

Modular Works I now on Bandcamp for free. Features this track + 24 other modular tracks written between Dec. 2017 and through 2018. Get it here: https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/modular-works-i

State Azure - Warm Air (Modular Works I now available on Bandcamp)

State Azure - Errant Signals

Producer of electronic, ambient and experimental music from the south coast of England.

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Bio:

Immersed in the synth-pop and electronica of the Eighties growing up in southern England, State Azure (b. 1972) found early inspiration in Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, and Vangelis. Deconstructing their tracks ignited his passion, leading him to develop a foundational understanding of electronic music theory, composition and production entirely by ear and experimentation.

He honed his skills as a keyboardist and producer within live bands before venturing into solo ambient/experimental territory. This self-taught journey fostered a deeply improvisational and emotional approach, free from the confines of formal training.

State Azure's sonic world is further shaped by influences beyond music, drawing heavily from science fiction, cosmology, physics, and technology.

Seizing the opportunity presented by the burgeoning online music scene, he launched the State Azure project to connect directly with listeners, debuting with the album 'Outlines' in December 2011.


Thanks for listening and leaving your comments/feedback, it's very much appreciated and really helps to keep me motivated and pushing forward.
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Releases:

"Disconnect" - Album released: 30/3/2014
https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/disconnect

"Snowblind" https://offworldrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ofw034-transmissions-volume-4

"So Long, Eternity" - album released 21/3/2013
http://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/so-long-eternity

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/so-long-eternity/id628160193

"Candle" 2-track Single http://www.loodmarecordings.com/loodma0020.cfm

"Reminisce EP"  on Loodma Recordings http://www.loodmarecordings.com/loodma0016

"Outlines"  Album released 24/12/11 - Free or pay what you want. Download: http://stateazure.bandcamp.com/

"Passing City Lights" track - part of a compilation album "Beautiful Sounds Pt.1". A Loodma Recordings release can be found here. http://www.beatport.com/release/beautiful-sounds-pt-1/395218

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Other projects:
http://soundcloud.com/synapsia ambient/dark ambient.

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Contact: stateazure@gmail.com

Dance like you're an animal that's living in an ecosystem and you will be living the truth. Move your body to the music__more technically, contract and relax the muscles in time with the beat and you'll be dancing. Ignore the nay-sayers that believe in nothing that can be proven whilst disbelieving that which science has proven (beyond a reasonable \ informed persons doubt). Feel the bones as you move to the vibration of the music. Understand that certain sounds, environments, social situations, will increase adrenaline that may increase the beat of your heart.  

Be wise, many are lost in the music. Educate, but, some won't learn how to listen. Nurture being humble especially when dealing with the arrogant. Humans specifically, are nothing special  (i.e., believing we are greater than nature is nothing but hubris, & that ignorance is causing environmental neglect) 

There is an objective reality that can be known (understood at some level or another). We do live and breath on a planet that's orbiting a star (the Sun) How would you infer that fact in some music? Song? (lyrics) or, for example, a sound that tried to represent the 'massiveness' of the planet that we live on? Or for example, if we could hear the sound of one hydrogen atom, what would it sound like? What is a cold or hot sound? a hard or soft sound? A high or low sound? A red or blue sound? We can detect \ see the differences in frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum between the colour red and blue. We can hear the difference in frequency (pitch) between a "C" & an "D" note. Music is somewhat subjective (mind). However, sound is objective. Vision is somewhat subjective. However, light is objective. 

I've been a passionate music listener for many years. Over thirty years ago whilst under the influence of cannabis (if you choose to, use, e.g., vape, cannabis sparingly. i.e., ask, is this helping my well-being?), I had such an 'out of the ordinary' experience whilst listening to music, that ever since that event, I’ve believed that music is the answer, the solution, to many of societies' woes. Thirty years later my understanding of the effect of music, and sound in general, on human behaviour, is more of a science than a mere faith (belief) For example, sound in general is “out there” (changes in air pressure). Sound is an objective, a physical, quality (objective reality). However, music is in our minds (but, it’s properties are now electro-chemical). Music is subjective in that music is what our brains perceive under certain circumstances (timing, pitch [AKA frequency], etc.) Whilst humans do show a preference for different genres of music, what we perceive as musical are sounds that have certain qualities, and the dominant musical quality is timing. Or to be more precise, a repeating quality that we can recognise, and typically, sense some pleasure in for it to be experienced as musical’. Why are we able to recognise the difference in pitch? An “A” note from a “C” note? Why are we able to recognise the the difference between green and red? The why is due to our evolved physiology. It was, it is, evolutionary beneficial to be able to recognise the colour of ripe fruit, for example. To recognise the difference between a friendly or angry sound (human or non human animal). Fundamentally, our ability to perceive and appreciate music is an evolutionary adaptation. Furthermore, humans are “wired” to be social animals. Music can bring us together. 

I understand that music can change cultures, and that cultures do need to change (will change radically, one way or another)__especially in regards to taking far more care of the environment, and one another. In one sense, apathy or neglect  for the environment, for nature, is simply due to a lack of awareness (consciousness). Time waits for no person. The environment won’t wait for us to recognise, to learn, that we need to sustain it (to sustain ourselves) Therefore, the solution is to raise awareness about the environment. For example, to provide excess to the form of education so that people develop the comprehension, the understanding about what clouds are (water vapour) and how clouds form. That understanding, in of itself, is a step towards understanding that we live in an ecosystem (that’s a good place to start)

Many of the people I’ve met, including family members that I’ve known since I was a child, don’t understand that they’re animals living in an ecosystem. In fact, out of all the myriads of animals that exist on planet Earth, only a percentage of humans understand themselves enough to understand that they're animals. Whilst studies using mirrors suggest that our closet "cousins" chimpanzees have a sense of self, it would be guess work, in other words I doubt it very much, to think that chimps know that they're chimps. The term chimpanzee, is a human construct. We know that chimps are our closest living relatives because we can study anatomy and genetics, etc. We know that humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor that lived millions of years ago because of fossil records and genetics. That common ancestors lineage diverged into what later evolved to be today's chimpanzees and humans. Although, during that time, millions of years, many human looking animals, AKA the hominid “family”, went extinct. Why did, for example, Neanderthals go extinct? The answer is, we don't know! (there are a few scientific ideas, but no conclusive evidence to why. E.g., the Neanderthals didn’t leave any written records)

The lack of awareness of objective reality that some humans express as ignorance & or arrogance, or rather can’t express as intelligence, is because of a lack of a type of intelligence, and false beliefs, misinformation in general, that has and is preventing people from accommodating fact based information. Rhetorically, how can people care about that which they don't understand? Fortunately, developing a general scientific literacy increases a persons general level of intelligence. But, there is the rub, a sort of 'catch 22'. You can only become aware just how much a general scientific literacy will increase your general understanding, once you've reached a point in which you have developed a certain level of scientific literacy. In simple terms, you have to develop the intelligence to have the intelligence to comprehend that you are an animal living on a planet (in an ecosystem). That is profound. You live on a Planet that’s orbiting a star! (wow!) The only way to develop that type of informed intelligence is by learning the science. The chemistry, the biology, the ecology, for example. 

That does not mean you need to have a science degree, for example. A general scientific literacy is a general understanding of the fundamental sciences such as chemistry and physics. That awareness can be developed via the many ways that there are to learn, to be informed, of science. People learn in different ways. I for one, enjoy listening to a science podcast whilst out walking. Or for example, reading up on how clouds form, then going outside and using that knowledge to appreciate clouds (to perceive clouds or the “sun” for what they are. e.g., water vapour & a giant gaseous object)

Sure, generally, science isn't as "simple" as learning your “A,B,C’s” (not that that is "simple") because science studies objective and subjective reality. However, like learning anything, even learning how to ride a bicycle, eventually, it becomes like 'second nature'. Humans are nature, Humans are animals. Humans do have an effect on the environment & one another (psychology). And, humans need the environment in order to sustain their societies. Polluting nature is the sign of ignorance. The cause is often a combination of greed & ignorance. 

Basically, any ideas, any ideology, any faith, that infers, that believes, that perceives that humans are NOT part of the planets natural systems, the Earths ecosystem, is not only wrong, it's harmful. However, in some ways humans are a special species. More specifically, as well as our human 'type' of intelligence, we're also highly social animals. We can cooperate to 'save the planet', (the best of our nature), or we can compete, which often brings out the worst in us, and degrade the planet's natural systems (including climate change)

If people don't take that first step towards becoming scientifically literate, they will never know what it is that they're missing out on (a more informed perception of reality). So, and this goes out to a general audience, do yourself & your society a favour and begin the journey of learning about objective reality. A good place to start because it’s a fundamental science, is by reading or listening to a book about chemistry, because, just about everything is chemicals (e.g., molecules that consist of the fundamental elements such as carbon and hydrogen) 

Furthermore, even understanding only the basics of neuroscience for example, will mean that music producers can make even better “brain” music (brains are electro-chemical in nature), 

To quote "We believe in the power of music to promote the cultural change needed to create a better future"  https://www.musicdeclares.net/gb/

State Azure - Errant Signals

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