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 recognizeable 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.

All tracks written, arranged, mixed and produced by Vincent Villuis
Except Inks featuring Mahiane & Unfold featuring Miktek
Mastered by Vincent Villuis at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis
Photo credits: Anupam Lotlika

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Having released each other’s work on their Slowcraft and KrysaliSound imprints James and Francis naturally extended this exchange into a remote London-Milan collaboration. The resulting debut is an unhurried collection of exquisitely crafted minimal ambient, tender and contemplative, a listening experience that simultaneously explores and distorts our awareness of separation and togetherness.

Written, arranged, mixed & produced by James Murray & Francis M Gri
Audio mastering by Vincent Villuis | Ultimae Studios
Artwork Design by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis
Photo credits : Welcomia

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 This Road Trip album surfaces from pure Ambient Electronica to deliver undulating Downtempo, inviting curvy basslines and morphing cadences to meddle with crafty rhythms, airy pads and rich modular tweaks.

Serpentines & Valleys is brimming with emotions, stirring melodies and lush soundscapes which reveal an inventive and mesmerizing tale.

The artwork was created with argentic pictures by Kolkata based photographer Jayanta Roy.

All tracks written & produced by Marcel Montel & Martin Van Rossum
Mastering by Vincent Villuis at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis
Photo credits : Jayanta Roy

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Swiss-born artist Moreno Antognini aka Master Margherita treats us to a mystical and meditative album driven by low-end quiet pulses, swaddling guitar basslines, dense granular pads, giving a powerful homage to a certain definition of Doom Jazz, Stoner Rock and Nordic Ambient with influences from Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Bill Laswell or Biosphere’s works.

Carefully crafted over the course of two years, this Border 50 album stands apart, a return to the source for the artist, hallmark of Master Margherita’s irrefutable multi-instrumentist and storyteller talent.

All tracks written & produced by Master Margherita
Except Border 50 written by Master Margherita & The Positronics
Geophilous recorded live in collaboration with Awakening Sessions
All percussion on Border 50 album by Corrado “Ermetico” Bugno
Flute on Shruti One by Dan Hooke

Mastering by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis
Photo credits : Melanie Lemahieu

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The 7 tracks explore the emotive IDM and Dubby Tech fields with some incursions in cloudy Electronica.

Every artist involved in this restructuring musical project endeavored to create brand new tracks – real tribute to the initial ones – with re-dreamt audio architectures and feelings.

Written & produced by Martin Van Rossum
Remix & additional production by :
Tore Kofod Hyldahl on Parallel Thoughts (Erot remix)
António Manuel Da Silva Lourenço on Variegation (Floating Machine remix)
Roel Funcken on Ligand (Roel Funcken remix)
Vladislav Isaev on Parabolic View (Scann-Tec remix)
Mihalis Aikaterinis & Vincent Villuis on Methodical Random (Miktek feat. AES Dana remix)
Vincent Villuis on Harmonices Mundi (AES Dana remix)

Mastering by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis
Photo credits : Herman IJssel

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The nine tracks on 9980 compose a serene ballad in atmospheric realms where finely chiseled rhythms and fluid melodies are sustained by discreet downtempo grooves and deep drones.

Koizumi’s widely spread, otherworldly, organic, sustained wizardry, compliments Scheffer’s spiraling, liquid, delicate yet sumptuous acid ambient type architecture. This combination creates a kinetic and spacious tapestry that stimulates the mind and soul. A pure delight for vast soundscapes audiophiles.

Written & produced by Alex Scheffer & Hidetoshi Koizumi
Mastering by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev | Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis
Words by Nocturnal Ghost | Igloomag

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Hauting, soulful minimalism is engraved within the atmospheric frequencies that paint these melancholy walls, a downtempo outcry of distant, mechanical pads and dystopian melodies crawling against an auditory horizon. The experience of a voyage to the core of your emotions.

Written, arranged, produced and mixed by Martin Van Rossum
Mastering by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis

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Fully remastered, this vibrant and powerful opus presents 10 tracks fusing IDM / Downtempo, Deep Tech and Progressive Trance.
A cinematic album which offers new perceptions of the work of the composer who weaved symphonic pads into deep bass grooves and haunting themes while bringing out a certain melancholia brushed by stratified rhythms.

Passionate about the concept of pollination and how it transposes with music, sounds, technology and humanity, Vincent Villuis recorded and gathered moments of his life as he walked through cities, fields, seaside and airports. Back in the studio, he introduced these field recordings in his electronic compositions to yield tracks that are eclectic yet retain a common essence. In this configuration, man and machine are both pollinators and pollenizers; music is the pollen.

All tracks written, arranged, produced and mixed by Vincent Villuis at Ultimae Studios
Except ‘’Tree.Some’’ & ‘’A carmine day’’ by Vincent Villuis & Mahiane
Mastering by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis

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The Polarity artwork was imagined by plasticians Suzy Lelièvre and Raphaël Kuntz.
From a sphere, they conceived a parametric deformation protocol for a decomposition in several stages. While Suzy imagines shapes and the potential modifications to impact, Raphaël works on the incarnation process to extract a mineral matter look, something geological, almost chemical. As they materialise, with slow lighting work, shapes undergo random offsets, revealing the tension between a near scientific protocol and its subjective interpretation. Beyond the infinite production of singular shapes, the goal of both artists, especially for this project, is to invent new processes that invite a reconsideration of our attitude to shapes.
In the same way, from Ambient to Techno, through a game of modulation of pads, rhythms and frequencies, Polarity offers a variety of musical spectra flowing into one another, a melodic exploration of the twists and turns which link both universes.

Mastered by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev at Ultimae Studios
Original artwork by Suzy Lelièvre & Raphaël Kuntz
Artwork design by Arnaud Galoppe
Text credits by Emmanuelle Hebert & Nick Sumbles

Featured artists: AES DANA | AREA | ARNE WEINBERG/VALANX | BEAT PHARMACY | CLAUDIO PRC | CV313/VARIANT | DEADBEAT | ENNONY | KINOSURA | MEROVEE | MOD21 | RESOE | ZZZZRA/MUSICIANS WITH GUNS

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« … tiny seeds slowly converged, took root and from the depth, gently germinated… Greenosophy opens the door to these thoughtful, lunar and at times enlivened blooms »

Mizoo’s Greenosophy Second Chapter is a warm and lush record combining music by some of the finest composers, it’s a smooth outward extension from the original Greenosophy.

Cyril Miserez dedicates this story to Francis Bégert, Michel Jaouen and Roberto Bonagura.

Collected by Mizoo
Mastering by Vincent Villuis & Vladislav Isaev at Ultimae Studios
Artwork by Arnaud Galoppe & Vincent Villuis

Featured artists: AES DANA | ASCENDANT | CELL | CLAUDIO PRC | HYBRID LEISURELAND | I AWAKE | MIKTEK | MIZOO | MYSTIC CROCK | OM aka OVNIMOON | SCANN-TEC

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