Bouvetøya

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2016
"Blue Planet Talisman is a concept which was inspired by the artwork of graphic artist Martin Millar, whose work adorns Bouvetøya’s new realease on SynGate Wave. 
Each track on the album represents an improvised studio live performance with minimal overdubs; the objective being that each track captures the moment of an immediate live performance rather than a structured studio track. Using that basis the whole project was completed relatively quickly, the addition of a remixed track from the artist that inspired the album completes the concept. 
The artwork was omnipresent in the studio and became as much a part of each performance as the music. 
Bouvetøya’s more contemporary influences rise to the surface on this release, with less reliance on the traditional analogue sequencing of previous releases and more emphasis on performing melodic and rhythmic soundscapes, it is with this eclectic mix of genre that Bouvetøya is delighted to be Syngate Wave’s first release."
Review by David Law (MusicZeit): 
Since the first album I heard from Bouvetoya, just over two years ago, they are rapidly becoming one of my favourite Syngate acts. Inspired by the classic Berlin School masters such as Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze as well as wider influences he has matured wonderfully as an artist over the four albums he has released since then. This is the best so far. It is actually quite subtle, little sequences, gentle rhythms and melodic motifs creating a blissed out atmos that has the ability to entice and draw you in and yet focus the imagination rather than letting your mind wander. A wonderful album that grabbed me instantly and got even better with each listen. I really can't recommend it highly enough. 

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2015
Michael Jones aka Bouvetøya from Ireland dives into the structures and harmony of music resulting in versatile and wide landscapes of beauty and relaxation.

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2014
This is an aural journey of cinematic Berlin School-inspired electronica combined with Bouvetøya's trademark sonic production.

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2017
With his album "Machines for Collective Living" Michael Jones aka Bouvetøya from Ireland faces the current technical development of this decade, though in highly melodic references through synthesizer-tunes full of character. The album spans a great and calm suspense and invites to dive into flowing soundcarpets. Maybe a request, to create such spaces against the rush and haste of the world to face the mechanisation with serenity? Bouvetøya ... has succeeded at capturing the soul of the electronic music of the seventies. The shadows of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze are floating upon this masterpiece !"

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2018
4 tracks of the Irish musician accelerate the heartbeat of friends of rich and smooth sequences, electronic soundscapes with fat analogue sculptures and elegical synth-melodies. 

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2013
Old skool electronica where influences begin with the letters TD, KS, FSOL, BoC and JMJ!
The 3 Bouvetøya Principles:
CREATION > EMULATION
INIMITABLE > MAINSTREAM
ENDEAVOUR > FORFEIT
Bouvetøya is a studio based electronica entity based in Ireland
"There are no boundaries, only creative limitations"

The debut album moves between ambient and Berlin School, it creates wide landscapes and triggers fantastic impressions
 

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2016
The compelling music develops in wide landscapes and sounds somehow mysterious. The Memotron characterises the album all over.
Michael Jones about his album: "The theme of SUPER HIGH FREQUENCY is communication; where our lives are consumed with communicating with others through technology, at the expense of learning to communicate with ourselves and those around us as we sit in silence coveting our screens. The cover represents the electrical energy which provides the power for our everyday day lives; this tries to eclipse the solar energy that energises us as humans. However, there will only be one winner.
SUPER HIGH FREQUENCY is a collection of compositions across the EM genre.

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2020
Almost exactly one year after his last release, Mchael Jones, the man behind Bouvetøya introduces his new album "The Fiction Makers"

Michael Jones about his new work:
The Fiction Makers was a four month project, which coincided with a global event where finding creative time was no longer an issue; I don’t think anyone who had the opportunity of creating more music in their studios complained too much about restricted movement. 
Taking the time to explore soundscapes and utilising some newly acquired equipment, this album follows on some of the themes explored in last year’s album Geometrium, as well as creating new ones. The core of each track was a live studio performance augmented by overdubs where required; the joy of this is in capturing a level of spontaneity without obsessing about perfection, this keeps the music more organic and less clinical. In Modular We Trust….

Artist: Bouvetøya
P: 2015
This is an aural journey of cinematic Berlin School-inspired electronica combined with Bouvetøya's trademark sonic production.
The style is more the mid 70s.
Bouvetøya's third release continues the journey of warm, melodic and relaxt analog and modular sounds. A consequent sequel for fans of Bouvetøya, but as well a good start for listeners, who have not yet heard from this artist. The universe of old school electronica influenced by artists known by their initials TD, KS, FSOL, BoC and JMJ!