Articles by Rob Bolton

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  Various

  Global Indie Clubpop!

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  Compiled by the crew behind long-running L.A. indie pop night Par Avion, we’re given a nice cross section of sugar-sweet left-of-centre pop...

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  Bent

  The Everlasting Blink

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  From the opening moments of this album, you are set to rest in a sea of electronic bliss. Slow beats, beautiful electronics, strings and a...

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  Various

  Saturday Morning Empires

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  Montreal has always had a vibrant electronic scene and this compilation from intra_version proves that the spirit of musical experimentatio...

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  Brookville

  Wonderfully Nothing

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  Brookville is the project of Ivy’s Andy Chase, who has taken time away from the band to start his own label, set up a studio and work on hi...

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  Lisa Gerrard / Patrick Cassidy

  Immortal Memory

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  It’s been five years since her last proper solo album, but Lisa Gerrard has been far from idle. After working on soundtracks for movies lik...

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  Orchestra Du Soleil

  Mondial

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  The idea of a "psychedelic concept album” in electronic music is a frightening one, but fortunately for the Orchestra Du Soleil, it’s not a...

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  Various

  Shado Electro

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Italy’s peculiar Shado Records is known for their eclectic mix of electronic music and abstract art pop, and this compilation is no excepti...

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  Manic Street Preachers

  Lipstick Traces

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  It doesn’t come as a huge surprise that these Welsh superstars followed-up their greatest hits compilation Forever Delayed with a collectio...