The Debut LP Microsite

My debut LP is now in the shops - it was released on the 23rd May 2005 and has attracted some great reviews and airplay...
Go here to buy it directly from the Big Chill Shop or alternatively go here to my itunes page.

Reviews and Reactions

"heart warming, soothing and honest - real ambient electronica... you NEED this in your life. 11/10"
Tom Middleton (Cosmos)

"Fragile, melancholy and extremely sunny, Induction evolves with every listen"
DJ Pathaan (Orchestral World Groove)

"really, really beautiful - one of those records that simply change the way you feel (in a good way!)"
Ulrich Schnauss

"rather fine"
Chris Coco (Radio 1/Blue Room)

"Bruce writes and sings some of the most delicate, and achingly moving songs that you’ll ever hear"
Pete Lawrence (Big Chill)

There's online reviews by Nelson Rogers here and another one by Freddie Baveystock here.

Future Music Issue 162 June 2005

"Bruce Bickerton's Alucidnation have featured in Future Music numerious times in Future Music over the years. One of the tracks on this, the quirky and superb "I'm Not Bad" featured in our Chill out Special in 2001 and on top of that there was the rather great 'Big Chill Ready Steady Mix', in which Bickerton wrote a track in a day with Big Chill founder Pete Lawrence and Tom Middleton. Expectations for this LP were high then, after the first couple of tracks the mood is set to the obviously horizontal with the quality right up there, sometimes even exceeding I'm Not Bad!

This is fabulously melodic, drifting material often underpinned with the most apologetic (but still workable) beats and always featuring that distinctive Bickerton vocal. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea by any means, but if you want mesmerising stuff after a day of tearing up your own beats, then this is it." 9/10

International DJ June 2005

"With its dreamy synths, half strained vocals and calming music box chimes, I think it's safe to say that 'Induction' is an acquired taste. That's not to say that it's a bad album though, because it's actually really rather good! Managing to get just about the right balance between strangely lo-fi ambient singalongs (Beautiful House, and the wonderfully childlike 'I'm Not Bad), swirly ambient fare (Suspended on Air) and tripped out acoustic moments (The Art of Conversation), Induction is late night downtempo music the way it used to be... deeply electronic and guaranteed to sound great at five in the morning. Of course, this bleary-eyed chillage is far from fashionable in this lounge-obsessed day and age, and Bickerton's vocals are odd to say the least - a kind of high-pitched stoned Jamie Oliver singing for his supper - but there's still much to enjoy here. Go on - try it - you'll like it." 4/5

The Irish Times June 2005

"There is still a place out there where dreamy vocals and slow-motion horizontal beats produce a wave of nodding, blissed-out heads, and Alucidnation's Bruce Bickerton has obviously driven a camper van to that very place quite a few times.

While reminiscent in part of those chillout albums from a couple of years ago, which had punters in raptures about spectacular sunsets and Balearic cafe terraces, Bickerton is too much of a canny operator to rely solely on cliches to fine-tune the moods he wishes to set. Instead, he layers each track with texture and reverb, ensuring the overall melancholic, hazy drift is never too far away. Tracks such as the finely poised I'm Bad and the balmy Quick Sketch burst with atmosphere, due largely to how Bickerton tunes the prevailing ambience.

An album of subtle, unassuming drama."

Wave June 2005

"This album from chill-affiliated musician and DJ Bruce Bickerton sounds like a typical festie afternoon. Warm, inviting synth chords hang in the air Angelo Badalamenti style, as blissed out bass line burble nicely underneath. Lyrics get multi-tracked like a less obsessive My Bloody Valentine and they add to the comfortable, slightly nostalgic mood.

This LP is manna from heaven for the up-all-night types and a fantastic introduction to the Summer for the rest of us!"

Flux June 2005

"Based on experience, this won't be everyone's cup of tea, but Bruce Bickerton brings us a sweet, bouyant soundtrack that's sure to be appreciated by advocates of chill.

Floaty and often folky, it's brimming with tasty intricacies and a charming human touch. Quite, quite lovely."

Stranger June 2005

"Bruce Bickerton's alucidnation reflects the atmosphere of Pete Lawrence's Big Chill festival with a set of eased listening. Althouhg opening with a grandiose sweep, the album soon turns to low-gravity grooves, where beats are forsaken in favour of a sprinkle of sugary melody and lightly undulating guitar work. "

Audio Samples

Here's a taster of the tracks that are included on the LP

They're all 48kbit stereo 40 second Windows Media snippets...


The Secret Title
Beautiful House
The Blue
I'm Not Bad
Metal Bark
The Art of Conversation
Deep Rez
A Quick Sketch
Messing About
Suspended on Air

All excerpts (c) and (p) 2004
PK Music Limited

Front and rear cover

Interior Design

And I was well chuffed to see that I had my own section in HMV Oxford Street the other day!!

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