title:

btb - who wants to be healthy in this sick world?

label:

boltfish recordings

format:

cdr / mp3

release date:

26.07.07

cat. no.:

bolt042

tracks:

vip r (cheju remix)

reviews:

"behind btb is one franco colombo, who hails from the rather unusual (for vital weekly that is) city of buenos aires, argentina. his first release is from 2001 and he has some music for audiobulb and various for boltfish, who now release his 'who wants to be healthy in this sick world?'. the differences are in the details, iwrote somewhere else, which certainly goes for releases on uk's boltfish recordings. certainly there is a general matrix for the kind of music boltfish releases, broken rhythms, spacious melancholical keyboard lines, instrumental, rhythmical but not always really danceable. for some of these artists, and boltfish has a lot of artists on their roster, there is a stronger link to ambient music, or some more present rhythms and lesser dwelling on the keyboards. btb is among them. his rhythms are stronger than is usual with the other artists on this label, with experimental sound bending (real time time stretching) and lesser to the keyboards, however they are there, pushed a bit to the back. of the twelve tracks, four are remixes of other boltfish artists, which proof the liveliness of the scene. btb doesn't do an outstanding job, something beyond the ordinary, but it's throughout pleasant uptempo electronic music." - vital weekly, 07.07

"boltfish are back once again with another absolutely super slice of electronic goodness. btb delivers a full album's worth of material here for your listening pleasure and it's a crispy, crunchy, melodic and beautifully produced collection indeed. cracking rhythms really do imbue some oomph into the proceedings, whilst the melodic content complements the beats perfectly. cool arrangements and lovely chord sequences lock horns with the occasional tougher moment with electro influences. not only do you get all of this excellentness, but there are remixes from boltfish head honchos cheju and mint as well as milieu and melodium. really good stuff as always from this top quality uk label. props!" - smallfish, 07.07

"btb second full-length album entitled who wants to be healthy in this sick world? following his debut sysex ep from late 2005. btb continues to make lovely sounding electronic music with excellent beats and melodies to accompany them. however as the title may suggest his music is set in a more sinister landscape (could it possibly be linked to the current state of the world?) this has in no way affected the quality of his music in any negative way. the opening track building a better life through living is the perfect example with amplitude of atmosphere. the second track ill brain features more broken sounds and a deep sub bass to booth. rhythmically complex and with a sinister undertone, but given the track’s title maybe not all that surprising. in any event it’s a really good track. the first eight tracks are accompanied by four remixes by the usual suspects with one possible exception: melodium. the track title of his contribution is not among the other songs, that could be the effect of some last minute track changes who knows for sure. the other re-mixers would be: cheju, mint and milieu all doing a fine job of interpretation. all in all who wants to be healthy in this sick world? is a very good album and my final free association takes me to the realms of the excellent german label hymen. it’s bolt042 and you know you should investigate." - electronic desert, 08.07