ISMOS presents **Abstract Vol. 1**, the label's inaugural annual compilation and its most ambitious project to date - a curated exploration of minimalism, perception, and the individual worlds that exist behind the music. Built around the philosophy **'Your inner world creates your reality,'** Abstract Vol. 1 brings together a carefully selected group of artists from across the minimal and tech house spectrum. Each contributes a distinct interpretation of a shared musical language, where rhythm, texture, movement, space, and subtle sonic details take precedence over excess. At the heart of the compilation is a simple idea: **less can create more.** Within minimal music, the smallest details can completely reshape an experience. A single sound can trigger a memory. A shift in rhythm can alter a mood. Space itself can become part of the groove. Abstract Vol. 1 embraces this philosophy across a collection of records designed not simply as individual club tools, but as pieces of a larger journey. The compilation represents an important chapter for ISMOS and founder RN ISMO, reflecting years spent producing, DJing, releasing music, building relationships, and developing a community around a particular approach to underground electronic music. Rather than defining that community through one specific sound, Abstract creates a space for different interpretations of it to coexist. Every artist enters the compilation with their own experiences, influences, emotions, and perspective. Every listener enters with theirs. That relationship completes the project. No two artists experience reality in exactly the same way, and no two listeners will experience these records identically. Rather than telling the listener what to feel, Abstract Vol. 1 leaves enough space for them to create their own meaning from what they hear. **One compilation. Infinite realities.** Don't just listen to the music. **Create your reality through it.**