Lost in waves of low-tones and memories from childhood, these foggy windows reveal early 90′s era Warp fragments; bass-beats, subtle melodic bursts, underwater meanderings, manipulated guitars and gentle instrumentals leaves Midnight Dome in a field of its own. [Release page] Swaying light branches of shoegaze hidden in a predominately ambient-electronic album, Obfusc creates minuscule audio [...]
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Mint :: The Metronomical Boy (Boltfish)
The push-pull affect revealed throughout The Metronomical Boy, its polished facade, mild temper, evenly paced experiments and uplifting interior keeps Mint in top shape from start to finish. [Release page] Holding the electronic torch firmly, Mint (aka Boltfish co-operator Murray Fisher) keeps his latest collection of audio work clean and vibrant. Equal parts Toytronic-inspired ambience, flickering [...]
Five questions for Boltfish
Murray Fisher took some time out to answer five questions regarding hybrid-label Boltfish Recordings and their day-to-day operations, past, present and future. Dip your feet and ears into this UK-based collective creating electronic canvasses for their musicians to frame. Igloo Magazine :: When did Boltfish Recordings start up and what was your inspiration? Murray Fisher [...]
Biotron Shelf :: Cloud Bands and Arabesques (Boltfish)
Although these 40-minutes wisp by like a breeze in the cold night, each sprinkled minute paints a musical abstract full of color, variety and contrast. [Listen | Purchase] Cloud Bands On Arabesques represents the second release for Murray Fisher and Wil Bolton (aka Biotron Shelf), a collaboration that has yielded timid electrical waves among a [...]
Top releases of twenty-ten
With this article, 151 releases and 25 honorable mentions are highlighted as being titles that garnered the extra spins in 2010. These musicians (and associated labels) offered an abundance of quality productions coming from all corners of the globe with an emphasis on releasing music that doesn’t always follow a defined path. [January 2011] Twenty-ten [...]
Polestar :: End Of An Era (Boltfish)
Jon Elliott closes up his eight-year run operating under the Polestar moniker and leaves Boltfish, as well as his listeners, with a 6-track album full of shiny, metallic shards of electrical trickery [Listen | Purchase] Jon Elliott closes up his eight-year run operating under the Polestar moniker and leaves Boltfish, as well as his listeners, [...]
Cheju :: Broken Waves (Boltfish)
A great balance of smoothing out the edge of old-school electronica, drawing attention to tempos without sacrificing the smart edge of its pop sensibility. Cheju‘s latest is chock-full of casual beats making its title fit quite snug, Broken Waves. A bit of a sleeper, this one features three P’s: “Pica” (breakbeat background music), “Pantone” (perfectly [...]
Skytree :: Hyphae (Boltfish)
“…Taking the listener on a pleasant trip through time and space, Skytree effortlessly derails preconceived IDM formulas and instead offers a fluid and instrumental approach that is encapsulating and fulfilling…” [Listen | Purchase] Skytree creates vast soundscapes begging to be explored. With the fourth LP, Hyphae, Skytree is perfecting the craft of pure ambience and [...]
V/A :: Region Zero (Boltfish, CD)
Igloo Magazine has covered several (debut) compilations in the attempt to encapsulate and digest the sounds collected while keeping an open ear for creativity and inspiration. At times this creative element seems to phase itself out while the inspiration to collect these sounds fades into obscurity. What’s left is a sincere body of work that [...]