Bovaflux

In 2005, he released his debut album for Highpoint Lowlife records, presenting a beautiful hybrid sound, influenced by intricate melody and structure as much as it is based on complex beat programming. His sound retains a simple elegance on the surface, easily allowing you to become deeply entrenched in the music, discovering more and more detail upon each subsequent listen. Aquatic and fluid dub bass lines underpin lurching slow hip-hop inspired beats, rising surges of digital atmospherics and subtle flowing melodies.

Eddie comments;

Now I’ve finished my EP, and I'm just waiting to confirm a release date, I'm starting to work on the new album. I don't try to set a theme too much, I'm just seeing what comes really, and letting it flow naturally. This is where the Novation SL has really smoothed things out it my studio. Not having to memorise what every knob does for every virtual synth is a god send, and makes every other control keyboard seem… well, just broken really.

Even ignoring these unique aspects of the SL, just the overall quality of the unit leaves the others standing. Having a wide variety of controller types, from the two different styles of knobs, the sliders, the touchpad, and so on, means that whatever VST instrument you're using it with, every parameter will find a good place. It's the vital link in my studio, perfectly bridging the gap between hardware and software. Apart from using it to control VSTs, I also have a configuration set up for manipulating many aspects of my tracker-based set up, letting me get into all the details of a sound with no messing about. Overall, it's hard to see how a controller could be done better!”

2006 saw a spate of exclusive tracks released to more high praise, with his contribution to Highpoint Lowlife’s Analog for Architecture described as “as beautiful as the genre gets” (Textura) and his debut tracks for AI sister label SRL labelled “his best works to date” (The Milk Factory), plus the completion of a 7 track EP due for release early 2007.