“…a delicate, spellbinding performance that recalls the golden era of trip-hop”…

“…pushing the boundaries of ambient music, informed by the interplay of folk culture, Jungian psychology, and digital experimentation”

"...portals, the illusion of time, and the paradoxes of self-discovery converge into a powerful auditory experience."

"Eight inspiring collaborations take Markus' signature sound into new and inspiring territories..."

"...breakbeat manipulations tamed by soft billowing clouds of enveloping sound, creating an addictive tranquil vibe."
- Norman Records

"Lush but not ostentatious, it’s music for a blazing Mediterranean sunset..."
- Shawn Reynaldo / First Floor

…rolling waves of lavender synths, often gliding over the muted-but-present dull hum of harsh sawtooth synth tones, get wrapped in melodies that dissolve into pixels right before your ears.” - Pop Matters Best Ambient 2024

“…explorational vocal and cello textures invoke and echo the ancient, the feminine, and the otherworldly. “

“an expanse of intensity, pace, and atmosphere with subtle edits and transitions making familiar tracks seem like entirely new passages of time and sound.”

“waves of ‘90s backroom electronica, rarefied electro, John Carpenter/Vangelis synth soundtracks, minimal tech house, UK bass via Burial—all of them flow together, with Mercatante finding their shared factors and joining the dots”
- Bandcamp best Electronic Music Jan ‘24

“Sometimes the most compelling songs are the ones that defy easy categorization..”
- Shawn Reynaldo / First Floor

“Loop-driven as Albrecht’s album Violet Visionary is, we cannot get some of these percussion loops out of our heads even days after listening”
- Pop Matters (Best Ambient 2023)

“Dystopian-bound or pure fantasy, Fantasy Zone echoes works of past synthesizer greats”

“Born from Live show edits, these versions take the original 4 tracks from 1994 into new territories”

“This is a welcome escape from the bombardment of the usual…, a twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop” -
Headphone Commute

“…an immersive jump into a majestic sci-fi world”

“…an impressive, inspiring testimony to contemporary electronic music. In a few years, you will find it in the "must have heard!" canon of the eternal classics of the genre - and even beyond. Mark my words."
3.40sqm Blog

“Max can be found depicting a montage of intricately detailed moments that invite you to stand and ponder their storied creation…”

“supremely high-quality stuff, from lush and musical depths steeped in personal reflection to widescreen ambient house excursions via cosmic delights.”
- Juno Records

A selection of tracks from the ASIP label in 2022 mixed by DJ todos

“Mycological Patterns plays out like a mixtape on purpose; a sketchbook of styles documenting the shifting abstract microcosms the album is titled after.”

“…an emphasis on live performance and makes for a gorgeously immersive and even evolving listen ”
- Juno Records

“The joy is in the journey, not so much the destination, and Konec is filled to the brim with gorgeous, aching musical travelogues.”
- Pop Matters

“This imaginary piece of cinema may only exist in Clements’ head, but we can tell from its implied score that it’s sepia-toned, an awards-circuit darling, and featuring some of 2022’s best music to brood to. An elevated, gorgeous work.”
- Pop Matters

“The continuum with synthetic and organic at opposite ends and bionic in the middle, bleeding into one another…”

“Melodic figures make themselves known, accented by metal chimes, bells, and the deep resonance of a bass drum. This is slow, graceful music.”
- Igloo Mag

“…a new suite of alternate and once discarded versions. Revisited, remastered…”

“…the reinterpretations strip the melodies and textures to their original essence, bringing an entirely analog element to Olga’s intrinsically detailed originals.”

A selection of tracks from the ASIP label in 2021 mixed by DJ todos

“…instrumental electronica with a decidedly old school sentiment”
- Igloo Mag

“…a varied affair that uses the 303 sparingly in favour of a handsome assortment of plush synth voices bent to all manner of sonic duties”
- Juno Records

“The bell sound on ‘Concept of Credence’, is just the bees’ knees. It comes out of nowhere, through a crack in the dense clouds of choir-synth-string-harmonics”
- Pitchfork

“This is a house album in the purest sense of the word - just as much as the furthest thing from one that ever existed.”

“Ruhleben is an infinite flight into mystical formations that yearn for dramatic soundscapes.”

“Limiting himself to an OP-1 Synthesizer, and his six-string Bass Guitar, whilst conceptually restraining each track to just five elements…”

“…finely-tuned, rhythmic nostalgia, inspired by the many timeless influences of the electronica and IDM genres.”

“What began as a joke between two friends, ended with Markus Guentner creating a new track entirely from just one instrument all for a good cause.”

“A classic Balearic record, reminiscent of that energy, storied mysticism and longing to return to a place full of good memories”.

"The rhythms are complex and riotous, but they feel like some elemental process taking place thousands of meters up (perhaps in the titular iridescent clouds), surrounded by layer upon layer of mist and radiance."
- Bandcamp, Best Electronic Music, 2021

A selection of tracks from the label in 2020 mixed by ASIP

"These impossible instruments could change the future of music"
- MIT

“This is a soundtrack for friends watching the sun rise once more, first thing in the morning, or last thing at night.”

“Terrain is a time-capturing device (the way a film can capture light, this album stores a ‘time’ in sound)”
- Headphone Commute

Markus Guentner creates an hour of immersive live improvised material from his studio in Regensburg, Germany.

“…otherworldly experiences and journeys into deep space, both micro and macro, against a backdrop of hypnotic melodies and haunting electronic soundscapes.”
- Headphone Commute

“…currents of powerful sound and an always shifting but an ever-pensive state.”

“The most interesting part of decay is its beauty; the craquelure on a painted door; crumbling walls of ruins from past days; cliffs battered by the eternal pounding of waves”

“I hope this music will soothe your nerves and bring you some kind of enlightenment that we are drowning in it all together, here and now, as one organism.”

“…contemporary classical, buzzing and crackling experimentalism, slowly shifting electronica and drowsy but picturesque ambient music.”
- Boomkat

“…textural layers, amounting to an immediacy, even an urgency, that’s often missing from modern ambient composition.”
- A Closer Listen

A selection of tracks from the label in 2019, mixed by ASIP

“Diaphanous, widescreen synthscapes and arcing arp dramas making a natural transition from trance, proggy electronic dance music into contemporary ambient composition.”
- Boomkat

“Designed to be listened to as a continuous mix, 36 draws out the rich layers and distant samples into long-form versions of the original dystopian Fade To Grey story.”

“Heart-warming, rhythm-driven electronica from James Clements, aka prolific D&B producer ASC, exploring a gentler, Schnaussian sound”
- Boomkat

“…the absolute masterpiece that is Format deserves to award Würden a place among the likes of Eno, Laraaji, Jenssen, Budd and Roach…”
- Igloo Mag

“Yearning melodies hang loaded with intangible mystery across a backdrop of propulsive bass loops and cranium tickling…”
- Inverted Audio

“The remix lineup was purposefully selected to highlight electronica and a genre that grew from the manipulation of the synthesizer”

“…a glistening tour of the beautiful sounds to emerge from a Moog Mother 32, custom built filters and various Eurorack modular sequencers, modules and effects.”

“36 explores the themes of slow decline, of a dystopian realm, in which we blindly nowadays reign”.
- Headphone Commute

“Guentner has expanded his usual sonic palette of gauzy, Gas-like ambient loops to include mammoth strings amidst his evocative and panoramic style.”
- Igloo Mag

“Using only instruments and sounds from the early House-era, Brock builds an effortlessly sequenced collage of deep, mystifying, and emotional pieces”.

"...marking 10 years of melancholy ambient/classical whimsy with ‘Full Circle’, a 17-track compilation of tracks by artists key to the label’s history an aesthetic"
- Boomkat

“a lovely selection of previously unreleased, gauzy instrumental ambient-pop and frayed, mellow electronica”.
- Boomkat

“Balancing organic, analog tones and more metallic, experimental approaches, the duo have once again found a harmonious balance”

“La Espera, translated as 'The Wait' is the sound of being barricaded in isolation, as the world moves around you.”

“a morphological tapestry of sonic visions…”
- Headphone Commute

“…simply become lost in its widescreen open spaces.”
- Igloo Mag

“Thoughtful tones with a warm, vintage brightness, develop into extended love stories and romantic journeys”
- Boomkat

“…it becomes clear that he designed the album to be heard as an evolving soundscape that would document the cosmological event as it unfolded”
- Textura

“…reverential nods to the ambient greats with its own sense of gravitas.”
- Cyclic Defrost

bvdub, Herr Irisarri, The Sight Below, AMX, Markus Guentner and Porya Hatami on remix duty

“The two make for a perfect marriage of heartfelt, optimistic mood-engineering, melancholy and immersive sound design,”
- Boomkat

“…a meticulously curated compilation inspired by some of the most beautiful locations on the continent.”

“What started as a series of releases based on inspirational places, progressed into a collective of talented artists and inspirational location-based music.”

“The Places Series aimed to unearth the personal moments, the detailed sounds and the inspirational story behind the music, transporting the listener to that very moment of conception.”