Exstasis: Restored by Azrel

“Exstasis: Restored” is a reimagining of Azrel’s 2023 album, featuring remixes from genre-defining artists such as ‘Quit Life’ and ‘Sun Angels’, along with 2 new original songs to act as bookends. This new project recontextualizes the ideas of the original album through a cohesive and wide-ranging set of productions; moving from pure ambience to euphoric ecstasy as each artist breathes their own new life into the vapours of their respective tracks.

Azrel is an ambient/trance producer based in Tokyo. His debut album ‘’Exstasis’’ released in 2023 on Mizuha 罔象, exploring the deconstruction of the typically dance-heavy soundscapes of trance music; reforming them in a more experimental context - pairing trance plucks and arpeggios with acoustic elements and delicate ambient pads. ‘’Exstasis’’ acted as a foundation for Azrel’s experimental style focusing upon a fantasy-like, naturalistic feel. His signature style tends to adopt a playful and meditative grace, yet occasionally exploring a more melancholic catharsis in places to add to the narrative feel of his projects.

Tracklist

1.	Distil	4:45

2.	Radiance (Quit Life Remix)	3:45

3.	Cordyceps (TCV Remix)	4:02

4.	Dryad (Parasol Remix)	2:43

5.	Radiance (Lorenzi Remix)	2:35

6.	Frozen Filter (Sun Angels Remix)	1:23

7.	Black Luster (Takemasa Remix)	5:21

8.	Sheath-Winged feat. renko (s7n Remix)	4:10

9.	Shishigami (Soichi 芳芽 Remix)	3:20

10.	Mōryō feat. Yoyou (Ichiro Tanimoto Kenja Rebuild)	4:02

11.	Solar Sail	6:31

Credits

released April 5, 2024

Produced by Azrel
Mastered by Lorenzi
Artwork by Kazuma Watanabe

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