Ultima Thule Ambient Music

13 February, 2008: we say sorry; history in the making on the floor of Australia's Federal Parliament.

In the Land of Fire; a Patagonian excursion featuring the work of Bruno Sanfilippo, along with the sounds of Jon Jenkins, David Helpling, Patrick O'Hearn and Arto Tuncboyacian.

On the edge of an ambient moment, with sounds by Resonant Drift, Frank van Bogaert and Tor Linlokken.

Ultima Thule celebrates its 19th birthday with another David Parsons world exclusive. This time we present "Atmanaut", the second of two new unreleased albums by the composer. Also in the mix is newish music from Patrick O'Hearn and Bruno Sanfilippo.

The science of consciousness; Pan Electric, Frank Klare and Radium 88 expostulate.

A passage through dark places, with Robert Rich, Diatonis, Voice of Eye, Lustmord, Shinjuku Thief, Paul Schutze and Jeff Greinke.

Unlimited grooves from Ron Boots, Rudy Adrian, Gert Emmens and Paul Ellis.

Presenting "Radio Silence", the new album from Between Interval.

A bit of mid-summer cosmic chill from Pan Electric, Scann-Tec, Xerxes, Oliliuqui and Circular.

The wonderful, enveloping, hitherto uncharted ambient world of Melbourne composer Michael Meara. Also featured is music by Lismore ambient impressionist par-excellence, Peter Ball.

Stuart White's ambient life; the music of Diatonis.

Zen Connection 4, featuring Spiral System, Amanaska, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Tijuana Cartel, Shaman's Dream and The Dub Dentist.

A Gallic diversion, with creations from Francois Elie-Roulin, Hector Zazou, Elizabeth Valetti and Jean-Philippe Rykiel. Also in the mix is music by Laszlo Hortobagyi - who's rather more Hungarian than French.

Essence of diamond, opalescence of pearl; rare beauties from stone and sea by Richard Bone, Johannes Schmoelling, Enrico Cognilio, Code Indigo and Bruno Sanfilippo.

Happy bats flying at night - so says Garret Knobl, age 5, of Blacksburg, Virginia... and who are we to argue? Happy airborne nocturnal chiropterid music courtesy of Richard Burmer and Thom Brennan.

Like sounds through a speaker cone, so are the tones of a mellowdrama; shimmering, coruscating musical creations from Jon Hopkins, Predictive Text and Joey Fehrenbach.

Chthonic tones and resonances, featuring deep earth music mined from places vast and dark by Steve Roach, Tom Heasley; Matthias Grassow, Jim Cole and Altus.

From Delhi to Timbuktu; music inspired by the rhythms of India and West Africa, from Caitlin Marin, Vas, Azam Ali, Paul Haslinger, Paolo Modugno and Daniel Bouliane.

Generational transience from the Infinity Project, Spacetime Continuum, Terence McKenna and Mystery of the Yeti.

A Latin excursion, with sounds from Jan Garbarek, Magister Perotinus, Arvo Part, John Harle, Deborah Martin and J Arif Verner.

A journey along the Via Poetica with Lisa Indish and Richard Bone.

Presenting music from the film "Atlas Dei", by Robert Rich.

Beauty and the East and the Berber of Seville; tales of a global, pluralist future from the Bombay Dub Orchestra.

Showcasing "Piano Textures", the new album by Bruno Sanfilippo - George's choice for best new ambient recording of 2007, by a country mile.

In the Land of a Thousand Trances the lucid man is king; music by A Produce, Steve Roach, and others.