Those familiar with the n5MD cannon may recognize the names of the duo behind Asonat. Fannar Ásgrímsson and Jónas Thór Guðmundsson both have released on the imprint before. Ásgrímsson as one part of Plastik Joy and Guðmundsson as Ruxpin. Asonat was started when a few months after Ásgrímsson returned to his native Iceland he contacted Guðmundsson to see if a collaboration was possible. Upon their first meeting they wrote couple of songs and felt they should further explore the partnership. Over the next year they wrote and recorded what would become tracks for their debut. To further extend this new collaboration they also invited the Icelandic artist Kjartan Ólafsson (Ampop & Kjarr), Japanese singer Chihiro and the French singer Olèna Simon to work with them on their debut album Love in Times of Repetition. The debut album was released in april 2012 and received good responses from critics and music fans. [Sic] Magazine wrote that the debut “is a frosted glass masterpiece with huge crossover potential.” Igloomag wrote that the album is “[a] very picturesque musical journey through introverted winter-like soundscapes which deliberately bring to the fore a certain sense of mysteriousness and sentimental brilliance.”

Band became a trio in 2014 as Oléan Simon joined the duo.