Wil Bolton - Swept (Audiobulb)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks LIke

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What We Say

Wil Bolton is one of those remarkable ambient artists with a lot to say - regularly releasing via the genre's finest labels, whilst consistently holding down the quality & managing to cover a lot of stylistic terrain. His latest LP via Audiobulb packs an incredible array of guitar, synth, nature & human generated sonic minutia into a stunning soundtrack to the recent age of virus. It's possibly the third wave of musical pandemic reaction, with the (mask free) breathing space allowing for a more reflective, ultimately positive take. Those global shockwaves, mass denial, slow acceptance, hardship, stoicism, hope & today's tentative relief have never sounded as good. Headphones recommended.

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What The Release Notes Say

‘Swept’ is an exploration of emotional turbulence, resilience and rejuvenation. Created with electric guitar, modular and analogue synthesizers and pedals, most of the sounds were recorded at the start of the global pandemic. The album is bookended with field recordings made from the artist’s garden in East London. It opens with the sound of tarpaulin sheets on a neighboring construction site swept by heavy winds during Storm Ciara, shortly before the first UK lockdown, and closes with the sound of birdsong after rainfall, signaling hope for better times.

CREDITS
Wil Bolton is a London-based artist whose work uses synthesizers, guitars, acoustic instruments and effects to create warm and emotive melodies, fragmented and submerged among beds of droning ambient textures and environmental sounds.

Wil has released albums on labels including Home Normal, Hidden Vibes, Krysalisound, Audiobulb, Hibernate, Eilean Rec., Dronarivm and Sound In Silence. He has also shown his sound and video works in exhibitions at ICA, Incheon Art Platform, Liverpool Biennial and others, and has performed at venues including Cafe Oto, Tate Liverpool and Iklectik.

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