ASIP 9128.live Takeover

*Updated with mixes from the event below*

We’re taking over our radio station 9128.live this weekend with a marathon live stream of exclusive music, DJs and live sets.

When:

Saturday March 21st, beginning at 10am PST (5pm GMT), running all the way until:-
Sunday March 22nd, ending at 9pm PST (4am GMT).

Why:

Firstly, because of what is happening in the world surrounding the Coronavirus. Most of us are at home (or should be!) And as a result, many shows are cancelled (including our first label showcase in London). So not only do we want to replicate that event online, we want to try help raise some money for a good cause, support more artists and labels, and offer some solace to everyone staying at home. We will be adding links to donate to a chosen charity during the event, should listeners want to give something back and help those in need as a way of saying thank you. We have also compiled a Buy Music Club list of all the artists featured in the program for you to support the featured artists directly.

Who:

The weekend programming will feature a mixture of live sets, new material and exclusive music to 9128 from the below artists/labels. Check the schedule tab for set times. Featured artists are listed in alphabetical order.

36 (Live) Dennis will be compiling a very special “Slow The F@ck Down” set featuring edits of his own material.

Benoît Pioulard (Exclusive material)Tom has prepared a very special hour of music containing guitar, voice, harmonium, piano, OP-1 & Moog synthesizers, and magnetic tape alongside several pieces taken from the subscriber-only album "Underwritten".

Bluetech (DJ/Live set)Evan has prepared a special hybrid DJ/live set featuring his own material along with tracks from an upcoming compilation he has compiled.

Certain Creatures (Live set)Mysteries of The Deep, Oliver Chapoy presents a rare live set.

Damm (Album Premiere)Joel Mull will be reviving his electronica alias Damm, set to be released on ASIP soon and will be playing tracks from the forthcoming ASIP album.

Digitonal (Live)A rare live set from Mr Andy Dobson of Digitonal

Field Records / AHPR & Sébastien (DJ set)Debut of a live set by Field Records’, AHPR & Sébastien taken from Organik Festival in 2018, Taiwan.

From Overseas (Album Premiere) First listen of the new album ‘Home’ upcoming on Past Inside The Present.

Gadi Sassoon (Live set)Set to release his debut album on ASIP this year, Gadi will be performing live from his studio amongst locked-down Italy. Check out his work here.

Grant Aaron (DJ set)The Mysteries Of The Deep label boss will be providing an exclusive DJ mix titled Shelter.

Isaac Helsen (Live set)The PITP co-founder and producer will be presenting new and improvised material alongside unreleased music.

James Bernard (Live set) James has been preparing a very special ambient-acid set, and will debut it here on 9128.

Jamie McCue (Live DJ set)The Silent Season label boss will be providing an exclusive Live DJ mix straight from the Silent Season Forest.

Jane Fitz (Live DJ set)Jane was set to close out our London event, and will complete her set instead from her studio with her entire vinyl collection to choose from.

Max Würden (Exclusive material)
Max will be presenting a piece of soundtrack work, mixed and edited with samples taken from the accompanying film ‘Derailed’.

Merrin Karras (Live + Album Premiere) The new Merrin Karras album is set to drop on Monday 23rd, and Brendan will be playing live with music from the album.

Multicast Dynamics (Live + exclusive DJ mix)We’ll be debuting a special previously unheard 2-hr live DJ mix from Samuel alongside as well as a live set straight from his studio.

Olga Wojciechowska (Live set)An extended, previously unheard live set by the ASIP composer.

Purl / Ludvig Cimbrelius (Live + exclusive material)
Ludvig will be making two appearances, the first with a preview of upcoming Purl material, and the second with a special raw piano live set.

Quiet Places (Album Premiere) Dennis White, Charlie May and Dave Gardner (Quiet Places) were set to debut at our London show. We’ll get a glimpse of their upcoming ASIP material this weekend.

r beny (Live set)A special live set from the admired synthesizer master.

Thesis Project (Exclusive material)Two hours of exclusive material from The Thesis Project catalog.

todos (Live DJ set)An admired DJ on ASIP for years, todos has soundtracked some of our finest journeys. Here, he will be spinning vinyl from his extensive collection in the UK to kick off the weekend program.

Tom Middleton (DJ/Live set)A very special DJ set featuring exclusive Global Communication tracks to close out our program.

Warmth (DJ set)Agus, producing as Warmth but also the man behind the Archives and Faint labels has compiled a mix full of exclusive label material including tracks from SVLBRD, Robert Farrugia, Powlos, Lauge, Christina Giannone, Purl and Javier Marimon

William Selman (Album Premiere)The Mysteries Of The Deep artist will be debuting his new upcoming album.

ASIP (Live DJ set)Lastly, A Strangely Isolated Place label boss ASIP will be spinning test-presses and unreleased label music.

The Time Released Sound Around The World Ambient Program

Time Released Sound are one of the very few labels that go above and beyond when it comes to the physical representation of their releases. So much so, that often, each individual piece is unique and tells its own story. From vintage photographs, to hand-crafted packaging, the TRS label has now gone so far as to include individual themed travel booklets for each CD.

If the packaging alone wasn’t enough to entice the collectors out there, then the music may just be the push you need. I joke, it’s a superb lineup of ambient musicians. From Purl, to Hotel Heon, offthesky & Pleq, and How To Disappear Completely, the compilation captures some of the very best audio travel companions.

…a physical, limited edition, hand assembled version of 125 copies w/factory pressed discs housed in vintage, 60 year old modified travel booklets. Each of these colorful 40+ page booklets from the 50’s is part of a series of 75, and is dedicated to the history and customs of a particular country. Each booklet has been reconstructed, printed in, and is sewn and rebound with additional vellum maps, atlas pages, vintage hand written sheet music, and cards from an antique travel game. Each “mail art” booklet is shipped in a seriously artified and hand-stamped 7’’x 9” cardboard mailing envelope, is hand addressed and labelled with a mix of old and new postage stamps, that are cancelled by hand. Bring the world to your door and listen up!!

isolatedmix 80 - Roel Funcken

Roel Funcken is well known around these parts; playing an engaging role in our small online ambient community and amassing a respectful following for his output. Whether through his unique IDM releases (read about one we covered a few years back, or a recent favorite of mine here) or even some of his epic ambient and electronica mixes, he's always been one to spend his time pushing the electronic sound forward.

Just this past month, Roel decided to combine a few of these aspects and bring together some of his close community for a worthwhile charitable release. With the help of the esteemed charity collective, Touched Music, "Dear of the Yog" was released to help raise funds for as the name might suggest; a charity that aims to improve the welfare of dogs and cats in Asia. Roel has brought together some of our favorite artists to take on some of his own productions, including Lusine, Martin Nonstatic, Illuvia (Purl), Kettel, and Ochre, whilst also providing a fine bunch of remixes himself. 

If you're familiar with some of Roel's previous ambient-oriented mixes, you'll know he tends to err of the side of 'epic' when it comes to duration. Take a few of his contributions over on Headphone Commute for example. Whilst his isolatedmix isn't quite a six-part series in a similar manner to his Isotope Cobalt project, we still have a trademark journey on our hands reaching nearly 2-hours in length and featuring a wide range of influences, from the deep worlds of ASC, Abul Mogard and Deru, to the light touches of Nest, Purl and Marcus Fischer and the metallic electronics of Ital Tek and Lorn. 

Roel demonstrates a unique ability to effortlessly match tone and texture whilst keeping every twist and turn interesting through many evolving through styles. 

Download

Artist/Track/Release

01. Marcus Fischer & Simon Scott - Thorns (Shape Memory)
02. Toàn - Unsolved (Histós Lusis)
03. Pepo Galan & Max Würden - All Of A Sudden (All Of A Sudden)
04. Deru - 1979 (On a Snowy February Day) (1979: Remixed)
05. Solo Andata - Loom (Solo Andata)
06. Roel Funcken - Android Robson (Ochre rmx) (Dear of the Yog)
07. Rival Consoles - Be Kind (Persona)
08. ASC - Quaoar (Trans-Neptunian Objects)
09. Huerco S - A Sea Of Love  (For Those Of You Who Have Never...)
10. Julien Neto - III (Le Fumeur de Ciel)
11. Clark - Oaklands  (Clarence Park)
12. Autechre - Altibzz (Quaristice)
13. Nest - Charlotte (Retold)
14. Lorn  - SPINNING IN A DREAM (A/D)
15. Rival Consoles - Memory Arc (Persona)
16. Abul Mogard - The Purpose Of Peace (Abul Mogard)
17. Woulg - Ocean (Thin Veil)
18. Kane Ikin - The Violent Silence (Sublunar)
19. r beny - cities sleep like seeds  (cascade symmetry)
20. Legiac - Bycam Fosfane2  (The Voynich Manuscript)
21. Roel Funcken -Pead Bandorum (Kettel rmx) (Dear of the Yog)
22. Purl - Montauk (Evighet)
23. Ital Tek  - Reflection Through Destruction (Hollowed)
24. Roel Funcken - Spawkings (Martin Nonstatic rmx) (Dear of the Yog)
25. Sofus Forsberg - App lol (Udefra)
26. Boards of Canada - Nothing Is Real  (Tomorrow's Harvest)
27. Lorn - Mercy (Ask The Dust)
28. Arovane - ambelio (Atol Scrap)

Roel Funcken Web | Bandcamp | Soundcloud | Facebook

Imagery by Antonie Rault, Hao Wang & Rene Bohmer - edited by ASIP. 

Dewtone releases full back catalog of beautiful ambient and dub-techno recordings

Our good friends at Dewtone announced some bitter-sweet news recently. The deep and organic ambient and dub-techno label have put their entire Bandcamp catalog up for free (or a very low price to have it in your collection). 

The label has been quiet as of late, so it might not come as a surprise that label founder Dustin Morris has been busy planning new ventures. This gracious move to open up the back catalog, perhaps signaling a change in direction sometime in the future. Fingers crossed we see Dewtone back with even more deep and emotional ambient music. 

There's a wealth of albums to choose from, and whilst you should no doubt download every single release (not a bad one amongst them), we wanted to reflect on five standout tracks. It's a tough choice given the quality throughout the catalog, but ASIP has been supporting Dewtone from the very early years, pre-2012, so some releases have a little sentimental value attached to them. This made it slightly easier for certain tracks to stand out and pinpoint personal memories and moments as both ASIP and Dewtone evolved over the years. 

Download the catalog on Bandcamp. 

Bjorn Rohde / I Began To Float
Perhaps one of Dewtone's most ominous and sincere tracks, but Bjorn Rohde's, Forgotten Hearts is a story unto itself - heartbreak and adventure. 

Purl & Deflektion / Growing
If you enjoyed Lav & Purl's A State of Becoming, there's plenty for you to dig into amongst the Dewtone catalog, with Purl featuring across several releases (as himself and some of his many other monikers) and Lav, too. But it was this beat-laden production with Olle Hallqvist (Deflektion) that really made me realize the never-ending innovative approaches ready and willing within Ludvig (Purl's) innovative mind. 

Sebastian Paul / Zen Temple
One of the later releases on the label, Sebastian Paul's album Warm Night Fall, really struck a chord with me. Perhaps it was my similarly timed visit to Japan and a chance to reflect, or maybe the extremely engrossing textures and minutiae sound design. A lesson in doing so much with so little. 

Segue / House of Cards
Dewtone also curated  a selection of compilations that included artists and labels they admired and were inspired by called, Foundations. Their second edition, 'Foundations II', featured Segue, amongst many others, and his contribution, House of Cards formed my first introduction to his works, ultimately going on to release superb solo efforts on Silent Season, such as Pacifica. 

Halo / Hollow City
Halo is one of those under-the-radar composers that deserves so much more attention. His Places Series EP, for example, and this album from 2012 on Dewtone. Tell me you can't hear the same delicate genius of Nils Frahm or Jon Hopkins in this track (and this album). And then remember. Pasquale, who is young now, let alone six-years ago, put this album together way before the nu-modern-classical-wave we know today. 

Listen to Dewtone founder, Dustin's exclusive ASIP mix from a few years back, featuring many other favorites in a similar style to the label. 

Illuvia - Illuvia

It's easy for me to like Purl's new album as Illuvia. After all, his magical sounds alongside Lav brought us the brilliant A State of Becoming LP. One of the many reasons I took this release on, was because nothing else out there sounds quite like it. The duo managed to create this organic, breathable ambient sound that was meditative, yet full of energy. 

Illuvia, is one of Purl's many follow-ups released under his own label, Eternell and in my eyes, is a perfect continuation of the sound found on A State of Becoming. The organic feel is still present, albeit with less of a purposeful setting than ASOB due to Lav's missing field recordings; but in its absence, Purl replaces 'lean-back' sounds, with 'lean-in' moments.

With a stunning amount of detail, told through beautiful piano moments, drifting pads, and complex drum patterns, Ludvig dances between ambient soundscapes, breaks and full drum'n bass, as heard below in Illuvia (Exaltation). LTJ Bukem eat your heart out.

As Ludvig develops this very unique and distinct sound, I'm continually surprised by the pallet of sounds he pulls from; the combination of styles, and the ultimate end-purity of it all. It's a great example of how ambient music can also be imaginative, detailed, complex and melodic, yet still send you into another world. 

Available on Bandcamp.