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cheju is wil bolton, uk-based composer and producer of experimental melodic electronica, and co-owner of boltfish recordings. his style is a mixture of warm synth tones, crunchy broken beats, and layered atmospheric textures.

he has released albums on u-cover, unlabel, filament recordings and en:peg digital and e.p.'s on boltfish, rednetic recordings, static caravan, smallfish, october man recordings, envizagae, herb recordings, kahvi, lacedmilk technologies, cold room, camomille and subliminal tape club.

cheju also collaborates with jon lee as bal-a-klah-va, with mint as biotron shelf, and with zainetica as anzio green.

please feel free to contact cheju with any questions or feedback. the artist is also available for remixes, live bookings, and commissions for compilations, soundtracks and other production work.

press:

"deep, super-melodic electronica sounds with a beautifully crisp production style and plenty of electro orientated, crunchy rhythms" - smallfish

"highly emotional tracks, paying close attention to the relationship between sound and feeling" - igloomag

"cheju builds a beautiful tapestry of analog monophonic sequences combined with breakbeats" - intuitive music

"all the tracks remind me of two lone swordsmen and boards of canada at their finest" - untitledmusic

"deep atmospheric excellence" - tesselate

07.04.08 - out today, a rednetic showcase, mixed by cheju. includes cheju's exclusive remix of utility player's 'diffuse moments', 2 lackluster remixes of joseph auer's 'jpop moment' and other tracks from past and future rednetic releases. just £2 for the cd or free to download.
28.02.08 - a couple of free mixes to download. cheju's mix for distant noise records includes a cheju remix of innerise's 'delight in me', along with a couple of other cheju tracks and music by distant noise and other artists.
and over at boltfish recordings, you can grab a mix by preston which features cheju's 'so far' from the mercury scales compilation and a host of other tracks from previous boltfish releases.
21.02.08 - the silent ballet release their 7th compilation today in association with lost children netlabel. it's free to download and includes an exclusive alternative mix of 'spools' from cheju's 'mechanics of failure' release - if you like it, check out the original release at herb recordings.
20.02.08 - out today on u-cover records, cheju's 'homecoming' is a 2 part release - 2 3" cds of "beautiful scape music full of layered synth patches of analog keyboards, well programmed drum patterns and colourful melodies." you can stream a track from each disc here and here and buy them here. thanks to koen at u-cover for putting this out.