Second
review from the Boltfish camp this week, this time we have
Slow Poke from Richard Houghten.
Imagine
a minute train made of gas and fluff, with underwater recordings
of a double bass as fuel, well "Windshield" is
that. Its a short track so remember to get your ticket.
"Birds and Bugs" takes an acoustic guitars wranglings
and folds it slowly into a blackhole, extending the chords
and extracting the tonal qualities that are hidden within.
The effect is minimal and washes over the universe like
a thin coating of clingfilm like material that begins to
harden, and then sheds itself into the darkness like a flock
of birds scared from the branches of a tree. Minimacontortions.
"Orange"
is a pluck fest from the deep dark bowels of a suprise cave,
full of plinking guitar whispers and ear pricking samples
whilst "Flashlight" ups the volume and takes it
back to the level with echoing strings coated with springy
bacteria that cause a minor infection that you dont really
mind catching.
Hissy
sub storytelling soaked in light from below is what "Cup"
is all about. Cascading samples from the four corners of
Slow Poke's world come into effect as thudding bass walls
come into play, flanked by small rotating armies that tend
to accidentally fire on themselves, causing smacking beats
to fly around in the background. It's one big chaos bomb
running on half energy.
"Slow Poke" is an altered audio battery, which
is brimming with acoustic rumblings. Not really my cup of
tea, can of coke or toast with marmite on, but I can see
people more into the acoustic janglings liking this. "Cup"
was my favourite track on this one.
Always
interesting to hear what the Boltfish label is churning
out.
Sam
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