We created a very special playlist with all records Ultimae ever released, that’s 685 tracks and 90 hours 27 minutes of Panoramic Music!
Also included the albums from Solar Fields, Carbon Based Lifeforms and SYNC24 now available on their respective labels.
Les Dominicains de Haute Alsace in Guebwiller have been a long standing Ultimae partner.
We started back in 2007 with the first Nuit Hypnotique in the old cloister’s nave.
Since that first collaboration, we created events, AES Dana has been an « Artist-in-Residence » to compose pieces for « Perimeters », « Le Jardin Magnétique », or more recently « Icebergs ».
Some of you know about them, their work, their passion, their delightful and out of this world venue in the north west of France, many don’t ; yet…And so we share with you this extra-ordinary video which shows and relates what goes on…With Lysistrata from Leylines as the soundtrack.
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We are delighted to announce the release of « Eyes to the Height », British composer James Murray‘s full return to Ultimae Records, a tender and intimate ten chapter story reflecting the fragile beauty of life and loss, memory and function.
We welcome Cromlech Records in our shop with their first release Arc by Solemn Embrace.
Solemn Embrace is the side project of Arne Weinberg, whose main project Valanx focuses on dark, eerie and apocalyptic soundscapes and experimental drone music. Solemn Embrace still features a definite darkness but tends towards more experimental and colder electronic sounds.
Vladislav Isaev a.k.a. Scann-Tec created the soundtrack and sound effects for the virtual reality game “InMind 2” by Luden.io. Mastering of all audio was done by Ultimae Studio.
InMind 2 is an adventure game about a scientific journey inside the emotions chemistry of human brain. You’ll take part in the process of one teenager named John becoming an adult, and help shape John’s future self, while experiencing an exciting journey inside the human brain.
• InMind 2 Video Teaser
• Listen to the soundtrack from the game
• Play InMind 2 on Google Android
• Play InMind on Apple iOS platform
• Discover Unyt album from Scann-Tec (Ultimae)
This game also will be available on Steam platform very soon.
Sardinian hypnotic techno maestro Ness is back on his always reliable The Gods Planet imprint which he runs with partner in crime Claudio PRC. Served up on the A side is the tunnelling psychedelia of “Noumenon (Object)” which borders on near Mike Parker moments, while Noumenon (Aspect) will trance out any dancefloor with its strobing and atmospheric qualities. On the flip we have “Hybrid Discovery” which is undoubtedly the most stomping affair on here, with its gutsy kick supporting some droning and nefarious activity while “Disclosing” flipping the script via some broken beat mind games.
The sounds on this record were captured at various places throughout Europe, namely Morehall Dam, Broomhead Dam, and the strines in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Park Poniatowskiego, Lódz, around Ulica Piotrkowska, Lódz, and at the Westom chemical plant, Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
“This is the one of the ambient styles I enjoy most, pastoral and organic sounding. Nice tones and textures, varies pacing, lots of nuances.” – Stationary Travels.
“Delicate interplay of musical sounds and manipulated field recordings” – Ambientblog.
Playing with total freedom from any predefined structure, Covarino/Incorvaia entered a studio in Granada, Spain, with just one rule – to play strictly live, not use any studio trickery such as overdubs or editing, and just see how the music would evolve. The result is an instrumental ambient-rock album that takes influences from artists such as Tortoise and The For Carnation.
Recorded live in the town hall of New York City on May 15, 1958, this historic concert (organized byJasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg) was a retrospective of Cage‘s work from 1934 to 1958. HereCage‘s interest in technology, Eastern philosophies, and the concept of “silence” and “chance” as related to composition come to the fore as Cage performs some of the most significant and controversial pieces of his career, several of which (“Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments,” “She Is Asleep,” “Music for Carillon,” and “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra”) were performed here for the first time ever.
Box includes two 180-gram LPs and a 12-page book containing comments by John Cage himself. Limited numbered edition of 500.
Discover JOHN CAGE | The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage
Marcel Dettmann has mixed the latest edition of the highly respected DJ-Kicks compilation series. Whilst Dettmann is well-known for his incendiary sets at his residency at Berghain, his DJ-Kicks mix is crafted for listening, and displays a more reflective side of the DJ and producer. The mix explores a wide array of selections from various subgenres; ranging from the a new vocal-led Strictly Rhythmrelease, to rapping on Clarence G‘s 1991 release ‘Cause I Said It Right‘, recently reissued by Clone Records.
Over the course of its 1hr 14 duration, Dettmann reveals multiple new original productions; most notably a collaboration with Levon Vincent, ‘Can You See It’. The pair have collaborated once in the past, releasing ‘Vengeance‘ on Levon‘s own Novel Sound label towards the end of 2015 to critical acclaim. ‘Can You See It‘ sees the duo venture into darker territory; a stripped back, sub-bass laden affair, the quality of this production immediately stands out in the early stages of the mix. Dettmannalso collaborates with MDR affiliate Wincent Kunth on ‘Possible Step‘. In addition to five brand new original Dettmann remixes and edits, there’s an unreleased remix of Marcel‘s ‘Let’s Do It‘ from Ostgut Ton labelmate Rolando.
Being pioneers with a new album created in no more than 6 months, THE ORB are bound to be exposed to fan expectations running high, while quizzical questions about little fluffy clouds and the good old times take over. It’s especially jarring as the duo of accomplished soundsmiths Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann has become known for its genre-bending curiosity and surprising sonic detours, exploring experimental soundscapes as well as club-friendly beats. The funny thing is, though, that whatever the context, you know a track from THE ORB when you hear it. Case in point: COW / CHILL OUT, WORLD!, their latest full-length offering – a masterful ambient album that branches out in many directions, but unmistakably sounds like THE ORB in either ear (and probably to your third ear, too).
For the first release of the label, Na Nich and Vero have contributed two joint-produced tracks that are to become their first publicly available material under their current aliases. While A1 leans itself to the soundscape that is more or less typical for Rhythm Büro parties: trippy, hypnotic and transportive techno, A2 hits the floor with refreshing zeal, bringing an electro-esque break-beat under deep and emotive synth layers. The B side contains two remixes of the title track, one of which is thoroughly tailored by the Dutch-born-Berlin-based-duo, Artefakt (mostly known for their releases on Delsin,Prologue and Field) as well as a strong and heady remix by Semantica Records‘ mastermind, Svreca.
The danish label Echocord Records was formed 15 years ago this year by Kenneth Christiansen. It will now be celebrated with a compilation plus a big tour around it. We are super happy and proud that we can still continue releasing quality electronic music.
The compilation contains 10 tracks from 10 artists that all have been releasing on Echocord andEchocord Colour before from veterans Mikkel Metal, Deadbeat, Fluxion to newer signed artist Arovane. All tracks are new and unreleased.
“15 Years With Echocord” covers the typical Echocord sound. From Ambient/Chillout by STL, stoned dub by Beat Pharmacy, to typical Dub-Techno and House from Fluxion, Resoe and XDB, to the more Dancefloor peak tracks by Mike Dehnert and Deadbeat.
Discover 15 Years With Echocord | Various Artists (Vinyl & CD)
The work of Moritz Leppers, the man behind the Altars Altars moniker, makes music using a variety of instruments running through his faithful old reel to reel machine. Much has been made of reel to reel in recent years it has to be said, but when you come across an artist who uses its limitations and beautiful randomness to such effect, it always stirs something deep within me. It is very refreshing to hear someone who makes simple, melodic, and inherently soulful ambient music, and it is a reminder of how rare it is to listen to such music and really feel connected when people play around far too much with computers, software, and plug-ins. Taking a few steps back and letting the music breath in such an organic way really has much deeper meaning for me. Through these limited means, Altars Altars has created a sun-drenched beauty of an album, that hums, buzzes, and whirs away its innocent melodies in a childlike dream world.
Shifted‘s debut for Hospital Productions following an album for sublabel Bed Of Nails in 2013. Integrating his more searching work as Alexander Lewis and his increasingly introspective work asShifted while eloquently addressing his past, ‘Appropriation Stories‘ is a comprehensive statement of intent and Brewer‘s finest, most mature work to-date. Guy Alexander Brewer is involved in several projects taking in techno, noise and experimental electronics overlaying a once-hidden past in drum’n’bass. Having shunned his previous work inCommix, more recently Brewer has learned to look back, even making sideways stabs into breakbeat territory with his Covered in Sand alias. The process grows more intricate and subtle on his new album for the Hospital Productions imprint helmed by Dominick Fernow (aka Prurient, Vatican Shadow). Here rigorous processing and studio treatments transform classic breaks into deeply hidden components that add new layers of character to his highly-developed techno sound.
Discover SHIFTED | Appropriation Stories (Hospital Productions)
In 2012, Giulio released Tarsia on Nomadic Kids Republic to critical acclaim. It was a slow burner , but seemed to hook people with its clever entwining of encapsulating melody and delicately place field recordings. His follow-up Goccia, takes a rather thunderous step in the direction of a bang-on classic with one of the most complete, catchy, and ambitious albums heard in a long time. Far more straight-up rhythmic that his previous releases, Goccia balances organic layers with some fantastic melodic synth hooks, flying straight through a maze of frequencies from drones, bleeps, bloops, background music, jingles, jangles, gut-punching subs, and whatever else he can. Giulio Aldinucci has thrown everything at us in one complete, perfectly formed album.
Robert Henke is back with a new album under his Monolake alias. Instead of simply being a collection of tracks, it has a deeper story. Here it comes:
* In the late 1970s, a series of significant enhancements in technology further accelerated the evolution of the digital age. Graphical interfaces, networked computers and new software tools allowed to design and manufacture integrated circuits with tens of thousands of functions on one chip; a process called Very Large Scale Integration – VLSI. The structures became so complex, that for the first time computers were needed to build the next generation of even faster computers.
* As a result of that evolution, the heart of a computer could now be put onto a single chip – the microprocessor was born. It made possible the move from large mainframe systems to personal computers, allowed teenagers to build systems in garages and become billionaires, gave birth to the game industry, and also enabled the creation of completely new electronic musical instruments: digital sound generators, drum machines, samplers and effects.
Veteran Erased Tapes recording artist Peter Broderick set to release new studio album Partners on 19th August 2016. For close to a decade, Portland’s Peter Broderick has cut his own unpredictable path through the world of contemporary music. So far, his wanderings have led him from solo works into the realms of film, dance and documentary scores, as well as art installations. Now Peter takes that unpredictability one step further. For his latest album, a series of voice and piano recordings, he experiments with chance, surrendering an entire song’s composition to the roll of dice. As he explains below in an email to Erased Tapesfounder Robert Raths, it was John Cage’s tendency to remove himself from his music, to somehow automate his own process, which inspired the strange mechanics with which this record was created.
In the words of Cage himself, ‘the world is teeming; anything can happen.’
After last year’s sophomore release, The Faex Has Decimated, on Tympanik Audio, the Legiac project is back, but this time on the Russian based Dronarivm label, where the new album feels more at home. This time, the electronic duo of Roel Funcken and Cor Bolten take on a more meditative approach to their mildly glitch-infused, modular explored sounds, weaving in ambient textures, field recordings, and vast soundscapes.
A collaboration between Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) and µ-Ziq (Mike Paradinas), Expert Knob Twiddlers was made back in 1994. Richard edited the tracks into shape later in 1996 with his new Apple Mac computer and it was released later that year on Rephlex, the label he co-owned and which released the first two albums by µ-Ziq.
This new reissued version has been carefully cleaned up, re-edited and remastered from the original DAT tapes, put into a more fitting order and, more excitingly, seven new bonus tracks and alternative versions have also been added. The album was recorded over a few days during the 1994 World Cup, back when Richard lived in a big shared flat in Stoke Newington. Richard had tried to collaborate with a few other likeminded artists but something clicked when Mike and Rich worked together and the sessions have a unique feel, playful and at times actually drunk…