Recent Ultimae Records

[abasio]

 

Ultimae was one of those labels that I blind bought from for years. I have everything until around Cell - Onwards System in 2022 however a lot of the later releases didn't hit me like their old stuff did.

I thought at the time what I still think now, not that Ultimae went downhill, but I went downhill. 

The last 10 years of my life has been a busy old time in this head of mine. Family, work, health, etc. have all blocked me from my natural state of being - relaxed, focused, chilled.

Pre-marriage and kids, it was easy to just sit down, put on a CD and sink into it. I could listen to the ambientest of ambient and still appreciate all the nuance. It was, a good time.

I'm recently in possession of the occasional span of time where I am being left alone. For this, I bought myself some new headphones, HE100SE, which are renowned for exceptional detail retrieval, and above all for my my purposes, a massive soundstage. I also bought a CD with an amp that'd enough to drive them properly (although they are easy to drive as I didn't want to spend so much money on headphones only to have to spend twice as much again with a monster amp to make them actually work)

Anyway, my new set up has given me a new appreciation for music.

- the headphones to really sink into the music effortlessly

- the CD player to make me choose and album and commit to it 

 

So, I feel now is the time to rediscover Ultimae, what albums over the last 10 years (even better if it's pre-2022 as I probably still own it) is the best. What should I play next?

 

Sub question - how are you currently feeling about music? How do you play it? Streaming, digital downloads, CDs still? Vinyl? Cassettes?