Ultimae announces the reedition and remaster of Leylines, the fourth Ambient Downtempo album by French composer and sound designer Vincent Villuis, aka AES Dana.

Sculpted from field recordings, analog synthesis, and digitally processed textures, Leylines is a deeply immersive and granular journey. This reedited and remastered edition brings greater spatial clarity and depth, revealing new layers of nuance and sonic interplay.

Inspired by the concept of invisible energy paths believed to link sacred and geomagnetic sites, the album explores the subtle connections between musical genres, emotional states, and the living world.

Originally released in 2009, Leylines quickly became a pivotal work in Villuis’s career. What few people knew at the time is that the album was composed in its entirety twice: after a catastrophic disk crash destroyed the original version, Villuis entered a period of deep introspection before starting over. This shock led not only to emotional reckoning but also to a complete reinvention of his creative process.

Leylines became the foundation for a new compositional language — one built on a fresh sonic palette, renewed patterns, and a more sculptural approach to sound. The final result was more distilled, more intentional, and marked a turning point in his musical trajectory. Upon release, the album reached #1 on the iTunes Electronic Music chart, establishing itself as a landmark within the genre.


Leylines (Remaster 2025)

Lysystrata (Remaster 2025)

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AES DANA | Lysystrata (Remaster 2025)

AES DANA | Leylines (Remaster 2025)

Adonaï (Remaster 2025)

AES DANA | Adonaï (Remaster 2025)

Heights (Remaster 2025)

AES DANA | Heights (Remaster 2025)

Oxyd (Remaster 2025)

AES DANA | Oxyd (Remaster 2025)

Bam (Remaster 2025)

AES DANA | Bam (Remaster 2025)

Alignments (Remaster 2025)

AES DANA | Alignments (Remaster 2025)

Tracklist:

1 Geosmin - AES DANA
2 Resonans - CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS & EROT
3 Solitude - ASC
4 Impulsing Path - MARTIN NONSTATIC
5 Asthenia - CELL
6 Gneiss - EROT
7 Ashen - AES Dana
8 Small Things Matter - AES DANA feat. MIKTEK
9 Closer To - ESKOSTATIC
10 The Black and the Grey - JAMES MURRAY
11 Glacially Slow - SONMI451
12 Orientations (Above Towns Edit) - H.U.V.A. Network
13 Omrids - LAUGE & AES DANA
14 Sequor (Opia Edit) - SYNC24
15 Nordfeld - CHRISTIAN SAMSARA & AES DANA
16 Intraverse - FORMANT VALUE
17 Grassland - AES DANA


Sub Space Transmission vol.2 - Ultimae Mix For Psymusic.co.uk

We're happy to share with you a recording of Christian Samsara's DJ set at the Ozora Festival in Hungary this summer. Performed under The Dome, surrounded by a vibrant community, his immersive, deep and groovy mix captures the spirit of the gathering.
We send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended for making the Ultimae day such an unforgettable event.

Tracklisting:
01. Christian Samsara & AES Dana - Nordfeld 
02. Martin Nonstatic - Impulsing Path 
04. Carbon Based Lifeforms & Erot - Resonans
05. 57DN - Untitled
06. Eskostatic - Shadow 
07. Martin Nonstatic - To The Skin (Miktek Remix) 
08. Eskostatic - Morning Star 
09. Lars Leonhard - Depth Perception (Ashes Edit) 
10. Eskostatic - Serpentines and Valleys 
11. AES Dana - A Bluetiful Day (Ground Edit) 
12. Claudio PRC - Arctic Movement - 
13. SaffronKeira & Claudio PRC - Mare Tranquillitatis I 
14. Toki Fuko - Jupiter Mood (Owl Remix) 
15. Resoe - WTFM 
16. Joachim Spieth - Recall (Luigi Tozzi Blue Dub) 
17. Tsott - Aqua Drift 
18. Luigi Tozzi - Light Touch 
19. Frederico Corrado - Pulse (Noah Lyas Remix) 
20. Spuntic & Skyvibes - Freedom

CHRISTIAN SAMSARA | Ozora Festival 2025 - DJ Set

Ultimae proudly presents "OPIA," the second Various Artists compilation curated by Danish DJ Christian Samsara. This artfully assembled collection of ten tracks captures the numinous essence of cinematic ambient music, IDM, and electronica, enveloping listeners in atmospheres that transcend the everyday, leading them into a lush sonic landscape. OPIA ideates the ambiguous intensity of eye contact, which can extrapolate to the profound connection between the music and its audience.

With influences ranging across a wide palette of rhythms, patterns, and pads, OPIA invites exploration of the liminal spaces between sound and silence. Within its fugacious harmonies, the music's transient beauty emerges, where melodies dance on the edge of perception before gently fading, leaving an afterglow of serene awe.

Featured artists include Miktek, Lars Leonhard, Cell, Martin Nonstatic, SYNC24, AES Dana, and Erot, each also collaborating with Christian Samsara and Carbon Based Lifeforms. Additionally, OPIA welcomes newcomer Formant Value to our realm.

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SYNC24 | Sequor (Opia Edit)

Derived from the Latin “Ultimae Terrae,” meaning “the furthest places,” the name Ultimae reflects a profound theme of exploration. This concept is at the heart of Ultimae Records, an ambient music record label and publisher dedicated to transporting listeners to the outer edges of experience through sound and offering a space for introspection and discovery within the vastness of the mind and beyond.

In 1999, Vincent Villuis and Sandrine Gryson, also known as AES Dana and Mahiane, united over a shared passion for the immersive world of electronic music. This collaboration led to the birth of the label. Initially envisioned as a musical portal, Ultimae’s mission was to explore and disseminate the diverse expressions of Ambient music far and wide through the production of records and the establishment of an online shop.

Over the years, Ultimae has expanded beyond its original scope, evolving into a multifaceted company with sound design, post-production, and mastering studios based in Lyon, France, along with professional services in publishing, music licensing, and synchronization.

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