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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

30.10.08 - another release on the wonderful symbolic interaction label - this time a release by vic mars which features 10 original tracks, plus remixes by cheju, akira kosemura, d_rradio, and dollboy. thanks to matt and kentaro.
05.10.08 - out today on symbolic interaction, 'the silence was warm vol.2' is a double cd compilation, featuring the exclusive cheju track 'november', alongside tracks by kashiwa daisuke, bitcrush, naono and melorman, ontayso, absent without leave, offthesky, yaporigami, david newlyn, yellow6, euphoria, d_rradio, moskitoo, pawn, aus, phon°noir, quiroga, lowriders deluxe, geskia!, and cheekbone.
04.10.08 - out now on u-cover, an album of phasen remixes. includes cheju's remix of 'prime canopy' along with remixes by electricwest, koen park, milieu, obfusc, rumorse and mrs. jynx, and remixes by phasen of tracks by obfusc, env(itre) and koen park.
19.09.08 - cheju's 'mechanics of failure' is now available from boomkat in mp3 or flac formats. it's also available from i-tunes, beatport and other select download stores.
16.09.08 - there's a free mix by cheju over at playmytape - it includes a couple of cheju tracks, a remix by electricwest, tracks from the recent anzio green and biotron shelf releases, two boltfish tracks (by polestar and obfusc), and a few other recent favourites.
25.08.08 - anzio green's 'autumn honey' is out now on symbolic interaction. this cd is the debut collaborative release by cheju and zainetica. thanks to kentaro for putting this out. anzio green are currently working on their next album, due out on distant noise records sometime in 2009.
24.08.08 - cheju's split 3" cd release with shoosh on awkward silence is now available to buy from boomkat. it's also still available direct from the label, and from bleep as a digital download.
01.08.08 - out today on smallfish records, biotron shelf's 'transmissions ep' is the second collaborative release by cheju and mint, following on from their u-cover album '33 minutes north'. it's a 3" cd, strictly limited to 100 copies.
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.
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.