Hi friends - hope all good :)
It gives me great pleasure to welcome in 2025 with a beautiful interpretation of quiet details from the UK-based composer, Wil Bolton.
Out now on digital and limited CD with long-form edition, six panel digipack and fine art print. Digital half price until 17th January.
Please come and join us tonight for our first listening party of 2025 - always one of the best parts of any release, so good to chat to you all and listen together.
Wil and I will both be there - all welcome, hope you can make it!
9th Jan 20:00 UK - RSVP here
A prolific producer and live artist, Wil has released work on labels such as Home Normal, LAAPS, PITP, Dauw, Dronarivm, Eilane Rec, Fluid Audio, Hidden Vibes, Krysalisound, Audiobulb, Hibernate, Sound In Silence and more; with performances at the likes of Cafe Oto, Tate Liverpool, Iklectik and The Biscuit Factory.
Add this to a long list of artist residencies at institutions such as EMS (Elektronmusikstudion, Stockholm), and we have a musician of huge talent, vision and skill.
South of the Lake, inspired by a journey around South Korea, finds Wil in wonderfully reflective and serene mood, a perfect way to begin another journey around the Sun.Centred around field recordings collected when travelling, there’s a feeling of perpetual forward-motion throughout the album, as if we were there with him while moving through the landscapes.
The music has an incredibly refined sense of harmonic development and is also highly evocative, the soundscapes have a deeply hypnagogic quality, drawing you ever further into these beautifully formed worlds.
Echoes of the Naesosa buddhist temple, Mugaksa temple in Gwangju, Daehan Tea Garden and Suncheon Bay Nature Reserve, mix with deftly crafted music - made using many instruments collected there too.
Korean singing bowl, bells and wind chimes, tingsha, glockenspiel, chime bars, rosaries, stones and pine cones from Korea - live in synergy with Fender Bass VI, OP-1, Buchla Easel Command, Arturia Microfreak, Mellotron, Cocoquantus and various effects pedals - all at once creating soundscapes that flow in perfect harmony.
As Wil says:
inspired by a spring road trip around honam, the southwestern region of korea.
moments of stillness and quiet in temples, nature reserves and a tea garden.
for soo.
Huge thanks to Wil, a gorgeous addition to the series.
The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album - originating from a photo from Wil which was then captured with analogue photography and processed here at quiet details studios.
The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, representing the music in its purest form - if you buy one message me for a download of this unique version of the album.
Credits:
Music by Wil Bolton
Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios
Artwork by quiet details in collaboration with Wil Bolton
Design by quiet details
© quiet details 2025 all rights reserved
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Also out today is the second run of qd22 Veryan - One Universal Breath.
This got so much love last year, very happy to make the physical available again.
What’s more, today we present the brand new Elliptical Pathways version of the album - each track reimagined into ethereal and ultra-deep ambient journeys - essential for fans of the album.
Find it on the Bandcamp page - all proceeds to the Cancer Centre - Milton Keynes University Hospital and all their wonderful NHS staff.
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Now some shout-outs:
qd28 Wil Bolton
Moonlight Meditation playing a track on the show here
qd27 Sanger and Sanger
Bepi Crespan playing a track on his show Presents - Episode December 28, 2024
qd23 James Murray
Headphone Commute including the album on the End of Year list - Music For Withered Leaves And Lonely Fishtanks
qd19 Loula Yorke
Foxy Digitalis including the album in their favs of 2024.
And also including quiet details on their Labels That Released Many Things I Listened to Many Times - big thanks to Brad!
qd12 zakè
The community over at r/ambientmusic voted the album as one of their best of 2024 - much appreciation to them :)
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Much love friends and enjoy the music!
Alex
quiet details studios - mastering and audio services
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