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. Dear of the Yog by Roel Funcken 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.