ASC / Original Soundtrack (ASIP037)

After two albums as Comit, James Clements brings his ASC alias to the label with a completely new and revealing style, focusing on the piano and creating space for the listener to construct their own associations with an imaginary Soundtrack.

Bridging the majority of Electronic styles over the past twenty years, from Autonomic and Jungle, to Ambient, Techno and IDM, James Clements can be held up as a master of these styles by many of us, but when it comes to boiling down his musical intricacies to focus on a single instrument, you’d be hard stretched to find something within his vast catalog until now. In 'Original Soundtrack' the piano is now the focus across eight introspective acts, with the spaces and places left open for further interpretation.

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri and featuring photography by Greg Nunn, Original Soundtrack will be available as a limited Digipak CD and digital download. View the release page for more info and links to buy.

Buy on Bandcamp

Buy on Juno

2021 ASIP Label Compilation (mixed by todos)

For last year's label compilation, I mentioned how I hoped to invite a guest DJ to compile the next edition, and here we are! Of course, it just had to be our long-term musical companion, a good friend of mine, and well-respected DJ, todos.

I was first introduced to todos through his well-respected Kilchurn Mix series. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, they remain some of my favorite mixes of all time (listen to them all here). His ability to craft a narrative, manipulate samples and respect the grey area between ambient and electronic music, is second-to-none.

Since blogging about his mixes all the way back in 2008, and inviting him to compile a special isolatedmix a few years later, Doug (todos) and I have stayed in touch and connected further after learning we grew up with very similar musical trajectories. Doug also coincidentally, ended up living where my family is today (and where I spent my life growing up) in a surprising twist of fate. And in 2021, after years of speaking online, we finally got to meet, play records (in real life!), and go for a long overdue beer.

I always earmarked Doug to be a part of ASIP somehow, so it is my absolute pleasure to hand over the DJ reins for the 2021 compilation edition. Doug had free choice over which tracks to choose, as long as he included one track from each release of the year. The result is a very special mix, taking us through the ASIP 2021 release catalog in his unique, signature, todos style.

“2021 has been another tough year but the music that has come out of it has been wonderful. With so many excellent releases on the ASIP label, it was exciting yet challenging to be asked to showcase a few on this mix. Massive thanks go out to Ryan for the opportunity and trust in letting me do this, the artists for their incredible talent and hard work, and lastly all the supporters of this music we love, I hope you enjoy.”

— todos

ASIP 2021 mixed by todos is available on Bandcamp, and the digital is currently name your price, with the mixed CD version also available on Juno (and more stores to follow soon).

Now available: Comit / An Ocean Of Thoughts

After the success of 2019’s Remote Viewing, I was keen to see James Clements going with his newly established Comit alias, so it was a pleasant surprise when he turned around a very quick successor to his debut album. It may have taken a few years to come to life (as most vinyl releases do) but I’m excited to present another beautiful slice of IDM and early 00’s electronica-inspired music from James, titled An Ocean Of Thoughts.

I’m also pleased to see Nick Brzostowski back on artwork duties. As our first artist we worked with on an ASIP vinyl and a life-long friend, it was only a matter of time before Nick returned with his beautiful, intricate textures, which we first witnessed with Europe, and Markus Guentner’s Theia.

View the release page to listen to Comit’s, An Ocean of Thoughts and all links to buy, available as a Gatefold 2LP and digital, mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri.

ASIP artist playlist: Other Strangely Isolated Places

You may or may not already be a subscriber to the ASIP Currents.fm page where we post goodies every now and then, but either way you can access this playlist featuring music by ASIP artists that appears on other labels, other monikers, etc. Check it out and hit play from the top - moving from experimental and ambient through to more electronic realms from the ASIP artist crew, new and old.

Visit or subscribe to ASIP on Currents.fm

ASIP 2019 Label Compilation

I’ve always wanted to do one of these for the label each year, but until now we’ve never really had enough output to warrant a decent end of year ‘sampler’. 2019 however saw us release eight records in various formats, so consider this our first of hopefully many annual label compilations.

There’s no hype or deep context needed for this, it’s one track taken from each of those eight releases however, some tracks features some slight edits* / versions as detailed below. Hopefully people will still discover something new, or if you’ve purchased them all already (thank you!) there are some small edits to present a new listening experience.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our music this year and a big thank you to all of the artists included who are along for the ride.

Available to download on Bandcamp for $1.

2019 releases (in reverse chronological order)

Olga Wojciechowska / Infinite Distances 12” Vinyl + Digital - buy

“…Sometimes opposing thoughts can be held in tension, and a person can be two things at once; in such cases, reconciliation is not two halves that make a whole, but two wholes that occupy the same space. In the end, the beauty of Infinite Distances is not distance, but closeness, as Wojciechowska sews seams between past and present, abstract and concrete, composer and listener ~ more intimate than infinite.”

— A Closer Listen

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36 / Fade To Grey (Reinterpreted) CD + Digital - buy

*Compilation includes an edited version of Midnight Tether.

“Entering the aural Eden, the primal dystopian “Fade To Grey” scenario by 36 exquisitely shifted into awe-inspiringly drifting dronescape euphoria... ”

— Richard Gürtler on Bandcamp

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Comit / Remote Viewing 2LP Vinyl + Digital - buy

“... a supremely listenable piece of music, as much bespoke made for your mind as for your heart.”

— Headphone Commute

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Max Würden / Format 2LP Vinyl + Digital - buy

*Compilation includes an edited version of Constituent Elements

“Though it may sound like hyperbole, the absolute masterpiece that is Format deserves to award Würden a place among the likes of Eno, Laraaji, Jenssen, Budd and Roach, such is the richness of content, diversity of technique and spellbinding atmospheric ambience”

— James Knapman / Igloo Magazine

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Yagya / Stormur 2LP Vinyl + Digital - buy

*Compilation includes the unmixed vinyl version of Stormur Sex.

“Their combination sparks something particularly unique on ‘Stormur niu‘ – a wonderful shuddering, driver of a track featuring whispered vocals in Japanese from Hatis Noit.”

— Andy Gilham / inverted Audio

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James Bernard / Atwater (Remixes) Digital - buy

Arovane, Bluetech, Christian Kleine, Comit, Mike Golding (B12), Milieu provide 90’s IDM & electronica takes on the original recording of Atwater.

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James Bernard / Atwater 12” Vinyl and Digital - buy

A recording of a modular live set performed by James a year earlier in Los Angeles, brought to life once again.

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36 / Fade To Grey 2LP Vinyl and Digital - buy

“Fade To Grey is aware of a deeper need, a deeper yearning, a deeper wish”

— James Catchpole / Fluid Radio