An eight-minute freeform jazz-minded jam that owes just as much to Bugge as it does the Belleville Three, You’re An Orchestra In The Cosmos is a luxurious, lolloping groove peppered with cosmic improvisation and a faraway star-gazing spoken word. It’s also a discussion on the chaos of shared perception and the paradox of cosmic harmony.
Discover SEBASTIAN MULLAERT | You’re An Orchestra In The Cosmos
Murcof‘s debut album Martes is a true masterpiece of contemporary electronic music; an album still in demand years after its original release. Originally released in May 2002, with just 1,550 copies pressed on vinyl at the time, this is one of the label’s most hard-to-find releases, and has seen copies changing hands for up to $100.
This special triple vinyl reissue of the album adds the original Murcof tracks from the subsequent Utopía EP plus three rarities from the Martes era. New cover art combines elements from the original Martes and Utopía artwork. Vinyl comes packaged with a CD of the original 9-track Martes album.
Mahler Remixed was recorded live at Radiokulturhaus, Vienna in May 2011. This recording is mostly based on samples taken from Gustav Mahler‘s symphonies. The performance also includes an early version of ‘liminality‘ from the Becs album, released in 2014 on Editions Mego. Mahler Remixed was a commissioned work performed together with the visual artist Lillevan. The piece was only performed live three times, at Vienna Radiokulturhaus, Carnegie Hall, New York City and at The Istanbul Borusan Art Centre.
Sandrine Gryson, head of Ultimae, is to attend the SXSW Music, Film & Interactive convention in Austin, Texas from 11th to 20th March.
Email info@ultimae.com if you’d like to organize a meeting.
AES Dana and Miktek will present their upcoming collaborative album Far & Off (March 2016 – Ultimae) in avant premiere at IT The Place this Wednesday 2nd of March. This special event will start at 21.00. A Stand of CDs, Vinyls and bags from Ultimae will be available.
21.00-22.30 – Fishimself vs QSES DJ set
22.30-23-30 – Miktek live
23.30-00.30 – AES Dana live
00.30-02.00 – AES Dana & Miktek Live
IT The Place | kleisovis 10, 10677 Athens, Greece
Created by a unique modular setup and controlled by Sound designer Adam Ritchie, ModulARPS holds one of the finest collection of experimental Ambient sounds we’ve ever assembled.
Inside this library you will find a vast array of sequence loops divided into folders Bass, Beats, Melodies, Textures, Drones, Rhythms and all designed to fit together perfectly. Expect the unexpected in this twisted library of modular goodness. Covering all styles from Ambient, experimental, New Age minimal to the most modern of technical productions, this pack guarantees to add depth, warmth and character to your next composition.
Massive thanks to all of you for joining us last Saturday in Bochum and to all the planetarium team for their warm welcome. It was a very special event and we feel that this planetarium setting was the perfect immersion experience for our music. Really looking forward to taking you on more space adventures.
Do share your pictures on the event page!
“The 8 pieces featured on this album were selected out of hours of improvising, happy hours as I recollect. The joy of playing and listening to the sound of the instrument made me play slower and slower, softer and softer, as almost every new note was destroying the immense beauty and sustain of the previous note. I was preparing the instrument with parts of my felt collection, carefully tuning mic positions with the help of my dear friend and recording gear wizard Matthias Hahn and simply playing whatever came to my mind. In conversations about this I am still struggling for words in order to praise David’s instrument. Words simply don’t do it justice, so listen for yourself. With lots of love” – Nils Frahm
Miktek is coming to Lyon to work with AES Dana on the finishing touches of their collaborative album and third vinyl release. We take this opportunity to organise a show case at our record shop.
Friday 12th February from 5pm, the live performance will start around 6pm
Free entrance, bring something to share and your brightest smile
Ultimae Record Shop | 1 rue Mazard 69002 Lyon
Delsin present a new EP by B12 aka Steve Rutter entitled Orbiting Souls & Sides Of Space, a collection of classic, lost and forgotten tracks from atmospheric techno producer D5.
Orbiting Souls is a somewhat complex journey, a representation of inner Bi Polar opposites; isolation; sadness, but also acknowledging the great and wonderful things around that swirl and support and energise us.
Sides Of Space is a compelling compilation that is wholly timeless from start to finish. Though driven by a fine sense of groove, it is also great head music that is richly musical and truly serene. In all, this releases reminds us that D5 is a underrated producer of emotive electronic landscapes.
Discover B12 Orbiting Soulds EP
Discover D5 Sides Of Space EP
Aidan Baker is a Canadian musician and writer currently based in Berlin, Germany. Classically trained in flute, he is self-taught on guitar, drums, and various other instruments. As a solo artist, Baker explores the deconstructive sonic possibilities of the electric guitar as a primary sound source, creating music that ranges from experimental to post-rock to contemporary classical.
We invite you to discover a selection of records from Echospace. The duo comprised of Detroit’s Rod Modell and Chicago’s Steven Hitchell have spent nearly two decades producing low-key electronic music both bordering on the verge of myth. They’re considered by many the most noted producers operating in the dub-infused aftermath of the Basic Channel axis and all its myriad offshoots. Once their critically-acclaimed The Coldest Season (LOVE 033CD) emerged on the UK-based Modern Love label, the curtain was unveiled and the sound of Echospace was born. They’ve often been coined the true heirs to the Basic Channel legacy but their work finds a home somewhere on the outskirts of the galaxy, where Detroit soul ties to Jamaican roots played through a tunnel in deep space.
This evocative, immersive sound that is Echospace was born out of a love and passion for analog circuitry, sound design, field recordings and non-conventional methods of recording. But it’s also work that’s quintessentially building upon the Detroit electronic scene where it was born, and that divine marriage of roots and vision make the work at once so highly considered, so pertinent and so timeless.
Audiomodern & StrangeLines present STREAKULATOR, created by developer Ernesto Cecco D’Ortona, STREAKULATOR is a midi-modulated audio effect suitable for modern producers to use in the daily workflow, but it’s suitable for many uses, mostly sound design. Its main job is to create crazy sounds with a human touch in no time: possibilities are endless.
STREAKULATOR is literally a swiss army knife for Ableton Live: you can do sidechain, sound design, waveshaping, filtering, wobble and growl basses, synth sounds from any source, heavy metallic effects, robostep sounds, perfectly synced gating, dramatically fast sound shifting with presets automation and it goes as far as your imagination can.
You can use STREAKULATOR with any kind of sound: organic sounds, acoustic instruments, drum loops, synth phrases and vocals too. You’ll be surprised at any time about its incredible sound quality and flexibility in producing so different results.
Abrade is the re-issue of a very limited tape/cassette release of the same name; self released by Submersion in 2012. Now made available again on high quality glass mastered CD with additional remixes by Mon0, Optical Frameworks and Valanx.
PRE-ORDER – Release date: 7 March 2016.
150 manufactured limited CD’s in recycled cardboard packaging
Asura Live [Ultimae] Poordream Live [Tympanic Audio] C.oP Babag [Mahamaya] Qses [Savva Records] will be performing at IT The Place this Saturday 30.01.2016
Starts at 22.00 – IT The Place | kleisovis 10, 10677 Athens, Greece
Music journalist, mixologist and radio broadcaster Mike G reviewed our latest releases and features them in his Ambient music, Chillout & Downtempo Best of 2015.
Best Of 2015
Martin Nonstatic Granite Review
Digiseeds Review
Excellent French electronic music blog SWQW releases a touching review of Martin Nonstatic’s GRANITE album. Remember to vote and comment! Thanks Dotflac…
Solar Fields & Krister Linder will be performing an exclusive live at Världskulturmuseet (Göteborg) with artists like Oliver Huntermann, Robert Leiner, Atmos & many more in occasion of Backyard 15th anniversary celebration.
Saturday, January 30 at 10 PM – 5 AM
Venue : Världskulturmuseet Södra Vägen 54, 412 54 Gothenburg
“So here it is from ambient drone to post-rock, jazz and modern classical, from IDM to experimental to post-digital microsound; hallucinatory electronics to experimental soundscapery, candy-color post-kosmische to alien noise, intergalactic techno to post-hardcore mayhem and broken bass music, these are igloomag’s picks for the year…
There are sections, but these indicate nature, spirit, vibe and feel rather than a genre or sound and style. Of course, in some cases the releases are related in sound and style, but the list was just so big we wanted to facilitate the browse through without cramping style by boxing in with genre boundaries. It also recognizes the diversity of the list, which includes everything and post-everything.”
Martin Nonstatic Granite, AES Dana & Miktek Alkaline and the Digiseeds compilation are included in the first section. No winners or runners-up; all the sections are alphabetized by artist.