'Cardboard Rocketships' is a CD by Mint on Boltfish, an electronica stable that used to be full of rare Aquatic specimens but they all escaped one day so now all they're left with is some stagnant water & a pile of CDs to sell. Sob. It must be soooo hard being a fish. Mates with Cheju and King of Chill, Ulrich Schnauzzer, this Murray chappie has produced a work of incredibly soothing melodic electronica with sweeping synths, cyclic chiming bits, glitchy flickers & unthreatening beatmastery. By 'System Cost', things are getting a little more eerie & electroid, like some spooky old Toytronic release but not for long is he stuck in a tunnel of creepy ghosties, 'Keiji's Dream' is built around that kind of euphoric, symphonic home listening techno that seems like an old friend - roaring along brandishing sparkling, glacial synth washes, skittery electro beats & stately bass thrums with loads of easy-on-the-ear twinkling melodies that will just delight fans of Digitonal & Wisp for instance. A journey through many shades & moods but with an above average ear for detail, a rich tuneful tapestry of hugely accessible & atmospheric songs. First 50 copies come with a numbered bonus DVD but be quick if you require one of those!!! A superb release that includes a Mint remix of Ulrich Schnauss's 'Shine'!
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Sound clips for Cardboard Rocketships by Mint: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Boltfish, BOLTLP006, £10.29.
"the finest examples of glitchy playful electronica I have heard in a long time" Crumbs in the Butter
"Close in spirit to the likes of Isan, Gimmik or Benge, Mint delivers here a rather engaging and fine collection of beautiful and warm electronic music." The Milkfactory
Boltfish Recordings co-owner MINT presents an album of beautifully emotive tracks ranging from playful and cinematic to crunchy and beat-driven, including a remix of 'Shine' by Ulrich Schnauss. This release is presented in a Digipak.
See more on this release at Last FM: http://www.last.fm/music/Mint/Cardboard+Rocketships
Tracklisting:
1. I Don't Kvetch 2. Grace 3. System Cost 4. Keiji's Dream 5. Personal Spaces 6. Aquarius 7. Shine (Mint Remix) 8. Musicbox Skit 9. Tricycle Days 10. Shoes Too Big For Her Feet 11. Dorothy's Song 12. Dead Pixel 13. Whispering Gallery
