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Wil Bolton

Like Floating Leaves

FormatCDLabelLaapsGenreElectronic

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*200 hand-numbered copies limited edition* Wil Bolton is a London-based artist whose work uses synthesizers, guitars, acoustic instruments and effects to create warm and emotive melodies, fragmented and submerged among beds of droning ambient textures and environmental sounds. Wil has released albums on labels including Home Normal, Hidden Vibes, Krysalisound, Audiobulb, Hibernate, Eilean Rec, Dronarivm and Sound In Silence. He has also shown his sound and video works in exhibitions at ICA, Incheon Art Platform, Liverpool Biennial and others, and has performed at venues including Cafe Oto, Tate Liverpool and Iklectik.

‘Like Floating Leaves’ was recorded January - July 2022 in East London, using modular synthesizers, Mellotron, Yamaha PSR-6, Waldorf Micro Q, Modal Argon8, OP-1, iPhone, glockenspiel, chimes, effects and field recordings from Venice, Stockholm, New York and Tokyo.

Details
Cat. number: LAAPS026
Year: 2023

Release notes

Hand-numbered edition of 200 copies in gatefold digisleeve, sealed with a wraparound sticker. Includes glossy insert and two label stickers. Written, recorded and mixed by Wil Bolton in East London, January - July 2022. Environmental sounds recorded in Venice, Stockholm, New York and Tokyo, 2014-2021.

Tracklist
1Like Floating Leaves8:41
2Of Ruins4:58
3Etched7:14
4Dead Fountains5:00
5A Wave Of Verticals6:30
6Saffron7:44
7Marble And Ash6:32
8Fumage6:22
9Into The Shadows7:04
Credits
Russell Burden
Artwork
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Design
Ian Hawgood
Mastered By
Wil Bolton
Written-By, Recorded By, Mixed By

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