Ascent Sessions: Recent Episodes

Ascent Recordings

A Tokyo-based boutique label focused on melodic and emotional dance music, primarily trance and progressive.

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Our favorite tunes to keep you cool this hot, hot summer!

Tracklist: 1. Higher (Extended Mix) - Dennis Sheperd & Freak E Beatz feat. Sander Nijbroek [Ascent Recordings] 2. Infinity (Extended Mix) - Protoculture [Enhanced Progressive] 3. Futuro (Extended Mix) - Giuseppe Ottaviani, Ilan Bluestone [Armind (Armada)] 4. Reverie (Original Mix) - Yuji Ono & Masaya & Discordia feat. Casska [Pure Trance] 5. Mantra (Extended Mix) - Alex Sonata & TheRio [Anjunabeats] 6. Higher (Yelow Extended Remix) - Dennis Sheperd & Freak E Beatz feat. Sander Nijbroek [Ascent Recordings] 7. Frost (Extended Mix) - U-G [Ascent Recordings] 8. San Antonio (Extended Mix) - M42 [Ascent Recordings] 9. Golden Week (Extended Mix) - Alex Nomak, N-sKing [Abora Recordings] 10. Ageha (Extended Mix) - Derek Ryan [AVA White]

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Awesome vibes abound in this celebration of life, love, and PRIDE month as Ascent owners Codeswitch (Derek Ryan and Sach Jobb) hit the decks. May the forces of good surround you, and you THRIVE all year long!

  1. Lane 8 - Rave (Extended Mix)
  2. Estiva - Via Infinita (Extended Mix)
  3. Yotto, Something Good, Sansa - Before Dawn feat. Sansa (Extended Mix)
  4. Derek Ryan - Thrive (Jaytech Extended Remix)
  5. Tom Kynd - Keep Me (Original Mix)
  6. Vapour Trail - Mistras (Memory Loss pres. LÜNA Extended Remix)
  7. A.R.D.I. - Oxygene (Extended Mix)
  8. Derek Ryan - Dimeritium (Extended Mix)
  9. Michele C, Norni - Still Breathing (Extended Mix)
  10. N-sKing - Started a Fire (Original Mix)
  11. Derek Ryan - Thrive (Extended Mix)

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Happy May Mayhem!We're right at the end of the month here so just in time =).Our latest picks from the trance and progressive worlds, all in one phat hour of fun.Great cuts from Japan, and all over the world, including no less than 5 new tunes from Ascent!Kick back and enjoy!1. Dominant Space & Jennifer Sumire - Spread Your Wings (Yuji Ono & Masaya Remix) [Ascent]2. Dennis Sheperd & Elliot Johns - Hearts [Black Hole]3. Three Drives on a Vinyl - Greece 2000 (KREAM Remix) [Armada]4. Ubervot & Alexandra Badoi - Hope (Dennis Sheperd Remix) [Ascent]5. Maywave - Revolt [Euphonic]6. Discordia - Nangijala (Monoverse & Pablo Artigas Remix) [Ascent]7. N-sKing - Bad Love [Activate]8. Hiromori Aso & UG, You're Everything [Monster]9. Dominant Space & Jennifer Sumire - Spread Your Wings (Sam Laxton Remix) [Ascent]10. Vapour Trail - Periapsis [FSOE]11. Seedsy - Scramble [HTE]12. Discordia - Nangijala [Ascent]

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Now spring is in full force, and we're really starting to feel the warmth. Where we are in Tokyo, April is one of the BEST times to be outside day and night, and this is the soundtrack to do it to. Our hottest picks for April including a whopping 4 tunes from Ascent across 3 releases. Enjoy and turn it up!1 Ruben Karapetyan - Meteorite (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix) [SLC-6 Music]2 Iriser, Illarion - Cyan (Windom R Remix)[Calligraphy Recordings]3 Dennis Sheperd, Ana Criado - Fallen Angel (Extended Rework) [High Contrast Recordings (Be Yourself Music)]4 Soundpour - Infrared (JANPAUL Extended Remix) [Ascent Recordings]5 Oliver Wickham - Hyperjoy (Original Mix) [83]6 RELEJI - Home (Extended Mix) [Ascent Recordings]7 Hiromori Aso, U-G - You're Everything (Extended Mix) [Monster Neos]8 Soundpour - Infrared (Extended Mix) [Ascent Recordings]9 Robert Curtis - Because Of You (Original Mix)[No Remorse]10 Alexandra Badoi, Ubervot - Hope (Extended Mix) [Ascent Recordings]

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March brings a whole batch of new progressive, uplifting, and breaks to Ascent Sessions as we launch into sakura season. Enjoy with a nice daiginjo.Tracklist:1. Icarus - Listen To The Wind (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep]2. Dany BS - Close Your Eyes (Original Mix) [83]3. The Stupid Experts - Full Moon Rising (Andromedha 'Beyond Space' Remix) [JOOF Aura]4. Dominant Space & Jennifer Sumire - Spread Your Wings (Codeswitch Extended Remix) [Ascent Recordings]5. Iko Mowsa, 3000 Deep - If You (Original Mix) [83]6. Orkidea - Forward Forever (Tripswitch Club Mix) [Pure Progressive]7. 06R - Chapter 0 (Extended Mix) [Ascent Recordings]8. Daxson - Hakuba (Extended Mix) [Black Hole Recordings]9. The Noble Six - Astral Projection (Extended Mix) [FSOE]10. 06RChapter 0 (Niko Zografos Extended Remix) [Ascent Recordings]11. Derek Palmer, Hidden Tigress, Exolight - Desolation (Exolight Extended Remix) [Levitated Music]12. Dominant Space & Jennifer Sumire -Spread Your Wings (Extended Mix) [Ascent Recordings]

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February is already heralding spring this year, and we've got a fresh crop of new growth in the progressive and trance realms! Great cuts this time around, featuring 5 different tracks from Ascent over two releases!1. Marsh - All Night Long [Anjunadeep]2. Miss Monique - Concorde [Cercle]3. Christoph - You [Consequence Of Society]4. Sancar Yildirim & Cenk Eroge - Far Away [Ascent]5. Ruslan Device & Katsu - First Sight (Apollo Nash Remix) [Ascent]6. Derek Ryan - Eons Inside [Monster NEOS]7. Sancar Yildirim & Cenk Eroge - Far Away (U-G Remix) [Ascent]8. Hiromori Aso - Updraft [Nocturnal Knights]9. Aki Harunari & Last Soldier - Punch [Regenerate]10. Ruslan Device & Katsu - First Sight [Ascent]11. Sancar Yildirim & Cenk Eroge - Far Away (Perest Chill Mix) [Ascent]

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January brings a glorious frost and a chance for new horizons and adventures! This edition of Ascent Sessions celebrates the release of Tundra from Revolution 9 alongside some of our other absolute favorite cuts of the moment! We dip into the breaks a bit here too =).1. Framewerk - Metropolis (Original Mix) [Capital Heaven]2. Leena Punks - On The Floor (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats]3. Revolution 9 - Tundra (Codeswitch Remix) [Ascent Recordings]4. John Grand, Adam Sobiech - You Got Me Saying (DJ Version) [Euphonic]5. ID - ID [White Label]6. AOA - The Rise (Original Mix) [Serendipity Muzik]7. Revolution 9 - Tundra (Extended MIx) [Ascent Recordings]8. Rinaly, Mike Zaloxx - Catharsis (Extended Mix) [AVA White]9. Billie Eilish - No Time To Die (Adam Ellis Remix) [White Label]10. Tony Hang - Endless Horizon (Extended Mix) [Digital Society Recordings]11. Revolution 9 - Tundra (Aerial Structures Chill Mix) [Ascent Recordings]

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[FREE DOWNLOAD]So close to 2023! Let's ring in the new year with a new dose of some of the best progressive, breaks, and trance of the moment, selected by Codeswitch for your end of year enjoyment. Turn it up and let's ring in this new year proper!Tracklist:1. Eynka - Beyond Us [Stress]2. ID - ID3. Subwave, Bop - Rave I Didn't Know Was The Last [Hospital]4. Derek Ryan - Starts Tonight feat. Sarah de Warren (Dennis Sheperd Remix) [Ascent]5. Memory Loss presents LÜNA - Tundra [Argento]6. Mike Efex - Visions in the Dark [Coldharbour Black]7. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Mark Sherry Bootleg) [Bootleg]8. Metta & Glyde - Permanence [One Fourty]9. Kenny Palmer - Nightbourne [Who's Afraid of 138?!]10. N-sKing - Port Island [Reason II Rise]11. Drival - Golem [AVA White]12. The WLT - Outlander [FSOE]Catch these and more at www.ascentrecordings.comFind these tracks as a Beatport Chart here:https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-010-december-dopamine/758696

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November's deep dive through some of our favorites from both the progressive and uplifting ends of the spectrum.1. Oësha - Bombora [UV]2. Cammoria & Gregario - Peace feat. Lazarusman [Sirup]3. Sunny Lax - Ayahuasca [Anjuna]4. Sunlight Project - Restless [Sirup]5. Discordia - Solar Sailer [Ascent]6. Suncatcher - Chaos [Argento]7. Radianth - Belt of Venus [DS-R]8. Susana - Dark Side of the Moon (Stoneface & Terminal Mix) [Amsterdam Trance]9. Miroslav Vrlik & Cold Runner - Rise Above Them [Suanda True]10. Discordia - Solar Sailer (Ruslan Device & Katsu Remix) [Ascent]11. George Acosta & Fisher - True Love (Billie Gillies Remix) [Black hole]Find these tracks as a Beatport Chart here:https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-009-november-traces/754974?action=share

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October finally has the leaves turning, both physically and at ADE with great new shifts in the industry for melodic dance music. This is a time to reunite and rejoice with both our natural and chosen friends and family around the world, and here's a soundtrack to do it to, ranging from deep proggy beats to in your face uplifting, just like the sound of Ascent.Tracklist:1. ANUQRAM - Get On [Anjuna] 2. Cream (PL) - Entropia (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix) [Strange Town]3. Oësha - Nebula [Einmusika]4. Codeswitch - TLC [Ascent]5. Something Good - Rhythm (of the Night) [Armada]6. ID - ID7. Peter Steele - Creation (John Dopping Extended Breaks Mix) [Pure Breaks]8. Codeswitch - TLC (Derek Ryan Remix) [Ascent]9. Niko Zografos - Time Passes By [FSOE]10. Memory Loss - Mayday (Toregualto Remix) [AVA White]11. N-sKing & Crisy - Abysswalker [DS-R]This tracklist is also available as a Beatport chart here:https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-008-october-delights/751253

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August has continued to be a scorcher. In terms of the weather, maybe not so great a thing. But in terms of music, oh yeah!

Tracklist:

  1. Trilucid - The Loved Are Never Lost [Proton]
  2. Estiva - Le Rêve [Colorize]
  3. Cream - Voyager [Transensations]
  4. Sancar Yildirim & Cenk Eroge - Waiting for You [Ascent]
  5. Third Party - Never Get Enough feat. Kathy Brown [Release]
  6. Stargazers & Annerley - The Day You Faded Away [Amsterdam Trance]
  7. Hiromori Aso - Sinndar [Monster NEOS]
  8. Derek Ryan - Starts Tonight feat. Sarah De Warren [Ascent]
  9. Ruslan Device & Katsu - Ocen Love [Infrasonic]
  10. Sancar Yildirim & Cenk Eroge - Waiting for You (N-sKing Remix) [Ascent]
  11. Johan Ekman - Life Adjust [Regenerate]
  12. Jody 6 - Enjoy This Moment In Time [Nocturnal Knights]

Available as a Beatport Chart here: https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-007-august-awesome/741306

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The latest scorching tracks to get you through this summer heat!

Tracklist:

  1. Pierre Pienaar - Suri (Solarstone Retouch) [Pure Trance NEON]
  2. Semper T. - Cogent (ZOYA Remix) [Ascent]
  3. Miss Rodriguez - Apollo [FSOE Parallels]
  4. Lonestar & Zoey - Emotions [Experimental-X]
  5. Andy Moor, Somna & Linney - More Than Love (Sam Laxton Progressive Remix) [AVA]
  6. Activa - Another Day (Niko Zografos Remix) [Regenerate]
  7. Semper T. - Cogent [Ascent]
  8. Daniel Skyver & Kenny Palmer - Darkness Fades Into Light [FSOE]
  9. Derek Ryan - Shimoda [FSOE]
  10. Inoblivion - The Secret To Integrity [Kearnage]

These tracks are available as a Beatport chart here: https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-005-early-july-2022-chart/732317

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Welcome back to Ascent Sessions for the cusp of June! We've got some killer cuts from prog to uplifting with a hint of tech spice served up by your chefs du jour Codeswitch here in Tokyo. Enjoy!

  1. Fehrplay - Step [Mood of Mind]
  2. Yotto - Moving On [Odd One Out]
  3. Helen Brown - Fire [Rave Control]
  4. Mario Ochoa - Gaia [Avenue]
  5. Sancar Yildirim & Cenk Eroge - Stay With Me [Ascent]
  6. HLGRMS - Big Bang [IAMT Red]
  7. Gayax & Lyd14 - Ghosted [State Vision]
  8. Airbase & Floria Ambra - Denial (Liam Melly Remix) [Nocturnal Knights Reworked]
  9. Hiromori Aso - Peintre Celebre [Monster]
  10. Sancar Yildirim & Cenk Eroge - Stay With Me (Derek Ryan Remix) [Ascent]
  11. Eximinds, Norni & Michele C. - Wouldn't Be Mine (ReOrder Remix) [AVA White]
  12. N-sKing - AGT [Trancespired]

Find these as a Beatport chart here: https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-005-early-june-chart/727613

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The 4th edition of Ascent Sessions, the official mix podcast of Ascent Recordings. This episode brings us into spring for April 2022 with a blend of the finest melodic tracks from both the progressive and uplifting ends of the trance spectrum.

Mixed by Codeswitch (Derek Ryan & Sach Jobb) in Tokyo, Japan.

Tracklist: 1. Aldous & KNVWN - Stratosphere (Deep Progressive Extended Mix) [RNM] 2. Oësha - Nostalgia [Inner Symphony] 3. Dennis Shepherd & Mira Feder - Torture [Black Hole] 4. REMENZ - Liquid Massive [Morphosis] 5. U-G - 80,000 Ft. (Maxeus Remix) [Ascent] 6. Dark Matter - Dragon's Tear (Thomas Datt's Third Eye Activation Remix) [Landscapes] 7. Shogun & Jennifer Rene - Under My Skin (Andy Moor Remix) [Serendipity] 8. Will Rees - Waking Dream [FSOE] 9. U-G - 80,000 Ft. [Ascent] 10. Ben Gold & Yasmin Jane - Searching (For A Kinder Love) [Armada]

Find these tracks as a Beatport Chart here: https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-004-april-chart/721216

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Our third episode of Ascent Sessions, featuring a blend of the finest melodic tracks of the moment from our Tokyo HQ. Hope they bring you lots of energy for this coming spring.

Tracklist: 1. Element 108 & Deirdre McLaughlin - Step Inside My Mind [Deep State] 2. Weekend Heroes - Upside Down [Beat Boutique] 3. Giuseppe Ottaviani & April Bender - Something I Can Dream About [Black Hole] 4. Port Manteau - Pachamama [W&O Street Tracks] 5. Danny Darko - For An Angel [Onyx Techno] 6. Codeswitch - The Truth [Ascent] 7. Glynn Alan - That’s Life (Glynn Alan's Alternative Mix) [Coldharbour] 8. Mobil - Gravity [Alter Ego] 9. Bitas - Oceanica [Interplay Global] 10. UDM - Rush [Monster Neos] 11. Codeswitch - The Truth (Kita-Kei Remix) [Ascent]

Find these tracks as a Beatport Chart here: https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-003-march-chart/716396

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Our second episode of the Ascent Sessions podcast, with some of the tracks that have been the fuel in our rockets. Hope they take you to the stars as well!

Tracklist: 1. Conures, Clean Tears - On My Soul (Kenji Sekiguchi Remix) [ Lost Language] 2. Kaiyan - Eau De Vie [Colorize] 3. Pico Boulevard - We're All The Same [JOOF Aura] 4. Miss Rodriguez - Carrousel [FSOE Parallels] 5. Hiromori Aso - Daylami (Christopher Corrigan Remix) [Ascent] 6. Giuseppe Ottaviani, Mila Josef - Fade Away [Black Hole] 7. Rub!k - Luna [A State of Trance] 8. Dominant Space, Evan Henzi - We All Need Love [GO MUSIC] 9. Moogwai - The Labyrinth (Cameron Mo & Seegmo Remix) [Coldharbour] 10. Hiromori Aso - Daylami [Ascent] 11. Activa - Luminosity (Sean Tyas Remix) [Regenerate]

Find these tracks as a Beatport Chart here: https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-002-february-2022-chart/712313

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Our first episode of the Ascent Sessions podcast, with tracks that have taken us higher this month -- we hope they will for you as well.

Tracklist: 1. LTN, Ghostbeat, Michele C - Mind, Body, and Soul [AVA Deep] 2. ROWA, Sanoi - Vortex feat. Tali [ZEHN] 3. Matt Fax & Boxer - Higher [Colorize] 4. Soundpour - Jetstream [Ascent] 5. Quivver - Brothers & Sisters (Cid Inc. Remix) [Songspire] 6. Codeswitch - Yuri [Ascent] 7. Derek Ryan - Starchaser (Tom Boldt Remix) [Ascent] 8. Soundpour - Jetstream (Memory Loss Remix) [Ascent] 9. Dan Stone - Propulsion [FSOE] 10. Derek Ryan & Jen Wood - Moments [Amsterdam Trance] 11. Sam Laxton - Scent [FSOE]

Find these tracks as a Beatport Chart here: https://www.beatport.com/chart/ascent-sessions-001-january-2022-chart/708563