2020 (85% conversion rate)

Downtempo Psybient Progressive Ambient - part 4

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Downtempo

Focus

Beyond Ambiance

Sunkus

Medis

Heavenchord - Forest Wind

Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

Get the limited edition 12" exclusively on Record Store Day 2015.
Order the album on 2xLP/CD/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP062
Or order the album DL via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/kiasmos

After dropping several tracks and performing at select festivals throughout the years, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen dedicated the year 2014 to explore the area in-between Ólafur’s more acoustic, piano-based solo work and Janus’s synth-heavy electro pop, with their collaborative electronic project Kiasmos.

By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays. It features a live drummer, string quartet and Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable record. If you listen closely, you can spot them record the thumb piano, finger snapping and even the sound of the metal grinder of a lighter slowly to replace the usual electronic hi-hat sounds, giving the album a far more intimate and unique atmosphere.

“We decided to start almost completely over with this record, so most of the material is written this year with the idea of making a record that can stand as one piece rather than a collection of songs. I am very excited to get a proper record out exploring a different territory than I am used to. I touch a lot on electronic genres in my own music but never have the opportunity to go full out electronic like we do here.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“The Kiasmos project has been around since 2007, but because of all our other projects we never really got the time to sit down and write all the tracks we always wanted to. So when we early this year finally found the time to sit down and make a full length album there was so much we wanted to try out. The result surprised us a bit, it's deeper and more emotional than we imagined it to be, but that's the beauty of being able to make an album.” – Janus Rasmussen

Kiasmos – s/t will be released on Double-Vinyl, CD and Download via Erased Tapes on October 27th, 2014.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Lit  2. Held  3. Looped  4. Swayed  5. Thrown  6. Dragged  7. Bent  8. Burnt 

LIVE DATES:	

17.08. HAMBURG (DE) - Dockville Festival			
26.09. BRUSSELS (BE) – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
27.09. DEN HAAG (NL) – Todays Art Festival

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:  	facebook.com/kiasmos · erasedtapes.com

Kiasmos

Looped

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Kiasmos – Looped

Check out full album: http://coldtear.com/giriu-dvasios-namo/

Giriu Dvasios - Snigo

Subsistence

Collected by our Swiss activist dj Cyril Miserez aka Mizoo, 
[ Greenosophy ] is a vibrant musical journey composed of 11 unique and hypnotic chapters. From deep ambient to lush progressive grooves, [ Greenosophy ] offers fresh chlorophyll visions, leafy rhythms and luxuriant melodies. Mizoo believes that music can develop a sense of empathy between people, philosophical reflections on our thoughts and acts; a point of view and a way of life he develops in this compilation. 

Immerse yourself in this lush music dreamed by international artists Mnnsk (Switzerland), Rildrim (Spain), Liquid Stranger (USA), Sesen (Greece), Cell (France), Ajja (Switzerland), Tripswitch (UK), Solar Fields (Sweden), Miktek (Greece), James Murray (UK) and Cygna (Malta).

Greenosophy

Idea Spiral (Ozora Festival 2011 Live Edit)

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After multiple releases on various labels including the much acclaimed Abstrakt Reflections, here comes [ Elsewhere ], Miktek's first full length album on Ultimae. 

Mihalis Aikaterinis, Greek artist, has a natural ability to compose music as ethereal as deeply grounded. With roots in the gothic and cold wave realms and a genuine passion for the electronic scene, he weaves with verve and subtlety finely crafted rhythms and soft melodies. The wide soundscapes, floating atmospheres and resonant themes reveal profound emotions akin to melancholia and hope. 

[ Elsewhere ] is a cinematic downtempo, IDM and ambient album presenting 12 tracks including a remixed version of Ominous Ride featured on the [ Ambrosia ] compilation.

Elsewhere

Ominous Ride (album Edit)

The composition of this Far & Off album began after on long period of detachment and isolation. 

This modern life we lead tends to saturate many of us with information, constant stimuli of all kinds and shatter time, as if we lived in small sequences. Some of us content themselves with that, some manage to regulate or tighten the flow, others collapse or pretend not to. 

I guess I'm not the only one to ever feel the need to fly away, remove myself from the ongoing swirl and purely vanish. 
It wasn’t a matter of waking up with a sudden urge, it built up, slowly, between the lines, it wasn’t caused by any philosophical, spiritual or religious belief either. It simply became a natural answer to the surrounding frenzy. 

To be on my own, far, in another context, without technology, an act of protection. Taste real solitude, a state in which no one else exists; cross the line, change rhythm and feel the passing of time. 
This is what I am sharing with you now, with keys and sounds, pads and patterns, glitches and drums. My desire was to compose contrasted tales, to bring light on the paradox, from one extreme to the other, harshness to tranquility. 

Mihalis, as he encountered a similar situation was keen on putting those emotions into music and the perfect partner as it turned out. 

Far & Off

Alkaline

Stream / Buy

Myth

Loop Theory

Buy the music here: avantroots.bandcamp.com/album/espectrum

We are really proud and honored to present ESPECTRUM, a year-long effort to put together a compilation of the best dub techno. The idea was simple, but ambitious: ask some of our favorite artists for one track to epitomize dub techno—the style of music we’ve loved and continued to develop since our birth as producers and a label. With a very precise idea of what we wanted to collect, the compilation was carefully built with hypnotic, obscure, dense, and magical sounds with an eternal hook. These are the kind of tracks that will never lose their appeal, because they go above and beyond labels, styles, and trends, resisting the passage of time. After the first tracks starting coming in, the idea grew more and more special, and the concept even stronger. We knew we were onto something really big. And, finally, here it is.

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Dublicator - Souldance

With its unique cinematic downtempo aesthetics, Unyt leads us into a perpetually expanding travel through soundscapes while playing with our centers of attention, loss of focus and a certain sense of dispersion.

The album redefines Scann-Tec’s approach to musical composition and introduces multi-form field recordings vaporised in an array of analog and digital tools to create surreal and behind the veil atmospheres ; wide etheral pads floating high above his distinctive, dynamic and well-calibrated low-end,  slender drums, and finely carved rhythmic patterns set the pace gradually transforming free fall into a zero-G experiment.

Vladislav Isaev, music composer and sound sculptor from Moscow, Russia, also known as Scann-Tec started writing music in 1996. He has since been working as Audio director for NIVAL, a Russian game developer and composing music for various TV Series. Vladislav collaborated with The Future Sound of London and Mark Morgan on several projects, and with his partner Elena on Broadcast of Variants.

After several tracks on various compilations and two solo albums, Scann-Tec releases his third opus Unyt on Ultimae.

Written & Produced by Vladislav Isaev | Monokanal Studio 
Audio mastering by Vincent Villuis | Ultimae Studio

UNYT

Nadezhda

https://ultimae.com/product/martin-nonstatic-nebulae-live-at-the-planetarium-ultimae-cd/

Nebulae- Live at the Planetarium

Kurukshetra- from "Nebulae Live at the Planetarium" Ultimae records

▶ Bandcamp: https://chriskomus.bandcamp.com/album/sickly-fingers

Plucking on the vibratory strings of the cosmos, Sickly Fingers offers a glimpse beyond the dark and visionary frontiers of psychedelic music, where time has eroded genre into its primal components. A luscious array of wobbly glitch textures, micro-edited basslines, and bluesy instrumentation, this mesmeric release from Chris Komus puts a cutting-edge twist on the hypnotic and pioneering spirits of old-school space rock and classic dub. Engineered for a new age of sonic exploration, Sickly Fingers reveals the timeless influences lurking in the deepest expanses of modern psychedelia.

Album Artwork: Matthew Vidalis
Album Description: Christian Cortes
Mastering: Ion Driver

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Chris Komus - The Infinite Emptiness Of Space

Download Now:
www.somatoast.bandcamp.com

Somatoast & Zonra present the Unraveling EP - an electro-acoustic fantasia of jazzy stylings and synthesized non-sense.

Download Now At Bandcamp & Additech Records:
https://somatoast.bandcamp.com/album/unraveling-ep
www.addictech.com/p/247195

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Album Art & Animation By:
Robert Sundelin

Somatoast & Zonra - Unraveling

Wolf Tech’s Quest EP deposits us in a shimmering realm of progressive tech rhythms, vivid synth textures and crisp, prismatic beats. Blending the organic forms of reality with the warped and ephemeral tones of psychedelic bass, this elaborate collection of sprawling soundscapes tests the boundaries of what can be conjured in a visionary space. Supported by rich dub roots and a hyper-sensory approach to sound design, Wolf Tech’s invigorating tonic of refractive effects and grounding synthetic instrumentation is a melodic journey through the sonic prism into the liminal division between night and day.
credits
released October 1, 2017 

Artwork and Music by Tom Chant 

Writing by Christian Cortes

Strong Feelings

Mindspring Music Presents: Santiago Niño - A Voyage To Arcturus [MSM041]

A voyage into the stars has been possible for eons from emotions alone. Simply by closing our eyes, we can travel to distant dimensions and exotic worlds. The imagination, as we call it, is a tool that can be used to unlock the endless bounds of the universe. Santiago Nino and his latest collaborative work with Natural Life Essence, “A Voyage to Arcturus,” is a soul-warming homage to the original novel by David Lindsay. It’s as if the 1920’s sci-fi story was morphed into an ambient audioscape, a spiritual array of intimate drone and astral instrumentations. This carefully layered passion project is a breathtaking dive into the very core of existence itself; it is, perhaps, the essence of meditation. Through cheerful electronica and the hypnotic sounds of nature, these four tracks are meant to help you close your eyes and embark on that very same journey.

Santiago Niño - A Voyage to Arcturus (Natural Life Essence Remix) [Mindspring Music]

Introitus from the Ecclesia project.

Production: Eric Wahlforss
Mixing: Mark Bihler
Mastering: Bo Kondren

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Introitus

Collection of music artifacts carefully selected by Astropilot. The second volume of downtempo / chillout compilation.

Dynamic Illusion - Magic Is Still Here (Original Mix) [Astropilot Music]

Download full album: https://coldtearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/giri-dvasios-aidai

Aidai

Tuto Valijo

Girių Dvasios - Tūto Valijo

https://selectedbyastropilot.bandcamp.com/album/revival
Revival, a new dance chillout compilation by Astropilot. The release gathers together different visions of progressive chillout and deep groovy electronica.

Dynamic Illusion - Protostar

Kosmonaut

Aureolin (Dublicator Remix)

https://dynamicillusionmusic.bandcamp.com/album/life

Dynamic Illusion - Eternal Universe

Premiere: Dynamic Illusion - Break The Light

@Artefakt-Official releases the second instalment of music on their "De Stijl" imprint. The V/A compilation includes tracks by Korridor, Aphelion, Artificial Drm and of course the label heads, whose track "Agents Of Reality" is Monument's pick for the premiere.

Artefakt's interview with Monument: https://mnmt.no/magazine/2018/12/07/artefakt-interview/

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MNMT Premiere: Artefakt – Agents Of Reality

Leandro Fresco / https://soundcloud.com/leandrofresco and Rafael Anton Irisarri / https://soundcloud.com/irisarri return with their second cross-continental collaboration on A Strangely Isolated Place with 'Una Presencia En La Brisa' (A Presence In The Breeze). Available on Bandcamp: https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/una-presencia-en-la-brisa

Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri - Elevado Como Barrilete (ASIPV019)

@forest-drive-west's track "Parallel Space (Conforce Remix)" will be released through @echocord on January 10th. More Info: http://bit.ly/forestdrivewestep

Veröffentlicht von:
Echocord

Erscheinungsdatum :
10. Januar 2020

Parallel Space EP

Forest Drive West - Parallel Space (Conforce Remix)

Blanche I [XYZ012]
Release Date : 1.3.20
Purchase : www.beatport.com/release/blanche-i/2800627

Label XYZ’s first compilation comes in the form of Blanche - an annual series focused on collecting unique, innovative, and burgeoning artists, and shining a refreshed light on their art in the early days of the new year. From groovy to melodic, percussive to ethereal, Blanche represents the beginning of our explorations into 2020’s musical landscape. With newcomers and label favorites alike, the seven track release continues to harvest XYZ’s creative direction as an artist-first label, purveying talented producers with an insightful story to tell.

We are thrilled to present an XYZ debutant, and a producer that is making an impressive musical resurgence. Jim Rider is a seasoned veteran of the industry, and a key figure in London throughout the years as both a producer and promoter. After an extended break from the studio, Jim has revived his artistic drive in incredible fashion. With a recent release on Lee Burridge’s surging Tale & Tone, as well as upcoming work with Kindisch, Rider has the attention of the dance community’s most influential tastemakers.

Rider displays his knack for more melodic elements on Five Ways. A teasing intro gives way to a sturdy low end, with a fluttering electro melody placing the track in afterhours territory.

Connect with XYZ - linktr.ee/wwd.xyz

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Facebook : www.facebook.com/jimridermusic
Instagram : www.instagram.com/jimridermusic/

Jim Rider - Five Ways [Snippet]

Taken from my new album 'Brightest Lights'. Out now.
Buy/Stream: https://tnh.lnk.to/BrightestLights 

Brightest lights tour: https://lane8music.com/brightestlights/

Buy/Stream

Howling Hand

Orbit

Hyperbolic

Full album: http://coldtear.com/minimal-boffin-averment/

Minimal Boffin - Oh No Dub

Perspectives

Schism

Martin Nonstatic releases "Treeline", a crispy cinematic and electronic album build upon lucious morphing atmospheres ; ever spiralling, electric glides and audacious rhythmic patterns. A dance at dawn album with a view; deeply rolling on stretched-out dub. 
The story got a definite Martin Nonstatic touch to it, you'll even hear sounds you've heard before and think you're on safe grounds but this time to composer will carry you way beyond your expectations, revealing aspects of his creation with more grit and an adventurous mind.
Neoteric by essence and yet a return to some oneiric trip-hop and the day after, hands up in the air, dancing grooves feeling ; Treeline is the third album signed on French imprint Ultimae, from a rather prolific artist who launched into numerous collaborations including the Ghostwalk EP with James Murray and the Eskostatic album and who, throughout his art, keeps on questioning causes and underlying perceptions.

Written and composed by Martin Van Rossum
Mastering by Vincent Villuis @ Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe and Vincent Villuis
P&C 2020 Ultimae
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Treeline

Ancestry

MARTIN NONSTATIC |  Ancestry

Distance C

MARTIN NONSTATIC |  Distance C

Krewella - We Are One (Sound Illusion 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.