by Ben Hogwood

Here is a treat for electronic music lovers, in the form of the annual label compilation from A Strangely Isolated Place.

Mixed by todos, it is a generous collection of ten tracks that can be sourced from the Bandcamp page below for a ‘name your price’ fee. Label founder Ryan Griffin posted the following commentary to the mix:

“It has become somewhat of a tradition since our first annual compilation release in 2019, and each year I find it tough to separate tracks from their album releases in this way. We pride ourselves on delivering an album format, and more often than not, specifically a conceptual album format that works best as a whole. So I appreciate the artists who allow us to separate their musical children for this worthy annual exercise. It’s so easy to skip over releases nowadays – at no fault of anyone but the pace of life and technology today – and so this compilation not only helps us reflect on the year gone by, but also ensures anyone new to the label, or dipping in and out over time, can get a taster of what we have proudly spent our time and passion presenting this year. Please take the time to visit each respective artist release to realize its full form.”

todos has provided a continuous mix, “left to his own devices as we have grown to admire time and time again, using snippets and samples from many of the releases, but focusing on delivering a long-form mix that stands on its own, using nothing but the ASIP 2023 library of music.”

You can listen below, and follow the commentary from the Bandcamp page:

Published post no.2,026 – Friday 1 December 2023