Marram by Wil Bolton

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Inspired by the windswept Scottish highlands, ‘Marram’ is three things:

Will Bolton’s new album for Fluid Audio, a long grass that holds sand dunes together and a palindrome…

Born of loops taken from vintage classical records, with parts sourced from classical guitar, glockenspiel, chime bars and analogue monosynth, ‘Marram’ also features clarinet by Edward Farrow and violin by Christoph Berg.

These crackling drones and overlapping textures form both a development and departure for Bolton, with an uncharacteristic absence of field recordings. Instead, it sees a confident expansion into densely arranged modern classical/electro-acoustic elements.

Immersive, layered and moving, ‘Marram’ is a maudlin calm to an inner dialogue’s storm.

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Limited to 150 copies:

Letter-pressed 4 panel Somerset Cotton covers
Letter-pressed Somerset Cotton belly band
Letter-pressed envelopes
Hand typed-numbered tags
Vintage 1930s-40s-50s original maps of Scotland
Vintage 1940s-50s original photo slides of Scotland
Distressed glassine bags
Glass mastered CD
Dried flowers (Red Rowan)
Scent
Download code

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