Ultimae

France-Based Ultimae brings you dreamy tech-based IDM, electronic, and ambient to soundtrack your Sci-fi inner-visions. Gorgeous packaging, full color inserts and lush music to propel your thoughts out of this stratosphere.

Albedo - Ambient Refractions $20.00

London-based DJ, promoter and music journalist, Massimo Terranova aka Nova is a prolific sound selector at the forefront of the ambient/electronica music scene since 2000 appearing as a resident DJ at the most notorious clubs and events in UK and abroad. On this mixed set, Nova seamlessly blends tracks by the Ultimae roster into both a veritable compilation of talent and continuous ambient excursion with tech-trance accents. Comes with gorgeous photo/digital art booklet insert. (file under: ambeint, techno, tech-trance)

Aes Dana - Leylines $20.00

Born from the meeting of Vincent Villuis who produced ‘chill’ and Sunbeam (aka Mahiane) who spins English progressive, Aes Dana stands as a coherent fusion of both styles. Indeed, Leylines is a melding of ambi-tech-trance styles interwoven to form a tapestry of complex musical narritives for a diverse yet satisfying listen. (file under: ambient, chill, downtempo)

Aes Dana - Season 5 $20.00

Another science-fiction influenced downtempo-ambient album from Aes Dana to help launch your inner-visions. Born from the meeting of Vincent Villuis who produced ‘chill’ and Sunbeam (aka Mahiane) who spins English progressive, Aes Dana stands as a coherent fusion of both styles. Indeed, Leylines is a melding of ambi-tech-trance styles interwoven to form a tapestry of complex musical narritives for a diverse yet satisfying listen. (file under: ambient, chill, downtempo)

Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden $20.00

Squelchy, deeply-techy yet dreamy ambient music drenched in sci-fi themes through processed-voice overs like transmissions from distant starships. Downtempo yet beat driven music to soundtrack inner-visions, Carbon Based Lifeform Vincent Villuis delivers a superbly polished electronic excursion.

Carbon Based Lifeforms - World of Sleepers $20.00

Carbon Based Lifeforms (CBL) are Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Segerstad (né Ringström), both born in 1976 and based in Göteborg, south-west Sweden. CBL itself was formed in 1996, as an offshoot from other projects, but soon became a focal project. Dreamy, ethereal techno with gradual melodies that drift like clouds across horizons on a breezy day. (file under: ambient, downtempo-techno, chill)

Other moments on this disc are more dramatic, kinetic and techy as per this sample.

Comes with gorgeous multi-page booklet insert with photos and digital art work.

Cell - Hanging Masses $20.00

Definitely among the more cinematic of the Ultimae roster, Alex Scheffer aka Cell brings Hanging Masses, a breath-takingly beautiful ambient-tech album of lush, sonorous melodies. Ambient sweeps are tempered with dramatic moments that unfurl and slowly disburse like musical incense and leaves a lingering sense of wonderment. Comes with full color booklet insert of digital art work. (file under: cinematic, ambient-techno)

James Murray - Where Edges Meet $20.00

James Murray is an electro-acoustic producer and multi-instrumentalist previously released on labels such as Psychonavigation and E:mit and now Ultimae.  Where Edges Meet features Downtempo-ambient-chillout with instrumental and psychedellic-dub accents along with bits of lush guitar and flute among other instruments. Gorgeous full color-insert included. (file under: chill-out, downtempo, instrumental and electro-acoustic)

Solar Fields - Blue Moon Station $20.00

Swedish based electronic music composer Magnus Birgersson aka Solar Fields built a unique sonic universe with a constant shifting from high tech ambient flow into broken beats, powerful sequences and fragmented loops. Definitely among the more ethereal releases in the Ultimae catalog, punctuated with rhythmic sequences that interplay nicely with futurist synthesizer sweeps and cinematic voice overs. (file under: tech-trance, ambient-sweeps)

Various Artists - Farenheit Project Part 6 $19.00

The Farenheit Project is a compilation series put out by Ultimae featuring artists on their roster including Cell, Aes Dana, and Solar Fields. For those unsure of what to get, this compilation is a good way to cover the spectrum of Ultimae’s offerings.