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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

07.11.09 - the first ever cheju vinyl release is out today on october man recordings. 'brancaster/burnt orange' is 2 slices of warm melodic electronica pressed up on a clear lathe-cut 7" single with printed card and film sleeve.

also available as the 'brancaster ep' - a 3" cdr version featuring 2 extra tracks.

these are super-limited - just 30 copies of each version. a massive thanks to dave for putting this out, and to joe for the wonderful photography.

17.06.09 - a brand new cheju album, 'waiting for tomorrow' is released today on the wonderful distant noise records. many thanks to tarl for putting it out. cd available now from the distant noise shop. you can preview 4 tracks from the album at myspace.
03.03.09 - envizagae records presents its second compilation, 'second envizion'. 2 cd's of beautiful electronic music, including the exclusive cheju track 'tundra' and tracks from mint, zainetica, electricwest, polestar, z-arc, env(itre) and many more.
08.01.09 - cheju's 3rd cd album 'broken waves' will be released on boltfish recordings on 29 january. features 12 original tracks and remixes by preston, electricwest, and reason or romanza. digipak cd available to pre-order now from boltfish.