Far & Off, a collaborative creation by Vincent Villuis and Mihalis Aikaterinis, known as AES DANA and MIKTEK, has been fully rethought—remastered and graphically redesigned. Originally conceived from the essence of three EPs — Cut. | Alkaline | The Unexpected Hours — this album represents a poignant journey born from a period of extended detachment and isolation.

In today’s world, where life is saturated with incessant information, stimuli, and fragmented time, many feel overwhelmed. Some adjust, some collapse, and others, like the composers, feel the profound need to escape. Far & Off was not a spontaneous reaction but a slow culmination of necessity, not driven by any philosophical, spiritual, or religious belief, but as a natural response to the surrounding frenzy. This album is about seeking solitude, crossing into a different rhythm, and feeling the flow of time.

With Far & Off, the artists share this experience through keys and sounds, pads and patterns, glitches, and drums, aiming to create contrasted tales that highlight life’s paradoxes, from harshness to tranquility.

Written, arranged, mixed and produced by Vincent Villuis and Mihalis Aikaterinis
Mastering by Vincent Villuis @ Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Vincent Villuis

FAR & OFF (Remastered)

Small Things Matter (Remastered)

Download

AES DANA Feat. MIKTEK | Small Things Matter (Remastered)

Diffraction Protocol (Remastered)

AES DANA Feat. MIKTEK | Diffraction Protocol (Remastered)

"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night"

For news on mixes, gigs and my Psychill VA - Superluminal, please visit: www.facebook.com/pages/Therapist/112330452143577

Tracklist:
1. Cloower Wooma - Carina Nebula
2. Carbon Based Lifeforms - VLA (edit)
3. Lucette Bourdin - Through Empty Heaven
4. Siyanie - Spaceship Human Body
5. Chronos - Ancient Bells
6. Poordream - Acceptance
7. Vidna Obmana - Scenic Fall
8. Evan Bartholomew - We Set Out into The Caverns of Time 
9. OM - Viaje al Interior
10. Kostadin Illchev - Master of Gayda
11. Alio Die - Sine Tempore, Part II
12. Astropilot - Earth Moon (Extended Version)
13. Zero Ohms - Glimpsing the Eternal
14. Steve Roach - Resolved
15. Woob - What We Came Here For
16. Astropilot - Million Light Years Away (Story 01)
17. Chronos - Moon Through a Lense
18. Steve Roach - The Delicate Forever
19. Echogrid - Insomnia
20. Dhamika - Manas
21. OM - Suspension 
22. Dhamika - Shimmer
23. Vidna Obmana - Passage in Beauty
24. Lee Anthony Norris & Porya Hatami - Druid Liquid 
25. Astropilot - Gravity Free

Included samples from Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" audiobook.

Therapist - The Last Astronomer

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.

V/A OPIA

Resonans

CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS & EROT | Resonans

"This set is the result of a recent collaboration between two artists looking for new paths and sounds in electronic music. 
This is the first episode of two. The session was recorded in jam session mode, ranging from ambient to half-beat."
by @floating-machine & @inrt

https://youtu.be/tfaeykPc9E0?si=YGdllU00h1YlVjjr

📷 Graphic design by Ghashgaie
Jingle by @hidolas

Abyssaï | Floating Machine & Inerte • Sol (Live)

THIS WILD DARKNESS II

The Advice

live recording by Roel Funcken at Mindcamp in Utrecht /  Tivoli.

Live @ Mindcamp Utrecht Oct. 2016

Release Date : 08/05/2019
Format :	Digital
Support & Buy : https://norite.bandcamp.com/album/noritian-mysteries

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Label on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/noriterecords
Label on Soundcloud :	https://soundcloud.com/norite
	
Artist on Facebook : 	https://www.facebook.com/simone.bauer.music/
Artist on Soundcloud : 	https://soundcloud.com/simonebauer

After 3 years of defining our own vision of techno music, we are proud to release a double-CD compilation from our core artists and great newcomers. With 15 pieces of ambient and hypnotic rituals, you'll navigate into the heart of the label. Welcome to the Noritian Mysteries.

Support & Buy

Simone Bauer - La Quiete [Norite]

AES Dana is releasing his 8th solo album on the Ultimae imprint; glowing addition to the composer’s discography, "Inks" is at once a synthesis of everything that his music has been leading up to and an original step forwards in terms of expressiveness and contrast. 

A self-taught electronic music composer, bass guitar and samplist, Vincent Villuis has quickly become one of the most recogniseable names in the broad-reaching “downtempo” field. With "Inks", he delivers a sublime narrative album, fusion of ambient, idm, deep techno and drum'n'bass. 
The finely woven tapestries of his inspiring music are as much a dazzling exercise in rhythm chiseling, melody and texture as a pure, intuitive and intimate perspective of life's intrigues.

Mastered by Vincent Villuis at Ultimae Studios.

Inks

CD / Download / 2xLP

AES Dana | Inks

Ambient Soundscapes : Selections 009

The Ninth installment of the Ambient Soundscapes Selections series.
This mix features 10 different tracks I shared on the Ambient Soundscapes playlist during March 2020. 
Hope you'll enjoy the selection and mix.

Tracklist:

Hilyard - Orogeny
Alaskan Tapes - Sleeping Since Last Year
Líom - Quinn
Phillip Wilkerson - Afternoon Shadows
Zakè - Gaffney Fields
Marco Uson - Reflexiones Sobre El Camino
Remote Vision - Obscure Horizon
Lauge - Floating
AKB - Skymningszonen
The Lost Frontier - Petrichor


Buy the individual tracks:

https://hilyard.bandcamp.com/track/orogeny
https://alaskantapes.bandcamp.com/track/sleeping-since-last-year
https://liom.bandcamp.com/track/quinn
https://shop.stereoscenic.com/track/afternoon-shadows
https://polarseasrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/gaffney-fields-2
https://marcouson.bandcamp.com/track/reflexiones-sobre-el-camino
https://exospheremusic.bandcamp.com/track/obscure-horizon
https://laugebabagnohm.bandcamp.com/track/floating
https://lamourrecords.bandcamp.com/track/skymningszonen
https://thelostfrontier.bandcamp.com/track/petrichor

Photo: Chris Galbraith
	
Previous Selections:
https://soundcloud.com/laugebabagnohm/sets/ambient-soundscapes-selections

Playlist & Group:
https://spoti.fi/2GA8QSI (Ambient Soundscapes)
https://spoti.fi/2AZB6tg (Ambient Soundscapes Archives)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/900302086999252/

Ambient Soundscapes - Selections 009

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.