Self recorded, mixed and mastered in a bedroom in Manchester. I was listening to a lot of 80’s pop and disco when I made this, think it’s in there somewhere. The first vocal hook came to me in a dream and I managed to remember it when I woke up. Hit me up if you’d like a download  x

POLLEN
You danced all night, soaked in pollen
Your shadow was more fluid than you
All you want is purity
You chucked it in a line and hoped for the best
It’s a dizzy world, we’re all spinning
If you get to the end, do you get back to the beginning?

I said this wouldn’t affect me, now I’m paralysed
Step into my head and you can analyse this one for me
So far from your paradise
This is too hard to forget, it’s gonna leave a few dents
You got quick eyes and they’re dimming
Your mouth is out of sync and I don’t think you really mean it

Oh how great it feels to be no-one
When my eye twitches, it’s the end of the world
And is it sad to be someone?
When you run your mouth, your breath clears the room
You’ve lost your crowd, they were never loyal anyway
They’re lost in the sound of their own world now
They found their true meaning and learnt it was nothing
It’s a dizzy world, we’re all spinning

You run on bad news, chip shop truths and the blues
We said goodbye to our youth, now we’re long in the tooth
You wanna dance in the flames but you don’t know the truth
Do you still have those nights when your head’s getting loose?

I got a new name, and a character to match
I’ll act it out alone, I won’t tell anyone
Aroused a new feeling and it’s finer than the last
What a fool in this world but a devil in the next
I got a new taste and a badly chosen scent
I got a new dance, and it fixes the past
I’ve seen everything and it’s never gonna last
If you love me then you’ll share my fate
And send a miracle
I’m invisible


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Pollen

Patina is the first single from Wil's forthcoming Null Point LP.  
Stream: https://ditto.fm/patina-wil-bolton
Purchase at Bandcamp: https://theslowmusicmovement.bandcamp.com/track/patina

"Patina" is anchored by downtempo dub techno constructs, swept along by heart wrenching strings & dotted with celestial electronic tones, triggering multiple sonic pleasure centers simultaneously.

CREDITS:
Wil did it all, well apart from the mastering which was done by Ian Hawgood.

LINKS:
If you're smitten with the ambient condition then follow Wil on all major streaming platforms and wherever you feel comfortable:
wilbolton.co.uk
wilbolton.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/wil_bolton/
www.facebook.com/wilboltonmusic/
soundcloud.com/wilbolton
vimeo.com/wilbolton

BIOGRAPHY:
Wil Bolton is a composer, musician and artist based in East London. His work is usually site-specific and inspired by place, memory, resonance, psychogeography and finding beauty in ruins, decay and the details and textures of everyday scenes.

Wil’s audio work uses modular and analogue synthesizers, field recordings, 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, Laaps, Hidden Vibes, Krysalisound, Audiobulb, Hibernate, Dronarivm and Sound In Silence and has performed at venues including Cafe Oto, Tate Liverpool, Iklectik and The Biscuit Factory.

He has undertaken artist residencies at EMS (Elektronmusikstudion, Stockholm), Incheon Art Platform (South Korea) and the Estonian Artists’ Association and has created several site-specific audiovisual installations, including commissions for Oxburgh Hall (National Trust, UK), Liverpool Biennial (UK) and Kings Lynn Art Centre (UK).

His sound and video works have been exhibited at ICA (UK), Sheffield Institute of Art and Design Gallery (UK), University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music (USA), Bath Spa University (UK) and others. He also collaborates regularly with other composers, musicians, visual artists and filmmakers.

Wil Bolton - Patina (The Slow Music Movement)

i broke https://open.spotify.com/album/3FKUJAqfvHrg9MrrGgJf8w?si=GFGjsP7tQ3Kv2o4CFQEGag

Tolerance Break

https://soundcloud.com/toojim and BB Mon join forces in a collaboration born out of a discovery of each other’s music through their respective radio plays on the BBC6 Introducing mixtape. 
Their remote partnership, based in Manchester and London respectively, has led to “Through the Wall”. The song delves into a period of mental health struggles where time seems to be stood still whilst the world keeps moving forward around you. The result is a snappy impatient anthem that brings inspiration from punk, hip hop and breaks.

Check out t00jim here:
https://soundcloud.com/toojim // https://www.instagram.com/t00jim

The single will be released officially on 16th May.

Through the Wall (feat. tOOjim)

Through The Wall (feat tOOjim)

Split Digraph lives in the hinterland between outright electropop and more leftfield experimental music of the likes that Warp and Rephlex records made famous. It can live as happily on a sunny dance-floor as it does nestled in earbuds on a winter’s woodland walk.

Split Digraph

OUT NOW ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS!!

tOOjim and BB Mon join forces in a collaboration born out of a discovery of each other’s music through their respective radio plays on the BBC6 Introducing mixtape.

Their remote partnership, based in Manchester and London respectively, has led to “Through the Wall”. The song delves into a period of mental health struggles where time seems to be stood still whilst the world keeps moving forward around you. The result is a snappy impatient track that brings inspiration from punk, hip hop and breaks.

"Full circle and full enjoyment in under 3 minutes. There’s something so satisfying going on with the overall sound here. There's no messing around - the message executed, the vocals packed with emotion and harmonies from heaven." - FRESH ON THE NET, ECLECTIC PICKS

Check out BB Mon here - https://soundcloud.com/bbmonmusic
https://www.instagram.com/bbmonmusic/

instagram.com/t00jim

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BB Mon - Through The Wall (feat. TooJim)

BB Mon is a producer who uses sampling and field recordings, mixing with synths and guitar. With these he creates songs which blend influences including indie, electronica and hip hop.

BB Mon's song "The World Today" featured on Tom Robinson's BBC 6 Music Introducing show.

Through The Wall (feat tOOjim)

BB Mon

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