title:

taito-ku e.p.

label:

boltfish recordings

format:

cdr / mp3

release date:

29.07.05

cat. no.:

bolt018

tracks:

pachinko

flipchart psychology

bellflowerroot

reviews:

"the hatrick of releases for boltfish, and again its just sublime sounds. 'pachinko' with far eastern flavours and dramatic tones stretches out before your ears with stunning simplicity. 'flipchart psychology' is more industrial than the first track, with electro-filtered keys and tweeting bleeps mysteriously forming an eastern mood. 'bellflowerroot' opens with a real sense of moodiness. dramatic chords and crackling touches build the sound into something hypnotic, before keys arrive and transport you to distant worlds. 'cloud garden' continues the quality, with more beautiful sounds and dreamy touches to enjoy." - untitledmusic, 06.05

"new release on boltfish from cheju. 'pachinko' rattles a load of crazy metal balls at you whilst weaving a magic song with a xylophone and a set of mystical eastern chords that release a water rich neon haze into the sky. the crispest of glitch static beats joins in, and adds an air of shattering plastic memories to the mixture as the melody drops into a hidden dark patch and a subby bassline handles it from here on in. a lesson in effortless beauty, awesome. 'flipchart psychology' unzips itself and splinters into a thousand exact exact shapes as a 2001 synth stare takes you back to the days of fuel powered space travel, as you look back at yourself in the reflective material that your ion drive personal spaceship is crafted from and plan the mission to an unknown galaxy. this is atmopheric atmosphere to the highest level, i love it. 'bellflowerroot' is more of a monstrous twisting stagger through the pyramid skyscrapers of a virgin metropolis. you sit on the shoulders of a terraforming droid out on the town with a bottle of hydrated diesel in one hand and a perfectly formed gyroscope in the other, its all that and then some. sit back and soak it in through your sponge feet. soyperb. 'cloud garden' rounds off the ep. ghostly and crystal clear from the very start, the track washes over you like a runaway hovercraft full to the brim with a heavy strobing bassline and piano mumblings that just ooze quality. squeaks and rubberised peelings melt away to reveal the glistening spiral shaped entity below, that somehow manages to communicate with everything and anything in its vicinity with a simple speech pattern of simpleness and checks to make sure its all ok. excellent. woh this release is good, cheju has just torn up my mind and stitched it carefully back together adding colours and heightened memories throughout, this ep is outstanding in my opinion, real real real class. do not miss out on this one, boltfish are now a label constantly delivering quality musics, with each release being more stunning than the last." - tesselate, 08.05

"the japanese themed 'taito-ku ep' is cheju’s latest boltfish release and it’s a gem! cheju starts off with 'pachinko' and the excellent sounds and gentle crisp beats it contains. 'flipchart psychology' which is reminiscent of something that would fit an updated soundtrack of a miami vice tv episode, sound wise that is, follows 'pachinko'. the third track 'bellflowerroot' with an excellent bassline is a clear favourite among the four tracks contained on this ep. the intro of heavily treated bells and the string-like bassline fused with clever yet straightforward-programmed beats works like a charm. the fourth and last track is entitled 'cloud garden' it got a dramatic intro leading onto deep bass frequencies combined with glitch moderately used. it’s lovely sonic imagery created by the ever so talented artist named: cheju." - electronic desert, 08.05

"la marque de l'orient se porte très bien chez cheju sur ce nouvel ep chez boltfish (netlabel éditeur également de cdr, mené par wil bolton lui-même et murray fisher de mint). "pachinko" en est le "tube" d'ailleurs, mélodie entêtante, toujours empreinte d'images dépaysantes et de songes exotiques. les orchestrations sont toujours aussi soignées ("cloud garden", atmosphérique et presque "neoclassisante"), trip-hop sous l'emprise d'une saturation légère en contrepoint des boucles évoquant cordes et cloches. encore une fois wil bolton peint des paysages sonores avec des couleurs indélébiles issues d'une palette magique. subtilité, arrangements mélodiques très beaux pour un voyage certes court mais qui enchaîné aux autres oeuvres de l'anglais constitue un carnet de route des plus fascinants." - guts of darkness, 09.06