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Boltfish is a music label specialising in electronic, cinematic
and organic sounds. This includes electro, idm, glitch, and atmospheric.
MINT's
Audubon E.P uses twinkling melodies and irregular beats to evoke
the open expanses of the american mid-west.
On
with z musics....
"Albert
the bull" kicks off the ep, and instantly drags you into
the dreamtone world where Mint lives. Smooth plinking and plonking
synth presses evaporate on sight and float to the high ceiling,
while spacecraft missile fire sends out a buzzy message, that
takes you back to the days of the original Gameboy. Multiplying
layers of childhood memories, weave into each other giving off
a rich mist of imagination that is so so good. Cool.
Reverbing
orchestra samples flutter around like a drunk butterfly, whilst
huge drops of semi iced water create a toys dream in audio form,
we are in "Grain Bin" land. Something ticks away in
the background,gradually developing into a glitchy beat which
gently hammers away on the glass windows seperating you from Saturn's
atmosphere. Luckily the friendly robot team are here to assist
you in your journey. Another damn fine track.
"Open field" reminds me of misty levels on Goeman 64,
man what a game that is, gonna need to dig me out an N64. Beautiful
diamond encrusted cubes slide down, plastic chutes, as tiny droids
polish and buff away in preperation for that evenings party. Chinks
of light creep through the walls and carefully push the workers
on via tiny solar panels located on their hands, the fuel enriched
team hammer away and tap their feet, which in turn unleashes a
mind melting crunch beat, that wraps you up tightly in synthetic
skin and doesnt let go.
All the good bits from hundreds of your favorite game melodies
all in one, absolutely amazing stuff.
"Auger"
takes the soundtrack to a small town, cutting in and layering
engines, water towers and invisible transport pods. Sounds push
themselves around the blue sky with tiny propulsion engines which
emit a tiny bass pop, as other using simple jet technology, slice
through the sunshine leaving trails of audio remnants which open
their eyes and start to sing. One dice with a million sides, and
they are all smiling.
Excellent.
Free
music? and its this good, Mints debut release for Boltfish is
nothing short of amazing. It really does mellow you out and auto
soaks the good shit into your head. The mid west sounds like a
cool place to hang out, if this is the music it inspires.
Excellent.
(Note
: ' BOLT002 : Karmøy - faded pictures e.p' just released
on the Boltfish www, check it out)
Sam
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