2025 is probably our first year without a proper ambient release, with this year’s annual compilation reflecting how diverse our catalog has grown.

KILN and Monoparts presented music this year that pushed expectations, with KILN’s music pretty much in a world of its own anyway, and Monoparts bringing a vocal-heavy trip-hop record to the lineup - two records that would stand on their own on any label, irrespective of genre classifications.

Christian Kleine’s second Lost World volume spoke to our true IDM roots of past, and Mikkel Rev’s Journey Beyond, to the future perhaps, with a subtle wink to Trance music running through our blood.

A new signing in WNDFRM presented a landscape of micro-rhythmic IDM, as did returning artist Salvatore Mercatante, through a live set that traversed a spectrum of bass-heavy atmospheres.

Tying this all together in one mix has become todos’ annual challenge, and he would be the first to admit this one was his most challenging yet. While I would never force this concept on him, if it didn’t work, todos has the permission to edit, layer, chop and re-work where he needs to, just like a live set. In turn, his magic becomes a completely new way to absorb the releases from our past year, and an enjoyable way to spot moments you missed.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the label and the artists included here this year.

Mix tracklist:

01. Mikkel Rev - ‘Fragile’ (edit) / WNDFRM - ‘WVLT 021’ (edit) / Monoparts - ‘Abandoned Woods’ (edit) / KILN - ‘Moon Ratchet’ (edit)

02. KILN - ‘Ptarmigan’

03. KILN - ‘Moon Ratchet’ / Christian Kleine - ‘Beyond Repair’ (edit)

04. Mikkel Rev - ‘Transmit’ (edit) / KILN - ‘Solarsystem Breathing’

05. Christian Kleine - ‘Slow’ / KILN - ’Cadmium Lounge’ (edit)

06. Salvatore Mercatante - Extract from ‘Live at Public Records’

07. Mikkel Rev - ‘LM8182’

08. Monoparts - ‘Abandoned Woods’

09. WNDFRM - ‘WVLT 021’ / Salvatore Mercatante - Extract from ‘Live at Public Records’ (edit)

10. Christian Kleine - ‘Closer’

11. Monoparts - ‘Abandoned Woods’ (ASC Remix)

This year's selection of music in high rotation in one mix. Spanning all the goods. Follow the link for a full list to a buymusic club to support all of the great music. https://asip.me/reflection2025

Tracklist:

1 - HARZ - 0647 - (polychromatic) [Empty Space]

2 - Roméo Poirier - Picobello - (Off the Record) [Faitiche]

3 - Florian TM Zeisig - Earth Loop - (A New Life) [Stroom]

4 - Patricia Wolf - I'll Take Care of You - (Hrafnamynd) [Balmat]

5 - Saapato - Active Decay (feat. Patricia Wolf) - (Decomposition: Fox on a Highway) [Constellation Tatsu]

6 - Pianeti Sintetici - Part One - (Space Opera) [Astral Industries]

7 - Heavenchord, Infinity Dots - Entering Landscapes - (Landscapes Of The Soul) [Secret Domain]

8 - placa - cityzen - (in trance it) [Non-transparent]

9 - Area 3 - Grass Turns To Sponge - (View) [Khotin Industries]

10 - Cahl Sel - Leaf - (Traces) [Reflective Records]

11 - Raica - Not There Though, Dive - (The Absence of Being) [Quiet Details]

12 - MPU101 - 3100beta2 - (MPU106) [Ilian Tape]

13 - Jo Johnson - Variance Remnants 3 (field recording) - (Variance - Remnants (Alterations)) [Self]

14 - Pentagrams Of Discordia - < - (Triskaidekaphobia Extd.) [Self]

15 - Alex Kassian - Lost in Hanoi - (ESP Institute XV) [ESP]

16 - all possible worlds - untitled - [all possible worlds]

17 - Skee Mask - 32Crescent - (E) [Self]

18 - Rod Modell - Snowstorm in Naubinway - (Northern Michigan Snowstorms) [Silentes]

19 - Strategy - Earthling - (A Cooler World) [Constellation Tatsu]

20 - µ-Ziq - Peppermint Aero - (Manzana) [Balmat]

21 - Lord Of The Isles - Opalescent - (Signals Aligned) [Self]

22 - Plant43 - Skyway Shadow - (Luminous Machines) [Self]

23 - Xenia Reaper - Drift__ - (Nept Polarisation) [Delsin]

24 - Lord Of The Isles - United Wire - (Signals Aligned) [Self]

25 - Martinou - The Last Hour - (The Glow That Lingers) [FauxPas]

26 - Coatshek - Eternal Lovers - (Sound Bath) [Dark Entries]

27 - Light of Cacti - Washed Away In Pink Skies On Brighton Shores - (Neverland is a State of Mind) [Tonights Dream]

28 - Pianoman - Pasion (Alex Kassian's Mandarine Dream Mix) - (Pasion) [Planet Strange Love]

29 - Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok - Uncontrollable Thoughts - (Uncontrollable Thoughts) [Morr Music]

30 - Oneohtrix Point Never - Measuring Ruins - (Tranquilizer) [Warp]

31 - Simon Littauer - Phicet - (Modular) [Katharsis]

32 - arcologies - asleep and dreaming - (PARTICLE SHIFT) [Rabbithole Club]

33 - E.L Heath and Karen Vogt - This Is Spirit - (This Is Spirit) [Plenty Wenlock]

34 - Aural Imbalance - Thermal Isolation - (Edge Of Space) [Auxiliary]

35 - jp - planes - (we're here all the time) [Theory Therapy]

36 - Vivian Koch - September (Gold) - (Colors of September) [Self]

37 - Courtney Bailey - Under The Water - (In Dream) [Music From Memory]

38 - Djrum - Waxcap - (Under Tangled Silence) [Houndstooth]

39 - Roméo Poirier - 12 - Steve A. - (Off the Record) [Faitiche]

40 - Barker - Reframing - (Stochastic Drift) [Smalltown Supersound]

41 - Alvar - Meg og sola - (The Mist LP) [Peak Experience]

42 - irini - The Higher (Lost In Dreams) [all possible worlds]

43 - Voices From The Lake - Aquateo (II) [Spazio Disponibile]

44 - Chee Shimizu - Zeze (ESP Institute XV) [ESP]

WVLT is the newest sonic addition from https://soundcloud.com/wndfrm (Portland-based, Tim Westcott), an album of eight distinct explorations of micro-rhythmic IDM.

Tim Westcott’s practice is rooted in an acute, nearly forensic attention to sound. Subtle tones, sculpted drones, and lean percussive gestures, always pursued with a patient ear and obsession with sound design.

With previous releases on Prologue, Home Normal, and Dragon’s Eye Recordings, and several live performances at Mutek, a new album from Tim is a rare yet welcome occurrence. The conceptual approach for WVLT began in 2021, mixing synths with drum machines and granular processing. Lightly arced structures slip between gates of rhythm, shifting pulses, translucent washes, and disquieting residue. There’s a precision to the hesitation and an insistence in the space between notes, a deft balance of raw improvisation and sculpted quietude.

An exercise in immediacy and response, each track builds and unspools, like form in fleeting motion, driven by the moment’s tonal contrasts, micro‑rhythmic interplay, and slight gestures that alter entire planes of listening. It’s minimal without sparsity, intense without density.

Available digitally and on limited transparent dark blue 12” vinyl on September 26th 2025. Mastered by Taylor Deupree @12k Mastering and featuring artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding.

https://soundcloud.com/artefakt-official : "This recording came together for us imagining being in spaces of sonic isolation - conversing with each other and through this act of exchange, unfolding a dynamic landscape. This emerges as an auditory refuge where we become the waves. As we navigate this appearing structure, we re-anchor ourselves as listeners, embracing the ephemeral and reconciling with strangeness to find solace in deviation.

The mix also draws from a lifelong inspiration that runs as a thread through our own music - the contrasts between natural textures, organic decay and fractal blooming sounds set against the quantization, designed function and electric qualities of the built city and the futures they represent, captured in musical imagination. The mix invites listeners to dwell in this synthesis of spaces, discovering connection within isolation."

Tracklist:

01. Arovane & Hior Chronik - A Day, November 2013

02. Multicast Dynamics - Field of Dreams

03. Jake Muir - Twilight Transmissions

04. 2030 - Key to the Universe

05. Neel - Alchemy

06. Stenny - Dew

07. 1991 - High-Tech Love-Life

08. Imaginary Softwoods - Globe IV

09. Emika Elena - Reflection (Multicast Dynamics Remix)

10. BFTT - Enin

11. queniv - Viba

12. Hiver - Inner Motion

13. Sven Weisemann - Cascading Lights

14. Imprea - In a Landscape

15. Purelink - Stadium Drive

16. The 7th Plain - Chords Are Dirty

17. Marianna Maruyama & Hessel Veldman - Softly, at first

Somewhere between tape hiss and transmission error, Pentagrams Of Discordia have been quietly assembling fragments of forgotten broadcasts, reel-to-reel experiments, and dusty rhythm boxes into something that might resemble a memory.

The elusive trio work collectively, in analog shadows, and their fingerprints are embedded deep within this mix. Much of the material you’ll hear is unreleased- looped, spliced, and sequenced exclusively for this set. It's both a showcase and an enigma; a sound that nods towards certain iconic duos and chill-room auteurs without ever tipping fully into homage.

Their isolatedmix is the kind of journey that begins with no particular destination, meandering across shortwave frequencies, roadside daydreams, and the occasional flickering motel sign. A collage of found melodies, distorted lullabies, and cracked-lens nostalgia - less a DJ set and more a shared hallucination.

https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/blog/2025/6/10/isolatedmix-132-matt-xavier-psilocybin-therapy-protocol-v122a

https://soundcloud.com/mattxavier has been a friend of mine for many years now. A fellow music obsessive and trusted voice when it comes to all things ambient, techno, and beyond, we finally managed to meet in person while I lived in Los Angeles, and we stayed connected over music ever since.

We’ve swapped stories about pressing vinyl and running labels, and he was the reason I first crossed paths with Joel Mull (Damm) at one of his gatherings held at a beautiful Topanga home. It was a serendipitous moment that still echoes today.

A proponent for the deeper layers found in music, Matt has since become a practician, ambassador, and pioneer for psychedelic soundtracking. Along the way, he shared tracks from ASIP and other labels that were influencing and guiding his private sessions, shaping the grand masterpiece we present to you today. As his practice deepened, we exchanged many texts discussing his ambition to publish a book about his unique experience and include an accompanying mix on ASIP.

Matt’s new book, ‘The Psychedelic DJ: A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Music Curation and Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy’, (https://a.co/d/5bFxc2h) is a groundbreaking manual for anyone looking to bridge sound and healing. Whether you're a clinician, a DJ, or just someone who knows the power of a well-placed track, Matt’s work will likely reframe how you think about music’s role in inner journeys.

His isolatedmix is a fully formed and accompanying ‘Protocol’, which is an example of one of his many guided sessions, referred to as “therapeutic DJing.” Psilocybin Therapy Protocol v1.22a, distills his craft and evolution in this practice for us all to dip into at a surface level, providing a peek into what are very personal worlds prepared for his clients.

Alongside the mix, Matt joins us for a deep-dive interview, discussing his new book, his transition from rave culture to guided sessions, his real-time curatorial method and how music, when chosen with care, can become a tool for transformation.

Manual/Timeline

Ceremony (–15 to 0 min): Music optional

Medicine Imbibed (0–10 min): Start music & meditation

Stage 1 – Onset / Hike (10–55 min)→ Break (55–60 min): Bathroom & booster [water sounds]

Stage 2 – Ascent / Climb (60–150 min)

Stage 3 – The Summit / Peak (150–180 min)

Stage 4 – Return / Descent (180–240 min)→ [Music Ends]

Stage 5 – Arrival / Landing (240–390 min): Music optional

tage 6 – Closing / Baseline (390–420 min): Music optional

Following https://soundcloud.com/mikkel-rev's debut album on the label in 2023, ‘The Art Of Levitation’, the Norwegian artist returns with Journey Beyond, a selection of tracks demonstrating his innate ability to conjure the most atmospheric trance music, irrespective of BPM.

Journey Beyond was created from an extensive set of tracks sent to the label that were initially sequenced as two shorter EPs. With the first offering a slower 80bpm trance style, and the second EP, a classic ~130bpm trance style. However, over time, with tracks swapping in and out, ASIP had the idea to create a mixed version, progressing through the tracks and increasing bpm's, showcasing Mikkel’s ability in bridging euphoric worlds - and a style that is often reserved for Mikkel’s live performances amongst the forest raves held as part of the Ute Collective in Norway.

Classic trance and the art of a DJ mix have been influential to ASIP since the label’s inception, making this release and the process of creating it a true reflection of how Mikkel and the label come together to define the end output.

Featuring artwork by Ventral Is Golden and mastered by James Bernard.

There’s a certain feeling that creeps in when listening to Illuvia. A delicate suspension between rhythm and atmosphere, where the weight of a breakbeat never overwhelms the stillness it moves through.

Since debuting as Illuvia on ASIP with Iridescence of Clouds back in 2021, Ludvig Cimbrelius has steadily carved out his own temporal rift in the world of ambient and jungle- a sound that sidesteps nostalgia and instead uncovers a forgotten future buried deep in the recesses of our collective memory.

With such a history on the label going back to our earliest of releases and our 7th vinyl press (as Purl, alongside Lav) this is the second time Ludvig has appeared on an isolatedmix, along with the close ties and inspiration of this Portals mix from God Is No Longer A DJ.

Both across his latest release, Earth Prism, and Iridescence of Clouds, he introduced a world of ambient lovers to weightless pads combined with chopped breaks, barely tethered to gravity, and melodies that seemed to shimmer. It was both an echo of something familiar and an entirely new dialect, not strictly jungle, not wholly ambient, not liquid in the traditional sense, but unmistakably Illuvia.

This new mix is a continuation of those worlds. Or maybe a glance sideways into a parallel one. Illuvia’s approach has always been about restraint and resonance: every snare hit is softened by reverb, every progression feels like it’s been carved out of silence.

For those who have followed his trajectory through ASIP and beyond, this is another precious window into Ludvig’s meticulous and emotive world. And for those new to it, welcome.

Whether under his Dream Weapons or Fantastikoi Hxoi aliases or more his more extensive output as https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons, Aggelos’ output is one to get lost in, where each project feels like a conversation between worlds that don’t usually meet. With Anatolian Weapons, that conversation comes into sharper focus: what began as an experiment in bridging the sharper edges of EBM and krautrock with the circular, percussive energy of Greek folk music has turned into a fully formed and consistent thread through his output of EPs and albums.

His first full-length as Anatolian Weapons arrived via the legendary Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space label back in 2019 - a move that pulled ancient melodies into unfamiliar territory and a statement piece at the time. Fast forward to 2024’s Beyond, and that sense of push and pull is still present, only now with more intent and confidence. It’s music that leans into repetition and rhythm without losing sight of where it came from.

Aggelos’ isolatedmix feels like a natural continuation. There’s no strict mood or genre at play, but rather a slow reveal, drawing on the same tensions and textures that have defined Baltas’ path so far. It’s a pleasure to have him contribute with such a dreamy trip through the many facets of his influences.

isolatedmix 129 comes from Rotterdam's https://soundcloud.com/rosillon / https://soundcloud.com/embdmnt, and a vinyl-only mix inspired by the landscapes and remoteness of Bulgaria.

https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/blog/2024/10/21/isolatedmix-129-rosillon

Tracklist (vinyl only)

01. The Black Dog – M1 [Dust Science Recordings]

02. Rod Modell - Ghost Lights B-side [Astral Industries]

03. Inhmost – In The Bay [re:st]

04. 3.11 – Dissolve in Patience [PRS]

05. Box5ive – Rough Sleeper [co:clear]

06. 3.11 – Hard Copy [PRS]

07. Alva Noto - Confidential Information 1 [Noton]

08. Off The Sky – Ahurani [re:discovery records]

09. Xenia Reaper – 23724 [INDEX:Records]

10. William Selman - Farther Off Among The Foaming Black Rocks [Mysteries Of The Deep]

11. Pontiac Streator & Mister Water Wet - Angelus Spit [Motion Ward]

12. TIBSLC – Hypertranslucent [Sferic]

13. Quiet Places – Side B [A Strangely Isolated Place]

14. The Black Dog - Lounge [Dust Science Recordings]

15. Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Ectopia Field 1 [Noton]