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Today's artists are a mixed bunch you'll hear Deep Ambient, Downtempo, IDM, infused with hints of Neo-Classsical Electronica, Industrial and Liquid Drum’n’Bass.. ..... N'Joy
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Aes Dana is the main moniker for Vincent Villuis, a French composer, sound designer, Dj and co-owner of Ultimae records as well as one of the founding members of Asura.
Bass player and singer in several coldwave and industrial bands as a teenager, Vincent then moved on to composing with machines and specialised in sampling and layering of acoustic sounds digitally transmuted. His music is a fusion of Deep Ambient, Downtempo, IDM, infused with hints of Neo-Classsical Electronica, Industrial and Liquid Drum’n’Bass.
As Aes Dana, he produced 6 solo albums, an audio samples library, participated to about 3 dozen compilations while collaborating on three albums with Swedish artist Magnus Birgersson under moniker H.UV.A.Network and with Greek artist Miktek on the release of EPs and the Fragments Libraries. He is also known for his artistic direction on the Fahrenheit Project series of compilations (Ultimae) and, as head of the Ultimae Studio, has earned a solid reputation for his audio mastering works.
Vincent Villuis was the official Artist in Residence at « Les Dominicains de Haute Alsace » between 2009 and 2012 which led to collaborations with artists and choirs from the Classical Music world and compositions for multi-diffusion installations such as « Le Jardin Magnétique » and creation of audio-guides for the site.
He composed scores and licensed existing works for short and feature films, documentaries and BBC tv programs such as « Atrophy Bank » by Sam Asaert, « The Passport » by Amund Lie, « Mandorla » by Roberto Miller or « Breath of Life » by Susan Kucera which opened new perspectives on composition and sound design and collaborations with various advertising agencies.
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Vincent Villuis, co-compiled and mixed this cd, it's an exceptional disc of psyambient bliss... flowing effortlessly from track to track, it feels less like a 'mix' and more like a single work.
First in a series of compilations bringing together each time artists from the world and electronic scene, Fahrenheit Project takes you further on the ambient journey. All along this project, the diverse musical and geographical influences communicate with one another, evoke their rhythms, their harmonies and inspirations to give you 77 minutes of varied music. An invitation to a different perception of ambient, electro world and trance.
If you wanna see what the Fahrenheit Projects are about, then part 1 is certainly the place to start. 'Fahrenheit Project Part One' is one of the most beautiful works of art I've ever heard. The album is filled with rhythmical lines below the precious environmental dream themes mixed with basses, natural and industrial effects. The synch sequences are built in some kind of trance manner and are accurately sliced and arranged.
Fahrenheit Project part 1 is an impressive beginning and makes clear from the outset that Ultimae's definition of trance is open-minded and progressive. Aes Dana (a duo comprising of the label's co-founders) gives us something new and strange with the extraordinary "Skyclad". The opening oriental flute and eerie background drone could be textbook ethno-ambient until a percussive drum loop kicks in and casts its hypnotic spell. Also of note is Craig Padilla's beatless "Beyond Beta", jaw-droppingly beautiful and almost Berlin old-school ala Ashra with its warm, enveloping shroud of shimmering melody and sad synth chords.
VA - Fahrenheit Project 1 ( flac 492mb)
01 Ambient Temple of Imagination - Devotion (Intro) 1:25
02 Jaïa - L'ivresse Des Profondeurs 6:27
03 Asura - Amber Rain 7:39
04 Toirés - Laâlam 7:31
05 Asura - They Will Come 7:12
06 Hol Baumann - Another 5:11
07 Solar Fields - Outlined Surfaces 6:42
08 Chi-A.D. - Slide (Limited Version) 5:34
09 Distortion Orchestra - Fire Maiden 7:19
10 Aes Dana - Skyclad (High Frequencies Version) 7:10
11 Mystical Sun - In the Sky 3:58
12 Craig Padilla - Beyond Beta (Original Mix) 6:01
13 True Frequencies - New Indigeneous Religion 3:58
14 Ambient Temple of Imagination - Devotion (Extract...) 1:14
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This compilation is really true quintessence of electro/ambient world music. By listening, sounds move you to remote corners of magic landscapes, to space dimension, imagining once cosmos another tribal places...Every of tracks gets in euphoric mood, great spirit of life and are one and only in them kind, very special. This album is close to anything that could be called awesome. Ultimae records is known for releasing top-notch ambient, but this compilation is beyond anything they've released so far. Solar Fields, Vibrasphere, Khetzal, Aes Dana and Chi-A.D. The names speak for themselves, as The Fahrenheit Project part 2 is the culmination of several great ambient artists merged and mixed together into a floating wonderland with a runtime of 71:16. This is an album any Ambient lover should never be without.
VA - Fahrenheit Project 2 ( flac 512mb)
01 Robert Rich - Somnium Intro 2:07
02 Solar Fields - Electric Fluid 8:31
03 Vibrasphere - San Pedro 8:39
04 KhetzaL - Glaciales Lacrimae 7:45
05 Nuclear Ramjet - Folding Time (ambient version) 6:35
06 Aes Dana - Summerlands 5:39
07 Chi-A.D. - When the Effect Came 6:42
08 Hol Baumann - Bénarès 5:52
09 Cell - Keun Yung 5:42
10 Mystical Sun - Waters of Life 5:15
11 Robert Rich - Somnium 8:12
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The third volume of its Fahrenheit Project collection. A new selection of 10 unreleased ambient downtempo, trancey, tribal and atmospheric tracks. Thought up as a long chill-out journey amongst ethereal rhythms, Fahrenheit Project carries on presenting and promoting a certain definition of electronic music : visual and dreamlike. This time the story was compiled and mixed by Koala (former member of French trance band Jaïa), specialised in novodub and space music.
Some nice quality chillout for these increasingly cold autumn days? in Europe at least. (If you?re living in warmer climes, then just use your imagination.) Fahrenheit Project 3 manages to fit into an as-yet untouched groove, with a definite seasonal feel? the cover artwork features deep autumnal sunshine filtered through cold-starched treetops and the whole album has that vibe of hibernation time. If you accept that our own internal rhythms are in some way connected to those of the earth, and that ancient ancestors would probably be spending time right about now gathering animal skins, nuts and hallucinogenic mushrooms to hoard back into their caves for the winter downtime, then you?ll appreciate this vibe. Compiled and mixed by Koala, previously part of much applauded Jaia, this is a tight collection of beatless trance and tribal world breakbeats that only suffers intermittently from taking itself too seriously. Koala?s track with Xentrix opens the CD nicely with one of the finest bits of chill of the year, a real unfolding and rising atmosphere makes the music take on a mind of its own. Likewise Cell?s Spiritual Moves is awesome and reminds you just how deep this music can go, and Carbon Based Lifeforms? MOS 6581 is supreme: glossy, meditative stuff that brings feelings overflowing and then makes them subside gorgeously. With input from Toires, Solar Fields and Mystical Sun jostling alongside fresher names like Aes Dana & HUVA Network, familiar patterns shift alongside newer ones making this a sublime tribal chillout backdrop to cold, clear Sunday mornings.
VA - Fahrenheit Project 3 ( flac 449mb)
01 Koala & Xentrix - Infinite Dream 7:30
02 Aes Dana - Undertow 6:41
03 H.U.V.A. Network - Morning Call (Ambient Version) 5:34
04 Cell - Spiritual Move 9:26
05 Solar Fields - Something Crystal 6:11
06 Toirés - Nabab 6:05
07 Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581 6:40
08 Mystical Sun - Blue Magnetic Ocean 6:40
09 Solar Fields - Spiritual Ocean 5:37
10 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Metrosat 4 8:12
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Here the fourth chapter in their Fahrenheit Project series. It is compiled and mixed once again by Vincent Villuis, first out is a new track by Solar Fields (Magnus Birgersson) , this is a really beautiful, floating, deep track with a totally hypnotic melody going pretty fast with a chilled background. Track 2 is a new project by Double Dragon (Steve Good) who lives in Japan. He has released two trance albums (Continuum and Transparent), but here he goes under a different name (Puff Dragon), and gives us a chilled dub track. This track has a nice ethnic Chinese feel, with beautiful flute mixed with some deep dub rhythms. Track 3 is by Aes Dana (Vincent Villuis) himself, the man who has compiled and mixed this compilation. Here we get a new track, deep and floating with beautiful sounds and relaxing down tempo rhythms. Track 4 is by Aural Planet, based in Poland. Again very floating and deep at the same time. The melodies in this one is really beautiful. Great chill out track! Carbon Based Lifeforms (Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Ringström) from Sweden released their first album (Hydroponic Garden) on Ultimae Records. A very relaxing down tempo ambient album. You get a feeling of what the album sounds like with this track. Relaxed down tempo rhythms with floating sounds around, and some tribal didgeridoo in between.
Track 6 by Cell (Alex Scheffer) from France is a totally floating ambient track with really wonderful sounds. After a while, some really slow going deep down tempo rhythms comes in. One of the most relaxing tracks on this compilation. Track 7 is a new track by Swedish Vibrasphere (Rickard Berglöf and Robert Elster). They usually released progressive trance, but they have also released a couple of really good dub tracks on their albums (Echo and Lime Structure). The track we get here isn't on any of their albums. It starts slow with a light melody and some floating sounds. Then comes the deep dubby rhythms in and take control. Not the best chilled track I have heard by them, but not bad. Ochi Brothers (Yoshiaki Ochi) from Japan has released an album (Drum N' Space) on Makyos label Dakini Records. Here we get a new slow ambient track with mostly floating sounds, a few tribal drums in the background and a lot of violin. Track 9 is another track by Swedish Carbon Based Lifeforms. This track is not on the album either. A very slow, totally deep ambient track, without much variation, but it just lasts for a couple of minutes. The last track on this compilation is by another French artist called Hol Baumann. He continues the same style as Carbon Based Lifeforms, in the beginning, but after a while it gets more tribal. It actually reminds me a bit of Makyo, with some relaxed female vocals.
VA - Fahrenheit Project 4 ( flac 405mb)
01 Solar Fields - Union Light 6:21
02 Puff Dragon - Сhinese Radio 6:24
03 Aes Dana - Memory Shell (Mindgames Festival Live Version) 6:03
04 Aural Planet - Hydropoetry Cathedra (Instrumental Version) 9:47
05 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Epicentre (Second Movement) 5:46
06 Cell - Audio Deepest Night 8:40
07 Vibrasphere - Northern Sunsets 7:53
08 Ochi Brothers - Flowing Synergy 7:03
09 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Decompression 2:40
10 Hol Baumann - Send Away 7:20
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Today's artists are a mixed bunch you'll hear Deep Ambient, Downtempo, IDM, infused with hints of Neo-Classsical Electronica, Industrial and Liquid Drum’n’Bass.. ..... N'Joy
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Aes Dana is the main moniker for Vincent Villuis, a French composer, sound designer, Dj and co-owner of Ultimae records as well as one of the founding members of Asura.
Bass player and singer in several coldwave and industrial bands as a teenager, Vincent then moved on to composing with machines and specialised in sampling and layering of acoustic sounds digitally transmuted. His music is a fusion of Deep Ambient, Downtempo, IDM, infused with hints of Neo-Classsical Electronica, Industrial and Liquid Drum’n’Bass.
As Aes Dana, he produced 6 solo albums, an audio samples library, participated to about 3 dozen compilations while collaborating on three albums with Swedish artist Magnus Birgersson under moniker H.UV.A.Network and with Greek artist Miktek on the release of EPs and the Fragments Libraries. He is also known for his artistic direction on the Fahrenheit Project series of compilations (Ultimae) and, as head of the Ultimae Studio, has earned a solid reputation for his audio mastering works.
Vincent Villuis was the official Artist in Residence at « Les Dominicains de Haute Alsace » between 2009 and 2012 which led to collaborations with artists and choirs from the Classical Music world and compositions for multi-diffusion installations such as « Le Jardin Magnétique » and creation of audio-guides for the site.
He composed scores and licensed existing works for short and feature films, documentaries and BBC tv programs such as « Atrophy Bank » by Sam Asaert, « The Passport » by Amund Lie, « Mandorla » by Roberto Miller or « Breath of Life » by Susan Kucera which opened new perspectives on composition and sound design and collaborations with various advertising agencies.
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Vincent Villuis, co-compiled and mixed this cd, it's an exceptional disc of psyambient bliss... flowing effortlessly from track to track, it feels less like a 'mix' and more like a single work.
First in a series of compilations bringing together each time artists from the world and electronic scene, Fahrenheit Project takes you further on the ambient journey. All along this project, the diverse musical and geographical influences communicate with one another, evoke their rhythms, their harmonies and inspirations to give you 77 minutes of varied music. An invitation to a different perception of ambient, electro world and trance.
If you wanna see what the Fahrenheit Projects are about, then part 1 is certainly the place to start. 'Fahrenheit Project Part One' is one of the most beautiful works of art I've ever heard. The album is filled with rhythmical lines below the precious environmental dream themes mixed with basses, natural and industrial effects. The synch sequences are built in some kind of trance manner and are accurately sliced and arranged.
Fahrenheit Project part 1 is an impressive beginning and makes clear from the outset that Ultimae's definition of trance is open-minded and progressive. Aes Dana (a duo comprising of the label's co-founders) gives us something new and strange with the extraordinary "Skyclad". The opening oriental flute and eerie background drone could be textbook ethno-ambient until a percussive drum loop kicks in and casts its hypnotic spell. Also of note is Craig Padilla's beatless "Beyond Beta", jaw-droppingly beautiful and almost Berlin old-school ala Ashra with its warm, enveloping shroud of shimmering melody and sad synth chords.
VA - Fahrenheit Project 1 ( flac 492mb)
01 Ambient Temple of Imagination - Devotion (Intro) 1:25
02 Jaïa - L'ivresse Des Profondeurs 6:27
03 Asura - Amber Rain 7:39
04 Toirés - Laâlam 7:31
05 Asura - They Will Come 7:12
06 Hol Baumann - Another 5:11
07 Solar Fields - Outlined Surfaces 6:42
08 Chi-A.D. - Slide (Limited Version) 5:34
09 Distortion Orchestra - Fire Maiden 7:19
10 Aes Dana - Skyclad (High Frequencies Version) 7:10
11 Mystical Sun - In the Sky 3:58
12 Craig Padilla - Beyond Beta (Original Mix) 6:01
13 True Frequencies - New Indigeneous Religion 3:58
14 Ambient Temple of Imagination - Devotion (Extract...) 1:14
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
This compilation is really true quintessence of electro/ambient world music. By listening, sounds move you to remote corners of magic landscapes, to space dimension, imagining once cosmos another tribal places...Every of tracks gets in euphoric mood, great spirit of life and are one and only in them kind, very special. This album is close to anything that could be called awesome. Ultimae records is known for releasing top-notch ambient, but this compilation is beyond anything they've released so far. Solar Fields, Vibrasphere, Khetzal, Aes Dana and Chi-A.D. The names speak for themselves, as The Fahrenheit Project part 2 is the culmination of several great ambient artists merged and mixed together into a floating wonderland with a runtime of 71:16. This is an album any Ambient lover should never be without.
VA - Fahrenheit Project 2 ( flac 512mb)
01 Robert Rich - Somnium Intro 2:07
02 Solar Fields - Electric Fluid 8:31
03 Vibrasphere - San Pedro 8:39
04 KhetzaL - Glaciales Lacrimae 7:45
05 Nuclear Ramjet - Folding Time (ambient version) 6:35
06 Aes Dana - Summerlands 5:39
07 Chi-A.D. - When the Effect Came 6:42
08 Hol Baumann - Bénarès 5:52
09 Cell - Keun Yung 5:42
10 Mystical Sun - Waters of Life 5:15
11 Robert Rich - Somnium 8:12
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
The third volume of its Fahrenheit Project collection. A new selection of 10 unreleased ambient downtempo, trancey, tribal and atmospheric tracks. Thought up as a long chill-out journey amongst ethereal rhythms, Fahrenheit Project carries on presenting and promoting a certain definition of electronic music : visual and dreamlike. This time the story was compiled and mixed by Koala (former member of French trance band Jaïa), specialised in novodub and space music.
Some nice quality chillout for these increasingly cold autumn days? in Europe at least. (If you?re living in warmer climes, then just use your imagination.) Fahrenheit Project 3 manages to fit into an as-yet untouched groove, with a definite seasonal feel? the cover artwork features deep autumnal sunshine filtered through cold-starched treetops and the whole album has that vibe of hibernation time. If you accept that our own internal rhythms are in some way connected to those of the earth, and that ancient ancestors would probably be spending time right about now gathering animal skins, nuts and hallucinogenic mushrooms to hoard back into their caves for the winter downtime, then you?ll appreciate this vibe. Compiled and mixed by Koala, previously part of much applauded Jaia, this is a tight collection of beatless trance and tribal world breakbeats that only suffers intermittently from taking itself too seriously. Koala?s track with Xentrix opens the CD nicely with one of the finest bits of chill of the year, a real unfolding and rising atmosphere makes the music take on a mind of its own. Likewise Cell?s Spiritual Moves is awesome and reminds you just how deep this music can go, and Carbon Based Lifeforms? MOS 6581 is supreme: glossy, meditative stuff that brings feelings overflowing and then makes them subside gorgeously. With input from Toires, Solar Fields and Mystical Sun jostling alongside fresher names like Aes Dana & HUVA Network, familiar patterns shift alongside newer ones making this a sublime tribal chillout backdrop to cold, clear Sunday mornings.
VA - Fahrenheit Project 3 ( flac 449mb)
01 Koala & Xentrix - Infinite Dream 7:30
02 Aes Dana - Undertow 6:41
03 H.U.V.A. Network - Morning Call (Ambient Version) 5:34
04 Cell - Spiritual Move 9:26
05 Solar Fields - Something Crystal 6:11
06 Toirés - Nabab 6:05
07 Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581 6:40
08 Mystical Sun - Blue Magnetic Ocean 6:40
09 Solar Fields - Spiritual Ocean 5:37
10 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Metrosat 4 8:12
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Here the fourth chapter in their Fahrenheit Project series. It is compiled and mixed once again by Vincent Villuis, first out is a new track by Solar Fields (Magnus Birgersson) , this is a really beautiful, floating, deep track with a totally hypnotic melody going pretty fast with a chilled background. Track 2 is a new project by Double Dragon (Steve Good) who lives in Japan. He has released two trance albums (Continuum and Transparent), but here he goes under a different name (Puff Dragon), and gives us a chilled dub track. This track has a nice ethnic Chinese feel, with beautiful flute mixed with some deep dub rhythms. Track 3 is by Aes Dana (Vincent Villuis) himself, the man who has compiled and mixed this compilation. Here we get a new track, deep and floating with beautiful sounds and relaxing down tempo rhythms. Track 4 is by Aural Planet, based in Poland. Again very floating and deep at the same time. The melodies in this one is really beautiful. Great chill out track! Carbon Based Lifeforms (Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Ringström) from Sweden released their first album (Hydroponic Garden) on Ultimae Records. A very relaxing down tempo ambient album. You get a feeling of what the album sounds like with this track. Relaxed down tempo rhythms with floating sounds around, and some tribal didgeridoo in between.
Track 6 by Cell (Alex Scheffer) from France is a totally floating ambient track with really wonderful sounds. After a while, some really slow going deep down tempo rhythms comes in. One of the most relaxing tracks on this compilation. Track 7 is a new track by Swedish Vibrasphere (Rickard Berglöf and Robert Elster). They usually released progressive trance, but they have also released a couple of really good dub tracks on their albums (Echo and Lime Structure). The track we get here isn't on any of their albums. It starts slow with a light melody and some floating sounds. Then comes the deep dubby rhythms in and take control. Not the best chilled track I have heard by them, but not bad. Ochi Brothers (Yoshiaki Ochi) from Japan has released an album (Drum N' Space) on Makyos label Dakini Records. Here we get a new slow ambient track with mostly floating sounds, a few tribal drums in the background and a lot of violin. Track 9 is another track by Swedish Carbon Based Lifeforms. This track is not on the album either. A very slow, totally deep ambient track, without much variation, but it just lasts for a couple of minutes. The last track on this compilation is by another French artist called Hol Baumann. He continues the same style as Carbon Based Lifeforms, in the beginning, but after a while it gets more tribal. It actually reminds me a bit of Makyo, with some relaxed female vocals.
VA - Fahrenheit Project 4 ( flac 405mb)
01 Solar Fields - Union Light 6:21
02 Puff Dragon - Сhinese Radio 6:24
03 Aes Dana - Memory Shell (Mindgames Festival Live Version) 6:03
04 Aural Planet - Hydropoetry Cathedra (Instrumental Version) 9:47
05 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Epicentre (Second Movement) 5:46
06 Cell - Audio Deepest Night 8:40
07 Vibrasphere - Northern Sunsets 7:53
08 Ochi Brothers - Flowing Synergy 7:03
09 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Decompression 2:40
10 Hol Baumann - Send Away 7:20
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Thanks Rho.
I still love checking out your blog.
Cheers for all you do. It's much appreciated.
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